R. P. Cummins Post, No. 210, G.A.R.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC R. P. Cummins Post, No. 210, G.A.R. (named in honor of Col. Robert P. Cummins, of the 142d Regt. Penn. Vols., who, while in command…
History of Somerset County Schools (part 2)
PAINT TOWNSHIP The first school in Paint township was taught by M. Seese, in a private house on the Jonas Weaver farm. The first schoolhouse was erected on the A.…
History of Somerset County Schools (part 1)
ADDISON TOWNSHIP The first school in Addison Township was taught in a private house near Petersburg, in 1792. The first schoolhouse was built in 1800, near the Casselman river, on…
Mennonite Churches of Conemaugh Township
<center>MENNONITE CHURCHES</center>There are three Mennonite churches in the township. Many years ago the people of this denomination worshiped in a log building in the southern part of the township, not…
Davidsville Churches
LUTHERANThe Lutheran Church at Davidsville was organized in 1852, and a house of worship erected the same year. The church is a frame building, 35 x 45 feet, and cost…
Somerset — 150 Years a County (contd.)
OTHER SOMERSET COUNTY FIRST SETTLEMENTS. With the dawn of every new year representatives from two Berlin churches call on every land owner in the center of town to collect “one…
Mount Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church
The Mount Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Lavansville, was organized as Samuel\’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Bedford county, at a very early date, but the earliest records in existence do…
Wills Evangelical Lutheran Church
Wills Evangelical Lutheran Church, situated five miles east of Somerset borough, was organized in 1839, by Rev. Charles Rees. Of its original members were:Daniel Will, elderMichael Weyand, elderWilliam Will,…
Reformed Church at Lavansville
The Salem congregation of the Reformed Church at Lavansville was organized in 1856, by Rev. Charles Hoffmire. Among the original members were:Levi KnepperDavid Lavan and wifeJonas Hemminger and wifeIsrael Herring…
St. Peter’s Reformed Church
St. Peter\’s Reformed Church, of Somerset township, was organized from Beam\’s church, Jenner township, by Rev. William H. Bates, in 1880. Its original members were:Jonathan Rhoads and wifeIsrael Hemminger and…