Zimmerman, or Mount Tabor Lutheran and Reformed church, was organized by Rev. J. G. Ibbeken, about 1835. The original members were:
Joseph and Catharine Zimmerman
Henry and Helena Peterson
George and Catharine Kuntz
Jonas and Elizabeth Horner
John and Susanna Zimmerman
Jacob and C. Enos
Jacob and C. Lohr
Sam’l Zimmerman
Louisa Zimmerman
Mary A. and Elizabeth Zimmerman
Susan Ankeny
Solomon, Jacob and David Bowman
William Zimmerman
William Shaffer
Joseph Smith
The first officers were Jacob Bowman and Joseph Zimmerman, elders; John Zimmerman, deacon. The pastors have been as follows:
Revs. J. G. Ibbeken, 1835
S. B. Lawson
D. B. Ernst, 1844—51
C. F. Hoffmeier, 1852—6
F. K. Levan, 1857—8
W. Conrad, 1859—62
H. H. W. Hibshman, 1863—4
A. J. Heller, 1865—9
H. F. Keener, 1870—4
W. H. Bates, 1875—9
J. S. Wagner, 1879—83
W. D. Lefevre, 1883
The first church edifice was erected in 1835. The present was built in 1872, at a cost of four thousand dollars. The present membership of the church is seventy-four; sabbath school, forty.
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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