Stoystown Methodist Episcopal church was organized some years prior to 1843; the exact date cannot be learned; as the early records have been lost.
Among the original members were:
A. S. H. Young
Henry Little
David Little
Joseph Johnson
Samuel R. Pearson
The pastor in charge when the first church edifice was dedicated (1843) was Rev. Jamison. The present church was built in 1874, at a cost of forty-five hundred dollars. The membership of the church is twenty-six; sabbath school, forty.
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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