St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran church, Salisbury, Pennsylvania, was probably organized about 1809. There are no records earlier than 1849. At that date Rev. Samuel B. Lawson was pastor; Joseph Diveley and Peter Welfley, elders; Caspar Lochel and George Lowry, deacons. Members were:
Mr. and Mrs. Brewer
Edward Diveley
Matthew Diveley
Elizabeth Hay
Polly Livengood
Catharine Lochel
Mrs. and Mrs. Rosenbaum
John Stone and wife
Christopher Wald and wife
Conrad Yomer
From 1849 the pastors have been:
Rev. Samuel B. Lawson
Rev. M. F. Pfahler, 1853— 7
Rev. John Forthman, 1857— 8
Rev. M. F. Pfathler, 1858— 72
Rev. J. A. Koser, 1872— 8
Rev. J. Milton Snyder, 1878
<a href=”http://www.pa-roots.org/data/read.php?720,602466″><u>Rev. Reuben Smith</u></a>, 1879, present pastor.
The cornerstone of the first church was laid in 1809. The congregation now has eighty- three members and the sabbath school one hundred scholars.
Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884
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