Mount Zion Reformed church in Brother’s Valley township was organized March 30, 1848, by Rev. William Conrad. The original officers and members were:
Elders: Jacob Hanger and Daniel Bowman
Deacons: Jacob Bowman, Jonathan Knepper and David Hay Philip Hay
Simon Hay
Henry Rumiser
Gideon Bowman
Francis Countryman
John Bowman
Henry Bowman
Cyrus Bowman
Benjamin Hay
William Bowman
Peter Martin
The pastors have been:
Rev. William Conrad
Rev. H. Knepple
Rev. F. A. Edmonds
Rev. F. Wall
Rev. William Rupp
Rev. H. F. Keener
The first church edifice (brick), in which the congregation still owns one-half, was erected at Pine hill in 1848. The present edifice was dedicated October 10, 1858. Present membership of the church, ninety-five; sabbath-school scholars, fifty.
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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