Middle Creek Evangelical Lutheran church was organized by Rev. William Uhl in 1850. Prior to the organization there had been preaching in the Putman schoolhouse for five or six years. The church edifice was erected in 1850, at a cost of ‘twelve hundred dollars.
The first church officers were:
Diedrich Kreger
William Moore
George Pile
Frederick Uphouse
The pastors have been:
Rev. Solomon McHenry
Rev. J. K. Bricker
Rev. John Tomlinson
Rev. Charles Young
Rev. Josiah Zimmerman
Rev. Reuben Smith
Rev. John Unruh
Rev. ____ Zinn
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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