The German Baptists, or Brethren, of Shade, organized a church of thirty members in 1851. The first meeting-house was built in 1858. There are now three meeting-houses and one hundred…

Berlin congregation of the Reformed church is doubtless the oldest church of that denomination in Somerset county. This place was visited by ministers from the eastern part of the state…

<center>METHODIST EPISCOPAL</center>The Draketown Methodist Episcopal Church is a tasty and beautiful church, erected in 1880, at a cost of eleven hundred dollars. The first trustees were A. S. Hyatt, Eli…

<center>CHURCH OF GOD</center>The first church in Ursina was the Church of God, built in 1869, at a cost of about seven hundred dollars. The first pastor, Rev. William Davis, was…

This organization, which is more commonly known as the Jersey Baptist church, is the oldest Baptist church west of the Allegheny mountains. It is the oldest church of any kind…

<center>DISCIPLES’ CHURCH</center>The Disciples’ church, in the northwest portion of Shade township, was organized by Rev. Chauncy Forward in 1849. Among the original members were Ezra Dunham, Samuel Hunter, John and…

<center>SALEM CHURCH</center>Salem church, of the Evangelical Association, was probably organized about 1843, either by Rev. S .B. Kring or J. Dick. In the absence of records a satisfactory history cannot…

Otterbein United Brethren church, Shade township, was organized in 1858 by Rev. Daniel Shank. The first members were:Joseph LohrConrad Moyer and wifeBenj. Lape and wifeHenry LohrEphraim Lohr and wifeJacob Dull…

Graef’s Evangelical Lutheran church was organized with twenty-four members on May 24, 1871, by Rev. J. Tomlinson.Elders chosen were:John GraefPhilip ReitzDeacons:Anthony WechtenhiserHarrison T. Lohr Rev. J. K. Bricker, the first…

Shade Reformed and Lutheran church, a part of the Hooversville charge, was organized by Rev. Hoyer in 1835. There had been preaching for some years prior to the organization of…