Mount Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized by Rev. P. Rizer, July 31, 1842. Prior to this date, however, there had been preaching in the schoolhouses for about three years.…

<center>MENNONITE CHURCHES</center>There are three Mennonite churches in the township. Many years ago the people of this denomination worshiped in a log building in the southern part of the township, not…

LUTHERANThe Lutheran Church at Davidsville was organized in 1852, and a house of worship erected the same year. The church is a frame building, 35 x 45 feet, and cost…

The Mount Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Lavansville, was organized as Samuel\’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Bedford county, at a very early date, but the earliest records in existence do…

  Wills Evangelical Lutheran Church, situated five miles east of Somerset borough, was organized in 1839, by Rev. Charles Rees. Of its original members were:Daniel Will, elderMichael Weyand, elderWilliam Will,…

The Salem congregation of the Reformed Church at Lavansville was organized in 1856, by Rev. Charles Hoffmire. Among the original members were:Levi KnepperDavid Lavan and wifeJonas Hemminger and wifeIsrael Herring…

St. Peter\’s Reformed Church, of Somerset township, was organized from Beam\’s church, Jenner township, by Rev. William H. Bates, in 1880. Its original members were:Jonathan Rhoads and wifeIsrael Hemminger and…

<center>CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN</center>Conemaugh Church of the Brethren, of German Baptists, was organized in 1810. It now has three meeting houses and one hundred and fifty members. Two of the…

  The first church in Greenville township was erected by the citizens as a untion meeting-house about 1810, and was principally occupied by the Presbyterians and the Lutherans. It was…

The Greenville Reformed Church was organized by Rev. D. J. H. Kieffer, probably in 1820. Among the original members were:Elder Christian Lint and wifeDeacon Jacob LintJohn Lint and wifePeter EngleJacob…