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Church Records CHURCH RECORDS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH COMPILED AND EDITED BY REV. NORMAN CARLYSLE YOUNG, M.Div.; M.Ed. AND NAOMI KATHLEEN IVEY HORNER UPDATED June 30, 2021 AN HISTORICAL RECORDS VOLUME PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ARCHIVES & HISTORY MINISTRY TEAM Printed by McElvany & Company Printing and Publishing 1 Copyright © 2021 by The Western Pennsylvania Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church All Rights Reserved 2 PREFACE The Historical Volume Church Records Western Pennsylvania Conference of The United Methodist Church was last printed in 2003. In order to keep the Church Records current, Janet & Norman C. Young were retained to update the more recent appointments and make necessary corrections as new information became available. Since their death, Naomi Horner has graciously volunteered to continue updating the volume. New information comes from the readers making corrections and suggestions. New information also comes from Naomi’s continued research on the companion volume Pastoral Records. The Western Pennsylvania Commission on Archives & History decided to make this revision and update available on these webpages www.wpaumc.org0H so that the most current information remains accessible and for corrections to continue to refine the document. This volume has had long history of Revision. Described by Herbert E. Boyd in his 1957 volume on the Erie Methodist Preface as a “compendium…intended primarily as an administrative tool.” He then credits forerunners back to 1898. At that time, this primarily contained Pastoral Records. Grafton T. Reynolds edited for the Pittsburgh Methodist Episcopal Church a similar volume through 1927. W. Guy Smeltzer divided his 1969 revision between chapters on Pastoral Records and Church Records. Raymond M. Bell followed the same chapter division when he added Evangelical United Brethren in 1991. Norman C. Young who had worked on the Methodist Protestant section in the 1969 volume required us to divide the Church Records (2003) and the Pastoral Records (2012) into separate books because of the sheer volume of the material collected. With Naomi Horner’s contributions the Western Pennsylvania Commission on Archives & History is hoping to eventually publish a three-volume set. John R. Wilson Conference Secretary TABLE OF CONTENTS BUTLER DISTRICT ........................................................................................................................ 5 CONNELLSVILLE DISTRICT ..................................................................................................... 91 ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT .................................................................................................. 191 FRANKLIN DISTRICT ................................................................................................................ 287 GREENSBURG DISTRICT ......................................................................................................... 391 INDIANA DISTRICT ................................................................................................................... 459 JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT ........................................................................................................... 563 KANE DISTRICT ......................................................................................................................... 643 PITTSBURGH DISTRICT ........................................................................................................... 709 WASHINGTON DISTRICT ......................................................................................................... 799 INDEX .......................................................................................................................................... 895 3 Sources of Information Allegheny Conference, Evangelical United Brethren Church, Journals Allegheny Conference, United Brethren Church, Journals Allegheny Conference, United Brethren in Christ Church, Journals Baltimore Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, Journals Central Pennsylvania Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, Journals Central Pennsylvania Conference, The Methodist Church, Journals Erie Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, Journals Erie Conference, Evangelical Association Church, Journals Erie Conference, Evangelical United Brethren Church, Journals Erie Conference, The Methodist Church, Journals Erie Conference, United Brethren in Christ Church, Journals Genesee Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, Journals Genesee Conference, The Methodist Church, Journals Ohio Conference, Evangelical Church, Journals Pittsburgh Conference, Evangelical Association Church, Journals Pittsburgh Conference, Evangelical Church, Journals Pittsburgh Conference, Evangelical United Brethren Church, Journals Pittsburgh Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, Journals Pittsburgh Conference, Methodist Protestant Church, Journals Pittsburgh Conference, The Methodist Church, Journals Pittsburgh Conference, United Evangelical Church, Journals Western Pennsylvania Conference, Evangelical United Brethren Church, Journals Western Pennsylvania Conference, The Methodist Church, Journals Western Pennsylvania Conference, The United Methodist Church, Journals West Virginia Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, Journals West Virginia Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Journals West Virginia Conference, Methodist Protestant Church, Journals Pittsburgh Conference, Evangelical Association Church, Microfilm Boyd, Herbert E., Historical Record of the Erie Conference of The Methodist Church, 1957. Fradenburgh, Jason N., History of Erie Conference, Volumes I – II, 1907. Fulton, J. S., History of the Allegheny Conference of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, 1931. Hodge, Edwin S., Western Pennsylvania Conference, Record of Churches – Closed, Merged and Change of Names, 1994. Reynolds, Grafton T., Manual of the Pittsburgh Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church 1825-1929. Smeltzer, Wallace Guy, Methodism in Western Pennsylvania 1784-1968, Co-Editor, Methodist Protestant Church Records, Young, Norman Carlysle Young, Norman C., Pittsburgh Conference Methodist Protestant Churches and Ministers 1933-1939 Young, Norman C., Church Records, 2003 4 Erie-Meadville District District Superintendents District: Erie Meadville: - Meadville commenced as a District in Pittsburgh Conference in 1832. Erie name changed from Meadville in 1962; Erie-Meadville name was adopted in 1970. James Gilbert Cousins 1970-1973; Herman Fred Roney 1973-1979; George Samuel Crooks 1979-1985; James Howard Wright 1985-1991; Thomas Lynn Funk 1991-January 1, 1997; Jerry Lee Gray January 1, 1997-2004; Patricia Salapow Harbison 2004-2011; Joseph William Patterson, III 2011-2018; Dennis Wayne Swineford 2018--. ADAMS ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE 1???-1??? Location: Located in Erie County, PA. History: Methodist Episcopal – Erie Conference. Closed. ALBION: CALVARY ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT UNITED BRETHREN – ERIE CONFERENCE 1911 Mailing Address: PO Box 145, 20 North Water Street, Albion, PA 16401-0145 814/756-5642 ID: 189976 Location: Located at 136 East State Street in the Borough of Albion in Erie County, PA. History: United Brethren - Erie Conference. The earliest record is the purchase of a church building, a former Congregationalist Church, on April 21, 1911, where the class had been meeting. A number of additions have been made, including a basement in 1924-1925. In 1960 Cranesville and Pont merged with Calvary. The Cranesville class dated from 1853. In 1895 a church was built and it was moved into Cranesville in 1911. The Pont class started in the 1860s and built a church in 1891. In 1970, Albion: Calvary had 120 members. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 52. Pastors: Albion: Calvary: Franklin Eugene Depew 1911-1913; James Allen Higley 1913-1916; Ralph L. DuVze 1916-October 15, 1916; C. M. King January 1, 1917-July 7, 1917; Saint Paul H. Weaver July 7, 1917-1918; Henry Smith Kissinger 1918-1919; James Allen Robison 1919-1920; C. L. Bash 1920-November 30, 1922; Albion: Calvary/Cranesville: Charles B. Anderson 1922-1924; William D. Fullom 1924-1929; William Horace Chase 1929-1931; Charles B. Anderson 1931-1934; Henry Harrison “Harry” Williams 1934-1936; George Baldwin Mulvin 1940-1941; Parker Cyrus Young 1941-1942; Claude Gerald Groters, Sr. 1942-1946; Robert I. Smith 1946- 1950; Royden C. Mott 1950-1957; Albion: Calvary: William F. Atkins 1957-1961; Leon Howard Tickner 1961- 1967; Byron Van Ness Berry 1967-1970; Leroy M. Gasler 1970-1971; Albion: Calvary/Wellsburg: Lynn Harmon Ostrander 1971-1977; John H. Stubbs 1977-1980; Dale Raymond Rhodes 1980-1982; Albion: Calvary/ Wellsburg/Albion: Grace: Craig Loren Lyman 1982-1989; Albion: Calvary/Wellsburg: Forrest David Rowles 1989-March 1, 1995; Albion: Calvary: Lloyd Samuel Sturtz 1995-August 1, 2001; Joong Wook Koe 2001-2002; To Be Supplied 2002-2003; Kenneth W. Driedger 2003-September 30, 2005; Melvin E. Bendig October 1, 2005- 2017; Heartland Crossroads Cooperative Parish: Conneautville: Valley/ Franklin Center/Hickernell/Palmer/ Albion: Calvary/Espyville: Robert Douglas Klingler 2017--; Matthew J. Rendulic Associate 2017--; Gary M. Wade Associate 2017--. ALBION: GRACE ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE 1833 Mailing Address: 49 Franklin Street, Albion, PA 16401-1135 814/756-3464 ID: 088985 Location: Located at 49 Franklin Street and East Pearl in the borough of Albion in Erie County, PA. History:
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