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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 Butler District District Superintendents District: Allegheny: Pittsburgh Conference: Commenced in 1833. Zarah Hale Coston 1833-1835; Joshua Monroe 1835-1836; Name Changed to Beaver District: Joshua Monroe 1836-1839; Simon Elliott 1839-1843; William Hunter 1843-1844; Robert Finley Hopkins 1844-1948; Name Changed to Allegheny District: John W. Minor 1848-1849; John J. Swayze 1849-1852; Joshua Monroe 1852-1853; Samuel D. Wakefield 1853-1857; Daniel Patrick Mitchell 1857-1861; Isaac Newton Baird 1861-1865; John Williams 1865-1869; John Wesley Baker 1869- 1873; Samuel H. Nesbit 1873-Fall 1876; Henry L. Chapman Fall 1876-Fall 1880; Thomas Newton Boyle 1880- 1884; Theodore N. Eaton 1884-1890; Asbury Lewis Petty 1890-1896; Edward Joseph Knox 1896-1902; George Washington Terbush 1902-1904; Thomas Newton Boyle 1904-1910; James Matthew Thoburn 1910-1916; William Francis Conner 1916-1924; Sanford W. Corcoran 1924-1926; Jacob Simpson Payton 1926-1927; Judson Jeffreys 1927-1928; James Vernon Wright 1928-1929; Walter Scott Trosh 1929-1935; David Roy Graham 1935-1940; John Dick Van Horn 1940-1946; Walter Lee Ewing 1946-1951; Franz Omar Christopher 1951-1956; James Lewis Carraway 1956-1960; Charles Albert Tracey 1960-1962; Became Western Pennsylvania Conference as Allegheny District: Charles Albert Tracey 1962-1966; Wendell Ellsworth Minnigh 1966-1970; Renamed Butler District: Wendell Ellsworth Minnigh, Sr. 1970-1972; David Dean Wilson, Sr. 1972-1978; Paul John Meuschke 1978-1984; John Albert Buckley 1984-1988; Erwin Keith Kerr 1988-1994; Mary Grey Emmett 1994-1999; Glenn Bruce Kohlhepp 1999-2005; Dean Duane Ziegler 2005-2013; Joel Stephen Garrett 2013-2018; Eric Stephen Park 2018--. ALIQUIPPA BUTLER DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL – WASHINGTON CONFERENCE 1927?-1956 Location: History: Methodist Episcopal – Washington Conference. This was a congregation of Black Methodists. In 1956, the property at Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, was ordered to be sold by the Washington Conference. Pastors: Aliquippa: Frank J. Frye 1927-1932; Herbert Alphono Green 1932-1933; John Wesley Langford 1933- 1934; Aliquippa/ Beaver Falls: John Wesley Langford 1934-1935; Fairbanks Barnard Hill 1935-1936; Aliquippa: G. E. Franklin Supply 1936-1937; Aliquippa/Beaver Falls: Edward A. Moore 1937-1938; James Douglas Foy 1938-1939; Howard DeGrass Asbury 1939-1940; Elisha M. Mitchell 1940-1941; Aliquippa: W. M. Brimm Supply 1941-1942; Aliquippa/Beaver Falls: Leonidas Aberdeen Gibbs 1942-1943; Homer Henry Bullett Supply 1943- 1943; Kirklin Frazier 1943-1946; James Perry Russell Supply 1946-1950; Leonidas Aberdeen Gibbs 1950-1953; Robert A. Grigsby 1953-1956. ALIQUIPPA: FIRST BUTLER DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1910 Mailing Address: 2816 Broadhead Road, Aliquippa, PA 15001-2103 724/375-5287 ID: 095206 Location: Located at 2816 Broadhead and Chapel Roads, in the Borough of Aliquippa, Beaver County, PA. History: Methodist Episcopal – Pittsburgh Conference. When the new town of Woodlawn was started by the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company the need for a Methodist Church became evident. The Methodists in the community were organized by Reverend Joseph William Garland in 1910. The Church was chartered as the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Woodlawn in 1911. When the