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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 Connellsville District District Superintendents District: South Pittsburgh: Commenced in 1868; Lancelot Robinson Beacom 1868-1872; Hiram Miller 1872-1876; Thomas Newton Boyle Spring 1876-Fall 1876; Discontinued and became: McKeesport District: Commenced in 1876: James Alexander Miller Fall 1876-1880; Joseph A. Swaney 1880-1884; Noble Garvin Miller 1884-1890; Thomas Henry Woodring 1890-1896; James Alexander Ballantyne 1896-1902; John Franklin Murray 1902-1908; Robert Stewart Ross 1908-1914; John Jacob Hill 1914-1921; Henry Nesmith Cameron 1921-1924; Thomas George Hicks 1924-1930; Thomas Richard Courtice 1930-1931; Lemon Dorsey Spaugy 1931-1933; District renamed Monongahela: Burr Reddig McKnight 1933-1936; Thomas George Hicks 1936-1939; Renamed McKeesport District: Thomas George Hicks 1939-1942; Nicholas F. Richards 1942-1948; George Richard Haden 1948-1954; William Leroy Hogg 1954- 1960; Welsh Sproule Boyd 1960-1962; Name Changed from McKeesport District to Connellsville District in 1962: Robert Clarence Siess 1968-1974; John William Russell 1974-1980; Samuel Lewis Allaman, Jr. 1980-1986; Neal Kay Rogers 1986-1992; Dale Ralph Smith 1992-1996; Thomas Frank Saint Clair 1996-2003; Frank Melvin Sherman 2003- 2011; William Jay Blair 2011- 2017; Robert Frank Zilhaver, Sr. 2017--. ACME CONNELLSVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1875 Mailing Address: 3016 Route 31, Acme, PA 15610-9736 724/423-2821 ID: 100576 Location: Located in the village of Acme on Route 31 and Acme Dam Road three miles east of the Pennsylvania Turnpike entrance at Donegal in Westmoreland County, PA. History: Methodist Episcopal – Pittsburgh Conference. This church was organized in 1875. Services were held in the frame Byerly Schoolhouse. The Church building was erected in 1890 on land purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Hartman Weimer. John Freeman, his sons, and their families were active leaders during the early years of this congregation. For many years Acme was part of a Charge with Donegal, Jones Mills and Stahlstown. In 1968 it was on a two-point charge with Jones Mills and later put on with Bridgeport. The membership in 1968 was 197. In 1972 Jones Mills merged with Acme. In 2000 it was a two-point Charge with Barren Run. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 186. Transferred from Greensburg District in 2004. Acme is known for its “Christmas in the Barn” service. The church has a beautiful new physical plant, built by members of the congregation. Because of its central location in the Connellsville District, it hosts many district events and meetings. Pastors: Donegal Circuit: Acme: Edward M. Williams 1875-1876; Grafton Trevor Reynolds 1876-1877; William L. McGrew 1877-1879; Albert Jacob Cook 1879-1882; Stahlstown-Donegal Circuit: Acme: John Huston 1882- 1885; Stahlstown Circuit: Acme: Oliver Hazard Perry Graham, Jr. 1885-1888; George Dallas Crissman 1888- 1891; David M. Hollister 1891-1893; Henry J. Hickman 1893-1895; Jasper N. Munden 1895-1898; William H. Kirkland 1898-1900; Maris Ressell Hackman 1900-1904; James A. Hamilton 1904-1906; Watson M. Bracken 1906- 1909; A. R. Faust 1909-1911; Samuel Walls Bryan 1911-1912; Charles D. Firster 1912-1914; Arthur Sellers 1915- 1918; Charles H. Porter 1918-1919; Harry G. Trimmer 1919-1920; Elmer Ellsworth
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