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Mt. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church |
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Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized
in 1844 by Rev. Henry Zigler, D. D.,
with these members: Abraham Grove,
Elizabeth Grove, Henry and Elizabeth Schreckengast, Henry and Mary
Fetterwolf, Peter and Rachael Blatt and George Mook. The church
edifice, a wooden structure, was erected in 1855, the dedication
occurring January 27, 1856. The cost was $2,000. The following pastors
have served the congregation: Henry
Zeigler, D. D., Hewn Weicksel, J. Rathburn, John A. Nuner, J. Delo,
Isaac Breiniman, D. M. Kamerer, J. M. Long, G. H. Swingle, D, McKee
and J. H. G. Bartholomew.
The present membership [1888] is about forty. History of Mercer County, 1888, page 481-482 |
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Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church from the History of the Pittsburgh Synod, 1904 |
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| Lutheran - According to The History of Mercer County, 1877 ln 1848, Rev. H. Ziegler, D.D., now professor in Missionary Institute, at Selinsgrove, Pa., commenced preaching in a school-house in the northern part of the territory now included within the borough, and, as a result of his labors, the Lutheran Church was organized, with the following members: Henry Schriekengost, and wife: Peter Platt, and wife; Abram Grove, and wife; Henry Fetteral, and wife. Mr. Schrickengost was the first deacon, and until 1855, the congregation met at the school-house and at private houses, but in that year, a church was erected upon land deeded by James. A. Leech. The first pastor after its completion was Rev. H. Weicksel. A Sabbath-school was organized upon the first establishment of the society, and has been continued to the present day. The present [1877] membership is sixty. The History of Mercer County, 1877, page 112 | ||
