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CHURCHES
- HOOOVERSVILLE REFORMED CHURCH
aka WEIGLE'S LUTHERAN
& REFORMED CHURCH
- Hooversville, PA
- The Lutheran congregation was organized by Rev. William Kopp in 1848. The original
members included:
- Samuel Swank
- D. Bepley and wife
- Emanuel Lohr and wife
- John Weigle and wife
- Conrad Wolford and wife
- Emanuel Wolford
- Samuel Wolford
- Thomas Lohr and wife
- Samuel Lohr and wife
- Jonathan Joder and wife
- Michael Bepley
- Thomas Crissey
- Jacob Beaber and wife
- Hannah and Eliza Crissey
- May Peterson
- J. Naugle and wife
- Christian Colterbaugh and wife
- The first officers were:
- Samuel Swank, elder
- Peter Boyer, elder
- John Weigle, deacon
- John Lohr, deacon
- The first church building was erected in 1849 at a cost of $700. The cornerstone
for
a
new
edifice was laid in 1882; 40 x 60 feet, with a basement and a steeple.
- Lutheran Pastors:
- Rev. William Koop
- Rev. J.K. Bricker
- Rev. John Bechtel
- Rev. J. Beaver
- Rev. R. Smith
- Rev. J.H. Walterick
- Rev. J.L. Miller
- Rev. J. B. Shoup
- Rev. John N. Unrub
- The Reformed congregation had been supplied with preaching by the pastors of
Beam's
charge and Stoystown; but in 1883 it became a regular portion of the Stoystown
charge.
- Reformed pastors:
- Rev. A.B. Koplin, 1857-1858
- Rev. D.H. Reiter, 1859-1867
- Rev. James Grant, 1868
- Rev. W.H. Bates, 1876-1879
- Rev. J.S. Wagner, 1879-1883
- Rev. W.D. Lefevre, 1883
- HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH
- Sugar Street & D Alley
- Hooversville, PA
- HOOVERSVILLE CHURCH
OF THE BRETHREN
- Lohr Street
- Hooversville, PA
(See sketch above, ca 1910)
- HORNER / ZION HOFFMAN
LUTHERAN PARISH
- 2447 Lincoln Highway
- Stoystown, PA
KANTNER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
RD 2
Stoystown, PA
MT TABOR REFORMED CHURCH
(also known as ZIMMERMAN CHURCH)
German Reformed - Stoystown
The date this church was formed is unknown; however, Rev. Henry Giesey was
pastor in 1799. The Reformed and Lutheran congregations of Stoystown built a log
church which was located in the cemetery east of the town. Both of these
denominations
worshipped in the church until 1806 when Rev. Henry Gerhart organized the Stoystown
Evangelical Lutheran Church. SEE STOYSTOWN LUTHERAN CHURCH
BELOW FOR
SOME COMMUNION RECORDS (beginning 1830's)
Pastors (from baptismal records, an incomplete list)
Rev. Henry Giesey
Rev. J. G. Ibbeken
Rev. C.F. Hoffmeier
Rev. William Conrad
Rev. H.W. Hibsham
Rev. George H. Johnson (Somerset Charge)
Rev. A.J. Heller
Rev. H.F. Keener
Rev. W.H. (A.H.?) Bates
Rev. D.O. Shoemaker
Evangelical Lutheran Pastors (from Communion and Confirmation records, an
incomplete
list)
Rev. P. Rizer
Rev Loci
STOYSTOWN LUTHERAN CHURCH
 1820's Confirmation/Communion
1830's Confirmation/Communion
1840's Confirmation/Communion
1850's Confirmation/Communion
1860's Confirmation/Communion
1870's Confirmation/Communion
1880's Confirmation/Communion
STOYSTOWN UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
Main Street
Stoystown, PA
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
Hooversville
ST. THOMAS EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH
1439 Ridge Road
Hooversville, PA
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
(joined with St. Thomas Church in 1970)
VICTORY LIGHTHOUSE FULL
GOSPEL CHURCH
Stoystown, PA
WEIGLE'S LUTHERAN CHURCH
See Hooversville Reformed Church
ZIMMERMAN CHURCH
See Mt. Tabor Reformed Church
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