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North
Branch Cemetery
Center Township
A Brief History of North Branch Presbyterian Church
The North Branch Presbyterian Church is nearly 150 years old. It's beginnings
are lost in obscurity. Early references appear in minutes of the Redstone
Presbytery as early as 1788 and in the minutes of the General Assembly
in 1830. The first recorded minutes of the North Branch Church date from
1833 when Reverend James D. Ray began his ministry there, with meetings
held in the barn and house of Daniel Weigle.
In 1834 a house of worship was erected on ground donated by Mr. Weigle,
on the site of the present building. Organizations were held on Sept. 1835
and May 2, 1844. At that time there were 56 members, all former members
of Mt. Carmel Church. Family names listed were: Lafferty, Shroades, Douds,
Taylor, Baker, Patterson, Noss, Iekler, Grajam, Irwin, Alcorn, Elliott,
Usselton, Lundis, Weigle, Braden, Johnson, Hewett, McAfee, and Rambo.
The first report of a Sunday School was in 1870, and continued without
interruption until the present time.
The following is a list of pastors and their years of service
| Rev J. D. Ray 1833-1842 |
Rev. John Shroads 1890-1897 |
| Samuel Hain 1844-1847 |
John F. Hackett 1897-1903 |
| John W. Hazlett 1847-1851 |
P. J. Cummings 1904-1907 |
| James Henderson 1851-1853 |
C. R. McCracken 1908-1912 |
| Albert Richwell 1853-1856 |
R. E. Thurston 1915-1918 |
| James Smith 1856-1865 |
S. R. Johnston 1918-1920 |
| P. J. Cummings 1866-1873 |
W. J. Engle 1921-1926 |
| J. R. Pomroy 1873-1875 |
J. R. Thomson 1927-1957 |
| George Shaifer 1875-1879 |
Harold Bowman 1958-1967 |
| H. F. Earseman 1885-1886 |
Vance Yarnell 1967-1968 |
| Matthew Rutherford 1887-1888 |
William Green 1968-1980 |
Known burials based on inscriptions on headstones visible and legible
in January, 1972 * Starred entries are from Veterans Office.
| Alcorn James Son of J. & S |
- 10-19-1864 20y 4m |
| Badders, Vianna |
1850 - 1890 |
| Badders, Willie Blain |
not legible |
| Baker, Charles Q. |
1837 - 1890 |
| Baker, Alfred Y. |
1849 - 1892 |
| Baker, Chattie M. |
1870 - 1898 |
| Baker, Elizabeth E. |
1882 - 1905 |
| Baker, George W. |
Not legible |
| Baker, Henry A. |
09-05-1805 - 12-22-1884 |
| Baker, Daniel S. |
1844 - 1912 |
| Baker, James R. |
04-09-1846 - 1898 52 YR |
| Baker, John G. |
1813 - 1898 |
| Baker, Malissa M. |
1849 - 1912 |
| Baker, Margaret Wife /of John G |
1813 - 1873 |
| Baker, Susanna Wife/of Henry |
12-08-1851 36 YR |
| Bailey, Eliza Wife/of S. B. |
10- ?-1890 |
| Bailey, George S. |
04- ?-1864 21 yr Civil War |
| Bailey, Samuel B. |
12-24-1826 70 yr |
| Bailey, Samuel James |
02-24-1860 20 yr |
| Bailey, Infant Son |
04-30-1856 |
| Bannon, John M. A. S/of M. A. & M.A. |
Not legible |
| Bannon, Mary Ann |
Not legible |
| Barto, Alice I. |
05-14-1867 - 05-19-1952 |
| Barto, C. Kenneth |
1928 - 1939 |
| Barto, Catharine A. Wife/of David |
12-10-1839 - 03-29-1914 |
| Barto, Charles A. |
1886 - 1962 |
| Barto, Esther M. |
1931 - 1931 |
| Barto, David |
10-09-1839 - 04-16-1865 |
| Barto, ILda E. |
04-03-1915 - 09-09-1917 |
| Barto, John A. S/of David |
1863 - 1920 |
| Barto, John S. |
02-15-1917 - 08-05-1917 |
| Barto, Melinda D. |
1893 - ' |
| Barto, Robert A. |
1918 - 1918 |
| Barto, Rosena M. |
1923 - 1925 |
| Barton, Jacob B. |
04- ?-1895 3y 4m ld |
| Barton, Manvilla Wife/of William |
1855 - 1902 |
| Benson, Frank A. |
1884 - 1942 |
| Benson, Frank A. |
1908 - 1927 |
| Bickerstaff, James |
Not legible |
| Bickerstaff, Kate d/of J. M. & E. |
06-03-1864 11d |
| Bickerstaff, Susannah Wife/olf James |
08-07-1847 63y 5m 16d |
| Black, Jno. |
07-? -1863 |
| Blair, George A. S/of J. T. & S. |
05-12-1872 - 07-16-1874 |
| Blair, John Thomas |
1876 - 1946 |
| Blair, Mary F. D/of J. T. & S. |
10-68-1891 10-08-1894 |
| Blair, Susanna Wife/of John T. |
12-09-1838 - 09-07-1877 |
| Bruce, Charles R. |
il-06-1876 - 02-21-1942 |
| Bruce, Edith E. |
1881 - 1956 |
| Bruce, W. James |
1874 - 1940 |
| Bryan, Elizabeth |
02-12-1832 - 03-30-1891 |
| Bryan, Dr. John |
01-01--1828 - 10-17-1905 |
| Campbell, John |
08-25-1845 52y |
| Campbell, Jacob G. S/of J. & M. J. |
12-18-1852 9y |
| Campbell, James |
Not legible |
| Carey, John |
1784 - 1842 |
| Carey, Sarah |
1797 - 1855 |
| Cochran, John |
04-20-1829 - 02-25-1901 |
| Cochran, Mary A. |
03-19-1832 - 10-14-1883 |
| Cochran, Samuel S/of J. & M.A |
05-23-1860 |
| Cochran, Willie W. S/of J & M. A. |
Not legible |
| Crawford, Thomas J. |
1862 - 1917 |
| Cummings, Rev. Philander J |
1834 - 1907 |
| Davis, Hiram S/of J.& M.J. |
06-15-1886 2yr |
| Davis, Iola S/of J. & M. J. |
12-02-1878 5yr |
| Davis, James S/of J. & M. J. |
1880- 1900 |
| Davis, John |
01-04-1804 - 12-04-1880 |
| Davis, John |
1842 - 1914 |
| Davis, Margaret Wife/of John |
03-17-1820 - 11-10-1893 |
| Davis, Mary J. Wife/of John |
1840 - 1923 |
| Davis, Matilda Wife/of Henry |
Not legible |
| Davis, Thomas R. S/of F.F. & M.J |
11-26-1866 6y 7m 22d |
| Davis, Infant S/of J. & M.J. |
12-??-1885 |
| Douds, Comelia A Minor W/of S. G. Douds |
12-22-1853 17y 9m l d |
| D/of J. & E. Minor |
| Dunn, David |
* 03-??-1865 Civil War |
| Dunn, David S/of W. & E. |
09-20-1897 - 03-31-1905 |
| Dunn, David B. |
1887 - 1880 |
| Dunn, Ellen B. Wid/of Walter Sr. |
01-06-1889 |
| Dunn, James S/of W. & E. |
12-09-1862 |
| Dunn, John G. |
1842 - 1909 |
| Dunn, Martha B. Wife /of John G. |
1843 - 19?? |
| Dunn, Robert S. S/of W. & E. |
1871 |
| Dunn, Walter Sr. |
01-09-1804 - 03-05-1875 |
| Dunn, Walter F. |
1867 - 1869 |
| Dunn, William S. |
1870 - 1871 |
| Engle, Enoch W. S. |
1861- 1934 |
| Beaver Co. Commissioner |
1924 - 1927 |
| Engle, James 0. |
1883- 1916 |
| Figley, David A. |
1859- 1936 |
| Figley, D. Frederick |
1882- 1891 |
| Figley, Margaret F. |
1865- 1925 |
| Figley, Nellie |
1884- 1939 |
| Forrest, Margaret E. |
1858- 1937 |
| Frew, Minnie M. |
1874- 1918 |
| Frew, Oliver E. |
1872- 1927 |
| Gillen, John S. |
04-07-1900 Civil War |
| Grinder, George |
08-08-1793 - 02-09-1869 Civil War |
| Grinder, Mary |
04-06-1799 - 11-02-1862 |
| Grinder, Nicholas B. |
02-22-1834 - 03-11-1871 |
| Grinder, Elizabeth White |
06-07-1822 - 04-06-1902 |
| Hicks, Harry S/of H & E. |
05-24-1881 2y 5m 9d |
| Hicks, Lena |
1861 - 1952 |
| Hicks, Robert |
1858 - 1889 |
| Holmes, Elizabeth S. |
04-03-1869 - 11-25-1937 |
| Holmes, George X. |
01-22-1854 - 02-25-1925 |
| Holmes, Margaret Ann Wife/of Milo |
01-29-1884 |
| Holmes, Milo A. |
05-15-1827 - 05-02-1904 |
| Huffnyer, Laura B. |
1857 - 1906 |
| Irwin, Brown S/of Wm & Sarah |
12-02-1849 |
| Irwin, Elizabeth Wife/of Daniel |
Not legible |
| Johnston, James W. |
1824 - 1906 |
| Johnston, Melissa B. |
1868 - 1940 |
| Johnston, Rachel E. |
1821 - 1901 |
| Jordan, Blanche Agnes |
1889 - 1957 |
| Jordan, David D. |
No dates |
| Jordan, Emma Rebecca |
No dates |
| Jordan, E. A. |
1886 - 1902 |
| Jordan, Mary Ellen |
No dates |
| Jordan, Nancy C, |
No dates |
| Jordan, Mary Ethel |
1912 - 1969 |
| Lais, Alice |
1869 - 1933 |
| Lais, Harry |
1865 - 1958 |
| Landis Howard |
1883 - 1931 |
| Landis, Howard Jr. |
| Landis, (Not legible) wid/of Jacob |
Not legible |
| Landis, (Not legible) |
18?? - 1891 |
| Manor, Adam |
12-09-1812 - 1889 |
| Manor, Elizabeth B. Wife/of Adam |
05-02-1871 |
| Manor, Emmaline Wife/of Adam |
02-21-1880 |
| Manor, Amanda J. |
09-??-1864 17y 7m 23d |
| Manor, Elizabeth J. |
09-16-1864 12 yr |
| Manor, Elvira L. |
09-13-1864 7y 10m 4d |
| Manor, Louvina |
08-26-1864 20y 5m 26d |
| Manor, Mary L. |
09-??-1864 13y 10m 2d |
| McClain, James A. |
Civil War |
| McMaham, Joseph |
07-06-1896 60 yr |
| McCullough, Margaret J. |
1852 - 1876 |
| Mc Cullough, Mary E. |
1851 - 1919 |
| McCullough, (Not legible) |
1850 - 1916 |
| McDonald, William J. |
03-15-1885 27 yr |
| McDonald, Sarah V. D/of W. & N. |
09-05-1862 |
| Meaner, Samuel |
03-25-1846 40 yr |
| Merkle, Sarah Frew |
1891 - 1933 |
| Miller, Bertha |
1876 - 1945 |
| Miller, Daniel L. P. |
1874 - 1937 |
| Minns, Caroline |
1867 - 1933 |
| Minns, Frederick |
1862 - 1936 |
| Minor, Elizabeth Wife/of John B, |
02-14-1813 - 03-19-1891 |
| Minor, John |
01-92-1807 - 01-22-1895 |
| Minor, John S/of John & Eliz. |
11-20-1962 |
| Powell, Infant S/of S & M. |
01-26-1912 |
| Raw, James |
03-04-1879 |
| Raw, Ann Wife/of James Row |
05-20-1882 76 yr |
| Sault, Alta Carol |
1895 - 1925 |
| Shroade, David Putter |
1885 - 1914 |
| Shroads, George W. |
1831 - 1898 |
| Shroads, George W. |
1887 - 1889 |
| Shroads, Jane Rambo |
No date |
| Shroads, Margaret Wife/of John S. |
03-??-1881 |
| Shroads, Leona Merriman Wife/of James |
1871 1879 |
| Shroads, Rhada E. |
1889 |
| Shroads, William |
06-09-1885 77y 11m 16d |
| Shroads, William B. S/of J. & M. |
2-11-1842 |
| Smith, Dora L. |
08-29-1882 2y 1m 7d |
| Smith, James E. |
1842 - ?? |
| Smith, Margaret Wife/of James E. |
1841 - 1925 |
| Stewart, Jacob |
08-23-1833 - 02-12-1871 |
| Stewart, John N. |
07-27-1807 - 11-15-1884 |
| Stewart, Nancy |
02-04-1811 - 01-21-1880 |
| Stewart, William |
12-04-1831 - 04-29-1888 |
| Strook, Hiram H. |
1857 - 1916 |
| Swogger, Alan A. |
1852 - 1898 |
| Swogger, Anna E. |
1854 - 1931 |
| Swogger, Carl W. |
1889 - 1914 |
| Swogger, Delbert |
1887 - 1905 |
| Swogger, Lilie |
1891 - 1916 |
| Swo&ger, Marie H. |
1885 - 1934 |
| Todd, James F. |
1859 - 1932 |
| Todd, Julia A, |
1863 - 1939 |
| Uselton John Wilson |
1864 1887 |
| Wagner, M. Elizabeth Weigle |
1857 - 1927 |
| Wallace, James W. |
06-12-1831 - 06-10-1889 |
| Wallace, John A. |
01-23-1856 - 02-29-1888 |
| Wallace, Mary A. |
11-06-1859 - 03-13-1869 |
| Weigle, Armida B. |
1876 - 1926 |
| Weigle, Henry B. |
1869 - 1932 |
| Weigle, Lewis |
1868 - 1930 Sp. Am. War |
| Weigle Melzena |
07-01-1885 - 07-02-1885 |
| Weigle, Cummings |
1868 - 1940 |
| Weigle, Daniel B. |
03-10-1800 - 06-15-1882 |
| Weigle, Daniel B. |
1833 - 1905 |
| Weigle, Eleanor |
06-09-1849 - 11-22-1907 |
| Weigle, Emma |
1861 - 1923 |
| Weigle, G. Frank |
1863 - 1941 |
| Weigle, Herman S. |
1870 - 1937 |
| Weigle, Howard E. |
1895 - 1934 |
| Weigle, Jesse G. |
1894 - 1971 |
| Weigle, Mary |
1828 - 1916 |
| Weigle, Mary C. Wife/of Cummings |
1868 - 1940 |
| Weigle, Orville B. |
1897 - 1911 |
| Weigle, Rosanna Wife/ofWashington |
02-02-1827 - 06-01-1915 |
| Weigle, Virginia |
01-27-1860 - 11-18-1928 |
| Weigle, Washington |
05-16-1821 - 05-01-1881 |
| Weigle, Williamson R. S/of W. & R. |
Not legible |
| Weigle, Infant Son |
1868 - 1868 |
| White, Angeline |
1840 - 1917 |
| White, Arthur |
1829 - 1904 |
| White, Willie H. S/of A, & A |
03-13-1879 9y 7m 3d |
| Winkle, Elizabeth Wife/of John |
10-10-1864 22 yr |
| Winkle, Elizabeth Wife/of Henry |
02-16-1826 - 03-18-1898 |
| Winkle, George W. |
04-11-1856 - 11-14-1898 |
| Winkle, Henry |
12-26-1827 - 12-19-1898 At Rest |
| Young, Daniel F. S/of G & E. A. |
Not legible |
| Young, George B. S/of G & E. A. |
Not legible |
| Young, George S. |
1845 - 1901 |
| Young, Ella A. Wid.of G. S. |
1852 - 1934 |
| Young Mabel S. |
1884 - 1906 |
| Young, Maggie M. |
1876 - 1939 |
| Zimmerly, Rebecca |
01-11-1894 93 yr |
| Zimmerly, Samuel |
06-28-1903 93 yr |
| Zimmerly Samuel J. |
08-05-1921 67 yr |
Published: Gleanings, Beaver County Genealogical Society,
Vol. XIV No. 4 June 1990
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