  
Elmira Welsh Congregational Church In the mid-1860s Welsh settlers from Pennsylvania's Susquehannah Valley migrated north to settle in Elmira, Chemung County, New York. Others came directly from Wales. In 1874 a Welsh Congregational church was formed in Elmira. By January 1875 it had 25 members but no minister. It is not known if this congregation built a house of worship. No images of the church have been located. (Sources: Hartmann's American's from Wales; Y Drych, February 26, 1874, p.70; Y Drych, December 22, 1892, p.2.; Congregational Quarterly (Jan. 1875), Statistics--New York, pp. 152-52.
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