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 Zion Reformed Church was organized
January 27, 1861. The organization was perfected through the efforts of Rev.
Henry F. Hartman, who continued with the new congregation until
the winter of 1864-65, by the election of Daniel
Saul, Sr., as elder, and Aaron Saul
and John Kern as deacons. The first
building used by the newly organized flock is still standing, a frame
one, now owned and occupied by the Episcopalians. It was originally a
Congregational church, but was purchased by the Reformed congregation in
May, 1863, and repaired, and used until February, 1886. The first
members of the church were John Kern, John Kyle,
Mrs. Kyle, Mr. Enterline, Mrs. Enterline, William Saul, Miss Sallie
Saul, John H. Beachler, Miss Mary Snyder, Henry Snyder, Mrs. George
Snyder, Marietta Ash, Julia Loch, William Miller, Josiah Garber, Mariah
Hottel, Stephen Hecker, Mrs. Hooker, Miss Hecker, Mrs. Elizabeth
Hartman, Rose Miller, Aaron Saul, Daniel Saul, Mrs. Beachler, J. W.
Snyder, George Snyder, Edwin Ash, Jeremiah Loch, Elizabeth Gaiser,
Susanna Miller, Catherine Garber, Mrs. Everett. At the close of
1884 nearly all of these had removed or fallen from membership! In the
spring of 1865 the classis of St. Paul’s detached the Greenville
congregation from the Shenango charge, and established it as a separate
mission. Since that period the succession of pastors
continued
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Zion
Reformed Church. Photo from a newspaper article in the 1 Feb 1894
Advance Argus, Greenville, submitted by Debbie Hoffman.
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map
and driving directions to the Zion Reformed Church, 260 Main Street,
Greenville
