The
Cumberland Presbyterian congregation was organized in April,
1875, by Rev. J. M. Gallagher, of Jackson
Centre, Penn. The first members of the church were C.
H. Walker, N. A. Watson, C. C. Armstrong. M. L. Zahniser, Margaret
E. Walker, Allie Balliett, S. S. Balliett,
Alexander Brown, Elizabeth Brown, Jesse Edmund, Flora Edmund, Lilla
McCormick, T. S. Sanford, I. H. Robb, Adam Niece, Ellen Niece, C.
Carver, Mrs. C. Carver, Martha Porter, R. A. Long, D. J. Brown, George
Kilch, Frank B. Eberman, Frank Niece, Henry Flickinger, Lydia Kilch,
Robert Adams, M. A. Balliett, Joseph Infield, S. E. McMichael, Mary
Infield, M. C. S. Washabaugh. Andrew George, Mary R. C. George, Mary A.
Adams, S. E. Barnes, Laura
Barnes, Jane Amon, T. S. Powell, T. E. Porter, W. H. Milford, C. E.
Robb, W. R. Martzall, E. D. Martzall, N. Amon, H. S. Blatt, H. M. Blatt,
T. H. Fulton, Eva Fulton, C. B. Fulton, L. B. Fulton and John
B. Michel. The first officers of the congregation comprised H.
S. Blatt, S. S. Balliett, A. George and M.
L. Zahniser, elders, and C. Carver, T. E.
Porter and N. Amon, trustees. The
handsome brick structure at present occupied by the congregation was
erected in 1876. It is a very commodious building, 40x75 feet in
dimensions, and cost $8,000. Since the organization of the church there
have been three pastors in charge. The first, Rev.
J. M. Norris, died in 1878, and was succeeded by Rev.
P. R. Danley, who resigned in 1883, and who was followed by Rev.
J. A. Bowman, called in 1884.
Under his pastorate
the congregation has been increased both in faith and numbers, its
membership now being 125. The present officers of the congregation are H.
S. Blatt, R. D. Pringle, A. George and M. L.
Zahniser, elders, and I. H. Robb, George W.
Worrell and H. Rogers, trustees.
Connected with church is a flourishing Sunday-school, which is
superintended by Mr. A. George, assisted by Mr.
W. J. Lyons, and which has an average attendance of eighty pupils,
necessitating the maintenance of eight classes. The secretary and
treasurer of the school is Mr. G. W. Worrell.
from
History of Mercer County, 1888, pages 462-463.
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