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Presbyterian
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Presbyterian Church, the oldest in the [Sandy Lake] borough,
was organized October 3, 1835. Its first members were Theodore
Bailey, Loraine Bailey, Homer Bailey, Minerva Bailey, Myron Bailey,
Charity Bailey, Freelove Barker, Sallie Bierce, Eli Butler, Desire
Bailey, Alexander Brown, Elizabeth Brown and William
C. Bogart. The first elders consisted of Alexander
Brown, Homer Bailey and Eli Butler.
The building now
[1888] occupied by the church was not erected until 1841. It is a
substantial frame, 40x50 feet in size. The first pastor was Rev.
Robert Glenn, who labored in the church as stated supply for
eleven years. Following him came Rev. J. W. McCune,
two years; Rev. John G. Condit, two years; Rev.
John Rice, five years; Rev. James Lafforty,
two years; Rev. Joseph M. Duff, two years; Rev.
Samuel Glenn, two years; Rev. J. Logan
Sample, three years, and the present
pastor, Rev. E. A. Nelson. The congregation
is now in a flourishing condition, free from debt, and with a membership
of 140.
Its present officers
are: Elders, T. S. Bailey, Thomas Clingan, E. M.
McGinnis, John Gilmore, S. A. McClure and James
DeFrance; trustees, A. G. Hoovler, James
Yanney, Joseph Bowers and, William DeFrance.
There is a Sunday-school enrolling 100 pupils connected with the
congregation. There are also two missionary societies maintained by the
ladies of the church, the Ladies and the Young Ladies. Of the former Mrs.
Phoebe Snider is president; Mrs. Mary
Clingan, vice-president, and Mrs. A. G.
Hoovler, treasurer; while the president of the latter is Miss
Anna McDonald, and its secretary, Miss
Maggie Clingan.
From The
History of Mercer County, 1888, pages 461-462.
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List
of the Churches in Sandy Lake today
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Early
Pastors of
the
Presbyterian Church in
Sandy
Lake
Robert
Glenn
J.
W. McCune
John
G. Condit
John
Rice
James
Lafforty
Joseph
M. Duff
Samuel
Glenn
J.
Logan Sample
E.
A. Nelson
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A
frame building, the first regular school-house in [Sandy Lake Borough],
was erected, and for some time the First Presbyterian congregation held
meetings in it, their church building being built, in 1835-36.
This is the oldest church in this [township], and was organized October
3d, 1835, by Rev. Samuel Tait. Its first pastor was Rev. Robert
Glenn, who had charge about eighteen years, since which time the pulpit
has been supplied by a number of persons, having had no real pastor
since Mr. Glenn [through 1877].
History
of Mercer County, 1877,
page
120
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Churches in Sandy Lake
in the
late 1800s
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