St. John's Reformed Church (Milton, PA)
Scope and Contents
The St. John's Reformed Church collection contains; , Church Records, Original, Baptisms, Members, Pastors, Communicants, Marriages, Deaths, 1873-2019 Annual Reports 1979-2003 Bulletins 1952-2020. History. Anniversary Celebrations (120th, 125th, 150th, 175th, 200th). News Clippings. Newsletters, Woman's Missionary Society Minutes. Scrapbooks, Photographs Baptism Certificates, Directories, Legal, Consistory Minutes and Reports 1853-2020. Women's Guild. Treasurer's Registers "History of the Harmony Church" 1817-1866 Men's Bible Class Certificate
Dates
- Creation: 1923 - 2020
Biographical / Historical
In 1807, uniting with the Lutherans, a one story log house on the south side of Mahoning street was purchased for school and church purposes. The Rev. Henry Justice Fries ministered to the German Reformed Congregation.
In 1817 the Reformed, Lutheran and Presbyterian congregations united in building "Harmony" church, located at the foot of the hill at the eastern end of Mahoning Street.
In 1831 the Presbyterian Congregation withdrew and in 1850 the Lutheran congregation withdrew leaving the Reformed congregation in sole possession until 1866. In 1866 a new church was erected.
May 4th 1880 the great fire destroyed all the churches in Milton except for the Episcopal church.
October 5th, 1817 the German Reformed Church of Milton was organized. The corner stone of "Harmony" Church was laid on this date.
This church closed in 2020.
Pastors who served:
Justice Henry Fries, 1807-1823
Henry Wagner, 1823-1827
Daniel Gring, 1835-1847
Ephriam Kieffer, 1840-1846
Henry Harbaugh D.D., 1847-1849
E. M. Long D. D., 1849-1852
A. G. Dole , 1852-1865
Samuel H. Reid, 1866-1873
Franklin F. Bahner, D. D., 1873-1877
S. B. Schafer, 1878-1882
Francis C. Yost, D. D., 1883-1889
D. W. Ebbert, D. D., 1890-1904
Henry B. Reagle, 1905-1912
Henry G. Maeder, Ph. D., 1912-1915
John Lentz, D. D., 1916-1928
Paul W. Yoh, D. D., 1929-1944
Nevin Danner, 1945-1950
Clarence T. Moyer, 1951-
Douglas John Seagle, 2004-
Bonita J. Lucas, 2016-2019
Extent
1 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Bahner, Franklin F. (1849-1934) (Person)
- Danner, Nevin E. (1914-1974) (Person)
- Dole, Albert Gallatin (1815-1887) (Person)
- Ebbert, David Whetstone (1853-1939) (Person)
- Fries, Yost Henry (1777-1839) (Person)
- Gring, Daniel (1811-1882) (Person)
- Harbaugh, Henry (1817-1867) (Person)
- Kieffer, Ephraim (1812-1871) (Person)
- Lentz, John (1880-1960) (Person)
- Long, Edwin McKean (1827-1894) (Person)
- Maeder, Henry Germanus (1884-1967) (Person)
- Moyer, Clarence T. (1895-1979) (Person)
- Reagle, Harry Beck (1878-1927) (Person)
- Reid, Samuel Hahn (1816-1894) (Person)
- Schafer, Solomon B. (1846-1916) (Person)
- Wagner, Henry (1802-1869) (Person)
- Yoh, Paul Wickie (1890-1974) (Person)
- Yost, Francis C. (1853-1926) (Person)
- Lucas, Bonni (Person)
Geographic
- Title
- St. John's Reformed Church (Milton, PA)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the E&R Library & Archives Repository
555 W. James Street
Lancaster PA 17603 United States
717-290-8734
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