Mount
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized
in 1844 by Rev. Henry Zigler, D. D.,
with these members: Abraham Grove,
Elizabeth Grove, Henry and Elizabeth Schreckengast, Henry and Mary
Fetterwolf, Peter and Rachael Blatt and George Mook. The church
edifice, a wooden structure, was erected in 1855, the dedication
occurring January 27, 1856. The cost was $2,000. The following pastors
have served the congregation: Henry
Zeigler, D. D., Hewn Weicksel, J. Rathburn, John A. Nuner, J. Delo,
Isaac Breiniman, D. M. Kamerer, J. M. Long, G. H. Swingle, D, McKee
and J. H. G. Bartholomew.
The present membership [1888] is about forty.
History of Mercer County, 1888,
page 481-482.