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Leesburg - Springfield Township 

United Presbyterian Church 

The United Presbyterian congregation was organized in Leesburg in 1859, the session being composed of John Van Eman, Enoch Clark, Thomas Palmer and George Huttenbaugh. There were forty-two original members, some of whom afterward left the congregation. Robert Egleson, H. B. Munnell and Michael Huttenbaugh were elected members of the session. During this term some left the bounds of the church and others died. A. S. Black, John Egleson and D. M. Edeburn composed the next session, and Enoch Clark, A. S. Black, John Egleson and G. W. Palmer constitute the present session. The congregation had no regular pastor before 1874, the pulpit being occupied by supplies. J. L. Robertson became pastor in 1874, and in 1877 Rev. J. C. Bigham, the present [1888] pastor, was installed, and administers to the spiritual wants of the 100 members composing this congregation. 

History of Mercer County, 1888, 

pages 598-599 

The United Presbyterian Church was erected some time after the first church [First Presbyterian Church], and the two are all the town contains.

 

- History of Mercer County, 1877, 

page 81

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