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Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
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Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized about 1841. The first edifice was a frame structure 35x40. It answered the demands of the church until 1868, when, during the pastorate of Rev. J. M. Gallagher, some thing needed to he done to secure a more suitable place. It was first proposed to repair the old structure at this point. Dr. A. G. Egbert, now [1888] of Franklin, a native of Worth Township, offered to donate $3,000 toward the erection of a new building. His suggestion was accepted, and a brick structure, costing $8,000, took the place of the old one. Dr. E. K. Squires, of Pittsburgh, assisted at 4he dedication ceremonies, at which time considerable money was raised, but not enough to liquidate the indebtedness. Dr. Egbert finally suggested that he would make up the deficit, which was about $2,000. His contribution to the $8,000 structure was about $5,000. Among the preachers in charge of this congregation have been Revs. Jacob Murphy, Cane Moore, Jacob F. Waugh, J. A. Bowman, A. M. Blackford, J. M. Gallagher and J. M. Norris. In 1876 quite a colony went out and formed a congregation in Lake Township, whose sketch is found elsewhere |
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and [see Bethany
Church]. The Jackson Centre
congregation is represented as being in a healthy condition. History
of Mercer County,
1888, page 544. |
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CUMBERLAND
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
About the year 1837, the Cumberland Presbyterian church, at Jackson Center, was organized by Rev. Jacob Murphy, who was its first pastor. The succeeding pastors have been Revs. Cane Moore, Jacob F. Waugh, J. A. Bowman, A. M. Blackford, J. M. Gallagher (who served for fifteen years, commencing in the spring of 1861), and J. M. Norris, the present pastor, who took charge in June, 1876. Their first church was a frame building, about 35 x 40 feet in dimensions, erected between 1840 and 1842, three years after the society was organized. It is now used for store and dwelling purposes, it having become too small to accommodate the increasing congregation. The present fine brick church is the second building put up by the society, and was built in 1869. A portion of the congregation left, and organized a separate one in the summer of 1876, and are worshiping in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, in Lake township. It is known as the Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The old congregation had six elders, and two of them went with the new one, which consists of seventy members, while the old one has about 150. Rev. J. M. Gallagher was the first pastor of the new congregation. (Source: History of Mercer County, 1877, page 48) |
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