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 First
Presbyterian Church.
—This congregation was organized by a
committee of the Presbytery of Beaver, consisting of Revs. Samuel A. McLain, B. C. Critchlow and
Elder Marcus Best, on the 16th of August, 1844. The
original membership included twenty-four persons, viz.: Andrew McBride, Samuel McBride and
wife, Benjamin Love and
wife, Jane Haywood, John Dennison,
Nancy Campbell, Mary Annie Love, Esther Stewart, Margaret Satterfield,
Hannah Budd, Rachel McRay, Elizabeth Riggs, H. Jacobs and
wife, Nancy Jane Rankin, James S.
Moore and wife, John
Rankin and wife, Susannah
Bell, Sarah Gray and Adelaide Moore. The first eldership
consisted of James S. Moore, H.
Jacobs and John Rankin. The following persons have
likewise served in that capacity: Alexander
Porter, Smith Agnew, Samuel Shilling, John Phillips, David Agnew, N.
McGowan, James M. Willson. James K. Bell, S. C. Yoder, Joseph King,
John A. Robinson, John Paisley and C. K. Rice. The brick
church edifice, standing on Main Street, north of State, was built in
1857, at a cost of about $2,500. The original members came largely from
the old Moorefleld Church, and worshiped with the congregation in the
old Protestant Methodist house, then known as “the barn.” The
congregation had a half interest in this house, which it finally sold
to Judge David T. Porter.
The following pastors have served the congregation: Revs. E Webber, W. T. McAdam, Dr. Riggs, J.
B. Dickey, W. S. Falconer, B. J. Graves, J. C. Truesdale, Perry S.
Allen, James H. Snowden and W. G. Nevin, the present
incumbent. The congregation has a membership of 250, and is one of the
most substantial religious societies in the borough.
History of Mercer County, 1888, pages 338-390
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First Presbyterian Church, Sharon
Photo from
an early post card
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