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The
Welsh Congregational Church was organized April 2, 1854,
by Rev. Thomas Evans,
of Youngstown, Ohio, with some fifteen members, viz. John L. Jones, Thomas Jones, William Rees,
Ann Rees, Mary Jones, William Davis, Mary Phillips, Margaret Phillips
and John Morris and wife. Revs.
Thomas Evans, Thomas Davis, John Edwards and others have
supplied the pulpit. The church edifice on Pennsylvania Avenue was
erected in 1856. The membership is largely engaged in the iron works,
and hence its condition flue tastes with that business.
History of Mercer County, 1888, page 393
Welsh Congregational Church. -
- The first society of this denomination was organized April 2d, 1854,
by Rev. Thomas Evans, of Youngstown, Ohio. The original
members numbered about fifteen. Thomas Phillips was the first
deacon; Solomon Jones, first secretary, and John Scourfield, treasurer.
Among
the original members were:
John L. Jones, Thomas
Jones, Wm. Rees, Ann Rees, Mary Jones, William Davis, Mary Phillips,
Margaret Phillips and John Morris and wife. Revs. Thomas Evans, Thomas Davis, and
others, supplied the society for several years. A church was
erected, in Penn avenue, about 1856. Rev. John Edwards, from
Youngstown, Ohio, is at present the stated preacher, supplying three
Sabbaths each month. The present membership numbers about
thirty, and a Sabbath-school is maintained, with seventy
scholars. The members of the Welsh churches are employese of
the iron-works. The majority came from Pittsburgh, about
1850-51.
History of Mercer County, 1877, page 117
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