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as compiled by Rev. Norman C.
Young
Location: Located in the borough of Eldred on route 446 in McKean County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal - Genesee Conference. In1829 Reverend J.L.Roach of the Pittsburgh Conference preached in the homes of Allegany Bridge, later called Eldred. Reverend H.N. Seaver of the Genesee Conference organized a class in Eldred in 1839 on the Smethport Circuit. The Methodists and Baptists built a union church in 1869. The first charter for a Methodist Episcopal Church was formulated in 1874. A new building was erected in 1879. A decade later an Epworth League room was added. The parsonage was completed in 1917. In 1939 a fellowship hall, kitchen and classrooms were added. In June 1961 a financial program for new facilities was initiated. The Eldred Church became a part of the Western Pennsylvania Conference in 1962 with the Duke Center Church forming the Eldred Charge. The new building, which has 17 rooms, was put into use on March 20, 1969. The membership in 1968 was 309. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 297.
Pastors: Smethport Circuit: H. N. Seaver 1839-1840; H. N. Seaver and Hugh Ely 1840-1841; Asahel Hayward and Jacob Hagar 1841-1842; John P. Kent 1842-1843; John P. Kent and Josiah F. Mason 1843-1844; Josiah F. Mason 1844-1845; Joseph Pearsell 1845-1847; Francis W. Conable 1847-1848; Harvey K. Hines 1848-1849; Thomas B. Eaton 1849-1850; Benajah Williams 1850-1852; To Be Supplied 1852-1854, John Wesley Vaughn 1854-1855; Phillip Houseknecht 1855-1856; Thomas B. Eaton 1856-1857; Roswell Canfield 1857-1859; To Be Supplied 1859-1864; Owen St. Clair Chamberlayne 1864-1866; Thomas F. Parker 1866-1869; George H. Washburn 1869-1871; Thomas Ellsworth Clayton 1871-1874; Asa Halstead Johnson 1874-1878; J. C. Waterside 1878-1880; Thomas F. Parker 1880-1883; Frederick S. Parkhurst 1883-1886; Henry Fletcher Osborne 1886-1888; Dewitt Clinton Huntington 1888-February 11, 1889; Elisha M. Snodgrass March 1989-1893; Floyd Wood Berlin 1893-1897; P. P. Carnell 1897-1899; M. E. Harding l898-1900; Hugh Boyd 1900-1904; F. W. Southworth 1904-1905; William G. Schoepfin 1905-1907; William H. Adams 1907-1910; J. W. Presby 1910-1912; Henry Fletcher Osborne 1912-1914; C. A. Vandermulen 1914-1915; Roy Clark Lawrence 1915-1917; E. J. Fairweather 1917-1920; Evan J. Burton 1920-1925; Arthur J. Bailey 1925-1930; Fred W. Bolender 1930-1935; Fred W. Smith 1935-1937; William C. Edwards 1937-1940; J. S. Fleming 1940-1944; William E. Slocum 1944-1953; E. L. Eldridge 1953-1954; Gayle B. Ruaff 1954-1958; D. W. Phelps 1958-1962; Eldred/Duke Center: Robert Eugene Goode 1962-1968; Gerald Albert Miller 1963-1971; Eldred: David Merle Davis 1971-1976; Herman Leroy Ridley 1976-1981; Robert Dewayne Sayre 1981-1987; Richard Lee Hartman 1987-1999; Jay Phillip Tennies 1999-2004; David Thomas Heckman 2004--.
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