St. Peter's (Fetterhoff's) Union Church (Halifax, PA)

Collection

Identifier: Church RG 180

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The St. Peter's Union Church collection consists of 1 box containing: - Cemetery Records: Tombstone Inscriptions - Church Records (original): Baptisms, 1958-1965; Communicants, 1904, 1960-1968; Membership, 1966, nd.; Pastoral Register, 1936-1965 - Church Records (transcription): Baptisms, 1788-1903; Confirmations, 1797-1903; Deaths, 1870-1903; Communicants, 1797-1932; Membership, 1849; Officers, 1855-1893; Pastoral Register, 1788-1957 - Constitutions, 1845, 1858 (in transcribed records) - Financial Records: Benevolences, 1823-1872 (in trans. records); Ledgers, 1958-1968; Offering, 1967; Treasurer's Reports, 1966-1968 - Legal Records, 1794-1886 (some in trans. records) - Parochial Reports, 1936, 1938 - Committees: - Consistory: Minutes, 1958-1968 - Auxiliary Organizations: - Sunday School: Constitutions, 1858; Correspondence, 1901

Dates

Creation: 1788 - 1968

Conditions Governing Use

Biographical / Historical

This church was part of the Armstrong Valley Charge. In 1964, St. Peter's (Fetterhoff's), Trinity and St. Paul's (Bowerman's) formed the Twin Valley Charge of the UCC. In 1969, the three churches merged to form one church - Valley UCC, Halifax, PA Reformed Pastors who served include: 1807-1812 J. D. Petersen 1813-1818 W. G. Reily 1819-1841 Isaac Gerhart 1833-???? H. Adams 1837-???? G. Ellenmeyer 1841-???? J. R. Kooken 1843-1843 W. G. Laitzle 1843-1845 Samuel Miller 1847-1848 Nathaniel E. Bressler 1850-1854 John Adam Leis 1859-1863 E. Kiefer 1858-1859 Nathaniel E. Bressler 1869-1870 C. E. Hoffmeier 1868-1868 Nathaniel E. Bressler 1870-1872 Joseph H. Schlappig 1872-1877 Nathaniel E. Bressler 1877-???? C. E. Hoy 1882-1883 J. B. Kerschner 1883-1886 S. Kuhn 1887-1887 Letterman 1887-1889 T. Derr 1890-1892 C. W. E. Seigel 1893-1898 S. F. Hartzler 1899-1900 M. H. Saugree (supply) 1900-1901 Ambrose Carl Geary 1901-1901 Henry R. Kreider (supply) 1901-1903 Paul J. Dundore 1902-???? J. Rauch Stein 1904-???? G. W. Spotts 1908-1909 Harvey Grant Koppenhaver 1909-1912 Joseph M. Beam 1912-1914 D. W. Bicksler 1915-1917 F. W. Teske (student supply) 1919-1922 J. C. Pease 1923-1927 C. E. Heffleger 1928-1931 Paul Troutman 1931-1935 Guy J. Moyer 1936-1952 George W. Moyer 1954-1957 David H. Rapp 1957-1958 Donald Schlecher (supply) 1958-1962 William Vastine (supply) 1962-1963 Larry Fisk & David Mohr (student supply) 1963-1964 Deck (student supply) 1964-1964 Yocum (student supply) 1965-???? George Hoffman, Jr.

Extent

1 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

German

Additional Description

Related Materials

For: Cemetery Records compiled by Glenn P. Schwalm, 2007 SEE ALSO: BX 9581.6 .D38 S39 1998 For: Records of the Armstrong Valley Charge (including Church Records, 1901-1964) SEE ALSO: Church RG 178 For: Records of the Twin Valley Charge SEE ALSO: Church RG 183 For: Information regarding Valley United Church of Christ, Halifax, PA SEE ALSO: Vertical file For: Additional copy of Original Church Records, 1788-1903 SEE ALSO: Microfilms #255 & #77 & #110