Deep Creek Charge (Dauphin Co. & Schuylkill Co., PA)

Collection

Identifier: Church RG 548

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Deep Creek Charge collection consists of one box containing: CHARGE - History - Newsletters, 1927-1930 (incomplete) - Yearbook, 1929 ST. JOHN'S (KIMMEL'S) UNION CHURCH, ASHLAND, PA - Church Records (transcription): Membership, 1929 - Pastors, 1817-1998 CHRIST UNION CHURCH, FOUNTAIN, PA - Church Records (transcription): Membership, 1929 - History FRIEDEN'S UNION CHURCH, HEGINS, PA - Church Records (transcription): Baptisms, 1848-1972; Confirmations, 1860-1899; Marriages, 1864-1972; Deaths, 1864-1972. Compiled by Dr. Glenn P. Schwalm, 1998 - History ZION (KLINGER'S) UNION CHURCH, LYKENS, RD., PA -Bulletins -Church Records (transcribed): Baptisms, 1787-1986; Confirmations, 1806-1986; Marriages, 1896-1936; Deaths, 1854-1855, 1895-1987; Membership, ca. 1927-1931. Transcribed by Irwin R. Klinger, 1987 - History - Photographs ST. PAUL'S UNION CHURCH, SACRAMENTO, PA - Bulletins - History: General; Anniversary Celebrations, 1947-1987 - Legal Records: Articles of Incorporation, 1968 - Merger: Lutheran & Reformed Congregations, 1968 - Committees: Joint Consistory, Minutes, 1966-1968; Self-Study, 1967 ST. MATTHEW'S (COLEMAN'S) UNION CHURCH, SPRING GLEN, PA - Church Records (transcription): Membership, 1929 COMBINED RECORDS OF FRIEDEN'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (1848-1972) AND FRIEDEN'S REFORMED CHURCH (1855-1957) OF HEGINS, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, compiled by the late Dr. Glenn P. Schwalm, 1998. ZION (KLINGER'S) CHURCH, compiled by Irwin R. Klinger, 1987. Signed by author.

Dates

Creation: 1787 - 1998

Biographical / Historical

The churches of the Deep Creek Charge include: - St. John's (Kimmel's) Union Church, Ashland, PA (left charge ca. 1944 & joined Ashland Charge) - Christ Union Church, Fountain, PA - Frieden's Union Church, Hegins, PA - Zion (Klinger's) Union Church, Lykens, RD., PA - St. Paul's Union Church, Sacramento, PA - St. Matthew's (Coleman's) Church, Spring Glen, PA Pastors who have served this charge include:  pre - 1812 Dubendorf, Samuel 1812-1812 Pulverich, Johannes 1812-1818 Riley, James Ross 1818-1819 Felix, J. 1819-1826 Gehrhard, Isaac 1826-1828 Henry H. Knebel (Knobel) 1828-1830 John Hautz 1830-1833 Benjamin Boyer 1833-1836 Isaac F. Stiely 1836-1853 Rudolph Duenger 1854-1855 Henry S. Bassler 1855-1871 Jarred Fritzinger 1871-1877 Henry S. Bassler 1877-1881 B. S. Metzer 1881-1884 Christian Baum 1884-1889 John C. Glantz 1889-1891 George J. Lisberger 1892-1893 William C. Engle 1894-1905 Oliver F. Schaeffer 1906-1907 Roy J. Freeman 1908-1917 C. D. Kressley 1917-1923 Benjamin Franklin Luckenbill 1924-1926 Russell D. Custer 1927-1931 Herman J. Naftzinger 1931-1937 Walter R. Hartzell 1937-1947 Paul C. Scheirer 1947-1956 Ralph C. Harrity 1957-1963 Joseph Heiney 1963-1967 Chester R. Lytle

Extent

1 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

For: Christ Union Church, Fountain, PA: Transcribed Church Records, 1875-1910 SEE ALSO: BX 9581.6 .S44 R52 1995 v.2 For: Friedens Union Church, Hegins, PA: Cemetery Records SEE ALSO: BX 9581.6 .S44 R52 v.1 For: Friedens Union Church, Hegins, PA: Church Records, 1848-1874 SEE ALSO: Unger Coll. 553 or Microfilm #245 For: Zion (Klinger's) Lutheran Church, Lykens RD, PA: Church Records, 1787-1888 SEE ALSO: Unger #432 For: Zion (Klinger's) Lutheran Church, Lykens RD, PA: Church Records, 1813-1888 SEE ALSO: Microfilm #72 For: St. Paul's (Artz) Church, Sacramento, PA: Church & Cemetery Records, 1843-1891 SEE ALSO: Unger Coll. 547 For: St. Matthew's (Coleman's) Church, Spring Glen, PA: Cemetery Records SEE ALSO: Unger Coll. 434 or Microfilm #109