The Saints Come Marching In!--The History of Chicora's Churches

 

Photo: St. John's Reformed Church in 1903

Photo: Parsonage of Catholic Church in 1903

 

Churches

By Greg Bricker and Matt McConnell

The First Evangelical Lutheran Church was opened in Millerstown on August 14, 1949. It took $6000 to build. The first pastor was Rev. Eli Fair.

St. Paul’s German Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized in 1849. The building was not finished until 1853. Its first pastor was Rev. J. G. Haun.

St. John’s German Reformed church was officially opened on June 25, 1870. It had seventy-three members at the time. The cornerstone was laid in 1869. Rev. A. Dale was the first pastor.

The Methodist Episcopal Church was built in 1876. The first pastor was R. F. Gwinn. It was organized in 1874. Rev. B. F. Dillo formed it.

 

History of Butler County. R.C. Brown and Co., 1895.