History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania, together with a topical handbook of the Evangelical Lutheran church, its ancestry, origin and development . aeff, President, and SamuelMcGregor, Secretary. The vote to organize was unanimous, and aconstitution was immediately prepared and signed by twentymembers. The congregation was incorporated May 6, 1872. Thecharter members were as follows: Samuel McGregor, John , John Koontz, Harrison Lohr, John Graef, Anthony Wech-tenheiser, Philip Reitz, Jacob Yost, John Wallace, John Manges,John \Y. Wechtenheiser, Jacob M. McGre
History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania, together with a topical handbook of the Evangelical Lutheran church, its ancestry, origin and development . aeff, President, and SamuelMcGregor, Secretary. The vote to organize was unanimous, and aconstitution was immediately prepared and signed by twentymembers. The congregation was incorporated May 6, 1872. Thecharter members were as follows: Samuel McGregor, John , John Koontz, Harrison Lohr, John Graef, Anthony Wech-tenheiser, Philip Reitz, Jacob Yost, John Wallace, John Manges,John \Y. Wechtenheiser, Jacob M. McGregor, Joseph Wilt, Alex- 569 SOMERSET CONFERENCE ander McGregor, Barbara Wallace, Sophia Manges, RachelKoontz, Susan Lohr, Elizabeth Bash, Elizabeth Bradley, EleanorMcGregor, Caroline Wilt, Hannah Yost, Elizabeth Lambert, SusanBerkeybile. The following are still living: Philip Reitz, JacobYost, Jacob McGregor, Rachel Koontz, Susan Berkeybile. The church building was already under way, the corner-stonebeing laid May 25, 1871, by Rev. Tomlinson. As the newHooversville Charge was now formed, the dedication of thebuilding was under the direction of that pastor, Rev. Bricker,. GRAEFF LUTHERAN CHURCH, CAIRNBROOK PASTORATE and was performed October 29, 1871. Rev. J. M. Graybill, ofEverett, assisted on the occasion. The building, a one-story frame,32 x 40, with steeple and bell, was dedicated free of debt. Thecost was $1,700. It made the forty-fourth Lutheran church ofSomerset County. In 1908, improvements amounting to $350were made. From this time until the division of the Hooversville Charge, itcontinued to be a part of the same, and shared with Hoovers-ville, Shade and Lambertsville the services of their pastors. 570 THE LIVINGSTON CONGREGATION During the summer of 1915, the town of Cairnbrook, near theGraeff Church, began to develop so rapidly that it was felt thata division of the Hooversville Charge would be a meeting of the Joint Council this was decided upon. Syn
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