History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania, together with a topical handbook of the Evangelical Lutheran church, its ancestry, origin and development . tes of Synod. Rev. Jacob N. Burket was sent, in 1846, by the AlleghanySynod, as a missionary (at $33 a month) for congregations inand around Huntingdon. He stayed only one year and avacancy existed until 1853. Rev. P. M. Rightmyer came in 1853, serving also Waterstreet,Spruce Creek and Sinking Valley. He says that there wereonly two or three families here still holding to the church, amongwhom were the Snyders and Mrs.
History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania, together with a topical handbook of the Evangelical Lutheran church, its ancestry, origin and development . tes of Synod. Rev. Jacob N. Burket was sent, in 1846, by the AlleghanySynod, as a missionary (at $33 a month) for congregations inand around Huntingdon. He stayed only one year and avacancy existed until 1853. Rev. P. M. Rightmyer came in 1853, serving also Waterstreet,Spruce Creek and Sinking Valley. He says that there wereonly two or three families here still holding to the church, amongwhom were the Snyders and Mrs. Couts. After preachingawhile in the court house and in the Baptist Church, he proposed 273 JI <NIA TA CONFERENCE to build a small church to the memory of Luther. The second church building was dedicated in 1854, the corner-stone having been laid on July 1 of the same year. The lot, locatedat the corner of Mifflin and Franklin (now Sixth) Streets, waspurchased from David Africa, Esq., for $300 by David Hawn,who, for the consideration of $100, deeded it, January 26,1857, to Frederick Snyder, Abraham Speck and Christian Couts,trustees of the Evangelical Lutheran OLD LUTHERAN CHURCH, HUNTINGDON, PA. (SECOND BUILDING) Building committee: Rev. P. M. Rightmyer, David Hawn andDavid Speck. The contractor was Reuben Romig. The pricewas $1,400. Rev. Cyrus Rightmyer was the able assistant ofhis brother during the latter part of his pastorate. On examination of the corner-stone in 1876 the followingcontents were found: 1. A small Bible with this inscription: Presented by theLutheran Sabbath School of Waterstreet. 2. A copy of The Standing Stone Banner, of July I, 1854,published by J. Simpson Africa and Samuel G. Whittaker. 3. A copy of The Huntingdon Journal, of June 21, 1854, pub-lished by William Brewster. 4. A copy of The Huntingdon Globe, of June 21, 1854, pub-lished by William Lewis. 274 ST. JAMES, HCNTINGDON ;. A o>]>y of The Lutheran Observer, of June 30, 1854;publi
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