Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with an introductory historical sketch . Ellershaw, Bridgeport. F. L. Hamilton, Lafayette Station. D. H. Bradley, Meadow Brooke. E. C. Suke, Royers Ford. J. R. Hobensack, NorristownEdward Humphreys, Schoettler, Philadelphia,J. H. Bradley, Conshohocken. E. M. Vaughan, Rovers L. Hand, North Wales. J. C. Spear, Jr., H. Hunsberger, Pennsburg. G. W. Kehl, Rexburg, O.
Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with an introductory historical sketch . Ellershaw, Bridgeport. F. L. Hamilton, Lafayette Station. D. H. Bradley, Meadow Brooke. E. C. Suke, Royers Ford. J. R. Hobensack, NorristownEdward Humphreys, Schoettler, Philadelphia,J. H. Bradley, Conshohocken. E. M. Vaughan, Rovers L. Hand, North Wales. J. C. Spear, Jr., H. Hunsberger, Pennsburg. G. W. Kehl, Rexburg, O. Drain, Ardmore. C. B. Williams, Abington. 1894. W. II. Long, Jr., H. Crabtree, Royers A. Hoopman, Hatfield, J. Britt, F. Branson, S. Walter, Ritter, Soudertou. D. It. Richardson, Norristown. G. W. MeCaffery, W. Norristown. W. G McKinuey, Pottstown. W. H. Knipe, Pottstown. J. D. Lippincott, Norristown. A. C. Mills, Norristown. J R Knapp, Montgomery tup F. E. Yerkes, S. Neff, Berth Avres. E. T. Miller, Limerick. 1895. 348. P. II. Corson, Plymouth Meeting 349. E. G. Kriebel, Worcester. CHAPTER VII. RELIGIOUS IRST in order of age of the reli-gious denominations of Mont-gomery county is the Societyof Friends. The FriendsWelsh Meeting house at Me-rion was built in 1695 ; Ab-ington, in 1697 ; Gwynedd, in1700; Plymouth, 1712 ; Hors-ham, 1724 ; Upper Provi-dence, 1743 ; Pottstown, 1753; Upper Dub-lin, 1814 ; and Norristown, 1852. Almost contemporaneous with theFriends came the Mennonists or Menno-uites. The history of this denomination isvery scant. Their first meeting house issupposed to have been built in Perkiomentownship about 1725. Five years later Fra-conia and Sal ford meeting houses werebuilt. In 1742, Providence was built ; in175 1, Kulpsville was erected ; and before1812, Methacton and Towamencin churcheswere added to the list. There are nowover a dozen churches in the county
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