. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . amonument twenty-two feet in height bears the fol-lowing inscription in raised letters : At Rest, Ed-ward Stover, died July 31, 1870, aged 21 years, 10months, and 3 days. OLD DERRY CHURCH. It is almost certainly established that what isknown as Derry Presbyterian Church, in DauphinCounty, held its first services near the head of a con-fluent of Spring Creek, in that portion of ChesterCounty from which Lancaster was taken, and subse-quently Dauphin, about one and a half miles
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . amonument twenty-two feet in height bears the fol-lowing inscription in raised letters : At Rest, Ed-ward Stover, died July 31, 1870, aged 21 years, 10months, and 3 days. OLD DERRY CHURCH. It is almost certainly established that what isknown as Derry Presbyterian Church, in DauphinCounty, held its first services near the head of a con-fluent of Spring Creek, in that portion of ChesterCounty from which Lancaster was taken, and subse-quently Dauphin, about one and a half miles fromthe site upon which its first church building (that of1729) was erected. This building was nearly square,twenty-three by twenty-five feet, of logs and clap-boards. The first services we have account of wereheld at the close of the month of April, in 1724. Thesmall congregation must have been gathered from allthe frontier within a radius often miles, and withoutexception was of the Scotch-Irish immigration. Itscanopy was the primeval forest. It was addressed bythe Revs. George Gillespie, David Evans, and Robert. OLD DERRY CHURCH. Cross. Some names of those present have been pre-served : Rowland Chambers, Thomas and WilliamClark, James Galbraith, Patrick and Robert Camp-bell, John Mitchell, William McBey, James Quigley,William Hay, Robert Moody, Malcolm Kar (Kerr),Thomas and Hugh Black, James Harris, WilliamMcCord, Morgan Jones, David McClure, James Mac-Farlane, Alexander Hutchinson, John and BenjaminBoyd, James Hamilton, John McCosh and men were all engaged making themselveshomes on the frontier, over Conoy and along the 414 HISTORY OP DAUPHIN COUNTY. Susquehanna, much to the distraction of mind ofthose who managed land affairs for the Penn obstruction was thrown in their way to pre-vent permanent location. However, they were notto be deterred by the frowns of the governing powersat Philadelphia, but took what land they needed; asthey felt settled,
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