“FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH, WATSONTOWN, PA. Rev. M. S. Kemp, Litt. D.

Previous to 1866 the Lutherans of Watsontown were connected with the St. John’s Lutheran Church of Delaware Run and the McEwensville and Turbutville Lutheran Churches. Services had however been held in the old Academy building for some years previous by Rev. John Jacob Albert of Turbutville and Rev. George Parsons of Milton. With the growth of the town the sentiment for a church increased. The organization was affected in the early spring of 1866 when the following became charter members:

…Noah Ware, …”

Reference Data:

The Susquehanna Synod of the Evangelical Lutharn Church in the United States, by Susquehanna Synod of the Evangelical Lutharn Church in the United States and Franklin Pierce Manhart, 1917, page 290