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From: "dadibert" <>
Subject: Re: [BRE] Raven Run church of the Brethern....Bedford County PA
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 22:41:02 -0400
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Doris, did I ever send you copies of the pages of the Snake Spring church
from the Middle Dist. of PA History book--pages 137 - 148? The articles
mentions many Ritcheys: "Isaac Ritchey, Sr., son of Francis Ritchey; Isaac
Ritchey, Jr., William S. Ritchey, Samuel Ritchey. It also has a picture of
Don's grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. H. S. Grimes (Henry Sherman Grimes). If I
haven't, I'll send that to you, since you have ties to the Ritcheys & Snake
Spring Valley.
(another) Doris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doris Sink" <>
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Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 9:51 PM
Subject: Re: [BRE] Raven Run church of the Brethern....Bedford County PA


> Doris ,
> I would like a copy. I will reimburse you. Ritchey, Dillman
> etc. all interesting names.....we have shared before.....
> Doris
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "dadibert" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 3:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [BRE] Raven Run church of the Brethern....Bedford County PA
>
>
>> The following is from "A History of the Church of the Brethren in Middle
>> District of PA" edited by James A Sell:
>>
>> RAVEN RUN
>> The territory now known as Raven Run was once a part of the Hopewell
>> congregation (now known as Yellow Creek.) Just how early Samuel
>> Brumbaugh,
>> Martin Hoover and John B. Dilling probably first members of the Church of
>> the Brethren to locate in these parts is not definitely known. In 1878
>> they
>> erected a brick church, 28 x 40, and the little group increased in
>> numbers
>> until some ninety lived in the Raven Run Valley and around Saxton.
>> November
>> 25, 1893, they petitioned the mother congregation for separate
>> organization
>> which was granted them. They had two deacons, John B. Dilling and
>> Johathan
>> Hoover among their number. On December 16, 1893, in the presence of
>> George
>> W. Brumbaugh and Henry Clapper, they effected an organization as follows:
>> George W. Brumbaugh, elder; George H. Dilling, secretary; Johathan
>> Hoover,
>> treasurer; Samuel I. Brumbaugh, solicitor.
>>
>> The new organization went to work and steadily grew in numbers. However,
>> the opportunities for labor in Stonerstown were such that a goodly number
>> settled there. It was thought best to let this group separate and be
>> under
>> the District Mission Board. The dividing line is the Henrietta road.
>> This
>> was done January 5, 1901. Five years later, on May 27, 1906, they gave
>> the
>> same grant to Riddlesburg.
>>
>> They had need of a new church and on March 10, 1910, appointed a building
>> committee,--Frederic Hoover, David P. Hoover, John P. Ritchey, Samuel I.
>> Brumbaugh and Philip Richard,--and during the summer put up a good frame
>> house, 35 x 50 feet, basement under one half of it, costing $2,500.00
>> besides donated labor. On December 18, 1910, Charles C. Ellis preached
>> the
>> dedicatory sermon.
>>
>> (The article concludes with lists and dates of Bishops presiding,
>> Ministers
>> elected, Deacons, and a paragraph on the Sunday School and Sisters' Aid
>> Society. On a page entitled The Raven Run Church and some Members, are
>> white-bearded Jonathan Hoover and John H. Dilling, and couples: Mr. &
>> Mrs.
>> J.P. Ritchey and Mr. & Mrs. Fred Hoover. Another photo shows a group of
>> 12
>> women, wearing either a prayer covering or cap, titled Raven Run Sisters'
>> Aid Society. Their projects included making prayer coverings and
>> quilting,
>> and scrubbing school houses. The amount raised, $184.04 was given to
>> help
>> pay for the erection of the new church.)
>>
>> Carey, if you are interested in a printed copy of the whole article and
>> pictures, you may e-mail me directly. Another book, "Out of the
>> Wilderness," has a few more details about the RR church, giving mostly
>> the
>> same names. It notes that Samuel I. Brumbaugh terminated his 50 years of
>> pastoral ministry there in 1944.
>>
>> Doris Dibert, Bedford County, Everett, PA
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Carey Salada" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 9:16 AM
>> Subject: [BRE] Raven Run church of the Brethern....Bedford County PA
>>
>>
>>> Does anyone have any information on The Raven Run church of the Brethern
>>> in Bedford County, PA. Specifically how the church was started. I have
>>> been told that S.I. Brumbaugh and Jonathon Hoover started that church.
>>> I
>>> was curious to know if that statement is true and if anyone has any
>>> documentation to back that up.
>>> Thank you Carey
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