Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice Stevensville Presbyterian Church  Stevens Township, Bradford County PA Bradford County PA Chemung County NY Tioga County PA

Tri-County Genealogy & History Sites Home Page How to Use This Site Warning & Disclaimer Stevens Township Page Pike Township Page More Tri-County Churches No Unauthorized Commercial Use Say Hello to  Joyce  Article and photos submitted by Bill Benson Sketch at right used with permission of Linda English .

Joyce's Search Tip - January 2008 Do You Know that you can search just the 250 pages of Church Records and Histories on the site by using the Churches button in the Partitioned search engine at the bottom of the Current What's New Page? .

Some History of the Stevensville Presbyterian Church, Stevensville, Bradford County, Pennsylvania

Families who were members of the Stevensville Presbyterian Church in the 1860's and 1870's:  Allen, Angle, Ash, Babcock, Baldwin, Barcliff, Bartlett, Becker, Beers, Bender, Bennett, Birchard, Blakeslee, Briggs, Brister, Brown, Cady, Carlin, Chubbuck, Clapper, Cobb, Coleman, Cook, Cuncy, Devine, Divine, Dixon, Doolittle, Dougherty, Eastabrooks, Edsill, Edwards, Esene, Evens, Farr, Fassett, Fisk, Flyte, Fowler, Frantz, French, Geary, Gibbs, Grant, Graves, Griffin, Haney, Harris, Hawley, Hendricks, Hey, Hoff, Hoffman, Horton, Howard, Hutchinson, Ingham, Jones, Keeler, Keeney, Knapp, Maines, Matison, Middaw, Mills, Nichols, Northrup, Nurss, Page, Parks, Parmer, Payne, Peel, Pennay, Pentsman, Pepper, Pickett, Pierce, Pratt, Rass, Ross, Russel, Shaffer, Sharer, Sherman, Singer, Snyder, Southwell, Stevens, Stone, Strickland, Swollow, Tarr, Taylor, Thomas, Titus, Tripp, Walker, Waltman, Warner, Wesler, Whipple, White, Wilcox, Wiley, Williams, Wooster, and York.

"Stevensville [Presbyterian] Church was dedicated October 3, 1858.  February 2, 1860, thirty persons, members of the old Wyalusing Presbyterian Church, were organized into the Presbyterian Church of Stevensville, in which Hiram Stevens, Myron Stevens and Henry A. Ross were chosen the elders, and Rev. D. Cook was installed pastor."
    Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/bradsby/bradc21.htm- History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches, by H. C. Bradsby, 1891, Chapter Twenty One - Churches

Stevensville Presbyterian Church Sunday School - Bill Benson is in possession of one of the Sunday School ledgers for the Church, because it was owned by his great, great grandfather, and was passed down over time.This web page lists the two-hundred and forty-three “souls” who were part of this church over the years as found in the Sunday School “Roll” in the front of the ledger.  Mr. Benson has listed the names and also added some details from his files to this transcription.

Edward Jesse Eastabrooks was the Sunday School Superintendent at the church for many years, and two beautiful stained glass windows at the church entrance attest to the love and respect held for Edward and his wife Emeline Potter.

The Ledger begins with the minutes from the 23^rd of June 1867, and includes a Roll of Members who joined before that date, as well as new members that joined until the last entry in 1877.The ledger includes pages of minutes for each Sunday’s meeting, but most are quite similar so only a few are quoted here.

Sunday Schools were major components of the community in those days and it appears that nearly everyone who attended church, also attended the church's Sunday School.

Here is the first entry of the Sunday School Minutes from page 11:

To view a painting of Stevensville, PA about 1910 with the Presbyterian church in the background see: The Stevens Township page of Tri-County Site

Stevensville 1914 - Photo from Carol HOOSE Brotzman

21st July 1867
"Moved by Mr. Eastabrooks that Prayer meetings be closed during haying and harvest.  Motion carried."
[Attendance sixty.]

15th Nov 1867
"A short speech by Hiram Stevens concerning the Sunday school convention.  A few remarks by Eastabrooks about the next concert.  Decided to have an other one in found weeks from the last one."  [Attendance fifty.]

1st Dec 1867
"Prayer by Eastabrook.  He introduced a gift enterprise from the Editor of the Little Corporal."
[Attendance forty-five.]

29th Dec 1867
"Prayer by Eastabrook.  Moved and supported that an order be drawn on the Treasury for the Amt. of Five Dollars and five cents to pay for the Witness one year."

26th Jan 1868
"Opening prayer by Mr. Ross.  "Moved and supported that an order be drawn on the Treasury of $1.20 favor of Mr. Stevens for Question Books."  [Attendance twenty.]

16th Feb 1868
"School opened as usual.  Time employed in practicing for the Concert which takes place tonight. No lessons recited today.  Close with singing."  [Attendance twenty five.]

23 Feb 1868
"Prayer by Eastabrooks. Some of the teachers were absent today.  Address by Mr. Eastabrooks in regard to negligence on the part of teachers and pupils and church members.  He says he is quite willing to give up the position of Superintendent And thinks the concerts had better be closed unless there can be more interest taken  [etc.] and better ones gotten up."
[Attendance thirty.]

Bradford County PA Chemung County NY Tioga County PA

Published On Tri-Counties Site On 20 APR 2005 By Joyce M. Tice Email Joyce M. Tice You are the visitor since the counter was installed on 20 APR 2005.