Barb, The Evangelical Zion Church of Winfield and Buffalo Townships may be the church you are interested in. It was first called German Evangelical Church which was organized in 1852. A small frame building was used in the southern part of the township from 1852 until 1872-1873. A brick buildin\g was erected then. In the gable was inscribed "Zion's Kirche, 1872." The old church lot was sold to the gas company, but no wells were apparently drilled on it. Margaret Fruhling was buried there in 1876. She was sixty years of age. Articles of association were drawn up 1-6-1873. George, H. H., and Casper Fruhling were three of the seven that signed the articles. Casper was president of the church officers and an elder. August Fruhling was an elder, too. Spelling variations of the name are Freehling and Freeling. In the 1850 Butler Co., Pa. census there is a Casper Freeling living alone in Clearfield Township, age 27, farmer, $600, born Germany. A death notice for August G. Freehling's wife, Ida, states she died at 39 on 1-21-1901, leaving her husband and four children. George Freeling is found in the 1850 Armstrong County Census in Franklin Township. He was 33, a laborer, born in Germany. His wife was Margaret, age 33, born Germany. They had a son, Augustus, aged 3, born on Germany. Casper Freeling, 25, laborer, born Germany lived with them. In the same townshjip was Henry Freeling age 37 laborer, born Germany. His wife, Margaret was 38 and born in Germany. They had an eleven old son, George, born in Germany. From Brown's Butler County History of 1895, p. 857 is an article on George Fruhling, son of Henry and Elizabeth K. Fruhling. He was born in 1816 in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany. His parents died when he was a child. He came to Pa in 1849, locating in Armstrong County, Pa. in 1850 he came to Winfield Township, Butler County. He worked in Clarion Co. at Buffalo Furnace. He owned 67 acres in Winfield Township, which became the property of his son, August. He married Margaret Syphers (Cyphers) in Germany. Their children were August, Maggie and Henry. His wife died in 1877. I wonder if she is the Margaret named dying in the article about the Church. Their is a small article in the history on the son, August who married Henrietta Bicker. In McKee's 1909 Butler County History are articles on John G., Theodore H., and William T. Freehling. In the farm directory of 1916 for Butler County is: A. G. Freehling, farmer with two children, 116 acres at RD2 Cabot in Winfield Township. Casper Freehling, kiln placer, rents at RD2 Cabot in Winfield Township. Other Freehlings listed are Theodore, W.A., W. L., and A. C. Hope this is of some use. Glee