[email protected] wrote: > > Subject: > > PALYCOMI-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 68 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Messiah Church (Lutheran) - Alvira ["Harold E. Bower, Jr." <[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from PALYCOMI-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Messiah Church (Lutheran) - Alvira/Elimsport > Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 23:18:06 -0400 > From: "Harold E. Bower, Jr." <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > I came across something recently that referenced a Messiah Church near Alvira, Gregg Twp, Union Co, PA. The family was Lutheran that was supposed to attend there. Does anyone know if this church is still in existence? Another source talked about a different family in the area being Old School Lutheran. Was that a church in the area? It sounds more like a theological orientation than a church. > > I am trying to locate the graves of two brothers, Johannes (John) BOWER and Moses BOWER, who lived somewhere in what is today Brady or Washington Twps, Lycoming Co, and Gregg Twp, Union Co. At the time of their death's, about 1805, much of this area was White Deer Twp, Northumberland Co. The descendents of these brothers were in the areas around Elimsport and Alvira. Can anyone suggest where Lutherans living in that area may have worshipped during 1800-1815 and what cemeteries we should check for these burials? > > We've already checked Elimsport, St. John's EUB/UMC, and the three Alvira cemeteries. We have found family members in all of these, but not Johannes or Moses. > > Thanks for your attention to my questions. > > Harold Bower > [email protected] > > Researching BOWER - marriages with BUCK, HARNER, OAKES, SCHOOLEY, WILSON, MILLER, PAULING > EY, = > WILSON, MILLER, PAULING Re Schooley name: There is a Dr Schooley, as in MD who goes to our church, McVeytown Presbyterian Church, in McVeytown, Mifflin Co., PA. If you would like their address I'll be glad to send in on to you. Also there are Harner's in State College, PA. They have a farm produce establishment we pass on our way into State College. Just some thoughts. Good luck in your research. Jane Crawford