I attended Mt. Tabor Church many times when I spent summers with my grandmother. My mother, grandmother, etc. were all members of the church. My great-aunt, Viola Lecat still attends church there, although I think they alternate service every other Sunday there with Howe Church now. Last I knew, there were about five faithful members who continued to attend the church. They have been talking about closing it for years. My husband and I were married there in 1985, I think we were the last marriage in the church (there may have been one more after our wedding), because the church was so special to my family. Both of my children were baptized there. During the baptismal service for my children, a member, Rosella Thompson said that she thought they were the fifth generation of my family to be baptized there. I know, from attempting research there, that many of the older cemetary records were lost when a caretakers home burnt many years ago. The current cemetary caretaker is Edward Abbott, who lives in Long Branch, a short walk down the hill from the church. I remember several years ago, my Aunt Toby (Viola Lecat) talking about the members trying to get the church recognized as a historical landmark. They were unable because so much had been changed at the church, pews, siding, etc. The following was taken from a book titled "Mount Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church" Fallowfield Township,Washington County, Pennsylvania written in 1982. I found it in the Citizens Library in Washington. It is noted that material used in this book was gathered together by Mrs. Frank (Alice) Stockton over a period of years. This particular information was copied from an original bulletin in the possession of Mrs. Frank Stockton of Coal Center dated Sunday, 13 June 1926: "A Short History of the Church" A society of Methodist folks were banded together in the locality, now known as part of Long Branch Borough, Washington County, Pennsylvania, seventy-six years ago and formed the first congregation to be known henceforth as Mt. Tabor Church. The donors of the ground on which the church now stands and one of the leading families in the enterprise were Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius M. McKenna. A number of the children of this God-living couple still remain in the community, a son D.P. McKenna who was present when the building was dedicated. The committee accepted the name of Mt. Tabor, which was suggested by a good mother of the church. Mrs. Liddie Riggs, long since gone home, but whose children and grandchildren still remain loyal to the faith. The timbers used in building the structure was cut from the grounds surrounding the church site, hauled to a mill, and returned in condition for the structure which was built by Alfred Smallwood for the agreed sum of six hundred and sixty dollars ($660.00) The stone also, used in building the walls were quarried within sight of the church. The building is forty by forty foot square, built thus to better withstand the storms of wind on the high knoll upon which it stands. Many have been the souls born into the Kingdom of God through the fearless preaching of the Gospel Truth between the Sacred Walls of this Temple, by men of God, many long since gone to their reward. It is the mother church of the present Roscoe Methodist Episcopal Church, and many of her sons and daughters have gone forth to help bring in the Kingdom of Christ in many communities. Tammy Knipp Researching Young, Abbott, Furlong and Maloy surnames in the Mon-Valley.