Records of the First Presbyterian Church
Lake Huntington, Sullivan Co., N.Y.

Records in the possession of
Elder Henry Nordhausen, Lake Huntington, N.Y.

Present Minister Rev. A. G. Lewis
- also Minister at Cochecton

Copied & compiled by Gertrude A. Barber, 1929

Typescript, no copyright statement

[Transcribed by Jane Devlin]

REGISTER OF PASTORS Rev. Robert ROGERS, 14 Feb 1911 Rev. Roya NEUFELD, 16 Apr 1916 Rev. A. B. JAMISON, 19 Oct 1919 Rev. A. G. MUSSELMAN, 23 Oct 1921 Rev. Arthur G. LEWIS, 12 May 1925 REGISTER OF ELDERS Henry NORDHAUSER, 14 Feb 1911 Charles MEYERS, 14 Feb 1911 to act until 31 May 1914 Jacob THEIS, 31 May 1914 to 3 Jun 1917 Herman SCHMIDT, 20 May 1917 William MILER, 16 Apr 1922 Jackson HAWKS, 6 Apr 1924 COMMUNICANTS Mary BISCHOFF, wife of H. L. BISCHOFF, Conf. 14 Feb 1911 Harry Adolf BRINING, Conf. 14 Feb 1911, Dis. by letter 11 May 1921, Central M. E. Church , Elmira, N. Y. Henry Layman BISCHOFF, Conf. 23 Jun 1911 Katherin F. BLANKEN, wife of J. B., Conf. 13 Apr 1911, Moved away William E. BRINING, Conf. 25 Jan 1912, Moved. M. E. Church, Port Jervis, N. Y. Cora L. BRINING, wife of Wm. E., ditto Mrs. Ella BABCOCK, Conf. 1 Apr 1915 Gertrude Elizabeth BENNEDUM, Ex, 1 Apr 1917 Mary K. CALKINS, wife of B. D., Conf. 25 Jan 1912 Mildred E. CALKINS, daughter of B. D. & M. L. (sic), Conf. 4 Apr 1912 (See KRAACK, change of name by marriage) Ralph V. CALKIN, Conf. 26 May 1918 Henry Peter FURK, Ex. 13 Apr 1917, Dis. Van Nest Presb Church of N. Y., Oct 1919 Philippine, wife of H. P. FURK, ditto Henry Peter FURK, Jr., Conf. 1 Jun 1919 Anna FURK, Conf. 4 Jun 1922 Marion Ida FLEISHER, Ex. 1 Apr 1917 Eleanor FABER, Ex. 4 Jun 1922 Claude Benj. GLOVER, Conf. 4 Feb 1911, Moved away. Susp. 1 Apr 1926 Grace Louise Glover, wife of C. B., ditto Anital GETTEL, Conf. 4 Jun 1922 Katherine Mary HENRY, Conf. 14 Feb 1911 Jacob HEIB, Conf. 26 Jun 1913 Jackson HAWKS, Letter, 23 Apr 1914 Nancy E. HAWKS, Letter, 23 Apr 1914 Henry KIPLING, Conf. 25 Jun 1914 Roland KIPLING, Conf. 25 Jun 1914 J. Arthur HOFFMAN, Letter, 6 Feb 1921 Clara HOFFMAN, ditto Rose HEIB, Letter 2 Oct 1921 Adam HEIB, ditto Mrs. Eliza KEASLER, Conf. 13 Apr 1911 Frederick KNEMPF, Conf. 13 Apr 1911, mvd to N. Y., Susp. 1 Apr 1926 Kena KNEMPF, wife of F. W., ditto Mary Graze HEIM, Conf. 24 Jun 1915, Dis. by letter to No. Presby. Church, Binghamton Pearline Katherine KEESLER, Ex. 1 Apr 1917 Floyd Edw. KEESLER, Ex. 1 Apr 1917 Walter Anthony KEESLER, Ex. 1 Apr 1917 Virgil KEESLER, Ex. 26 May 1918 Mrs. Louisa A. KEESLER, Ex. 26 May 1918 William H. KEESLER, Ex. 26 May 1918 Charles J. KEESLER, Ex. 26 May 1918 Beatrice KEESLER, Ex. 26 May 1918 Jacob KRAACK, Conf. 4 Apr 1912 Mildred E. KRAACK, ditto Beatrice KEESLER, Conf. 4 Jun 1922 Edna Percy Archie Mabel Louise LACKMAN, Ex. 1 Apr 1917 Mrs. Lena LACKMAN, Ex. 26 May 1918 Roland LANGHURST, Conf. 4 Jun 1922 Charles MEYERS, Letter, 14 Feb 1911 Mildred MEYERS, wife of C., ditto Katherine MEYERS (ROE), Letter, 14 Feb 1911, Dis. 1st Presby Church at Susquehanna, 19 Mar 1924 Mary E. MOHN, wife of C. M., Conf. 23 Jun 1911 Carrie Elizabeth MERKENSHAGER, Ex. 1 Apr 1917 George MERKENSHAGER, Conf. 4 Jun 1922 William MILLER, Letter, 8 Jan 1922 Augustus MERK, Conf. 4 Jun 1922 Henry NORDHAUSEN, Conf. 14 Feb 1911 Katie, wife of Henry Ann K., dau. Heinz, Conf. 25 Jun 1914, Dis. by letter to Presby Church, N. Y., 1919 Cora Belle NEARING (Mrs. BRINING), Ex. 1 Apr 1917 Jessie E. NEARING, Ex. 26 May 1918, Susp. 1 Apr 1926 Emma M. NEARING, Ex. 8 Jan 1922, Susp. 1 Apr 1926 Elicabeth RICHARDS, wife of R. R., Conf. 23 Jun 1911 Anna H. SCHMIDT, wife of H. H. Conf. 14 Feb 1911 Henry Herman SCHMIDT, Conf. 4 Apr 1912 William Frabklin (sic) SPAUTE, Conf. 1 Apr 1917, Moved away Mrs. Effie L., Ex. 26 May 1918 Edwin, Conf. 4 Jun 1922 Jacob THEIS, Sr., Conf. 4 Feb 1911 Jacob Albert THEIS, Conf. 13 Apr 1911, d. 3 Jun 1913 Rosetta THEIS, wife of Jacob, Sr., Conf. 13 Apr 1911, d. 3 Apr 1916 Mrs. Harriet THEIS, Letter, 9 May 1915; Dis. at her request 2 Apr 1916 from the M. E. Church, Fosterdale Emma Myrtle TYLER, Ex. 1 Apr 1917, d. 27 Aug 1923 Earl D. TYLER, Ex. May 26 1918, Dis. to 1st Presby Church, Unionville, N. Y., 25 Jun 1914 Mrs. Ann TYLER, ditto Aris THORNE, Conf. 4 Jun 1922 Lucille VAN SCHEICK, wife of J. V., Conf. 19 Nov 1911, Dis. by cert. to Jeffersonville Presby Church, 28 Mar 1926 Gladys Pearl, Dis. by cert. Unionville Presby Church, 25 Jun 1921 BAPTISMS Henry Adolf, son of John & Harriet BRINING, b. 16 Oct 1895, bapt. 14 Feb 1911. Came into the ch 14 Feb 1911, received in Communion Cora E. BRINING, bapt. 25 Jan 1912, Came into the Church Jan 1912 Lucilla VAN SCHAICK, bapt. 19 Nov 1911 Mildred E. CAULKINS, daughter of Burton & Mary, b. 3 Mar 1899, bapt. 7 Apr 1917, Admitted to Church 4 Apr 1912 Ralph Virgil CAULKINS, son of ditto, b. 25 Jan 1901, bapt. 7 Apr 1917 Harlan Burton CAULKINS, son of ditto, b. 22 Jun 1905, bapt. 7 Apr 1917 Forest Edwin CAULKINS, son of ditto, b. 13 Nov 1903, bapt. 7 Apr 1917 Fenton Henry CAULKINS, son of ditto, b. 28 Jun 1914, bapt. 14 Apr 1918 Cameron Schultz MEYER, son of Carl & Lois Jessie MEYER, b. 21 Sep 1915, bapt. 1 Jan 1918 Howard Wilbur, son of Burton & Mary CAULKINS, b. 25 May 1916, bapt. 14 Apr 1918 Helen Clark, daughter ditto, b. 25 May 1916, bapt. 14 Apr 1918 Earl TYLER, adult, bapt. 26 May 1918 Vergil KEESLER, adult, bapt. 26 May 1918 Jessie NEARING, adult, bapt. 26 May 1918 Raymond Arthur, son of Fred W. & Ethel L. BENNET, b. 29 Apr 1919, bapt. 29 Jun 1919 Avis THORNE, daughter of Louis & Marion L. THORNE, b. 23 Jan 1909, bapt. 4 Jun 1922 Eleanor M., daughter of Louis & Eleanor FABER, b. 30 Jan 1910, bapt. 4 Jun 1922 Anita R., daughter of Walter & Frances GETTEL, b. 28 Jul 1910, bapt. 4 Jun 1922 Betrice, daughter of Anthony E. & Cecelia G. KEESLER, b. 14 Aug 1910, bapt. 4 Jun 1922 Naomi May, daughter of Fred N. & Lana K. HENDRIX, b. 14 Nov 1915, bapt. 4 Jun 1922 Bernice Patricia, daughter of ditto, b. 1 Jun 1917, bapt. 4 Jun 1922 Leonard, son of Anthony E. & Cecelia G. KEESLER, b. 14 Dec 1913, bapt. 4 Jun 1922 George Miller, son of John N. & Harriet E. KELLER, b. 12 Oct 1921, bapt. 3 Sep 1922 Alfred Harold, son of Harold P. & Lillian A. JOHNSON, b. 2 Jan 1923, NYC, bapt. 7 Jun 1925 by Rev. A. G. LEWIS Adele Katherin JOHNSON, daughter of Howard T. & Lillian, b. 26 May 1919, bapt. 31 Aug 1919, by Rev. JAMISON Martha Isabella, daughter of Virgil & Louise KEESLER, b. 21 Sep 1924 at Cochecton, bapt. 6 Sep 1925, by Rev. A. G. LEWIS Leroy Edward, son of Irving & Pearl DEXTER, b. 19 Jan 1922 at Atco, Pa., bapt. 6 Sep 1925, by Rev. A. G. LEWIS Katherin Louisa, daughter of ditto, b. 22 Jul 1923, Cochcton, , bapt. 6 Sep 1925, by Rev. A. G. LEWIS Edward Nancy, daughter of ditto, b. 17 Jul 1925 at Cochecton, bapt. 6 Sep 1925, by Rev. A. G. LEWIS MARRIAGES 20 Nov 1917, Jacob KRAAK of Lake Huntington & Mildred CALKINS of Lake Huntington; wit Charles KEESLER & Emma TYLER 4 Jun 1919, Harry ROE of Sesquehanna, Pa., & Kathryn MYERS of Lake Huntington 6 Jun 1922, Lester C. MILLER of North Branch, N. J., & Evelyn C. BRINING of Lake Huntington; wit Mr. & Mrs. William MILLER 6 Sep 1922, John BRINING, 54 yrs, of Lake Huntington, & Mabel ROGERS, 46 yrs, of Lake Huntington; wit Mr. & Mrs. Fred N. HENDRIX 18 Oct 1922, George T. TERWILLIGER, 45 yrs, of Susquehanna, Pa., & Mabel D. KEESLER, 29 yrs, of Lake Huntington 25 Nov 1926, Stephen H. WORMUTH of Lake Huntington & Marie L. FERGUSON of Lake Huntington, married by Rev. A. G. LEWIS DEATHS Rosetta THEIS, d. 2 Apr 1916, Church Member Jacob Albert THEIS, d. 3 Jun 1917, Church Member Emma TYLER, d. 27 Aug 1923, Church Member Yena KAEMPPF, d. 8 Mar 1925, Church Member J. Arthur HOFFMAN, d. 12 Aug 1928, Church Member