Zion, Archbold, Ohio
Zane Manor 1964
1012 N. Bridge St., Chillicothe, Ohio. 3. James Edwards (Supt.) 4. Dan Benner
5. 11
6. Under Ohio Mission Board.
Zion 1955
One-half mile west of Ohio Rt. 66 on
Buehrer Rd. Archbold, Ohio.
3. Philemon L. Frey 4. Ellis Crovle 5. 340
6. Formed by members from the older
congregations in Fulton County, Ohio.
See Futon County District.
Zion 1949
Zion Rd., 7/10 of a mile east of Pa. Rt. 10, seven miles north of Morgantown, Pa. Birdsboro, Pa.
3. T. K. Hershey
4. Ross M. Goldfus
5. 105
6. Began as a Sunday school held on June 2, 1946, under the direction of the Conestoga and Rock congregations, Morgantown, Pa., in an old church called Friedens. Seven months later preaching services were held for the first time. In Febuary 1951 T. K. Hershey was installed as first pastor and bishop of
Zion Church. July 21, 1951, the work was transferred to a former Methodist Episcopal church building.
Zion 1848
Three and one-half miles west of Bluffton, Ohio, on Columbus GroveBluffton Rd. Cemetery is on north side of the road; church site is on opposite side of road on south side. Bluffton, Ohio.
Organized in 1848 near Bluffton in Allen County; first known as Riley Creek Church. First meetinghouse erected in 1862, replaced in 1892. First settler 1848. First minister, John Thut. In the late 1920's the congregation voted to disband. The majority of the members united with the General Conference Mennonite Church in Bluffton, Ohio, the First Mennonite Church.
Zion 1954
Canford and East streets, York, Pa. 3. H. Frank Leaman 4. J. Eby Leaman
5. 99
6. Founded in 1954 by a group who
withdrew from the Lancaster Conference
and were organized as a congregation un
der the Ohio and Eastern Conference.
