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Croghan

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Croghan Church.
Branches: ACCA
Date Founded: 1847
Merged with: Naumburg
Attendance 2025: 58
Address: 9029 State Route 812
Website: N/A








History

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Ministers

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(*) denotes Counseling Elder

Ministers
Name Born Baptized Minister Deacon Elder Retired Wife Notes
Barney Schwartz 9/26/1864 Anna Ebersol
Alpheus Virkler 1/29/1853 6/26/1881 1903 2/10/1907 Anna Zehr
Rudolph Virkler 12/4/1792 1/1/1876 Barbara Zehr[204]
Joseph Virkler 9/24/1816 1/1/1847 1847 10/2/1866 Anna Hirschey
Jacob Virkler 9/24/1826 1/1/1852 1/1/1898 Catherine Zehr
Peter Virkler 7/23/1829 1/1/1853 1867 11/14/1889 Anna Farney
Solomon Virkler 5/5/1855 6/26/1881 1/1/1889 1891 11/14/1897 Sophia Steiner
Andrew Virkler 6/14/1850 1/1/1889 Sep 1923 1/1/1943 Mary Sommer
Augustus Hofer 1/24/1878 1/1/1901 1/1/1916 Margaretta Zimmerli
Peter Herzig 11/14/1869 1/1/1918 1/1/1932 Minnie Rohr
William Virkler 4/1/1882 3/18/1923 6/14/1936 4/1/1959 Henrietta Einbeck
Jonas Virkler 6/24/1894 12/17/1922 6/14/1936 2/2/1965 Lena Virkler
John Widrick 9/7/1897 3/18/1945 1/29/1950 12/16/1962 9/24/1989 Berdena VerSneider-Streeter[208]
Robert Beyer 12/4/1913 11/5/1944 1/29/1950 9/3/1978 9/13/1992 Lucille (Streitmatter) Thomas[31]
Leland Hirschey 3/31/1919 12/3/1944 1/29/1950 12/19/1992 Bernice Farney
Norbert Steiner 11/12/1919 1/3/1954 8/16/1960 9/3/1978 4/21/1989 Doris Hirschey
Floyd Sr. Graves 1/31/1916 12/14/1958 12/4/1966 6/20/1993 Loretta Farney
Duane N. Farney 7/4/1946 5/14/1978 12/11/1982 10/8/1989 10/17/1993 Karen Briot
Andrew Virkler 2/6/1957 10/11/1981 2/4/1990 Rebecca Banwart
Floyd, Jr. Graves 1/27/1943 6/21/1970 2/7/1993 1/22/2023 Linda Virkler
Jacob Kuntz 5/20/1985 3/14/1999 9/1/2010 9/1/2014 Brooke Gutwein
Neil Stoller 2/8/1995 9/22/2013 4/10/2022 Anna Bauman
Paul D. Virkler 8/29/1972 10/11/2020 4/10/2022 Marcy Stoller

Attendance

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Attendance
Year Total Members Sunday School Year Total Members Sunday School
1953 - 145 75 1996 150 54 30
1956 - 148 70 1998 150 55 30
1959 - 136 71 2000 125 44 30
1962 - 143 88 2002 125 43 30
1965 - 141 94 2004 120 45 21
1968 - 137 90 2006 120 39 20
1971 - 130 85 2008 110 33 15
1974 - 130 65 2010 100 36 14
1977 - 130 65 2012 85 31 14
1980 - 101 45 2014 85 33 16
1983 - 99 45 2016 72 26 16
1986 - 88 40 2018 68 27 12
1989 - 73 49 2020 58 17 12
1992 205 66 46 2022 58 19 12
1994 150 56 41 2024 58 18 12