In a History of Bedford and Somerset Counties Pennsylvania by E  Howard Blackburn and William H. Welfley, published in 1906; p. 468 we find the following:

"Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church, one of the historic Lutheran churches of the county, was organized between 1780 and 1783.  Its earliest known members were Frederick Mostoller, Andrew Woy, Casper Swank, Henry Shaffer, Sr., Simon Shaffer, Jacob Swank, Thomas Swank, Jacob and Peter Barnhart, Joseph Miller, John and George Mostoller, Michael Mowry, Christian Spangler and Jacob Zerfoss."

Take note of the fact that the Mostoller, Woy and Mowry families came to the Friedens-Stoystown area with Jacob and Peter.  And the Mostollers are still very much in evidence in Somerset County.

Posted April 29, 2007