Presbyterian Church of Leesburg

The Presbyterian Church of Leesburg was the first church organized at the village, that event taking place in 1853, with thirteen members, all of whom are dead. The first elders were Robert Stevenson and William Rice. Rev. David Waggoner served the congregation as a supply for three or four years. In fact, the organization had no ministers except supplies until 1864, when its first pastor, Rev. S. A. Hughes, was called, and he divided his time between this and a church at Rich Hill, Lawrence County. He resigned his pastorate of the Leesburg congregation in 1866, and was followed by Rev. A. W. Boyd in 1887, and he by Rev. Cooper in 1869. In 1877 the present pastor, Rev. B. M. Davis, was called, ordained and installed. Rev. A. W. Boyd is the only one of the pastors, who has served this church, who is dead. The following have been ruling elders since the terms of Rice and Stevenson: J. M. Orr, Osben Grandy, Samuel Drake, B. F. Gordon, W. A. Munnell and G. S. Elliott. Of these Grandy and Elliott are dead, as also Rice and Stevenson. The present membership is 225, and the church is in a prosperous condition.

History of Mercer County, 1888, pg. 598

1869- Rev. Boyd, 85 converts

1877- Rev. Davis, 35 converts

1888- Rev. Davis, 50 converts

1893- Rev. Kirkbride, 27 converts

1909- Rev. Pearson, 50 converts

- One Hundred Years of the Shenango Presbytery, 

1808 - 1908

Churches in Springfield Township