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 Holy Trinity Catholic Church
was established by Rev. William
Coonan about 1871-72. Wheatland was then a prosperous
manufacturing town, and many of the iron workers were Catholics. A
large frame church was erected by Father
Coonan, and for several years the congregation was in a
flourishing condition. In 1878 Rev.
Bernard Lynch succeeded Father
Coonan, and the following year Rev.
Patrick Cosgrove became pastor. He served the congregation
some two years, when the decline of the town, caused by the mills
shutting down, did not justify a resident pastor, and Holy Trinity was
placed under the charge of the pastor at Sharpsville, where it has
since remained [1888]. Fathers
Coonan, Lynch and Cosgrove also ministered to the
Sharpsville congregation during a part of their pastorates at
Wheatland. Holy Trinity has dwindled down to a few families, but if the
mills again start up successfully, which is now probable, its old-time
prosperity will doubtless return.
Source: The History of Mercer
County, 1888, pgs. 490-491
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Holy
Trinity Roman Catholic Church
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Wheatland
contains three churches.... The Catholics have a very commodious house
of worship, which they erected about 1871. Father William
Coonan is in charge.
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The History of Mercer County, 1877, page 124
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