Known by others for having an eccentric personality, it was a characterization Jerry Church enjoyed. Church became an opportunistic land developer who turned a small village into the successful town of Lock Haven, in what became Clinton County.
September 30, 2026
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Terry Diener
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Additional Credits:
Clinton County Pennsylvania History and Genealogy, 1843 History of Clinton County, Pennsylvania; Pa. Roots, Historical and Biographical Work – Sketch of Jerry Church; Clinton County: Still Part of Penn’s Woods, Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine; Jewish Central Pennsylvania History Project, Penn State College of the Liberal Arts; Past and Present of Clinton County, J. Milton Furey, 1892, Image: Pennsylvania Wilds, (Provided by the Annie Halenbake Ross Library)
