Methodist
Episcopal - Erie Conference. The church was built in 1872 at the cost
of $1,216.58. Thomas Craven was the carpenter. On December 20, 1875
the church still owed Mr. Craven $500.00. He left it to the sheriff I.
F. Crissman to collect. On February 11, 1876 it was put up for sale.
It was bought back by the following church trustees at the cost of
$500.00 plus $16.25 cost of sale and damages: William Masson, Joseph
McCracken, Solomon Cyphert, J. W. Carrier and W. S. Riggs. Before this
church building was erected the congregation met in homes. The first
members were: Nelson Riggs and wife, Isaac Carrier and wife, Mrs.
Corbin, A. Bartlett and wife, and Lyman Boynton and wife. In 1915 it
was chartered as a front line Sunday School. Classes organized were:
Men's Bible Class March 1914; Women's Dorcas Class December 1914;
Intermediate Class 1915. On September 5, 1898 the Women's Home
Missionary Society was organized. In April 1925 the name was changed
to Ladies Aid Society. Since 1893 it has been part of the Hazen.
Charge. The five Churches on the Charge in 1968 are: Hazen, Allen's
Mills, Munderf: Zion, Richardsville and Lake City. The membership in
1968 was 48. The same five Churches make up the Good Shepherd Parish
in 2003 and the Richardsville membership on January 1, 2003 was 41.
