Homestead Methodism (1836-1933)

the history of Methodism in Mifflin township, Allegheny county, PA, being the story of the first Methodist Episcopal church in that township, variously named the Whitaker church, the Franklin church, "The Neck" church, and the Anne Ashley memorial church, located at Twenty-second street, Munhall, PA, in its background, origin, and work through the century, along with the expansion of Methodism in the community from this original parent society ; the coming of other religious communions to the vicinity ; and an account of the settlement, and the industrial and social development of the Homestead district