Rev. J. Harold McCausland 1942~1945

Rev. McCausland was ordained May 20, 1942 and installed by Westmoreland Presbytery as pastor of Briton Avenue United Presbyterian Church of North Braddock, May 20, 1940.He was installed at Bethel on September 7, 1942. He had served as a student pastor during his senior seminary year. He was born in Indiana County, but spent most of his early life in Apollo. He is a graduate of Vandergrifth High School and Muskingum College where he received an A.B. degree in 1937. From Pittsburgh Xenia Theological Seminary he earned the TH. B degree in 1940 and received the M.A. degree in June 1948. He and Helen Marie Boyer were married May 28, 1904. Their homes were separated by a very short distance; they were raised in the same church and their family pews separated by the width of an aisle. They have two children James Harold born during the pastorate at North Braddock and Robert Wayne born while at Bethel.