Rev. Moses H. Diefenderfer, their eldest son, was born Aug 16, 1846, and was educated in the township schools. In 1868 he entered the Allentown Academy, and the following year, Franklin and Marshall College, where he graduated June 26, 1873, and graduated from the Reformed Church Seminary on May 9, 1876. He was licensed to preach by East Pennsylvania Classis, Mary 25, 1876, and Feb. 21, 1877, was ordained by Clarion Classis, having accepted the pastorate of the Plum Creek charge in Armstrong County. In 1881, he accepted a call in Somerset County, which he resigned after three years because the climatic conditions affected his health. On July 15, 1884, he became the pastor of Christ Reformed Church, Allentown, which he served until Dec. 31, 1900, when he resigned because of ill health. During his active pastorate the present handsome edifice was erected. Rev. Diefenderfer died from the effects of a stroke of apoplexy, Feb. 27, 1901. He married, Sept 24, 1878, Salome H. Allshouse, of South Bend, Armstrong, county, and left one son, Alpha A., a graduate of Lehigh University, now a member of the faculty of that institution.