St. John's Catholic Church
(also known as Tick Ridge Catholic Church)
Tick Ridge/Gephart's Station, Wheelersburg, Ohio 

The St. John's Catholic Church at Tick Ridge in Harrison Township was erected in 1861.  The first priest was Father L. Shriver. 

First trustees of the first church were:

Lawrence Cordell
Benedict Seidel (also a building committee member)
Joseph Spitznogel 

The congregation numbered 40.  

Article in The Portsmouth Times, June 23, 1883, p. 2 

In 1884 Reverend Father John Ritter was the priest and the Trustees were:  George Emmett, Peter Rider and James Farley.  Services are held every two weeks, and the instruction class in the afternoon of the same days.  The membership was about 150, and the instruction class numbered twenty-five. 

The membership in 1903 was about 60 people.  The priest at that time was Reverend Father James T. Banahan.

Article in The Portsmouth Times, February 22, 1908, p. 8: 

First Service in New Church
St. John's church on Tick Ridge, which was destroyed by lightning last summer, has been rebuilt and is one of the prettiest places of worship in the county.  The first mass therein will be celebrated by Rev. Father Thomas Cory on March 1st.

Owing to bad roads and weather, the dedication will not take place until in the spring. 

Directions to the Old St. John's Cemetery and interment records can be found here.