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* [[Waynesboro Gospel Chapel, PA]] (OB) +1927-1993+
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** Waynesboro Gospel Hall +1927+; Broad Street Gospel Chapel +1967+;
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** Waynesboro Gospel Hall +1922-1927+; Broad Street Gospel Chapel +1967+;
 
** @ 41 E. Main St. +1927+
 
** @ 41 E. Main St. +1927+
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** c/o Dr. K.B. Moomaw, 228 W. Main St. +1922+
 
** c/o Rush Ellsworth Stouffer, Sr. (b. 1881 Chambersburg, PA - d. 1967 Waynesboro, PA), son of Samuel K. Stouffer & Kate L. Greenwalt Stouffer.
 
** c/o Rush Ellsworth Stouffer, Sr. (b. 1881 Chambersburg, PA - d. 1967 Waynesboro, PA), son of Samuel K. Stouffer & Kate L. Greenwalt Stouffer.
 
*** grad Chambersburg Business College (1897), employed @ Mechanicsburg Bank, relocating to Waynesboro in 1910, retired in 1962 from Citizens National Bank & Trust, having served as vice-president, cashier & board of directors, also board of directors @ Waynesboro Building & Loan, treasurer @ Waynesboro Salvation Army, treasurer @ local Cancer fund, charter member @ Waynesboro Coin Club.
 
*** grad Chambersburg Business College (1897), employed @ Mechanicsburg Bank, relocating to Waynesboro in 1910, retired in 1962 from Citizens National Bank & Trust, having served as vice-president, cashier & board of directors, also board of directors @ Waynesboro Building & Loan, treasurer @ Waynesboro Salvation Army, treasurer @ local Cancer fund, charter member @ Waynesboro Coin Club.

Revision as of 10:30, 29 September 2022

See Branches of Plymouth Brethren to explain abbreviation types (although in short: OB (& TW-P) are Halls & Chapels within the "open brethren" (although GH's (generally) maintain a separate network from the Chapels). EB/TW/TW-N are "Careful" Brethren (similar to OB Halls), and BC are (generally) independent community churches with early or indirect PB influence, and will (usually) not consider themselves "Brethren").  AA/CA refers to assemblies of African or Caribbean origin, or predominant demographic, although all ethnicities are overly welcome in any assemblies.

The above primer link expands on the abbreviations, and also contains introduction to this (and other) sheets within the overall History. There have been scores of branches with their own distinctive networks and strengths within the history of the PB, and many branches continue to flourish today, and while no assembly or gathering is identical to the others, each is thought to maintain a fervent desire for simplicity in gathering around the Lord Jesus, though practices and secondary doctrines may vary culturally and/or preferentially as autonomous (yet inter-dependent) local churches.

Assemblies are sorted geographically, and will, D.V., eventually have further history within. Red links on Brethrenpedia are presently undeveloped, and blue links contain data. Appreciate patience with our progress, and if you'd like to help, please contact any of the editing team, preferably via social media.

Contents

Bloomsburg/Berwick/Sunbury, PA CSA

Bloomsburg/Berwick, PA metro

Snyder County (Selinsgrove micro)

Union County (Lewisburg micro)

Northumberland County (Sunbury micro)

Erie/Meadville, PA CSA

Crawford County (Meadville micro

Erie County (Erie metro)

Philadelphia, PA / Camden/Vineland, N.J. / Wilmington, DE CSA

Berks County (Reading metro)

Philadelphia metro

Pittsburgh / New Castle, PA / Weirton, W.V.

Indiana County (Indiana micro)

Lawrence County (New Castle micro)

Pittsburgh metro

Harrisburg/York/Lebanon, PA CSA

Adams County (Gettysburg metro)

Harrisburg/Carlisle metro

Lebanon County (Lebanon metro)

York County (York/Hanover metro)

State College / DuBois CSA

Centre County (State College metro)

Clearfield County (DuBois micro)

Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton PA/NJ metro

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA metro

Lancaster County (Lancaster metro)

Eastcentral PA

Lehigh County

Allentown

  • Grace Gospel Chapel, Allentown, PA (Grant? OB) 1920's-present
    • Allentown Gospel Hall (no known relation to above assembly); Bethlehem Assembly merged with this group;
    • @ rented storeroom, 5th & Turner Sts. 1920's-1945+; Irving St. 1956-1995; 1642 Ehrets Lane 1995-present;
    • c/o George Holmes 1920's+; Frank Renninger;

Northcentral PA

Columbia County

Briar Creek

  • Briar Creek Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1962-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2016+
    • Pleasant Valley Meeting Room (TW) +1962+; Harveysville Meeting Room (TW) +1966-1985+
    • c/o Edward Minkiewicz +1962-1966+ (b. 1916 Hanover, Luzerne, PA - d. 1975 Benton, Columbia, PA); George Wesley Snyder, Sr. +1962-1984 (b. 1913 Sugarloaf, Columbia, PA - d. 1984 Shickshinny, Luzerne, PA); Ralph Stanley Klimovich +1962-1973+, later @ Grace & Truth Chapel, Orlando, FL (b. 1912 Newport, Luzerne, PA - d. 1999 Fairmount Twp, Luzerne, PA); Harvey B. Vedder +1985+;

Luzerne County

Plymouth

  • Plymouth Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1962-1974
    • Wilkes-Barre Meeting Room (TW) +1951-1962+
    • c/o Clarence Christian +1951+
      • possibly Clarence James Christian (1904-1962 Easton, Northampton, PA);
        • loom mechanic @ Schwartzenbach & Huber @ Bethlehem for several years, then machinist @ Taylor-Wharton Co., for twelve years, then employed @ Warren Foundry Iron & Pipe Co. for a year, then a self-employed auto mechanic.
        • son of John Christian & Rhea Morgan Christian;
        • bapt. Lutheran @ 1907;
        • 1943 m. Alice Wetzel Donickel (b. 1895 - d. 1989 Easton, PA), dau. of Isaac S. Wetzel (b. 1870 Forks Twp., Northampton, PA - d. 1949 Easton, PA) & Emma Catharine Stout Wetzel (b. 1872 Johnsonville, Northampton, PA - d. 1905 Nazareth, Northampton, PA);
    • Vernon David Jordan +1951+ (b. 1928 Edwardsville, Luzerne, PA - d. 2004 Kahului, Maui, HI)
      • son of David Jordan (b. 1901 Bootle, Cumberland, Eng.) & Dora Dixon Jordan-Grosser (b. 1897 Eng. - d. 1965 Philadelphia, PA)
    • Theodore Cleveland Hawk +1951-1974 (b. 1892 Pocono Lake, Monroe, PA - d. 1974 Bethlehem, Northampton, PA)
      • son of John Hawk (b. 1849 Monroe Cy., PA - d. 1922 Blakeslee, Monroe, PA) & Sally Ann Meckes Hawk (b. 1860 Albrightsville, Carbon, PA - d. 1951 East Stroudsburg, Monroe, PA)
      • baptized as infant 7-6-1892 @ Jerusalem Church, Trachsville, Carbon, PA
      • m. Lottie E. Miller (b. 1892 Mahanoy City, PA - d. 1972 Plymouth, PA), dau. of Christian Miller & Sarah Vetter Miller;
      • Thomas Maher officiated Theodore's funeral;

Wilkes-Barre

  • Wilkes-Barre Gospel Hall, PA (OB) +1922-1927+
    • @ 1 Nesbit Court +1922-1927+; 52 S. Main St. +1927+
    • c/o Robert Harry Diggory +1927-1929 (b. 1870 West Pittston, Luzerne, PA - d. 1950 Plainfield, N.J.), son of John Diggory +1922-1927+ (b. 1843 Eng.) & Barbara Embleton Diggory (b. 1841 Long Benton, Tynemouth, Northumberland, Eng. - d. 1904 Wilkes-Barre, PA); In 1870, John Diggory was an engineer at a steam store. Barbara was living in Hazle, Luzerne, PA as early as 1850, her father, John Embleton was a miner. Her family emigrated in 1848 on the Richard Alsop.
      • worked 40 years as foreman @ Sheldon Axle & Spring Co. (wagon, buggy and auto axles), as well as with the C.F. Goeringer Construction Co.; 1929-1940 @ 75 Maiden Lane Corp., New York. NYC's oldest market was at Maiden Lane in the Financial District, by 1728, see its Wiki. The earliest, most notable jewelry shops started here, also. Thomas Jefferson rented a residence at 57 Maiden Lane for the majority of his time in New York.
      • lived 1929-1950 in Plainfield, N.J., in fellowship @ Grove Street Chapel; Richard C. Hill, of Brooklyn, officiated Robert's memorial service.
      • Wife: Anna Augusta Keithline Diggory; Children:
        • Frank E. Diggory (Westfield, N.J.)
        • Mark L. Diggory (Glen Head, Long Island, N.Y.)
        • Robert H. Diggory (Albany, N.Y.)
        • Benjamin A. Diggory (Plainfield, N.J.)
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 35 in fellowship (15 men, 20 women) with no S.S. The Hall was a rented facility (with $324 in annual expenses), and $200 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Northumberland County

Sunbury

  • Sunbury Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1901-1909 (TW) 1909-1933+
    • @ Shamokin (EB) +1901-1905+
    • c/o Paul Godlevski +1901-1934 (b. 1851 Poland, emig. 1870, d. 1934 Northumberland Cty, PA), miner; m. Lottie Pogrosczeusk (b. 1843 Poland - d. 1928 Delmar, DE), dau. Walter Pagro;
      • Ch: Phoebe Godlevski Furman (1888-1967 Sunbury, PA), lifetime PB; husband F. Wilson Furman (d. 1967);
      • Frank (Pittsburgh, PA), Edward (Sunbury, PA), John (Detroit, MI), Mrs. Joseph Krewatsch (Delmar, DE), Alice Lucy Klinski (Vancouver, WA);

Schuylkill County

Ashland

  • Ashland Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1896-1908; (TW-EB) 1908-1914+
    • c/o Reinhardt Miller +1896-1908+ (b. 1863 Germany, emig. 1888, coal miner, d. 1910's); m. Ida Helen Sturm (b. 1867 Germany, emig. 1894, d. 1924 Fountain Springs, Schuykill, PA;
    • c/o Henry "Harry" Strunk +1901-1908+ (b. 1850 Germany, emig. 1883, d. 1914 Ashland, PA)
      • 1900: coal miner; 1910: medicine sales;
      • son of Christian Strunk (b. 1826 Weitefeld, Germany, emig. 1884, stone mason, d. 1914 Ashland, PA) & Luise Julianna Rabe Strunk (b. 1825 Alpenrod, Germany - d. 1906 Ashland, PA); siblings: Mrs. August Seiler @ Ashland, Mrs. Stine @ Chicago, IL;

Northeast PA

Bradford County

Canton

Hollenback

  • Elwell Meeting Room, PA (EB) 1879+
    • c/o Marvin "Marion" Tuttle (b. 1833 N.Y. - d. 1893 Hollenback, PA); Civil War vet @ 1865 Private @ Co. B 56 Pa. Inf.; m. Mary Jane Steele (b. 1836 PA, 1850 @ Asylum, Bradford, PA, d. 1922 Hollenbeck, PA), dau. William Steele (b. 1802 PA) & Polly Mary Steward Steele (b. 1813 PA);

Macedonia (5 mi. from Towanda)

Quicks Bend

  • Quicks Bend Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1896-1904
    • c/o Urania Bates Wilson +1896-1903+ (1821-1904 Bradford Cty, PA), m. Daniel Wilson (b. 1810 - d. 1858 Wilmot, PA)

Sugar Run

  • Sugar Run Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1896-1909; (TW) 1909-1917+
    • c/o Sarah Ann Wilson Rosencrance +1896-1918 (b. 1839 PA - d. 1918 Wilmot, PA), dau. of Daniel Wilson (b. 1810 - d. 1858 Wilmot, PA) & Urania "Rainy" Bates Wilson (1821-1904 Bradford Cty, PA);
    • c/o Deborah F. Wilson Shuman +1903-1905+ (b. 1846 Sugar Run, PA - d. 1927 Wilmot, PA), dau. of Daniel & Urania Wilson. m. John Anderson Shuman (b. 1837 PA - d. 1919 Wilmot, PA), blacksmith, son of George Shuman.
    • Miss L. Vose +1903-1908+
      • possibly Mary L. Vose Metcalf (b. 1873 Sugar Run, PA - d. 1957 Ransom, Lackawanna, PA), dau. of Thomas Vose (1835-1917 Wilmot, PA) & Anna Rosina Saxe Vose (b. 1843 Hessen, Germany - d. 1890 Hollenback, PA); 1911 m. Jacob Elmer Metcalf (b. 1863 Jefferson Cty, OH - d. 1947 Luzerne Cty, PA);

Sayre

  • Sayre Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1903+; (TW) +1962-1973+
    • Athens Meeting Room +1962-1966+
    • c/o Adelbert Dixon +1903+; Robert H. Baker +1966-1973+; Carl Newton +1962-1966+; Earl B. Beam +1962-1966+; Howard F. Baker +1962+, 1973+;

Stevensville

Towanda

  • Towanda Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1878-1903+
    • c/o M.A. Shaw @ Main St. +1878-1880+; L.T. Royce/Royse +1889-1896+; Mrs. A. Ott +1896+; Miss J. Lequin +1901-1903+;

Wyalusing

Lackawanna County

Moosic

  • Moosic Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1896-1909; (TW) 1909-1911+
    • Avoca Meeting Room +1896-1903+ (Luzerne County); Also see Scranton Meeting Room;
    • c/o John Lindsay +1896-1905+; Thomas Cranston +1901-1911+ (b. 1834 Sanquhar, Dumfries & Galloway, Scot. - d. 1907 Moosic, Lackawanna, PA); John Sobeck +1901+ (b. 1870 Austria - d. 1920 Milnesville, Luzerne, PA of mining accident); Alexander Craig +1903+ (b. 1860 Scot. - d. 1919 Pittston, Luzerne, PA);

Scranton

  • Scranton Gospel Hall, PA (OB) +1901-1927+
    • @ Exchange Buildings, 421 Lackawanna Ave., Room 7 +1904+; Washington Hall, S. Main Ave., Hyde Park +1922+; Rescue Mission, 310 N. Washington Ave. +1926-1927+
    • S.M. 10:45am, Aft. S.S. 12:15pm, Eve 7:30pm; Mon. B.R. 8:00pm; Fri. B.R. 4:00pm;
    • c/o James Park Morgan, 208 Spring St., Moosic, PA +1922-1927+ (b. 1871 Dalmellington, East Ayr, Scot., emig. 1887, d. 1941 Moosic, PA), son of John Morgan & Ann Park Morgan;
      • worked +1920-1930+ as a coal mine stationary engineer
      • wife: Emily Hatch Morgan (b. 1872 Eng., emig. 1891, d. 1953 Scranton, PA), memorial officiated by Chester P. Jenkins @ Moosic Pentecostal AOG;
        • either dau. of George Hatch & Elizabeth Cartland Hatch. If so, Emily was born in Cookham, Berkshire, [{England]]. Or,
        • another source suggests she was a daughter of Albert Hatch, no further info.
      • children: James Powell Morgan (b. & d. 4-8-1913 Moosic, PA); Frederick James Morgan (b. 1917 Scranton, PA);
    • c/o Harry Leishman @ 115 W. Warner St., Dunmore +1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 11 in fellowship (6 men, 5 women) with no S.S. The Hall was a rented facility (with $66 in annual expenses), and $99 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Scranton Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1882-1909; (TW) 1909-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2021+
    • Scranton Gospel Hall +1965-1985+
    • c/o Benjamin Lucy +1882-1921 (b. 1850 Scot.), machinist; Henry J. Hein +1901-1917+ (b. 1857 Germany, emig. 1882, d. 1921 Scranton, PA), m. Mathilda Juser +1886-1948 (b. 1867 Germany, emig. 1886, d. 1948 Scranton, PA); John Henry Jacobsen +1901+ (b. 1860 Germany, emig. 1893, d. ), printer, 1894 @ Scranton, PA m. Henrietta Krebs; August Andrew Fiedler +1903-1965 (b. 1874 Germany, emig. 1889, d. 1965 Scranton, PA), carpenter; Adolph T. Plageman +1933-1973+; David Sobeck +1933-1985 (1904-1985 Scranton, PA), construction; William E. Turner +1949-1973+; Daniel "Dan" Jacobsen +1966+ (b. 1906 MO - d. 1996 Anaheim, CA); Philip B. Rochon +1973-1985+; Dan D. Rochon +1985-2010+; Frederick Kenneth Sobeck +1985+ (1909-1988 Scranton, PA); Gary A. Gruen +1999+;

Susquehanna County

Forest City

  • Forest City Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1901-1903+
    • c/o Peter C. Schmidt/Smith +1901-1903+ (b. 1854 Denmark), blacksmith; wife: Mary Schmidt (b. 1846 Wales); dau. Helen Smith Drake (b. 1881 Denmark - d. 1966 Newville, Cumberland, PA), m. John Bradley Drake (b. 1872 N.Y. - d. 1950 Newville, Cumberland, PA)

Montrose

  • Montrose Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1923+; +1962-1973+
    • New Milford Meeting Room +1962-1966+
    • c/o Mrs. C.E. Davis +1923+, prev. @ Bennets Corner, Bucks, PA;
      • possibly Lucy Cogswell Loomis Davis (b. 1826 Ipswich, Essex, MA, 1870 @ Auburn, Susquehanna, PA, d. 1918 Meshoppen, Wyoming, PA); wife of Clark Emmons Davis (b. 1829 Huntington Mills, Luzerne, PA - d. 1892 Auburn Center, Susquehanna, PA); dau. of Jasper Loomis (b. 1797 MA - d. 1948 Springville, Susquehanna, PA), innkeeper & Sally Choate Loomis (b. 1798 CT - d. 1845 Springville, PA);
    • c/o Mrs. Lydia Roman +1962-1973+

Wayne County

Hawley

  • Hawley Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1908+; (TW) +1911-1917+
    • c/o Henry Wielt +1908+
      • possibly Henry F.H. Wielt (b. 1865 Germany - d. 1955 Buskirk, N.Y.);
    • c/o Theodore Troeger +1914-1917+;
    • c/o Asher Atkinson +1917+ (b. 1856 Palmyra, Wayne, PA - d. 1936 Freehold, Monmouth, N.J.);

Wyoming County

Factoryville

  • Factoryville Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1905+; (TW) +1923-1951+; +1973+; (TW-N) +1999+
    • East Lemon Meeting Room +1905+
    • c/o Mrs. Webster +1905+; Harry Raymond Gould +1923+ (b. 1878 Hazelton, Luzerne, PA, 1920 @ Tunkhannock, d. 1939 Washington, Wyoming, PA); William F. Miller +1927-1951+; Dan D. Rochon +1973+, then @ Scranton; William Bothwell, Jr. +1999+, then @ Stevensville

Laceyville

  • Laceyville Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1878-1909; (TW) 1909-1927+
    • John B. Farr @ Forkston Meeting Room 1879-1880+
    • c/o Spencer Reed Stevens +1878-1880+ (b. 1837 Stevensville, Bradford, PA - d. 1916 Laceyville, PA)
    • George Washington Snover +1889-1918 (b. 1838 Wallpack Center, Sussex, N.J. - d. 1918 Laceyville, PA), m. Sylvia Mary Farr (b. 1842 Forkston, PA - d. 1903 Laceyville, PA), dau. of Abner Kneeland Farr (b. 1812 Lynn Susquehanna, PA - d. 1884 Mehoopany, Wyoming, PA);
    • Clarence Burr Whipple +1896-1903+ (b. 1868 Tuscarora, Bradford, PA - d. 1922 Laceyville, PA), m. Marian Lydia Lacey (b. 1863 Auburn, Susquehanna, PA - d. 1958 Tunkhannock, PA);
    • Jonathan Burton Farr +1889-1918 (b. 1847 Forkston, PA - d. 1918 Black Walnut, PA), carpenter & preacher; m. Alice Jeanette Robinson (b. 1853 Forkston, PA - d. 1951 Meshoppen, PA); son of Abner Kneeland Farr (b. 1812 Lynn Susquehanna, PA - d. 1884 Mehoopany, Wyoming, PA);
    • Dr. George Benjamin Edwards +1896+ (1873-1943 Laceyville, PA), dentist
    • G.P. Taylor +1896+
    • Sarah Ann Peat Lacey +1917+ (b. 1838 Herrickville, Bradford, PA - d. 1932 Saco, Bradford, PA)
    • Mrs. C.E. Davis +1927+;
      • see Montrose, Susquehanna, PA

Lovelton

  • Lovelton Meeting Room, PA (EB) 1879
    • c/o L.D. Grow 1879 (b. 1830 PA - d. 1879 Lovelton, PA), carpenter;
      • m. Frances Jane Frear (b. 1839 PA - d. 1898), dau. of Eliza Frear (b. 1815 PA)
      • ch: Charles E. Grow (b. 1859 North Branch, Wyoming, PA); Mary Grow Appleman (b. 1861 PA - d. 1921 Warren, N.J.)

Mehoopany

  • Mehoopany Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1889-1909; (TW) 1909-1923+
    • Jenningsville Meeting Room (EB) +1889-1909; (TW) 1909-1917+
    • c/o Ira H. Rogers +1889+ (b. 1838 Windham, Wyoming, PA - d. 1913 Jenningsville, PA);
    • Mary Ann Knappen Frost +1917-1921 (b. 1833 N.Y. - d. 1921 Forkston, PA), dau. of Eben Knappen (b. 1806 N.Y. - d. 1879 Mehoopany, PA) & Elitha Brown Knappen (b. 1808 Delaware Cy., N.Y. - d. 1901 Mehoopany, PA)
      • m. Miner Frost (b. 1815 PA - d. 1894 Forkston, PA); son of Capt. Nathaniel C. Frost; grandson of Capt. Stephen Frost (b. CT) who settled in PA in 1806;
      • Ch: Mrs. Julius Hitchcock, Mrs. J.J. Burgess, Mrs. Frank J. Spaulding (Forkston, PA), and Mrs. George Place (Jenningsville, PA);
      • Frost, Fassett, Taylor, Rogers, Clapp, Harford, Groves, Dibble & Adams in Frost family cemetery in Jenningsville.
    • Silas Slater Taylor +1896-1903+, +1917-1923+ (b. 1860 Jenningsville, PA - d. 1936 Mehoopany, PA); son of Henry Taylor (b. 1833 Wyoming, Luzerne, PA - d. 1905 Jenningsville, PA) & Abigail Inman Taylor (b. 1833 Windham, Wyoming, PA - d. 1920 Jenningsville, PA);
      • m. Frances E. Stone (b. 1864 Jenningsville, PA - d. 1932 Mehoopany, PA), dau. of Theodore Stone (b. 1843 - d. 1898 Laceyville, PA) & Abbie M. Redmond Stone (b. 1848 - d. 1914 Laceyville, PA)
        • Abbie Stone's 1st husband was George Washington Grow, Jr. (b. 1833 Laceyville, PA - d. 1923 Mehoopany, PA)
    • George Place +1917-1923+ (1865-1950 Mehoopany, PA), son of William Place (b. 1831 Monroe Cy., PA - d. 1911 Mehoopany, PA) & Elizabeth Brooks Place (1829-1888 Mehoopany, PA);
      • m. Jennie Frost (1868-1932 Jenningsville, PA)
        • Mary Place Lockwood (b. 1899 Jenningsville, PA - d. 1973 Sarasota, FL)
        • Dr. Anna Place Klemmer (b. 1901 Jenningsville, PA - d. 1974 Lititz, Lancaster, PA); M.D. 1928-1964 @ Lancaster; Trinity Lutheran Church @ Lancaster, PA;
      • Rev. Floyd Hendershot (@ Mehoopany Baptist?) officiated Geo.'s memorial

Meshoppen

  • Meshoppen Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1901-1903+; (TW) +1917-1927+
    • c/o Charles Stanley Staight +1901-1903+ (b. 1840 Tirley, Gloucestershire, Eng. - d. 1919 Meshoppen, PA); Jonathan Farr +1917+ (b. 1847 Forkston, PA - d. 1918 Black Walnut, PA); Mrs. Jonathan Farr +1923+; Alice Jeanette Robinson Farr +1927+ (b. 1853 Forkston, PA - d. 1951 Meshoppen, PA);
    • also see Laceyville Meeting Room, PA

Scottsville

  • Scottsville Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1901+
    • c/o Henry P. Phinney +1901+ (b. 1865 Susq. Cy., PA - d. 1939 Tuscarora Twp., Bradford, PA)
      • son of William M. Phinney (b. 1835 Providence, R.I. - d. 1901 Bradford Cy., PA) & Sarah M. Dexter Phinney (1837-1911 Tuscarora Twp., Bradford, PA); Sarah was a Baptist since the age of 16, dau. of Benjamin & Rebecca Northrop Dexter. William Phinney was a Civil War veteran of the "D" Co., 171st Infantry of PA, enlisted 10-28-1862, mustered out as a Private, in Harrisburg, PA, on 8-8-1863.
      • 1890 @ Tunkhannock, Wy., PA m. Eva M. Tewksbury (b. 1864 Auburn, Susq., PA - d. 1928 Tuscarora, Bradford, PA), dau. of Smith Beebe Tewksbury (b. 1832 PA - d. 1924 Susq. Cy., PA) & Josephine Keeney Tewksbury (b. 1833 PA - d. 1879 South Auburn, Susq., PA); 1900 @ Windham, Wy., PA; farmer;
      • Ch: Smith W. Phinney (12-27-1900 - 5-6-1901); Ella Mary Phinney (1892-1972 Laceyville, Wy., PA); Robert Fitzgerald @ Laceyville Baptist Church officiated Ella's funeral;

Tunkhannock

  • Tunkhannock Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1896-1909; (TW) +1909-1992; (TW-N) 1992-1999+
    • Bardwell Meeting Room (EB) +1896-1909; (TW) 1909-1923+
    • c/o James Leonard +1896-1908+ (b. 1830 - d. 1914 Tunk., PA); m. Huldah A. Patrick (b. 1838 Abingdon, Luzerne, PA - d. 1890 );
      • +1870-1880+ @ Culley & Elwell, Wilmot, Bradford, PA;
      • ch: Celestia Frances Leonard (see below), Anna B. Leonard (b. 1866 Wilmot?, PA - d. 1886 Tunk., PA), Myrtle Leonard Dickson (b. 1871 Wilmot, PA - d. 1929 Tunk., PA);
    • Miss Celestia Leonard +1896-1943 (b. 1860 Lackawanna Cy., PA - d. 1943 Tunk., PA)
    • Sgt. Adelbert "Delbert" H. Dickson +1917-1945 (b. 1866 PA - d. 1945 Tunk., PA); m. Myrtle Leonard;
      • ch: James Leonard Dickson (b. 1893 PA); Ethel Arlene Dickson (1901-1920 Tunk., PA; d. illness), schoolteacher;
      • enlisted 1887-1889; Private @ Co. G, 13th Inf., P.N.G.; 1889 @ Factoryville, PA;
    • William Fredrick Miller +1933+ (b. Steelton, Dauphin, PA - d. 1954 Bardwell, Wy., PA); PB +1954 @ Scranton, PA;
      • son of Charles Miller (b. 1866 Germany - d. 1953 Oberlin, Dauphin, PA), steel laborer; & Augusta Baker Miller (b. 1867 Germany - d. 1955 Oberlin, Dauphin, PA);
      • m. Mary Edith O. Bartridge (b. 1893 Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA - d. 1952 Bardwell, Wy., PA); Ch:
      • stepson: Henry Dickson, Jr. (b. 1911 Tunk., PA - d. 1960 Factorville, PA);
      • Wilhelmina A. Miller Cooper (b. 1916 Bardwell, Wy., PA - d. 2006 Mount Cobb, Lack., PA), m. Glenn Thomas Cooper (b. 1919 Jefferson, Lack., PA - d. 2005 Lake Ariel, Wayne, PA);
      • Frances Miller Gibbons (b. 1918 Factoryville, PA - d. 2013 Scranton, PA), later @ Tunk. UMC; m. Joseph Gibbons; *** Florence Mamie Miller Jervis (b. 1918 Factoryville, PA - d. 2009 Bardwell, Wy., PA), m. Andrew Alexander Jervis (1910-1996 Factoryville, PA);
      • Viola Nancy Miller Kranchanko (1920-1997 Bardwell, Wy., PA), m. Michael Kranchanko (b. 1916 PA - d. 1974 Bardwell, Wy., PA), later @ Lake Sheridan Bible Chapel, memorial off. by Dan Zehnal;
      • Irene Louise Miller Mooers (b. 1924 Tunk., PA - d. 1991 Bardwell, Wy., PA), m. William James Mooers (b. 1926 PA - d. 1983 Bardwell, Wy., PA);
      • Mabel Shirley Miller Wickizer (b. 1926 Bardwell, Wy., PA - d. 1971 suicide @ Kingsley, Susq., PA), m. Thomas John Wickizer (b. 1923 Tunk., PA - d. 1986 Kingsley, Susq., PA); later @ Grace Lutheran Church, Hop Bottom, PA;
      • William Fredrick "Fred" Miller (b. 1929 Bardwell, Wy., PA - d. 1972 Forkston, Wy., PA), 1962 m. Ethel Greenwood Kinney (b. 1938); later @ Forkston UMC; foreman @ Forkston DOT;
      • Carolyn Evelyn Miller Smith (1931-2009 Bardwell, Wy., PA), later @ Lake Sheridan Bible Chapel; 1949 @ Factoryville m. Robert Smith (d. 2008); Carolyn worked @ Methodist Manor, Tunk.; Bendix, South Montrose; Procter & Gamble, Mehoopany; memorial off. by James Wentz.
    • James Leonard Dickson +1933-1957 (1892-1957 Tunk., PA); m. Mabel Irene Robinson (b. 1896 Forkston Twp., Wy., PA - d. 1975 Tunk., PA), dau. of Frederick Stephen Robinson (b. 1859 Mehoopany, Wy., PA - d. 1927 Sayre, Bradford, PA) & Elizabeth L. Bronson Robinson (b. 1863 Windham, Wy., PA - d. 1949 Eatonville, Wy., PA);
      • ch: James Robinson Dickson (see below); Carol Louise Dickson Fiedler (b. 1918 Tunk., PA - d. 2009 Scranton, Lack., PA), m. Edward Herbert Fiedler (1912-1971 Scranton, Lack., PA), son of August Andrew Fiedler (b. 1874 Germany - d. 1965 Scranton, Lack., PA), carpenter 1914 @ D.L. & W Car Shops of Scranton, PA & 1942 @ Carnegie Illinois Steel, Pittsburgh, PA & died PB @ South Scranton Gospel Hall, Gilford Christensen gave memorial; Edward's mother: Lina Christina Rolf Fiedler (b. 1876 Germany - d. 1950 Scranton, PA;
    • James Robinson Dickson, Sr. +1951-1999+ (b. 1929 Bardwell, Wy., PA - d. 2006 N.Y.C., N.Y.); farmer, WyCo Supply of Tunk., Wy. Cty. Recorders Office & operated a portable saw mill; founding member @ Tunk. Ambulance Service; bluegrass guitarist @ Tunk.; 1951 m. Agnes Bothwell (b. 1927 Woodbridge, Middlesex, N.J. - d. 11-25-2020 Clarks Summit, Wy., PA), dau. of Alexander H.D. Bothwell (b. 1886 Forfar, Dundee (now Angus), Scot. - d. 1965 Woodbridge, Middlesex, N.J.), worked 1942 @ Shell Oil, Sewarren, N.J.; & Agnes Brown Bothwell (b. 1889 Dundee, Scot. - d. 1965 Tunk., PA);
    • Mabel Irene Robinson Dickson +1957-1975 (b. 1896 Forkston Twp., Wy., PA - d. 1975 Tunk., PA), see James Leonard Dickson;

Northwest PA

Erie County

Corry

  • Corry Gospel Hall, PA (OB) +1926-1951+
    • @ Eastern Star Hall, N. Centre St. +1926-1927;
    • c/o Garrett Culver Whitehead +1927+ (b. 1863 Lynedoch, Norfolk, ON - d. 1942 Corry, Erie, PA)
      • 1871 @ Charlotteville, Norfolk, ON; 1881-1891 @ Walsingham, Norfolk, ON; 1891 emig. Buffalo, N.Y.; 1910 @ Buffalo, NY; +1927+ @ 329 Concord St., Corry, PA; 1936 @ Warren, PA;
      • son of farmer Peter Whitehead (b. 1829 ON - d. 1911 Jericho, Norfolk, ON) & Mary Ann Howey Whitehead-Sanderson (b. 1839 Simcoe, Norfolk, ON - d. 1909 Jericho, Norfolk, ON); both Free-Will Christian Baptists +1871-1901+
      • wife: Alice Alberta Fry Whitehead (b. 1869 Cayuga South, Haldimand, ON - d. 1951 Corry, Erie, PA), dau. of Elias Nash Fry (b. 1841 Vineland, Niagara, ON - d. 1908 Lincoln, Niagara, ON) & Catharine Houser Fry (1845-1913 Lincoln, Niagara, ON); Elias was a Protestant wagon maker in 1871. Alice was the great-great-granddaughter of Johann Heinrich Fry (b. 1732 Strasbourg, Germany - d. 1814 Bucks County, PA), emig. to Pennsylvania by 1765. Johann's son Jacob Blutcher Fry emigrated to Vineland, Niagara, ON by 1802.
      • Culver & Alice had one child, Tracy Wallace Whitehead (b. 1897 Buffalo, NY - d. 1970 Corry, PA), m. Gladys Donna Blakeslee (b. 1903 PA - d. 1969 Corry, PA); Ch: Wilbur Tracey Whitehead (1923-1974 Corry, PA); Philip Richard Whitehead (b. 1927 Corry, PA - d. 2008 Ada, OK); Cpl. Rev. Roger "Jack" Whitehead (b. 1930 Corry, PA - d. 2016 South Kingstown, Washington, R.I.), UCC clergyman;
    • William Meade DeHaven +1936-1950+ (b. 1876 Scottsdale, Westmoreland, PA - d. 1957 Corry, Erie, PA)
      • lived 428 E. Main, Corry +1917+; @ 303 Essex St. +1936-1943+; 17 W. South St. +1947-1950+; 303 Essex St. +1957;
      • worked 1917 @ UN (sic?) Radiator Co., Corry; then owned a local tire shop.
      • son of William DeHaven & Cenora "Em" DeHaven (b. 1852 PA);
      • 1st wife: 1906 @ Beaver, PA: Zeola Finley DeHaven (b. 1876 West Newton, PA - d. 1942 Corry, PA), dau. of George T. Finley (b. 1854 Rostraver, Westmoreland, PA - d. 1919 McKeesport, Allegheny, PA) & Violet Culler Finley (b. 1859 Rostraver, Westmoreland, PA - d. 1937 McKeesport, Allegheny, PA)
      • 2nd wife: Alma Hendrickson Erickson-DeHaven (b. 1884 Titusville, Crawford, PA - d. 1971 Corry, PA), dau. of John Hendrickson (b. 1844 Sweden - d. 1920 Titusville, PA) & Emily Swenson Hendrickson (b. 1852 Hov, Sweden - d. 1937 Old Creek Twp., Crawford, PA);
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 14 in fellowship (5 men, 9 women) including 3 S.S. teachers presiding over 15 children (for a total of 29). The Hall was a rented facility at the Eastern Star building, but that arrangement ceased sometime in 1927, and it would be presumed they met in homes for a period. They had with $250 in annual expenses), and $270 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Erie

  • Millcreek Gospel Hall, PA (OB) +1922-1927+
    • French Street Gospel Hall +1922+; Twenty-First Street Gospel Hall +1927+
    • @ 531 French St. +1922+; 1153 E. 21st St., Millcreek, Erie, PA +1927+
    • c/o George W. Whitehead +1922-1927+ (b. 1868 N.Y. - d. 1951 Erie, PA)
      • lived @ 1258 E. 21st St. +1927+
      • son of William Case Whitehead (b. 1814 N.Y. - d. 1887 Adams, Jefferson N.Y.) & Laura Ann Palmer Whitehead (1817-1897 Adams, Jefferson, N.Y.);
      • wife: Frances Ester Groff Whitehead (b. 1870 Rome, Oneida, N.Y. - d. 1952 Erie, PA); Dau. of Frederick W. Groff (1841-1919 Rome, Oneida, N.Y.), moulder; & Fanny J. McCarthy Groff (1841-1918 Rome, Oneida, N.Y.);
      • ch: Marion E. Whitehead (b. 1895 Rome, Oneida, N.Y.); Frederick W. Whitehead (b. 1897 Rome, Oneida, N.Y.); Alice Cornelia Whitehead Patton (b. 1903 Rome, Oneida, N.Y. - d. 1993 Ellicott City, Howard, MD);
      • worked 1900 @ Bicycle Shop, Rome, NY; 1910-1920 @ Tool Maker, Erie, PA; 1930 @ Electric Mfgr. Repairman, Erie, PA; 1940 @ Tool Maker;
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 13 in fellowship (4 men, 9 women) including 1 under 13 years of age, and no S.S. The Hall was a rented facility (with $278 in annual expenses), and $113 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Jefferson County

Anita

Brookville

Punxsutawney

  • Elk Run Avenue Chapel, PA (OB) 1899-1990's+
    • Punxsutawney Gospel Hall 1899-1970
    • @ Elk Run Addition +1904+; Elk Run & Bridge Ave. +1926-1927+
    • S.M. 10:30am, Aft. S.S. 2pm, E. 7:30pm, Wed. Pr. 7:30pm, Fri. B.R. 7:30pm; +1904+
    • c/o W.F.(?) Wineberg +1927+
    • c/o Grant Caldwell +1931 (b. 1865 Bell, Jefferson, PA - d. 1931 Punx., PA)
      • son of John Nelson Caldwell (1838-1900 Punx., PA) & Rosana A. Green Caldwell (b. 1850 Indiana Cty., PA - d. 1930 Punx., PA);
      • m. Elizabeth Jane "Jennie" Varner (b. 1864 McCalmont, Jefferson, PA - d. 1948 Punx., PA), dau. of Abraham H. Varner (b. 1835 Young, Jefferson, PA - d. (1905-1910) Rockton, Clearfield, PA) & Elisabeth Munshower Varner (b. 1836 Indiana, PA - d. 1905 Clearfield, PA);
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 22 in fellowship (8 men, 14 women) including 5 S.S. teachers presiding over 45 children (for a total of 67). The Hall was valued at $1,500 with no debt (and with $100 in annual expenses), and $300 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Rathwell

Mercer County

Sharon

  • Sharon Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1889+
    • c/o Thomas Cox (b. 1862 Eng., emig. 1865, farmer @ Sharon by 1870, d. 1907 County Home, Mercer, PA)
      • son of William Cox (b. 1830 Eng.), coal miner, & Mary Cocam Cox (b. 1825 Eng.)

Venango County

Franklin

Southcentral PA

Franklin County

Chambersburg

  • Chambersburg Gospel Chapel, PA (OB) +1926-2022+
    • Chambersburg Gospel Chapel +1926-present
    • @ 303 E. King St. +1926-1927+; 86 N. 3rd St. ?-present;
    • c/o Ira Bert Thomas +1927+ (b. 1874 Newville, Cumberland, PA - d. 1946 Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA)
      • son of David N. Thomas & Eliza Westfall Thomas;
      • lived @ 406 S. Nates St. +1910+; 145 W. Catherine +1920-1940+;
      • m. Georgia Anna Stewart (b. 1877 Harrisburg, PA - d. 1963 Chambersburg, PA), dau. of J.F. Crawford Stewart (b. 1851 Bald Eagle, Chanceford, York, PA - d. 1911 Chambersburg, PA) & Mary Elizabeth Stoner Stewart (b. 1852 Harrisburg, PA - d. 1933 Chambersburg, PA); J.F. Crawford Stewart lived with Ira & Georgianna 1905-1911 (last six years of his life), and was a former iron moulder;
      • remained at Chambersburg Gospel Chapel until his death in 1946.
      • founded the Thomas Pretzel Company located first @ Carlisle, Cumberland, PA for several years, then 40 years @ Chambersburg @ 155 Catherine St.; They manufactured pretzels and potato chips. In 1976, the factory was purchased from William Nitterhouse by "Nibble With Gibble's", owned by Darrel R. & Linda Gibble, and founded by Darrel's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gibble. The Gibbles also owned a candy business (Mrs. Gibble's Candies) and restaurant in nearby Marion. Ira Thomas' grandson Paul Pettry returned to the pretzel plant the year of the merger as the chief baker, and Gibble's moved their operations from Marion to Chambersburg, where they continue to this day (2021) as Gibble's Foods.
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 26 in fellowship (10 men, 16 women) including 3 S.S. teachers presiding over 30 children (for a total of 56). The Hall was valued at $3,500 with $1,885 owed (with $639 in annual expenses), and $286 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Fayetteville

Orrstown

  • Orrstown Home Assembly, PA (OB) +1926-1927+
    • @ home of Isaac Newton Garman @ 21 Orrstown (b. 1867 Lancaster, PA - d. 1948 Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA)
      • lived @ Orrstown thru 1947
      • son of Philip Coyle Garman (b. 1835 Lancaster, PA - d. 1928 Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA) & Mary Ann Diller Garman (b. 1844 PA - d. 1921 Lurgan, Franklin, PA)
      • wife: Nancy Grace Hollar Garman (b. 1868 Mongul, Franklin, PA - d. 1945 Orrstown, Franklin, PA); dau. of Joseph Sweigart Hollar (1830-1891 Orrstown, PA) & Martha E. Smith Hollar (b. 1833 PA - d. 1926 Penbrook, Dauphin, PA);
      • ch: Ward Glenn Garman (b. 1896 Southampton, Franklin, PA - d. 1937 PA); Corl Huber Garman (b. 1891 - d. 1903 Mongul, Franklin, PA); Lee Dean Garman (b. 1901 Lurgan Twp., Franklin, PA - d. 1991 Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA); Lorin Lebernigh Garman (b. 1891 PA - d. 1953 Harrisburg, PA); Erma Mary Garman Bender (b. 1898 Southampton, Franklin, PA - d. 1988 Shippensburg, PA)
      • Isaac's memorial officiated by M.C. Manning & LeRoy Perry
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 14 in fellowship (8 men, 6 women) including 2 S.S. teachers presiding over 36 children (for a total of 50). The Hall met in a home (with $24 in annual expenses), and $130 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Waynesboro

  • Waynesboro Gospel Chapel, PA (OB) +1922-1993+
    • Waynesboro Gospel Hall +1922-1927+; Broad Street Gospel Chapel +1967+;
    • @ 41 E. Main St. +1927+
    • c/o Dr. K.B. Moomaw, 228 W. Main St. +1922+
    • c/o Rush Ellsworth Stouffer, Sr. (b. 1881 Chambersburg, PA - d. 1967 Waynesboro, PA), son of Samuel K. Stouffer & Kate L. Greenwalt Stouffer.
      • grad Chambersburg Business College (1897), employed @ Mechanicsburg Bank, relocating to Waynesboro in 1910, retired in 1962 from Citizens National Bank & Trust, having served as vice-president, cashier & board of directors, also board of directors @ Waynesboro Building & Loan, treasurer @ Waynesboro Salvation Army, treasurer @ local Cancer fund, charter member @ Waynesboro Coin Club.
      • Member & Treasurer @ Broad Street Gospel Chapel
      • memorial officiated by John W. Bramhall
      • wife: May Laushe Dubbel Stouffer (1884-1953 Waynesboro, PA), dau. of Silas Elias Dubbel (b. 1860 Hagerstown, MD - d. 1949 Waynesboro, PA) & Annie Grace Oller Dubbel (1863-1889 Waynesboro, PA); Silas relocated to Waynesboro from Huntingdon in 1881, acquiring the drugstore of the late Dr. George E. Shively, and also served as postmaster 1889-1911. Silas also served as a trustee at the Presbyterian church. Children:
      • Rush Ellsworth Stouffer (b. 1917 Hagerstown, MD - d. 2010 Tacoma, WA), 1940's @ Juniata College & Harvard Law School, WWII escort carrier @ U.S. Navy, 1943 m. Jody Burmeister; practiced law w/ father-in-law A.O. Burmeister @ Tacoma, then Stouffer & Knight. In fellowship with St. Peter's Episcopal Church, the first church built in Tacoma (1873), and also their oldest existing building.
      • Josephine Rohrer Stouffer Gower (b. 1920 Hagerstown, MD, lived 1967 @ Kingston, TN, d. 1981 Knoxville, TN);
    • c/o Bob Deeds +1993+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 28 in fellowship (8 men, 20 women) including 3 S.S. teachers presiding over 35 children (for a total of 63). The Hall was a rented facility (with $216 in annual expenses), and $657 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Southeast PA

Adams County

Littlestown

Berks County

Reading

  • Bible Truth Chapel, Reading, PA (Grant OB) 1905-1950's (OB) 1950's-1996
    • @ rented 2nd floor, 8th & Penn 1905+; rented 2nd floor, Stauffer's Hall, 6th & Franklin; former shirt factory, 5th & Franklin, West Reading 1928-1988; Days Inn, Shillington 1988-1996;
    • c/o George Starke

Bucks County (Philadelphia metro)

Bennetts Corner

Plumsteadville

  • Grace Gospel Chapel, Plumsteadville, PA (OB) 1923-2022+
    • Fountainville Gospel Hall 1923-1929
    • c/o Charles Eichlin +1927+ (b. 1902 Ottsville, Bucks, PA - d. 1931 Grand View, Bucks, PA); d. tonsilectomy;
      • lived @ Perkasie, PA +1927+, poultry farmer;
      • son of Lewis Eichlin (b. 1870 Ottsville, Bucks, PA - d. 1959) & Ida Cora Stover Eichlin (b. 1879 Bucks, PA - d. 1971)
      • wife: Mary Edna Detweiler Clymer Eichlin (b. 1906 Blooming Glen, Bucks, PA - d. 1955); dau. of Samuel Beysher Clymer (b. 1878 Sellersville, PA - d. 1966 Souderton, PA); & Elizabeth D. "Lizzie" Detweiler Clymer (b. 1879 - d. 1917 Blooming Glen, PA); parents @ Blooming Glen Mennonite;
      • ch: Mabel Marie Eichlin Crissman (b. 1924 Ottsville, PA - d. 1993 Charleston, W.V.); Ralph H. Eichlin (b. 1930 Perkasie, PA - d. 1988); Harold Willard Eichlin (b. 1927 Perkasie, PA - d. 2004 Hatboro, Montgomery, PA)
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 40 in fellowship (21 men, 19 women) including 5 S.S. teachers, presiding over 60 children (for a total of 100). The Hall was a rented facility (with $287 in annual expenses), and $352 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Sellersville

Yardley

  • Believers' Fellowship, Yardley, PA (OB) 1983-2021+
    • @ home of Dr. Paul & Joy Karleen, Levittown 1983+; Yardley Community Center, 64 S. Main St. - present;
    • other founders: Sam & Mary Lou Hardman, Dan & Sue Matlack;
    • also see BF's website

Centre County (State College metro)

Philipsburg

Chester County

Malvern

Unionville

  • Unionville Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1985+
    • c/o Philip Jerome Gross (b. 1918 Bellefonte, Centre, PA - d. 1997 Yorktown, York, VA); WWII vet;

Cumberland County (Harrisburg metro)

Boiling Springs

  • Boiling Springs Bible Fellowship, PA (OB) 1992-present?
    • Carlisle Bible Chapel 1993-1995; Boiling Springs Bible Chapel 1995+
    • hive from Greenwood Hills Gospel Chapel
    • @ home of William J. Wirl, Jr., Carlisle 1992+; motel 1993-1994; office building 1994; old Methodist church, 119 4th St.

Enola

  • Enola Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1962-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2016+
    • William "Leo" Cool +1962-1966+, +1985+; Ralph Donard Sigman +1962-1973+ (b. 1892 Liberty, Guernsey, OH - d. 1983 Camp Hill, Cumberland, PA); George Samuel Gallagher +1962-1973+ (b. 1917 Miller, Perry, PA - d. 2004 Harrisburg, PA); Richard Paul Sigman +1973+ (b. 1920 Altoona, Blair, PA - d. 2010 Carlisle, Cumberland, PA); John Frazer +1985+ (b. 1915 N.Y.C., son of John Alexander Frazer & Eliza Jane Robinson Frazer, grad @ East Orange, N.J., retired @ Evangelical Press, d. 2001 Camp Hill, PA), father of Dr. Paul D. Frazer @ Sioux Falls, S.D.;

Dauphin County

Harrisburg

  • Boas Street Gospel Hall, PA (OB) +1926-1927+
    • Harrisburg Gospel Chapel +1926-1927+
    • @ 309 Boas St. +1927+
    • c/o George Henry Weidman +1927+ (b. 1888 Harrisburg, PA - d. 1940 Woodland Twp., Burlington, N.J.)
      • PB when registered for WWI draft;
      • worked 1917 machinist foreman @ Harrisburg Mfg. and Boiler Works; 1920 @ Steam RR machinist; 1930 @ typewriter mfgr.
      • son of Jacob Weidman (b. 1864 Chambersburg, Franklin, PA - d. 1930 Penbrook, Dauphin, PA) & Annie Margaret Stock Weidman (b. 1867 Harrisburg, PA - 1932 Penbrook, Dauphin, PA);
      • wife: Mary Elizabeth Novinger Weidman (1885-1925 Harrisburg, PA); dau. of James Harman Novinger (b. 1851 Upper Millersburg, Dauphin, PA - d. 1925 Susq. Manor, Dauphin, PA) & Sarah Louise Miller Novinger (b. 1853 Jackson, Dauphin, PA - d. 1918 Wiconisco, Dauphin, PA); Several children.
    • c/o Leon F. Miller +1926-1927+ @ 2616 N. Fifth Ave.
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 54 in fellowship (20 men, 34 women) including 9 S.S. teachers, presiding over 65 children (for a total of 119). The Hall was valued at $14,000 with $4,700 owed (and with $2,632 in annual expenses), and $802 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Capitol Street Gospel Hall, PA (OB) +1901-1922+
    • @ 1114 Capitol St. +1904-1922+
    • S.M. 10.30, Aft. 2 S.S., E. 7.30. W. 7.45 Pr., F. 7.45 B.R. +1904+
    • c/o W. Beveridge, 1721 Penn St. +1922+
  • Harrisburg Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1878-1880+
    • c/o Eusebe I. Grenier (b. 1849 Paris, France - d. 1894 Portland, OR)
      • 1866 student @ Ag. College of PA; 1870 @ St. Paul, MN m. Lily Mattheis (b. 1856 St. Paul, MN - d. 1935 Portland, OR), dau. of C.G.A. Matthews (b. 1828), +1869-1871+ bartender @ Snelling House, 1873 cabinetmaker, & Amelia Matthews (b. 1836 Germany); 1878 "professor of languages" (French & German) @ Harrisburg, PA; 1880 Language tchr @ Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH; +1891-1894 language tchr @ Portland, OR;
        • Unrelated trivial note: Morning Oregonian, Portland, OR: 12-14-1885: "E.W. Alderson, of Coles valley, states that an old man by the name of Grenier, living on the ____, is the oldest resident in Oregon, having been here sixty-five years. He is a Frenchman, and belonged to the Hudson Bay company. As a trapper(?), he has always been an expert. His age is 85 years, and he is now somewhat feeble."
  • Studebaker's Gospel Hall, PA (OB) +1922-1927+
    • @ Second and State Sts.
    • c/o Jacob E. Brubaker +1922-1927+ (b. 1867 Derry, Dauphin, PA - d. 1938 White Hill, Cumberland, PA)
      • worked @ coffin factory 1910-1920 as finisher & painter;
      • son of David Nauman Brubaker (b. 1833 PA - d. 1877 Hummelstown, Dauphin, PA) & Victoria Doller Brubaker (b. 1838 Germany - d. 1926 Hummelstown, Dauphin, PA); David served Capt. James Henderson's company, 127th Regt., P.V. during the Civil War, from Aug. 2, 1862 thru May 29, 1863, discharged at the rank of Private. He was severely wounded in his left leg at Fredericksburg, VA on Dec. 13, 1862, his leg was later amputated, and he subsequently served his final six years of life as postmaster at Hummelstown.
      • wife: Emma Elizabeth Plouse Brubaker (b. 1869 Derry, Dauphin, PA - d. 1954 Camp Hill, Cumberland, PA); dau. of John H. Plouse (b. 1826 Derry, Dauphin, PA - d. 1882 Hummelstown, PA) & Esther "Hetty" Ellinger Plouse (b. 1832 Derry, Dauphin, PA - d. 1907 Penbrook, Dauphin, PA);
      • ch: Esther Victoria Brubaker Harro (b. 1889 Harrisburg, PA - d. 1987 Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, PA); Helen V. Brubaker Lantz (1891-1912 Harrisburg, PA); John David Brubaker (1892-1920 Harrisburg, PA);
      • Jacob's memorial service was officiated by Richard Hill (Sea Cliff, N.Y.) & John D. Stephenson (Bible Truth Hall);
    • c/o William H. Davidson @ 608 Kelker St. +1926-1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 103 in fellowship (48 men, 55 women) including 6 S.S. teachers, presiding over 36 children and 47 adults (for a total of 186). The Hall was a rented facility (with $583 in annual expenses), and $2,135 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Delaware County (Philadelphia metro)

Bryn Mawr (also in Montgomery county)

  • Bryn Mawr Gospel Hall, PA (OB) 1906-2022+
    • @ Merion Title Bldg., Ardmore 1906-1912; rented area at center of Bryn Mawr 1912+; Public Library Reading Room 1913-1923; 8 N. Summit Grove Ave. 1923-present
    • c/o Hector Campbell, 60 Grand View Ave., Ardmore +1922+
    • c/o William George Ilott @ Avon Rd. +1926-1930+ (b. 1875 Reading, Berkshire, Eng., emig. 1908, d. 1945 San Mateo, CA), son of William Ilott (b. 1852 Hungerford, Berkshire, Eng. - d. 1930 Reading, Berkshire, Eng.) & Ann Medcraf Ilott (b. 1858 Oxford, Oxfordshire, Eng. - d. 1946 Reading, Berkshire, Eng.)
      • sister: Mrs. Frank Plunkett (Philadelphia, PA)
      • worked 1920 @ Supt. Private Estate, 1940 @ Gardener
      • wife: Ethel Clara Killey Ilott (b. 1873 Tottenham, London, Eng. - d. 1957 Los Angeles, CA), dau. of Henry Killey (b. 1842 Clerkenwell, Middlesex, Eng., 1920 @ Lower Merion, Montgomery, PA, d. 1922 Haverford, Montgomery, PA), house painter and decorator & Emma Ewer Killey (b. 1844 St. Albans, Hertfordshire, Eng. - d. 1918 Eton, Berkshire, Eng.)
      • children: Joyce Ilott Goodrich (Washington, D.C.)
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 116 in fellowship (50 men, 66 women) including 6 S.S. teachers presiding over 55 children (for a total of 171). The Hall was valued at $14,000 with $3,200 owed (and with $2,403 in annual expenses), and $708 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Collingdale/Darby

  • Collingdale Gospel Chapel, PA (OB) 1914-2022+
    • @ Darby tent meetings 1914; Darby Odd Fellows Hall 1915-1921; Telford & Hillside Aves. +1922+; Hillside Ave. & Parker (now McDade) Ave. 1921-present;
    • Darby Assembly 1914-1921; Collingdale Gospel Hall 1921-1953
    • c/o Harry Pinney 1914+
    • c/o Robert Henry 1914-1927+ (b. 1883 Cookstown, Tyrone, Ireland, emig. 1900)
      • lived @ 112 Cherry St., Collingwood 1910-1920; 1214 Twelfth Ave., Moores (aka Prospect Park), PA +1927+
      • 1910 night watchman @ Penn RR; 1920-1930 clerk @ RR
      • wife: Sarah Matilda Blair Henry (b. 1882 Magherafelt, Londonderry, Ireland, emig. 1900)
      • ch: Adeline Elizabeth Henry Wild-Thompson (b. 1907 Philadelphia, PA, m. 1929 Albert W. Thompson, by Samuel MacAdams); Robert C. Henry (b. 1912 Collingwood, PA);
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 70 in fellowship (26 men, 44 women) including 3 under the age of 13 years old, and 9 S.S. teachers presiding over 106 children (for a total of 176). The Hall was valued at $10,000 with no debt (and with $882 in annual expenses), and $345 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Lansdowne

Newtown Square

Mifflin County

Atkinson Mills

Burnham

  • Burnham Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1917+
    • c/o Fred Walter Klinski (b. 1888 Posen, Germany - d. 1959 Vancouver, Clark, WA), retired @ railroad;

Lancaster County

Lancaster

  • Lancaster Gospel Hall, PA (OB) early 1930's-early 1940's?
    • @ above Samuel Hocking's machine shop, Grant & Prince Sts. early 1930's; St. Mark's Church, Pershing Ave. - late 1930's+
  • Monterey Chapel, PA (OB Spanish & English) early 1940's-1945; (OB) 1945-present
    • @ built assembly on Grofftown Rd. early 1940's-1973; Bird-In-Hand Fire Co. 1974; purchased Monterey Mennonite Church, W. Eby Rd. 1975-present;
    • c/o Luis Montalvo early 1940's-mid 1940's; Samuel S. Sheaffer 1945+;

Montgomery County (Philadelphia metro)

Glenside

  • Ardsley Bible Chapel, PA (OB) 1927-2021+
    • Grace Gospel Chapel 1927-1946; Erlen Gospel Chapel 1946-1970
    • hive from Olney Gospel Hall, PA
    • @ 2nd floor, 5th & Rising Sun Ave., Phil. 1927-1944; former Episc. ch., Willow Grove Ave. 1944-1946; storefront next to Erlen Theater, Cheltenham Ave. 1946-1970; 2717 Jenkintown Rd., Glenside 1970-present;
    • 1927: founders c/o: Robert Barnes, George Canning, Granvil Godshalk, and James MacDonald

Hatboro

Oreland

  • Enfield Gospel Chapel, PA (OB) 1906-2021+
    • Germantown Gospel Hall +1922-1927+
    • @ 2838 Ridge Ave. 1906+; 14 E. Clapier St.; 4921 Germantown Ave. +1926-1927+; 6 Summit Lane, Oreland 1968-present;
    • c/o Robert J. Carson +1922-1927+
      • @ 4739 N. 15th St.
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 73 in fellowship (30 men, 43 women) including 5 S.S. teachers presiding over 50 children (for a total of 123). The Hall was a rented facility (with $1,000 in annual expenses), and $600 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Philadelphia County

Philadelphia

  • Downtown Meeting Gospel Hall, PA (OB) 1884-1952
    • @ tent meetings @ S. Broad St., below Federal St. 1884; 1113 S. Broad St. (above a blacksmith's shop) 1884+; 13th & Wharton; 15th & Federal; 17th & Federal; 21st & Latona; 1505 S. 20th St. (20th & Dickinson), first building erected 1904-1945; 71st & Woodland Ave. 1945+; 64th & Woodland +1952;
    • 1st annual Conference Christmas Day 1887: preachers Donald & Charles Ross, James Campbell, William Matthews, Norman Case, Frank Cook, William Staner, David Oliver & John Haliburton;
    • c/o David Simpson @ 4619 Hazel Ave. +1922-1927+;
  • Germantown Christian Assembly, PA (AA OB) 1973-2021+
    • hive from Calvary Gospel Chapel, Phil., founded by B. Sam Hart & 26 others;
    • @ Germantown YMCA & Church of the Atonement, Green St. 1973; 610 E. Mount Pleasant Ave. 1974-present;
    • c/o B. Sam Hart 1973-1980; Charles Hart 1980+;
  • Mascher Street Gospel Hall, PA (OB) +1909-1982+
    • @ Iron Hall, Kensington +1909; 2447 N. Mascher St. 1910-1970's;
    • c/o D.P. Harry, 1035 Robbins Ave., Lawndale +1922+; Matthew Morton +1927+
      • 3409 N. Front St.
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 140 in fellowship (60 men, 80 women) including 10 S.S. teachers presiding over 100 children (for a total of 240). The Hall was valued at $15,000 with no debt (and with $1,028 in annual expenses), and $1,925 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Mayfair Gospel Hall, PA (OB) +1927-1950's+
    • Frankford Gospel Hall; Kensington Gospel Hall
    • @ 3244 Frankford Ave. +1927-1950's; Mayfair 1950's+
    • c/o Warren R. Carson @ 4352 Naples St. +1927+;
  • Olney Gospel Hall, PA (OB) 1926-1990's+
    • Sala Evangelica Olney
    • @ N. 5th St. (bet. Lindley Ave. & Tabor Rd.) 1926-1927; 314 Chew St. 1927-2021+
    • c/o David P. Harry @ 535 Robbins Ave., Lawndale +1927+
    • c/o David H. Oliver @ 7311 Tabor St., Burholme, Philadelphia +1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 123 in fellowship (48 men, 75 women) including 8 S.S. teachers presiding over 65 children (for a total of 188). The Hall was valued at $20,000 with no debt stated (with $2,907 in annual expenses), and $1,313 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Philadelphia Christian Assembly, PA (EB) +1873-1881; (KLC-EB) 1881-1946+
    • @ Hall, 5002 Baltimore Ave. +1946+
    • c/o William Stephenson, 1117 Serrill Ave., Yeadon +1946+; John Roberts, Tract Depot, 300 Walnut St. +1946+
  • Philadelphia Friendship Hall Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1889-1908+
    • c/o Wesley L. Manks +1889+ (b. 1845 N.J. - d. 1905 Phila., PA), saw mfg.; Charles R. Sharer +1889-1908+ (see Willow Grove); Matthew Morrison +1901-1908+ (see Willow Grove);
  • Roxborough Bible Chapel, PA (OB) 1913-2021+
    • Wissahickon Gospel Hall 1913-1953
    • @ several rented locations, Wissahickon, the final being 5154 Ridge Ave. +1953; 460 Flamingo St., Roxborough 1953-present;
    • founders: James Martin, Thomas Craigmile, and Albert Berry.
  • West Philadelphia Assembly, PA (Grant EB) 1880's/1890's+
    • @ 20th & Kater Sts.; 67th & Market Sts.; Market St. storefront (bet. 58th & 59th Sts.); 5917 Chestnut St.
    • c/o George McCandless, printer; James Arthur; Mr. Mory;
    • some from this assembly started the assembly in Kenilworth, New Jersey
    • +1948 split later merged with what is now Lansdowne Bible Chapel, PA
  • West Philadelphia Gospel Hall, PA (OB) 1914-1967+
    • hive from Downtown Meeting Gospel Hall, PA
    • @ rented storefront, 265 S. 60th St. 1914-1933; purchased 62nd & Jefferson basement (no above ground floor) 1933-1963; rented quarters @ Broomall 1963-1967; Route 252 south of Newtown Square 1967+
    • c/o David Suiter +1922-1927+ (b. 1868 County Tyrone, N.I., immigrated 1888, d. 1926 Philadelphia, PA)
      • lived @ 6133 Catherine St. +1920-1927+
      • worked +1900-1920+ bill clerk @ Penn Railroad
      • wife: Elizabeth Humes Suiter (b. 1865 County Tyrone, N.I. - d. 1942 Brookline, Delaware, PA), dau. of Robert & Margaret Humes.
    • c/o Albert S. Wilson @ 5834 Montrose St. +1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 64 in fellowship (26 men, 38 women) including 5 S.S. teachers presiding over 44 children (for a total of 108). The Hall was a rented facility (with $924 in annual expenses), and $275 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Willow Grove Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1873-1909; (TW) 1909-1992; (TW-N) 1992+
    • Philadelphia Meeting Room (EB) +1873-1909; (TW) 1909-1966+; Glenside Meeting Room (TW) +1973-1992;
    • c/o
      • M. Taylor @ 1826 Carmac St. +1873
      • David Lithgow @ 207 Pear St. 1874-1882+ @ 207 Pear St. 1874-1877+; 307 Pine St. +1880-1882+ (possibly b. 1820 Ireland - d. 1885 Phila., PA), machinist; or (b. 1849 Spring Garden, Phila., PA - d. 1883 Phila., PA), buttonmaker;
      • C.H. Bright +1878-1880+ @ 523 S. 9th St. (possibly Harry Chard Bright (1867-1940 Phila., PA or Harry C. Bright (b. 1855 PA - d. 1889 Phila., PA or Henry Bright (b. 1831 Lancashire, England), butcher);
      • James Farrington Valentine +1879-1908+ (b. 1852 Black Rock, Buffalo, Erie, N.Y. - d. 1917 Ridley, Delaware, PA);
        • @ 28 S. 15th St. +1882+
      • James McAleely +1889-1914 (b. 1842 Ireland - d. 1914 Phila., PA), grocer;
      • Charles R. Sharer +1911-1916 (1841-1916 Phila., PA);
      • Matthew Morrison +1911-1917+ (b. 1867 Whitehall, Lehigh, PA - d. 1940 Phila., PA), fireman;
      • R.J. Payne +1911-1917+;
      • William Hamilton, Sr. +1911-1923-1927+;
      • William Stradling +1923-1927+;
      • Dr. Henry Medd +1923-1927+; George Meikle +1933+; Samuel Brown +1933-1951+; Edward C. Holbrook +1933-1966+; Amandus G. Reeb +1951-1973+; Ralph A. Reeb +1973-1985+; Robert L. Haye +1973-1999+; Jack Cameron +1999-2005+; John Haye +2005-2010+;

Southwest PA

Allegheny County (Pittsburgh metro)

Camden

Dravosburg

Homestead

  • Homestead Gospel Hall, PA (OB) +1904-1927+
    • @ 219 16th Ave., near Mifflin St. +1904-1927+
    • c/o Robert William Doughty +1927+ (b. 1860 Northdown, Kent, Eng. - d. 1948 Elizabeth, Allegheny, PA);
      • worked @ "Young Tom" vessel as a seaman @ Thanet, Kent, England @ 1881;
      • 1890 @ Pittsburgh, PA m. Annie Elizabeth M. Bower (b. 1867 Eng.)
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 55 in fellowship (20 men, 35 women) including 7 S.S. teachers, presiding over 60 children (for a total of 115). The Hall was a rented facility (with $383 in annual expenses), and $690 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

McDonald

  • McDonald Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1927-1964+
    • c/o Henrietta Collard Cauchie +1927-1964 (b. 1883 Belgium - d. 1964 McDonald, PA), m. Joseph Nestor Cauchie; Edward Nestor Cauchie +1944-1951+ (1922-1974 McDonald, PA); Ruth Elizabeth Cauchie Walker +1949-1951+ (b. 1918 McDonald, PA - d. 1994);

McKeesport/White Oak

  • McKeesport Gospel Hall, PA (OB) 1876-2021+
    • McKeesport Assembly 1876-1913;
    • merged with Homestead Assembly, Phil. (1895-1933);
    • @ upper room in downtown McKeesport +1908-1913+; 1301 Soles St. 1934-1974; Prescott & Broadway, White Oak 1974-present
    • also see MGH's FB page

Pittsburgh

  • Brown's Hill Bible Chapel, PA (OB) +1958-2021+
    • Beechwood Assembly pre-1958; Beechwood Bible Chapel 1958-1985?;
    • @ 3349 Beechwood Blvd. +1958-present
  • Friendship Street Gospel Hall, PA (OB) +1922-1927+
    • Pittsburgh Gospel Hall
    • @ home of James Wilson, 4917 Friendship Street
    • c/o James Wilson +1922-1927+; Thomas J. Jamison @ 4815 Liberty Ave. +1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 150 in fellowship (60 men, 90 women) including 10 S.S. teachers, presiding over 100 children (for a total of 250). The Hall was valued at $12,000 with no debt (and with $1,609.88 in annual expenses), and $1,465 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Pittsburgh Meeting Room, PA (EB) 1879+; (TW pp) +1914-1917+; (TW) +1933-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2016+
    • Homestead Meeting Room (EB) +1901-1909; (TW) 1909-1927+
    • c/o S.A. Clarke 1879-1880+ @ 115 Wood St. (possibly b. 1851 PA or b. 1842 PA or Samuel A. Clarke b. 1833 Scotland - d. 1897 Washington, PA); William C. Jones +1901+ possibly (b. 1868 Eng. - d. 1902 Homestead, PA, tea merchant) or (b. 1855 PA - d. 1919 Jacksonville, FL, chaplain @ PA state senate); E.J. Checkley +1914-1917+; "George M. Lyle": George Haining? Lyle +1901-1933+ (b. 1860 Catrine, East Ayrshire, Scot. - d. 1942 Munhall, Allegheny, PA); William Cockburn Arbuckle +1901-1952 (b. 1870 Bell Hills, Scot - d. 1952 Homestead, Allegheny, PA); William E. Woodside, Jr. +1944-1973+ (b. 1907 Duquesne, PA - d. 1991 St. Petersburg, FL); Clarence Edward MacNab +1944-1985+ (b. 1908 Pittsburgh, PA - d. 2003 Iowa Falls, Hardin, IA); David Lyle, Sr. +1951-1973+; David Lyle, Jr. +1985+; Austin Burton Carmell +1923-1991 (1903-1991 Columbus, Franklin, OH); Scott D. Brinkmeyer +1985-1999+; Todd Knizat +1999-2016+; Daniel Cole +2010-2016+;

Sheridanville

  • Sheridanville Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1901+
    • c/o (possibly) Annie Katherine Brown Neil (b. 1877 Pittsburgh, PA - d. Bellevue, Allegheny, PA); 1893 @ Allegheny, PA m. Robert P. Neil

Wilkinsburg

  • Wilkinsburg pp (TW) +1927+

Blair County (Altoona metro)

East Freedom

  • East Freedom Chapel, PA (OB) 1951-present?
    • @ home of Obie & Mary Snyder, Singing Brook Farm 1951-1960; 16637 Mount Pleasant St. 1960-present
    • c/o Obie Snyder 1951-1960+

Butler County (Pittsburgh metro)

Butler

  • Butler tent meetings (OB) 1911
    • William Pinches

Harmony

Cambria County

Johnstown

  • Johnstown Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1908-1910
    • c/o Alice Evelyn Whitney Clarke (b. 1849 Pittsfield, Lorain, OH - d. 1910 Westmont, Cambria, PA), dau. of Oliver Wolcott Whitney (b. 1817 Pittsfield, MA - d. 1864 Des Moines, IA) & Esther Alice Ann Rising Whitney (b. 1824 OH - d. 1891), 1840 @ Grafton Lorain, OH m.; 1875 @ Des Moines, Polk, IA
      • m. James P. Clarke (b. 1845 Blairsville, Indiana, PA - d. 1906 Johnstown, PA), coal operator; 1880 @ Des Moines; son of Robert W. Clarke (b. 1816 PA - d. 1895 Des Moines, IA) & Caroline King Clarke (b. 1819 - d. 1880 Des Moines, IA);
        • James' sister Jennie Clarke (b. 1845 Blairsville, PA - d. 1918 Des Moines, IA) met her husband, Alex. H. Rule at Monmouth College where Alex was "studying for the ministry". They married in 1871, and soon after served in Egypt, then two trips to Bermuda, and some in the British West Indies; According to her obit, Jennie was "one of the early teachers at Bryant school and also taught music, being an excellent pianist" in Des Moines. After Alex's death in 1906, Jennie returned to Bermuda to labor. Her father, "R.W. Clarke, came to Des Moines in 1855, and his family came the following year to the home he had built for them on East Fifth and Lyon streets."

Springhill

  • Springhill Meeting Room, PA (EB) 1879+
    • c/o H.B. Ackley
      • possibly Harris S. Ackley (b. 1828 Springhill, Cambria, PA - d. 1918 Endicott, Broome, NY); funeral @ his home officiated by N.Y.C. evangelist Fred Robinson, attended by Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bosworth, Mr. & Mrs. William Shumway, Mr. & Mrs. Mertin S. Blocher, and Harris' sister Mrs. Sophia Bosworth (all of Spring Hill, PA); other attendees included: Mrs. Lettie Stalford and her son Henry and daughter Helen (Wyalusing, PA); Mr. & Mrs. Charles Brown, of (Elkins, W.V.); Dr. & Mrs. C.J. Wells & dau. Constance; W.D. Brewster & Floyd L. Brewster (Syracuse, N.Y.), Mrs. R.A. Wage (Union, N.Y.); nephew Griffin S. Ackley (Binghamton, N.Y. then Brooklyn, N.Y.);
        • 1828-1850+ @ Springhill, PA; farmer 1863 @ Tuscarora, PA; +1860+, +1870-1879 @ Wyalusing, PA; formerly corres. +1878-1879 @ Wyalusing Meeting Room, Bradford, PA; 1900 @ Binghamton, Broome, N.Y.;

Fayette County (Pittsburgh metro)

Connellsville

Greene County

Waynesburg

  • Waynesburg Bible Chapel, PA (OB) 1981-2021+
    • @ homes of Jan & Penny Buckhalter, & John & Robin Harding 1981-1983; 859 N. Bonar Ave. 1983-?; 800 E. Greene St. ?-present;


Indiana County (Pittsburgh metro)

Indiana

  • Indiana Gospel Hall, PA (OB) 1910-1995+
    • @ home of Lott Frederick, 1164 Philadelphia St. 1910-1912; 526 Philadelphia St. 1912-1913; "Cement Block Building" (near the Frederick home) 1913-1916; various rented spaces 1917-1938 including 562 Philadelphia St., Wherle Building +1926-1927+; 5th & Locust 1938-present;
    • c/o Lott Frederick +1911-1927+ (b. 1870 Punxsutawney, PA - d. 1947 Indiana, PA)
      • lived @ 1164 Philadelphia St. +1910-1927+
      • work: section foreman @ BR & PRR 1910;
      • son of James T. Frederick (1846-1916 Cloe, Jefferson, PA) & Martha J. States Frederick (b. 1850 Canoe, Indiana, PA - d. 1942 Cloe, Jefferson, PA);
      • wife: Margaret "Maggie" Kessler Frederick (b. 1872 Young, Jefferson, PA - d. 1930 Indiana, PA); dau. of Christopher Kessler (b. 1829 Donegal Twp., Westmoreland, PA - d. Bell, Jefferson, PA) & Jane Weaver Kessler (b. 1833 PA - d. 1906 Bell, Jefferson, PA); Maggie's father was a veteran of the Civil War, of the 105th Regt., PA Infantry, Co. A, rank Private.
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 30 in fellowship (14 men, 16 women) including 6 S.S. teachers presiding over 30 children (for a total of 60). The Hall was a rented facility (with $355 in annual expenses), and $255 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.


Washington County (Pittsburgh metro)

Bethlehem

California

  • California Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1879-1909; (TW) 1909-1951+
    • c/o Thomas Higginson 1879-1880+ (b. 1828 Dudley, Worcestershire, England), coal miner; Daniel Humphries +1889-1908+ (b. 1846 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Eng. - d. 1923 California, PA); Robert M. McCallum, Sr. 1908+ (b. 1847 Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scot. - d. 1915 California, PA); Harry James Humphries 1908+ (b. 1868 Eng. - d. 1953); William Henry Higginson +1923-1963 (b. 1867 Dudley, Worcestershire, Eng. - d. 1963 California, PA), coal miner;
    • see Roscoe Meeting Room

Donora

  • Donora Gospel Hall, PA (OB) 1920-2011+
  • @ home of Wm. Kiddy @ 442 McCrea (aka Kenric) Ave., Donora +1920-1932; 3 other locations including: 427 Thompson Ave. +1927+; 201 Thompson Ave. - present;
    • c/o W. Cunningham
      • @ 725 Cement St.
    • c/o William Kiddy 1920-1932 (b. 1865 Scot. - d. 1932 Monongahela, Washington, PA)
      • @ Denver, CO +1910+; 442 McCrea (aka Kenric) Ave., Donora +1920-1927+
      • area scalper @ RR Shops 1910; Mill Stationary Engineer 1920;
      • 1885 @ Washington First UMC;
      • wife: Elizabeth Morton Kiddy (b. 1866 Lonaconing, Allegany, MD - d. 1961 Monongahela, Washington, PA)
      • ch: William Kiddy, Jr. (b. 1887 Lonaconing, MD - d. 1938 Elrama, PA), P & L.E. RR engineer; Albert Kiddy; Ervin Kiddy; Ruth Kiddy Mains (b. 1900 - d. 1994 Pleasant Hills, Allegheny, PA), Homestead, PA @ 1938; Mrs. William Thompson (Detroit, MI @ 1938);
    • other founders: Robert Grant, Sr. & Louis Olsen;
    • c/o Charles D. Wolfe @ 550 McKean Ave. +1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 34 in fellowship (15 men, 19 women) including 4 S.S. teachers presiding over 37 children (for a total of 71). The Hall was a rented facility (with $417 in annual expenses), and $542 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Roscoe

  • Roscoe Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1889-1909; (TW) 1909-1923+
    • c/o William Henry Higginson +1889-1905+ (b. 1867 Dudley, Worcestershire, Eng. - d. 1963 California, PA); Robert Wilson +1896-1923+; Daniel Humphries +1911-1917+ (b. 1846 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Eng. - d. 1923 California, PA);
    • see California Meeting Room

Westmoreland County (Pittsburgh metro)

Murrysville

  • Murrysville Bible Chapel, PA (OB) 1956-2015+
    • hive from Beechwood Assembly
    • Bible Truth Chapel 1956-late 1990's
    • 4779 Christy Rd. 1956-present

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Jersey Shore Villas

  • Jersey Shore Villas Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1903+
    • c/o Robert Ronson
      • possibly (b. 1850 Preesall, Lancashire, Eng. - d. 1929 Brooklyn, N.Y.), emig. 1887 to Brooklyn, carpenter, wife Ellen (b. 1856 Oxford, Eng. - d. 1916 Brooklyn, N.Y., member @ Gospel Truth Mission, Monroe St., Brooklyn); wife died two days after son Frederick died of pneumonia; Five other children: Margaret, Eugene, Harold, William and Robert, Jr., the latter of whom served three years in the U.S. Army in the Philippines 1913-1916.

Oshanter

Sista

  • Sista Meeting Room, PA (French EB) +1878-1880+
    • c/o Ira Rodgers
      • possible (b. 1827 Girard, Erie, PA), fork factory; wife: Mariette Rodgers (b. 1824 PA);
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