Revision as of 20:54, 3 June 2021

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.

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+;

Northeast PA

Bradford County

Canton

• Canton Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1878-1879+
  • c/o W.F. Merrick +1878-1879+

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);

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

• Stevensville Meeting Room, PA (TW-N) +2005-2010+
  • c/o William Bothwell, Jr. +2005-2010+

Towanda

• Towanda Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1878-1903+
  • c/o M.A. Shaw +1878-1879+; L.T. Royce/Royse +1889-1896+; Mrs. A. Ott +1896+; Miss J. Lequin +1901-1903+;

Wyalusing

• Wyalusing Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1878-1879+
  • c/o Harris Ackley

Northwest PA

Erie County

Erie

• Erie Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1903-1905+
  • c/o J.F. Springer

• Grace Gospel Chapel, Erie, PA (OB) +1994-2020+
  • @ 3218 Tuttle Ave. 1994-2020+
  • c/o Jim Ott 1993-1994+

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

• Franklin Meeting Room, PA (EB) 1879+
  • c/o H.W. Redfield
    • possibly Harry Redfield (b. 1853 Titusville, Crawford, PA)

Southcentral PA

Franklin County

Waynesboro

• Waynesboro Gospel Chapel, PA (OB) +1993+
  • c/o Bob Deeds +1993+

Southeast PA

Adams County

Littlestown

• Kingsdale Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1896+
  • c/o Hugh Horner

Bucks County

Bennetts Corner

• Bennetts Corner Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1917+
  • c/o Mrs. C.E. Davis

Plumsteadville

• Grace Gospel Chapel, Plumsteadville, PA (OB) 1923-2021+

Chester County

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

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

• Harrisburg Assembly Hall, PA (OB) +1901+
• Harrisburg Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1878
  • 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."

Delaware County

Newtown Square

• Newtown Square Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1973-1992
  • c/o Norman King Cook +1973-1992 (b. 1913 Phila., PA - d. Newtown Square, PA)

Philadelphia County

Philadelphia

• 20th and Dickinson Streets Gospel Hall, PA 1885-1911+
  • 26th Annual Conference here in 1911; 26th for Philadelphia or 20th & Dickinson???
• Downtown Meeting, PA (OB) +1901+
• Howard Street Gospel Hall, PA (OB) +1901-1902+
• 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);
• Willow Grove Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1878-1909; (TW) 1909-1992; (TW-N) 1992-
  • Philadelphia Meeting Room (EB) +1878-1909; (TW) 1909-1966+; Glenside Meeting Room (TW) +1973-1992;
  • c/o C.H. Bright +1878 (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); David Lithgow +1878-1879+ (possibly b. 1820 Ireland - d. 1885 Phila., PA), machinist; or (b. 1849 Spring Garden, Phila., PA - d. 1883 Phila., PA), buttonmaker; James Farrington Valentine +1879-1908+ (b. 1852 Black Rock, Buffalo, Erie, N.Y. - d. 1917 Ridley, Delaware, PA); 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

Camden

• Camden Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1901-1905+
  • c/o Mrs. G. Powell +1901-1903+; Mr. Powell +1905+;

Dravosburg

• Dravosburg Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1901+
  • c/o Mrs. John Matthews; m. John Matthews (b. 1851 PA), coal miner;

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);

Pittsburgh

• Homestead Gospel Hall, PA (OB) 1895+
• McKeesport Gospel Hall, PA (OB) 1879/1908/1913/1933-present
• Pittsburgh Gospel Hall, PA (OB) +1901+
• 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+ (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+
  • Turtle Creek pp (TW) +1923+
  • Austin Burton Carmell +1923-1927+ (1903-1991 Columbus, Franklin, OH)
  • see Pittsburgh Meeting Room, PA

Butler County

Butler

• Butler tent meetings (OB) 1911
  • William Pinches

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.;

Washington County

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

East Bethlehem

• East Bethlehem Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1896+
  • c/o George Haining Lyle (b. 1860 Catrine, East Ayrshire, Scot. - d. 1942 Munhall, Allegheny, PA)
    • see Pittsburgh Meeting Room

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

Pottsville

Ashland

• Ashland Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1896-1908+

Scranton

• Scranton Gospel Hall, PA (OB) +1901+
• Scranton Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1889-1909; (TW) 1909-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2021+

Avoca

• Avoca Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1896-1903+

East Lemon

• East Lemon Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1905+

Factoryville

• Factoryville Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1923-1951+; +1973+; (TW-N) +1999+

Forest City

• Forest City Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1901-1903+

Hawley

• Hawley Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1908+; (TW) +1911-1917+

Montrose

• Montrose Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1923+; +1973+

Moosic

• Moosic Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1905-1909; (TW) 1909-1911+

New Milford

• New Milford Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1962-1966+

Sista ?

• Sista Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1878

State College

Burnham

• Burnham Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1917+

Macedonia

• Macedonia Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1878-1879+

Oshanter

• Oshanter Gospel Hall, PA (OB) 1903+

Philipsburg

• Philipsburg Gospel Hall, PA (OB) 1902-1903+

Sunbury

• Sunbury Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1911-1933+

Shamokin

• Shamokin Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1901-1905+

Wilkes Barre

• Wilkes Barre Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1951-1962+

Forkston

• Forkston Meeting Room, PA (EB) 1879+

Lovelton

• Lovelton Meeting Room, PA (EB) 1879+

Laceyville

• Laceyville Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1878-1909; (TW) 1909-1927+

Meshoppen

• Meshoppen Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1901-1903+; (TW) +1917-1927+

Mehoopany

• Mehoopany Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1923+

Windham

Jenningsville

• Jenningsville Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1889-1909; (TW) 1909-1917+

Scottsville

• Scottsville Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1901+

Plymouth

• Plymouth Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1962-1973+

Tunkhannock

• Tunkhannock Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1927-1992; (TW-N) 1992-1999+

Bardwell

• Bardwell Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1896-1992; (TW) 1909-1923+

Williamsport

Punxsutawney

• Punxsutawney Gospel Hall, PA (EB) 1899-1903+

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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.