Who's Who at Bloomington Meeting Room, IL

Bloomington Meeting Room, McLean, Illinois (TW) +1891-2010+

Correspondents

• George Murray Leitch +1894-1911+, +1944-1946 (1876-1946)
• Louis Jackson McFerrin +1901-1938 (1850-1938)
• Adolph Engweiler 1891-1939 (1859-1939)
• O.W. Macy +1911+
  • First St.
• F.C. Blount +1911+
  • 1214 Wall St.
• Claude E. McFerrin +1944+
• William G. Macy +1944-1966+
• Dr. Arthur E. Waite +1949-1951+
• Raymond Charlett +1949-1966+
• Lawrence W. Macy +1966-1985+
• Raymond N. Macy +1973-1985+
• Arthur L. Zwanzig +1973+
• Merle Weber +1973+
• Lawrence Charlett +1999-2010+

Families

Engweiler family

• Adolph Engweiler 1891-1939 (b. 1859 Constance, Tägerwilen, Thurgau, Switzerland; emig. 1881; d. 1939 Normal, IL), son of Henry Engweiler & Margaret Engweiler. Sister: Mrs. Catherine Mier.
• Alice Bertha Pemberton Engweiler (b. 1860 IL; m. 1899 McLean Co., IL). Daughter of Isaac H. Pemberton (b. 1836 Harrison, Perry, OH - d. 1919 Bloomington, IL) & Mary Jane Lindley Pemberton (1832-1875 Bloomington, IL). The Pemberton family farmed in 1870 at Lees Summit, Jackson, MO. No close relation to the founder of Coca-Cola.

Leitch family

George Murray Leitch lived at 1003 E. Front St. and was a founder of the Bloomington Meeting Room by 1894. He was employed in 1910-1920 as a shipping clerk for a local fire finance foundry. His parents were from Ohio, but lived in Bloomington by 1879.

• George W. Leitch (b. 1841 Mason, Warren, OH - d. 1917 Milwaukee, WI) enlisted in Hamilton, OH in the Civil War 1861-1862 with the 35th Ohio Infantry, and relocated in 1902 to Milwaukee to reside at a home for disabled veterans. Son of William Leitch (b. 1805 PA - d. Mason, OH) & Hannah Althea Holcombe Gaylord-Leitch (b. 1801 VT - d. 1896 Hamilton, Butler, OH). In 1850, William was a retail merchant in 1850 in Deerfield, Mason, OH. Hannah's parents were Jonathan Holcomb (b. 1762 MA - d. 1847 Warren Co., OH) & Hannah Everest Holcomb (b. 1777 CT).
• Adeline Ada Crawford Vanderveer Leitch +1919 ? (b. 1845 Butler Co., OH; m. 1865 Butler Co., OH; d. 1919 Bloomington, IL), daughter of Dr. Peter Vanderveer (b. 1798 Somerset, N.J. - d. 1861 Middletown, Butler, OH) & Mary Ann Hubbell Vanderveer (b. 1804 Fairfield Co., CT - d. 1849 Middletown, OH).
  • Ferdinand Vanderveer Leith (b. 1865 Hamilton, OH - d. 1928 Bloomington, IL). traveling salesman in 1909 for J.F. Humphreys & Co.
  • George Murray Leitch +1894-1946 (b. 1867 Hamilton, Butler, OH - d. 1946 Bloomington, IL]]). George worked in 1909 for Am. F & F Co. Wife: Della M. Leitch (b. 1869 IL - d. 1915 Bloomington, IL)
  • William Peter Leitch (b. 1871 OH - d. 1949 Normal, IL). Wife (1899): Clara A. Leitch (1871-1966). William was a traveling salesman in 1909. They had a daughter Emily that died in infancy.
  • Mary A. Leitch (b. 1875 OH)
  • Roy Clifford Leitch (b. 1879 Bloomington, IL - d. 1944 Topeka, KS). Wife (1906 @ First Cong. Church, Newton, KS): Bessie Belle Casell Carhartt-Leitch (b. 1880 PA - d. 1946 San Diego, CA), daughter of George G. Caswell (b. 1849 PA) & M.L. Caswell (b. 1853 PA). Railroad brakeman in 1900. Conductor on the Alton RR several years, then by the Santa Fe RR as a passenger conductor. 1910 @ Center, Hodgeman, KS. +1920-1944+ @ Kansas City, Jackson, MO. Bessie's 1st husband was Dr. Edgar L. Carhartt (b. 1860 Delaware Co., OH - d. 1910 Jefferson Co., KS), son of Lewis Carhartt (b. 1817 Otsego, N.Y. - d. 1889 Thompsonville, Jefferson, KS) & Nancy W. Pearson Carhartt (b. 1820 Frost, Athens, OH - d. 1895 Wilson, Ellsworth, KS).
  • Emily Vanderveer Leitch (1881-1958 Bloomington, IL). Memorial officated by Dr. Harold R. Martin of Second Presbyterian of Bloomington, where Emily was a member.
  • Edwin C. Leitch (b. 1883 - d. 1957 Normal, McLean, IL). Contract carpenter in 1909.

McFerrin family

• Louis Jackson McFerrin +1901-1938 (b. 1850 Bulls Gap, Hawkins, TN - d. 1938 Bloomington, IL), son of Louis McFerrin.
• Rebecca M. Hamm McFerrin (b. 1856 TN; m. 1877 Hawkins Co., TN; d. )
  • Claude Elmer McFerrin +1901-1944+ (b. 1881 TN). Wife (1918 @ Des Moines, IA): Irma Vivian Brown McFerrin +1920+ (b. 1892 Runnells, IA - d. 1981 Des Moines, Polk, IA), daughter of John Wilber Brown (b. 1859 - d. 1906 Vandalia, Jasper, IA) & Rua Elizabeth Means Brown (b. 1862 Prairie City, Jasper, IA or Vandalia, IA - d. 1905 Vandalia, IA).
    • Claude & Irma's wedding witnessed by Mr. & Mrs. C.H. Brown, officiated by Claus N. Wiebe (b. 1883 Mountain Lake, MN - d. 1968 Glendale, CA), minister of the Christian & Missionary Alliance in 1918, later pastored a Baptist churches in Sterling & Bennett, Colorado. Claus was a son of Wilhelm Wiebe (b. 1843 Marienthal, Ukraine - d. 1925 Cottonwood Co., MN) & Justina Wiens Wiebe (b. 1849 Zaporozh'ye, Ukraine - d. 1922 Mountain Lake, MN).
  • Ross Jackson McFerrin (b. 1895 Bulls Gap, TN)