Who's Who at Lawrenceville Meeting Room, IL
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- Lawrenceville Meeting Room, Lawrence, IL (TW) 1917-1992 (TW-N) 1992-2022+
- St. Francisville Meeting Room, Lawrence, IL (TW) 1949-1992
Correspondents
- Gertrude Minnie Beckwith Buchanan +1917+ (1884-1957)
- Ralph Ernest Buchanan +1923-1959+ (1883-1959)
- Harley Ernest Adams +1927-1929 (1882-1929)
- Ernest Buchanan +1944-1966-1973+
- Clement Buchanan +1949+; +1966-1985+
- Warner Buchanan +1951+; +1966-1985+
- Thomas Van Holstyn +1962+
- Joe Sanford +1973+
- Edward F. Dear +1985+
- Ralph E. Buchanan +1985-2005+
- Chuck Hendricks +2005+
Families
Buchanan families
In 1917, Gertrude Minnie Beckwith Buchanan (b. 1884 East St. Louis, St. Clair, IL - d. 1957 St. Francisville, IL) was listed in a TW meeting list as being in fellowship, while living in Lawrenceville. She was a daughter of Milan Beckwith and Minnie Putnam Beckwith. Her siblings included Forest Beckwith (East St. Louis, IL) & Mrs. Guy Stelle (Fort Worth, TX. Paul Geveden (KY) officiated her memorial service in 1957.
By 1923, Gertrude's husband Ralph Ernest Buchanan (b. 1883 Denison Twp., Lawrence, IL - d. 1959 Lawrenceville, IL) was listed as the correspondent. Son of Clarence Buchanan & Phebe Irwin Buchanan.
In 1927, Harley Ernest Adams (b. 1882 - d. 1929 Lawrenceville, IL) was added as a secondary correspondent of the meeting room, alongside Ralph Buchanan, serving until his death in 1929. Ancestry:
- John Calvin Adams (b. 1853 Hadley, Lawrence, IL - d. 1934 Cadet, Washington, MO) & Laura Belle Payne Adams (b. 1858 Cape Girardeau, MO - d. 1931 Lawrenceville, IL). Florence Serene Booze Adams (b. 1853 PA - d. 1923 Hopkins, MO)
- Dr. John Quincy Adams (b. 1831 Perry Co., KY - d. 1904 Hopkins, Nodaway, MO). 1860 @ Hadley, Lawrence, IL.
In 1944, Ralph Buchanan was still serving as a correspondent, with his eldest son Ernest assisting, and Ralph (likely) upheld until his homegoing in 1959.
By 1949, the meeting room had relocated to St. Francisville, with Ralph & Ernest Buchanan, and Ralph's second son Clement, the latter replaced by his third son Warner in 1951. In 1962, the correspondents were Ernest Buchanan, and Thomas Van Holstyn. In 1966, it was Ernest, and his brothers Clement and Warner, and by 1973, Joe Sanford had been added, replaced by Edward F. Dear by 1985. By 1999, the meeting room had returned to Lawrenceville, and the contacts were Ralph E., Arthur and Clement Buchanan. Clement was replaced by Daniel Buchanan in 2005, and Chuck Henricks, and the correspondents in more recent years are four Buchanans.
Children of Ralph & Gertrude Buchanan included:
