Who's Who at Brodhead Gospel Hall, WI

Brodhead Gospel Hall, Green, WI (OB) 1935-present

Early Correspondents

• William King @ Rt. 3, Brodhead +1936-1950+
• Chris Kneubuehl ?-2023 (d. 2023)

Families

Gadow family

Orvel Gadow (1902-1945) was considered the "town drunk" in 1935, and was the first to be saved under the efforts of Mehl & Sheldrake, and was gathered out.

• Franz Albert Gadow (b. 1871 Germany; emig. 1900; m. 1901 Green Co., WI; d. 1954 Brodhead, WI)
• Amelia Lentz Gadow (b. 1880 Germany - d. 1951 Brodhead, WI)
  • Orvel Carl Gadow, Sr. 1935+ (b. 1902 Green Co., WI - d. 1945 Monroe, Green, WI). Wife: Pearl Sophia Malcook Gadow (b. 1906 WI - d. 1978 Monroe, WI), daughter of Herman Malcook (1874-1948) & Helena Braun Malcook (1885-1907 Sylvester, Green, WI).
    • LaVerne O. Gadow (b. 1931 Green Co., WI - d. 2017 Holstenau, Germany)
    • Orvel Carl Gadow, Jr. (b. 1934 Spring Grove, WI - d. 2002 Janesville, WI). Wife: Joan Adele Roettger Gadow (b. 1936 Janesville, Rock, WI - d. 2014 Monroe, WI), daughter of Clarence Henry Roettger (b. 1912 Seward, Winnebago, IL - d. 1987 Pecatonica, Winnebago, IL) & Roberta Agnes Brown Roettger (b. 1912 Janesville, WI - d. 1984 Durand, Winnebago, IL).
    • Robert Raymond Gadow (1932-2018 Monroe, WI). Wife: Margaret Jean VanSkike Gadow (b. 1933 Spring Valley, WI - d. 2015 Janesville, WI), daughter of Robert Bradshaw Van Skike (b. 1902 Spring Valley, WI - d. 1946 Brodhead, WI) & Thelma Mae Nyman VanSkike-Roenneburg (b. 1905 Hume, Bates, MO - d. 1996 Monroe, WI). Thelma's 2nd husband was Harold Henry Louis Roenneburg (b. 1908 Decatur, Green, WI - d. 1977 Brodhead, WI).
    • Janet Mae Gadow Nenneman (b. 1939 Spring Grove, WI). Husband (1958): Ronald J. Nenneman.
  • Alfred Frank Gadow (b. 1906 Spring Grove, Green, WI - d. 1954 Green Co, WI). Wife (1931 @ Green Co., WI): Alice Ruth Malcook Gadow (b. 1913 Monroe, Green, WI - d. 1994 Brodhead, Rock, WI), daughter of Herman Malcook (1874-1948 Sylvester, WI) & Lydia F. Hintz Malcook (b. 1883 Dakota, Stephenson, IL - d. 1967 Brodhead, WI).

In 1958, Janet Gadow was employed by the Pierce Music Co. in Brodhead. Clinton Stephen Pierce (b. 1895 Decatur, WI - d. 1985 Brodhead, WI) served as mayor of Brodhead, as well as president of the Wisconsin Phonograph Operators' Association, and with his wife Marie, the Pierce Music Co. (+1930-1952+) that provided jukebox rental to schools, youth centers, etc. for $20/mo with servicing every two weeks replacing records.

Information as per 1952 hearing opposing a proposed taxation bill. A picture of the store can be found at BrodheadHistory.org.

Clinton's grandfather, Stephen Clark Pierce (1825-1887) was born in Moretown, Vermont. Before relocating to Brodhead, in 1850 he and his brother Cpl. George Morris Pierce (b. 1828 VT - d. 1886 Thunder Bay, ON) operated a hotel in a gold rush camp in what is now the Sacramento metro, known as Georgetown (Growlersburg), El Dorado, California, founded year prior. The nearby Mamaluke Hill produced over $5M in gold, speculated to be the "richest hill in California for its size", as per Sierra Nevada Geotourism. A fire in 1852 burned the "tent city" to the ground, but they rebuilt brick & stone buildings fitted with fireproof iron doors, according to EDCGov.us.

The American patriarch of the Pierce family was Thomas Pierce (b. 1583 Norwich, Norfolk, [[England|Eng. - d. 1666 Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, MA). Charlestown is the oldest neighborhood in Boston. His daughter Judith Pierce (1627-1649) was born at Watertown, Middlesex, MA which, considering the city was not officially founded until 1630, that would suggest that Thomas Pierce was among its founders.

It is also worth noting that there was an exclusive brethren assembly in the Sacramento Valley as early as the 1870's, including a TW brother named L.M. Johnson residing in El Dorado county in the mid to late 1940's in Placerville.

King family

• William King +1936-1950+

Kneubuehl family

• Chris Kneubuehl +2023