Who's Who at Long Island Gospel Hall, KS

Long Island Gospel Hall, Phillips, KS (OB) 1900-1986

Alumni

Brown family

• J.E. Brown 1900-1910+
• Mrs. J.E. Brown
  • Cecile Brown
  • Grace Brown Ball (d. 1920 Kanorado, KS)
  • Mrs. Clarence Steele

Erskine family

• James Erskine +1908-1912
• Marion Erskine

Nash family

• Samuel Clyde Nash +1909-1927+ (b. 1879 Granite Twp., Phillips, KS - d. 1968 Long Island, Phillips, KS), son of George Henry Nash (b. 1851 Deerfield, Franklin, MA - d. 1915 Long Island, KS) & Arabella "Belle" McClaughry Nash-Tubbs (b. 1856 Plainfield, Coshocton, OH - d. 1936 Long Island, KS). The Nash family moved from MA to Illinois in 1854, then Marshalltown, Iowa in 1857, then to Long Island, KS in 1874, and Phillipsburg, KS in 1877, although Granite Twp. where Samuel was born in 1879 is closer to Long Island. By 1900, Henry did reside nearer to Phillipsburg.
• Minnie May Shields Nash +1909-1927+ (m. 1907 @ Long Island, KS)

Parriott family

• Carl Hayes Parriott +1922-1927+ (b. 1875 Danville, Des Moines, IA - d. 1942 Omak, Okanogan, WA), son of William Mason Parriott (b. 1849 Danville, IA - d. 1916 New London Twp., Henry, IA) & Sarah Margaret Hayes Parriott (b. 1849 Adams, Parke, IN - d. 1912 New London Twp., IA).
• 1st wife (1901 @ Long Island, KS): Amelia "Millie" J. Colby Parriott.
• 2nd wife: Blanche E. Breese Parriott +1922-1926+ (b. 1888 KS - d. 1953 Coeur D'Alene, Kootenai, ID), daughter of Jeremiah Breese (b. 1851 Kirklin, CLinton, IN - d. 1894 Garnett, Anderson, KS) & Calista A. Kesselring Breese (b. 1853 Newport, Washington, OH; m. 1882 Garnett, KS; d. 1916 Long Island, KS).
  • Thelma A. Parriott Williams-McLeish +1922-1926+ (b. 1910 Long Island, KS - d. 1988 Coeur D'Alene, ID). 1st husband: Wilbern Clarence Williams (b. 1908 Auburn, Nemaha, NE - d. 1948 Portland, Multnomah, OR), son of Tamme "Tom" Williams (b. 1870 Auburn, NE - d. 1953 Omak, WA) & Sophia Carolina Christina Meyer Williams (b. 1874 Brownville, Nemaha, NE - d. 1946 Omak, WA). 2nd husband (1958 @ Coeur D'Alene, ID): Howard Maxwell McLeish (b. 1911 Holabird, Hyde, SD - d. 1976 Dalton Gardens, Kootenai, ID), son of Daniel McLeish (b. 1879 - d. 1918 Highmore, Hyde, SD) & Jessica "Jessie" Winifred Figley McLeish-Harrison (b. 1885 Toronto, Clinton, IA - d. 1968 Coeur D'Alene, ID).
  • Stanley Earl Parriott +1922-1926+ (b. 1914 Long Island, KS - d. 2003 Coeur D'Alene, ID). Wife: Gladys Lenora Brekke Parriott (b. 1915 Parshall, Mountrail, ND - d. 1977 Coeur D'Alene, ID), daughter of Gilbert Olson Brekke (b. 1877 Wanamingo, Goodhue, ND - d. 1951 Jamestown, Stutsman, ND) & Louise Jorgensen Brekke (b. 1879 Aastad, Otter Tail, MN - d. 1969 Minot, Ward, ND). Louise's father emigrated from Norway in 1850.

Sources

• 1922 & 1927 AAB's
• Ancestry.com