Who's Who at Long Island Gospel Hall, KS

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

Alumni

Broadfoot family

• Alexander Broadfoot (b. 1850 Tuckersmith Twp., Huron, ON - d. 1916 Berea, Adair, IA), son of James Broadfoot (b. 1802 South Mains, Sanquhar, Dumfries, Scot. - d. 1888 Tuckersmith, ON) & Janet Morrison Broadfoot (b. 1817 Dysart, Fife, Scot.; m. 1835 Hamilton, ON; d. 1901 Talmage, KS). +1876-1880 @ Abilene, Dickinson, KS. 1882 @ Mount Pleasant, Henry, IA.
• Jane Thorp Broadfoot (b. 1852 Seaforth, ON; m. 1869 Seaforth, Huron, ON; d. 1925 Atlantic, IA)
  • James Morrison Broadfoot (b. 1870 Seaforth, ON - d. 1947 Greenfield, Adair, IA). Wife: Lavina Hale Broadfoot (b. 1874 - d. 1944 Greenfield, IA), daughter of James Madison Hale (b. 1834 Parke Co., IN - d. 1904 Mount Etna, Adams, IA) & Mary Frances Hayes Hale (b. 1839 Adams, Parke, IN - d. 1912 Mount Etna, IA).
  • John Alexander Broadfoot 1904+ (b. 1876 Abilene, KS - d. 1944 Unity, Kindersley, SK). 1910 @ Pleasant, Union, IA. 1912-1916+ @ Battleford, SK. Wife (1904 Garnett, KS): Paulina Roseline Egger Broadfoot 1904+ (b. 1881 Kansas City, MO), daughter of John Jacob Egger (b. 1841 Austria - d. 1881 Honey Creek, Henry, MO) & Marie Louise Burnham Egger (b. 1841 Switz.; m. 1869 Bond Co., IL; d. 1905 Garnett, KS). In 1900, Pauline worked as a servant for William Edward Swentzel (b. 1847 Lancaster, PA - d. 1924 Kansas City, MO), who was a vice-president of the Lombard Investment Co., of England, later in real estate in KCMO.
  • Margaret Broadfoot Butler (b. 1878 Abilene, KS - d. 1971 Atlantic, IA). Husband: Bert Lynden Butler (1880-1939 Atlantic, IA), son of John William Butler (b. 1838 West River, Randolph, IN - d. 1914 Atlantic, IA) & Florentina Edwards Butler (b. 1840 Lynn, Randolph, IN - d. 1911 Atlantic, IA).
  • Naomi Broadfoot Miller (b. 1882 Mount Pleasant, Henry, IA - d. 1924 Savannah, Andrew, MO). Husband (1902 Atlantic, IA): Dr. George Roscoe Miller (b. 1880 Fontanelle, Adair, IA - d. 1971 Canton, Lincoln, SD).
    • Dr. Miller's 2nd wife (1927 @ Duluth, MN): Ellen Luken Miller. George & Ellen lived in Des Moines, IA until 1966 when George retired from dentistry, when they moved to Canton.
      • During WWII, they lived at the Brown Hotel in Des Moines, which was founded by Robert Ankeny Brown (1899-1976), whose grandfather John Fletcher Ankeny (1824-1886) provided the namesake for the city in Iowa, for his pioneer contributions to the railroad and street plans there. The Brown Hotel operated 1912-1969, and was the central headquarters for the Interstate Insurance company, and housed a notable mounted fish collection from scientific expedition in the lobby, as per a 1975 interview, later donated to a museum in Milwaukee.
  • Erskine Thomas Broadfoot (b. 1888 Adair Co., IA - d. 1961 Greenfield, IA). 1st wife (1910 Greenfield, IA): Grace Clara Musmaker Broadfoot (b. 1890 Adair Co., IA - d. 1945 Greenfield, IA), daughter of James E. Musmaker (b. 1864 Cedar Co., IA - d. 1931 Greenfield, IA) & Sarah "Sadie" E. Gruber Musmaker-Cooper (b. 1877 Knoxville, Marion, IA - d. 1937 Des Moines, IA). Maude Lora Harvey Broadfoot (b. 1901 Lee, Polk, IA or Centerville, IA - d. 1974 Marshalltown, IA).

Brown family

John Edward Brown was a Methodist Episcopal pastor in 1891 in Griswold, Norton, KS, and resided in Anita, Iowa +1885-1896+ which is where he likely met Alexander Broadfoot, who he invited to hold Gospel meetings in 1900 in the Baptist church in 1900 that resulted in the start of the assembly there. Later he founded the assembly in Kanorado.

• John Edward Brown 1900-1910+ (b. 1857 IL - d. 1938 Kanorado, KS), son of John Brown & Sarah Andrews Brown.
• Rosette "Rosa" M. Hale Brown (b. 1864 IA; m. 1885 Anita, Cass, IA; d. 1927 Kanorado, KS), daughter of John Hale & Mary Hayes Hale. Their wedding was officiated by G.A. Deitrich.
  • Perry Davenport Brown (b. 1894 Anita, IA - d. 1964 Torrington, Goshen, WY). Wife (1916 @ Long Island, KS): Ruth Halderman Brown (b. 1898 Long Island, KS - d. 1990 Casper, WY), daughter of George Washington Halderman (b. 1866 Lancaster, Fairfield, OH - d. 1946 Long Island, KS) & Ida "Addie" Belle Phipps Halderman (b. 1869 Freedom, Owen, IN - d. 1957 Norton, KS). Perry & Ruth resided in Kanorado 1916-1935, then Joes, CO 1935-1939, then Wyoming. Perry was employed as an insurance agent.
  • Loyd Sylvester Brown (b. 1892 Anita, IA - d. 1968 Goodland, Sherman, KS). Wife (1916 Atlantic, IA): Kathryn Onelda Boos Brown (b. 1897 Brooklyn, NY - d. 1986 Goodland, KS).
  • Cecile Rovida Brown Horn (b. 1890 Anita, IA - d. 1962 Longmont, CO). Husband: David Scott Horn (b. 1888 Sheridan, IA - d. 1978 Denver, CO), son of William Horn (b. 1857 Scot.; emig. 1880) & Elizabeth Davidson Horn (b. 1860 Lesmahag, Lanark, Scot.; m. 1882; emig. 1892; d. 1900 Mystic, IA).
  • Grace M. Brown Ball (b. 1897 Anita, IA - d. 1920 Kanorado, KS). She graduated from the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, Illinois, and was giving piano and harmony lessons in Long Island in 1916.

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