Who's Who at Bethany Christian Fellowship, Indianapolis, IN

• Bethany Christian Fellowship, Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN (OB) 1915-2025+
  • Bethany Chapel +1960-1991
  • Bethany Bible Chapel 1992-2003

Early Correspondents

• Dan Robertson +1922-1936+
• Emile Corboz +1941-1948+, +1958-1966
• David Scheele +1950-1955
• Richard L. Hammer 1956+
• Raymond R. Morgan 1967-1984
• Leonard J. Sheldrake 1985-1989
• Ron Morgan 1990-1991
• Gary Emmons 1992
• Jerry Nieten 1993
• Brent Logan 1997-2003

Notable Families

Corboz family

Emile emigrated to the U.S. in 1907, settling by 1910 in Greenville, Bond Co., Illinois, which is a suburb of St. Louis, MO, and the location of the oldest active brethren assembly in the U.S., founded in the early 1850's, Greenville Meeting Room, affiliated with the TW exclusives. He was self-employed there as a florist, and by 1912 in the Indianapolis metro (Wayne Twp.), employed for a school estate, and a landscaper from 1923 until retiring in 1958. There were no TW's in the area when he arrived in Indianapolis, which may have influenced his decision to join the opens (presuming he was previously EB).

• Emile Corboz +1941-1966+ (b. 1885 Corseaux, Vaud, Switzerland - d. 1969 Ind., IN), son of Henri Auguste Corboz (1846-1891) & Elise Massard Corboz (1855-1944).
• 1st wife (1909 @ Greenville, IL): Amélie Stuby Corboz +1941-1946 (b. 1886 Switz. - d. 1946), daughter of Auguste Stuby & Marie Marguerite Corboz Stuby.
  • Elise Marguerite Corboz Wood (b. 1910 Greenville, IL - d. 2007 Arlington Heights, Chicagoland, Cook, IL). Husband: James Elbert Wood (b. 1917 Paradise, Muhlenberg, KY - d. 1972 Indianapolis, IN), son of Shelby Davis Wood, Jr. (b. 1889 Paradise, KY - d. 1967 Greenville, Muhlenberg, KY) & Hazel Ann Arrendell Wood (1892-1927 Paradise, KY).
  • Florence Amélie Corboz Archer-Carter (b. 1917 Flackville neighborhood, Ind., IN - d. 2019 Seymour, IN). As per her obit, Florence was employed many years as an executive secretary at the USDA while in Indianapolis. She relocated in 1961 to Seymour, where she was an active member of Reddington Christian Church and "her faith was the foundation of her life". She was president of the Jackson County Homemakers Extension Club for several terms, a member of the Garden Club (and a master gardener), and volunteered for Meals on Wheels. She and her 2nd husband traveled often to her parents' homeland of Switzerland, as well as elsewhere around the globe including New Zealand, Australia, Asia, Wales and England. She lived to the age of 101.
    • 1st husband: James Delbert Archer (b. 1919 Ind., IN - d. 2013 Lafayette, IN), son of David Gillespie Archer (b. 1890 Charleston, Coles, IL - d. 1969 Ind., IN) & Thelma M. Joy Archer-Kelly (b. 1901 Washington D.C. - d. 1957 Ind., IN). In 1900, Thelma's father, Patrick Aloysius Joy (b. 1870 D.C. - d. 1941 Miami, FL), was employed as a horseshoer in D.C.
      • Judith Lynne Archer Specht-Corboz (b. 1939 Beech Grove, Ind., IN). 1st husband (1968 @ Christ the King R.C., L.A., CA): Frederick Michael Specht (1930-2020). In 1968, Frederick & Judith resided in Los Angeles, both employed with IBM. Frederick was a branch manager, and Judith as a systems engineer. A year later, IBM invented the magnetic stripe.
    • 2nd husband: Thomas Volney Carter (b. 1897 Jackson Twp., Jackson, IN - d. 1985 Seymour, IN), son of Oscar E. Carter (1863-1932 Seymour, IN) & Clara Duvall Cunningham Carter (b. 1861 Brownstown, Jackson, IN - d. 1922 Seymour, IN). Oscar raised Jersey cattle, operated the Mapleton Inn Dairy farm, lectured for the extension department of Purdue university. He co-founded the Clara D. Carter school on U.S. Road 31, named for his wife, and was a faithful Presbyterian. Thomas Carter's paternal g-grandfather was Job Carter (b. 1783 Stafford, VA - d. 1859 Jackson Co., IN), who traveled by wagon to Indiana Territory in 1812 initially settling on Silver Creek, Clark Co., then in 1816 to Jennings Co., then in early 1817 to the Grassy Fork Twp. of Jackson Co. The latter county was founded just five years prior. Job's wife Gincy Sneed Carter (1788-1884) was baptized in Coffee creek in Jennings Co., by Thomas Hill, Sr., and actively Baptist for over 65 years.
• 2nd wife (1959 Marion Co., IN): Anna B. Moore Miller-Corboz +1959-1966+ (b. 1884 Sulphur, Henry, KY - d. 1969 Ind., IN), daughter of James B. Moore (b. 1857 Campbellsburg, Henry, KY - d. 1950 Jefferson Co., KY) & Sarah Angeline "Angie" Demaree Moore (b. 1862 Bedford, Trimble, KY - d. 1926 Sulphur, KY).

Emmons family

• Gary Emmons +1992+

Hammer family

• Richard L. Hammer +1956+

Logan family

• Brent Logan +1997-2003+

Morgan family

• Raymond R. Morgan +1967-1984+
• Ron Morgan +1990-1991+

Nieten family

• Jerry Nieten +1993+

Robertson family

• Dan Robertson +1922-1936+

Scheele family

• David Scheele +1950-1955+

Sheldrake family

• Leonard J. Sheldrake +1985-1989+

Sources

• Ancestry.com
• AAB's 1922-2024