Alexander Hume Rule

Alexander "A.H." Hume Rule is credited as having started the first assembly in Des Moines, Iowa: the Des Moines Meeting Room in the Fall of 1880, from a foreword the first volume of his Selected Ministry series. 

Life

He (1843-1906) was born in on May 6, 1843 in Jedburgh, near Hawick, Roxburghshire, in the southeast of Scotland, near the border with England, raised Presbyterian. His parents were John Johnstone Rule (1813-1888) and Jane Hume (1820-1889). His father was employed initially as a farm laborer, later as a shepherd, Hawick was a centre of the wool processing industry. It is unknown whether Jane was related to philosopher David Hume (1711-1776).

The family) emigrated in 1852 to the U.S., and resided first at Elmira, Stark, Illinois, then settled on a farm near the village of Neponset in Bureau County, Illinois, about 145 miles southwest of Chicago. At the time of their emigration, they had six living children (one died in infancy) comprising three girls and three boys, and subsequently had four more girls and two more boys. Alexander was the eldest of all the children.

Monmouth College (now a part of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Monmouth, Illinois, is where Alexander studied Greek, Latin, Hebrew, theology and many other subjects. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1868 and a Master of Arts degree in 1871. He met his future wife, Jane "Jennie" Moore Clarke (1845- 1918) at Monmouth College, where she was also a student. Jennie, who was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, excelled in mathematics and music while in college and became an accomplished pianist. She graduated from college with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1868.

In Sep 1871, Alexander was ordained as a minister in the United Presbyterian Church of North America (UPCNA). In Oct 1871, he and Jennie got married and Alexander served as a minister in Vinton, Iowa, until July 1872 when they returned to Hawick, Scotland where they studied Arabic in preparation for missionary service in Egypt with the UPNCA, their eldest daughter Carrie was born here in Oct. 1872. It was also there that Alexander and Jennie discovered William Kelly's "Lectures on the Church of God", changing their ecclesiastical position, but continued on to Egypt where they arrived in early 1873 where they remained until 1874 They returned to the U.S. where Alexander engaged in gospel preaching and Bible teaching, and Jennie with a gift of ministry among women, among PB. They lived initially in Vinton, Iowa, then St. Louis by 1878, then Des Moines in 1880 where they remained for the duration of their lives.

Alexander & Jennie had six children:

Children

• Carrie Clarke Rule Kingsbury (b. 1872 Hawick, Scot. - d. 1953 Toledo, OH) Husband (1905 Des Moines, IA): Clarence Thrall Kingsbury (b. 1881 Dunlap, Harrison, IA - d. 1967 Coventry, Tolland, CT), son of Arthur Preston Kingsbury (b. 1855 Coventry, Tolland, CT) & Carrie Thrall Kingsbury (m. 1880 Dunlap, IA). In 1900, Carrie was employed as a schoolteacher in Des Moines. No children.
• John Frederick Rule (b. 1874 Vinton, IA - d. 1962 Toledo, OH). 1st wife (1906): Sarah "Sadie" Allen Rule (b. 1885 Wilmington, New Castle, DE - d. 1920 Toledo, OH), daughter of Thomas William Allen (b. 1861 Eng. - d. 1931 Drexel Hill, Delaware, PA) & Charlotte Elizabeth Geake Allen (b. 1857 Kingston, Frontenac, ON - d. 1924 Drexel Hill, PA). Charlotte was a daughter of Martin Thomas Geake (b. 1827 Launcells, Cornwall, Eng. - d. 1894 Fort Wayne, Allen, IN) & Sarah Hill Geake (b. 1823 Bristol, Eng.; emig. 1874; d. 1902 Fort Wayne, IN). The Hill family was CoE +1822-1845+. John Rule's 2nd wife (1921 @ Lucas Co., OH): Harriet May Johnston Rule (b. 1885 Prairie Home (Columbia area), Cooper, MO - d. 1974 Kansas City, MO), daughter of William Franklin Johnston (b. 1851 Prairie Home, MO - d. 1933 Warrensburg (Kansas City area), Johnson, MO) & Ann Elizabeth Rogers Johnston (b. 1853 Boonville, Cooper, MO - d. 1904 Prairie Home, MO). Ann's parents were Benjamin Taylor Rogers (b. 1809 Boone Co., KY - d. 1880 Chesterfield, Macoupin, IL) & Eliza Sullivan Rogers (b. 1816 Boone Co., KY - d. 1899 Chesterfield, IL). Benjamin Rogers' direct ancestor was Giles Fitz Rogers, Sr. (b. 1643 Edinburgh, Scot. - d. 1731 Dunkirk, VA), who emigrated to Virginia in 1670 where he patented land, then returned to England where he married Rachel Eastham in 1672, then returned to VA in 1780 in his own ship, and settled on Dragon Swamp, Stratton, King & Queen, VA, as per WikiTree. The Geake family was a longtime stonework contractor in Fort Wayne. In 1900, John Rule resided in Washington, D.C., working as an assistant engineer for the government. By 1907, in New York City. In 1910, he was lived in Yonkers, NY, a patent attorney for an elevator company in Yonkers. By 1917, he lived in Toledo, Ohio working as a patent attorney for the Owens Bottle Machine Co., owned by Michael Owens, who in 1903 invented the world's first automated glass-forming machine, which by 1920 "produced more bottles in an hour than a team of human glassblowers could produce in a day", as per the Corning Museum of Glass. In 1913, the National Child Labor Committee of New York City said that "the rapid introduction of the automatic machine did more to eliminate child labor than they had been able to do through legislation", as per an article via The American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
  • Ralph Gordon Rule (b. 1907 NYC, NY - d. 1984 Toledo, OH). In the early 1940's, Ralph was employed for AP Parts in Toledo, now known as Faurecia Exhaust, a company of Forvia, purported to be the world's 7th largest automotive supplier. In the 1940's-1950's, he served as their president. Wife (1936): Phoebe Margaret Walford Rule (b. 1905 Westmont, QC - d. 1996 Templeton, CA), daughter of Alfred Grabham Summerhayes Walford (b. 1867 Axbridge, Somerset, Eng. - d. 1953 Outremont, Montreal, QC) & Phoebe Anne Mead McOuat Walford (b. 1873 Brownsburg, Laurentides, QC - d. 1948 Outremont, Montreal, QC). Phoebe relocated to Salida, CO after Ralph's passing, then in 1995 to Templeton, CA. Phoebe supported Toledo Gospel Rescue Mission.
    • Louise Phoebe Rule Woehl (b. 1938 Toledo, OH). Husband: Daniel C. "Dan" Woehl (b. 1938 L.A., CA), son of Herbert Henry Woehl (b. 1904 Detroit, MI - d. 1994 San Luis Obispo, CA) & Mildred Clement Stern Woehl (b. 1909 Denver, CO; m. 1931 L.A., CA; d. 1988 L.A., CA). In 1940, Herbert was employed as a government worker. In 1978, Dan & Louise operated Central Coast Christian Counseling Center in San Luis Obispo.
    • Elaine Margaret Rule MacNab (b. 1940 Toledo, OH). Husband: David Clarence MacNab (b. 1939).
    • Jean Carolyn Rule Allan (b. 1944 Toledo, OH). Husband: Frank Allan, son of Bertram Allan & Arbutus Schwerdfager Allan.
  • Elmer Allen Rule (b. 1910 Yonkers, NY - d. 1981 Worthington, Franklin, OH). In 1930, the family resided in Toledo, OH. Wife: Juanita Margaret Hoff Rule (b. 1916 Kansas City, MO - d. 2013 Dublin, Franklin, OH), daughter of Patrick Hoff (b. 1889 Dalton, Chariton, MO - d. 1927 Kansas City, Jackson, MO) & Mary H. Paisley DeJarnett Hoff (b. 1895 Triplett, Chariton, MO - d. 1987 Columbus, Franklin, OH). In 1950, Elmer and his family had relocated from Columbus to its first suburb, Marble Cliff (aka Grandview Heights), and he was employed in the insurance industry. Previously, he was employed in human resources.
    • Judith "Judy" Mary Rule Lowe (b. 1938 Columbus, OH). Husband: Richard Kramer "Dick" Lowe (b. 1937 Columbus, OH - d. 2020 Raleigh, NC), son of Gerald Lowe & Lois Kramer Lowe. Dick & Judy were active in their later years with Christ Baptist Church in Raleigh.
    • Allen Richard Rule (b. 1940 Columbus, OH - d. 1980 Rye, Westchester, NY). Wife (1966 @ Brooklyn, NYC, NY): Suzanne Virginia Murphy Rule-Chaltas (b. 1941 Attleboro, Bristol, MA - d. 2017 East Falmouth, Barnstaple, MA), daughter of Frederick Vincent Murphy, Jr. (b. 1911 Attleboro, MA - d. 1990 East Falmouth, MA) & Ann Marie Doyle Murphy (b. 1915 Boston, MA - d. 1995 Melrose, MA). Frederick Murphy, Jr. graduated from MIT in 1933, founding the Standard Plastics Co. Dr. Frederick Murphy, Sr. (b. 1876 Brockton, Plymouth, MA - d. 1961 Attleboro, MA) studied medicine at Tufts, graduating in 1905. Suzanne's 2nd husband: Apostolos "Paul" George Chaltas (b. 1926 Greece - d. 2014 Attleboro, MA), son of George Nicholas Chaltas (b. 1878 Parthenion, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece - d. 1969 New Haven, CT) & Alexandra G. Chaltas (b. 1895 Athens, Greece; emig. 1927; d. 1935 New Haven, CT). George Chaltas emigrated to the U.S. in 1903, and settled initially in Buffalo, Erie, NY where in 1910, he owned a hat cleaning shop, then was a produce merchant by 1920.
    • Donald "Don" F. Rule (b. 1944 Columbus, OH)
    • Ronald Gordon Rule (b. 1946 Columbus, OH - d. 2000). Wife (1972 @ Seattle, WA): Kathleen Ruth Emmans Rule (b. 1947 Spokane, WA), daughter of Dr. Paul Ernest Emmans, Sr. (b. 1918 Bethel, MN) & Kathleen Ruth Spence Emmans (b. 1922 Madrid, Boone, IA - d. 2019 Selah, Yakima, WA). Dr. Emmans was self-employed in Spokane in 1950 as an osteopathic surgeon, he studied medicine in the early 1940's at Drake University in Des Moines, IA while working downtime part-time for the Younker Brothers Department Store which installed the first escalator in Iowa in 1939. The department store was founded in 1856 in Keokuk, IA, opened a location in Des Moines in 1874, and at the location Dr. Emmans worked at in 1899, closed in 2005 and renovated into residential.
    • Russell J. Rule (b. 1946 Columbus, OH). Wife (1973 @ Dearborn, MI): Ruth Gandras Rule (b. 1949 Fronhausen, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hesse, Germany - d. 2022 Brooklyn, NYC, NY), daughter of Friedrich Heinrich "Fred Henry" Gandras (b. 1920 Wetter, Germany - d. 2017 St. Clair Shores, MI) & Emilie "Emmy" Gandras (b. 1919 Germany - d. 2003 St. Clair Shores, MI). Fred's parents were Fred M. Gandras (b. 1894 Nordenburg, Ansbach, Germany - d. 1941 Chicago, IL) & Martha Vetten Gandras (b. 1898 Germany), who emigrated to the U.S. in 1924, via NYC, settling in Chicago where they remained until at least after Fred's death there in 1941, which the start of WWII may have influenced their return to Germany. In 1952, Fred, Jr. and his wife Emmy brought their two eldest children, Ruth and Bernd, to Detroit sailing on the Italia. By 1960, the Gandras family resided at St. Clair Shores, Macomb, MI. Ruth graduated in 1967 from Lakeview High School. Fred was employed in 1955 in Detroit as a machinery builder for the Cross Co., founded by Ralph Cross (1910-2003) who is credited as "a pioneer in the field of manufacturing engineering and father of automation" as per a memorial tribute from the National Academies Press. Fives (formerly Giddings & Lewis) is a Wisconsin tool company that absorbed what remained of the Cross Co.
    • Dean E. Rule (b. Grandview (Columbus area), OH)
  • Donald William Rule (b. 1911 Hastings-on-Hudson, NY - d. 2005 Cuyahoga Falls, Summit, OH). 1940 @ Akron, OH. 1950 @ Cuyahoga Falls, OH. In 1950, Donald was an accountant for Firestone, where he worked over 40 years. Wife: Ethel Irene Hayhoe Rule. Donald & Ethel hosted a painting class for children for 50 years where they would share the Gospel.
    • Irene Ruth Rule DeGraaf (b. 1943 OH). Husband (1964 @ Summit Co., OH): Henry John DeGraaf (b. 1943 Grand Rapids, MI - d. 2022 Stow, OH), son of Edwin DeGraaf (b. 1918 Dayton, Newaygo, MI - d. 2009 Grand Rapids, MI) & Cornelia Paardekooper DeGraaf (1919-2010 Grand Rapids, MI). Henry was a polymer chemist for 40 years.
    • Barbara Jean Rule Allan (b. 1945 Akron, OH). Husband (1968 @ Summit Co., OH): Edward Stanley "Stan" Allan (b. 1942 Ottawa, ON), son of Joseph Bertram Allan (b. 1908 Hervey Junction, QC - d. 1982 Ottawa, ON) & Arbutus Grace Schwerdfager Allan (b. 1915 Carleton, Ottawa, ON; m. 1939 Ottawa, ON; d. 2006 Ottawa, ON). Joseph was a son of Hugh Fullerton Allan (b. 1882 Ottawa, ON; +1916-1921+ @ Lethbridge, AB; d. 1954 Hollywood, L.A., CA) & Mary "Agnes" Baker Allan (b. 1885; m. 1906 New Liskeard, Temiskiming, ON; d. 1957 Hollywood, CA). Hugh's parents were Alexander "Alex" Allan (b. 1852 Fearn, Ross, Scot.; emig. 1871; d. 1938 Ottawa, ON) & Mary Fullerton Allan (b. 1853 Cumberland, ON; m. 1880 Carleton, ON; 1939 Ottawa, ON). Alex emigrated to Canada in 1871, they were Presby. in 1880, and PB prior to 1901. Hugh & Agnes left the PB and relocated to Fullerton, CA at some juncture, his children went to live with their maternal grandparents.
    • John Rule (Columbus, OH). Wife: Myrt Rule
    • Joyce Rule Mackewich (Richmond, MI). Husband: Richard Mackewich.
    • Carol Rule Kerr (Snyder, TX). Husband: Tom Kerr.
    • Nancy Rule Weeks (Montreal, QC). Husband: Dan Weeks.
    • Bonnie Rule Imbeau (Cuyahoga Falls, OH). Husband: Bruce Imbeau.
• Jean Hume Rule Baridon (b. 1876 Vinton, Benton, IA - d. 1960 Des Moines, IA). Husband (1905 @ Des Moines, IA): Paul Coffarell Baridon (b. 1878 Bobbio Pellice, Torino, Italy - d. 1957 MD), son of Paul Baridon (1842-1889 Bobbio Pellice, Italy) & Susanne Caffarel de Joseph Baridon (b. 1847 Bobbio Pellice, Italy - d. 1920 Des Moines, IA).
  • Richard Clarke Baridon (b. 1906 Des Moines, IA - d. 1986 Chevy Chase, Montgomery, MD). Wife (1930 @ Logan, OK): Juanita A. Ayers Baridon (b. 1908 Afton, Ottawa, OK - d. 1966 Bethesda, Montgomery, MD), daughter of Frank Marshall S. Ayers (b. 1872 Lincoln, Lancaster, NE - d. 1922 San Antonio, TX) & Mary "Mollie" Elizabeth Griggs Ayers (1870-1936 Nashville, Davidson, TN).
  • Leslie Caffarell Baridon (b. 1908 Des Moines, IA - d. 1990 Iowa City, IA). Wife (1938 @ Indianola, Warren, IA): Marguerite Dorothy Nish Baridon (b. 1910 St. Joseph, Buchanan, MO - d. 1995 Urbandale, Polk, IA), daughter of William Thomas Nish (b. 1886 Weldon, Decatur, IA - d. 1944 Des Moines, IA) & Marie Ann Geiger Nish (b. 1887 Templeton, Carroll, IA - d. 1961 Des Moines, IA). William Nish was employed as a railroad dispatcher in Des Moines in 1920, his parents were from Scotland.
  • Ruth Eleanor Baridon Wright (b. 1911 Des Moines, IA - d. 1992 Moravia, Appanoose, IA). Husband (1931 @ Des Moines, IA): Curtis "Lee" LeGrand Wright (1911-1978 Des Moines, IA), son of Arthur C. Wright, Jr. (b. 1881 Iowa City, IA - d. 1948 Des Moines, IA) & Jessie May Biggs Wright (b. 1882 Belmont, Warren, IA - d. 1930 Des Moines, IA).
  • Alexander "Alex" Rule Baridon (b. 1914 Des Moines, IA - d. 1979 Gulfport, Harrison, MS). Alex was an asbestos laborer in 1940. Wife (1934 @ Clinton, IA): Laura Belle Antoinette McCalester Baridon-McCook (b. 1914 Bloomfield, IA; 1934 @ Davenport, IA; d. 1978 Hillsborough, FL), daughter of Wray Herbert McCalester (b. 1889 Bloomfield, Davis, IA - d. 1963 Moline, Rock, IL) & Florence Pearle Hoyt McCalester (b. 1888 Webster, Keokuk, IA; m. 1926 Albia, IA; d. 1962 Bloomfield, IA).
  • Paul James Baridon (b. 1917 Des Moines, IA - d. 1969 New Martinsville, Wetzel, WV). Wife (1942 @ LaPorte, IN): Julianne Frederickson Baridon (b. 1925 Cedar Falls, IA - d. 2002 Des Moines, IA), daughter of Francis William Frederickson (b. 1901 IA) & Ida Augusta Brandt Frederickson-Hullerman (b. 1898 Iowa City, IA; 1900 Larchwood, Lyon, IA; d. 1955 Des Moines, IA). Ida was a daughter of John O. Fredrik Brandt (b. 1850 Sweden; emig. 1888; d. 1903 Larchwood, IA) & Mathilda Maria Anderson Brandt (b. 1868 Sweden - d. 1958 Roberts, [{South Dakota|SD]]).
• Dr. Robert William Rule, Sr. (b. 1878 St. Louis, MO - d. 1967 Glendale, Los Angeles, CA). Wife (1903 @ Durham, ON: Marjorie Elizabeth Weston Rule (b. 1877 Lindsay, Kawartha Lakes, ON - d. 1958 Los Angeles, CA), daughter of Thomas George Weston (b. 1839 Ireland; emig. 1864; d. 1905 Perth, Lanark, ON) & Frances "Fanny" King Weston (b. 1842 Ireland; emig. 1843 Peterborough, ON; m. 1866 Peterborough, ON (where they remained); 1907-1925 Calgary, ON; 1925-1935 Oakland, CA w/ Robert & Marjorie Rule; d. 1937 Calgary, AB).
  • Nellie Weston Rule Weaver (b. 1904 Oakland, CA - d. 1987 Glendale, CA). Husband (1927 @ Oakland, CA): Charles Erwin "C.E." Weaver (b. 1903 L.A., CA - d. 1993 Stanton, Orange, CA), son of Eugene Lewis Weaver (b. 1876 - d. 1965 Glendale, CA) & Sarah Celia Mojonnier Weaver (b. 1877 Helvetia, Madison, IL - d. 1962 Glendale, CA). Erwin was employed as a landscape architect in Glendale in 1927. Erwin's mother Sarah was a daughter of Frederic Samuel "Sam" Mojonnier (b. 1849 Aubonne, Vaud, Switzerland; emig. 1852) & Clara Mary Robert Mojonnier (b. 1851 Switz.; m. 1870 Dudleyville, Bond Co., IL; d. 1942 Los Angeles, CA).
    • Robert Eugene "Bob" Weaver, Sr. (b. 1928 L.A., CA - d. 2006 Wildomar, Riverside, CA). 1st wife (1947 @ Glendale, CA): Charlotte Lenore Copeland Weaver (b. 1928 Altadena, L.A., CA - d. 1990 Loma Linda, San Bernardino, CA0, daughter of Harold S. Eliphelet Copeland (b. 1893 Chapman, Dickinson, KS - d. 1938 Pasadena, CA) & Doris Matilda Nielsen Copeland (b. 1893 Perth, NJ - d. 1986 Hemet, CA). Doris Copeland was a daughter of Niels Peder Christian Nielsen (b. 1859 Henne Sogn, Denmark - d. 1935?) & Kristine A. Jenney Jensen Nielsen (b. 1860 Copenhagen, Denmark - d. 1930? Brooklyn, NY). Harold was a son of Edwin Robert Copeland (b. 1871 Chapman, KS - d. 1942 L.A., CA) & Caroline Elizabeth Thomas Copeland (b. 1864 CT - d. 1955 L.A., CA). Edwin was a son of William Alfred Copeland (b. 1839 N.I. - d. 1879 Abilene, KS) & Julia Ann Stephens Copeland (b. 1845 Bedminster, Somerset, Eng.; m. 1864 Ottawa, ON; d. 1921 L.A., CA). Julia remained in Dickinson Co., KS thru 1910.
  • Florence Mae Rule Gill (b. 1905 Oakland, CA - d. 2000 Agoura Hills, L.A., CA); Husband (1929 Piedmont, CA): Sidney Ramel Gill (b. 1906 Seattle, WA - d. 1998 Agoura Hills, CA), son of John Ruskin Gill (b. 1873 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, Eng. - d. 1962 Endicott, Broome, NY) & Emma Ramel Gill (b. 1872 Zurich, Switz. - d. 1949 Roche Harbor, WA). Presby. wedding. The family moved to California in the early 1950's.
    • Carol Lorraine Gill Jacobsen (b. 1935 Seattle, WA - d. 2012 Golden, CO). Husband (1954 @ Seattle, WA): Paul Stanley "Stan" Jacobsen (b. 1930 Bloomington, IL - d. 5-15-2021 Denver, CO). Wedding officiated by a Swedish Baptist pastor named Gordon Vance Johnson (b. 1903 Cokato, MN - d. 1960 L.A., CA), son of John Johnson (b. 1863 Sweden - d. 1946 Boring, OR) & Olive Carlson Johnson (b. 1865 Salina, Jefferson, IA).
    • Gerald Arthur "Gerry" Gill (b. 1938 Seattle, WA - d. 2-27-2023 Missoula, MT). Earned his MBA at Pepperdine, worked for Hughes Aircraft then BAE (Lear) until retirement. Wife (1988): Beata Hefler Gill. Gerry loved to restore classic cars, as per his obit on FindAGrave. Active with the Christian Life Center in Missoula, it is indicated he led many lives to the Lord thru his Bible classes at work and home. He is "remembered as a kind, caring, patient and intelligent man with strong spirit and soft heart".
  • Dr. Robert William Rule (b. 1908 Oakland, CA - d. 1991 Issaquah (Seattle area), WA). Dr. Rule was employed as a dentist. 1933+ @ San Francisco, CA. 1961 @ Menlo Park, CA. Wife (1933 @ Berkeley, CA): Martha Helena Frideborg Anderson Rule (b. 1910 NYC, NY - d. 2002 Woodinville, King, WA), daughter of Peter Henry Anderson (b. 1867 Des Moines, IA - d. 1956 Oakland, CA) & Frideborg A. Erickson Anderson (b. 1874 Osteraker, Sodermanland, Sweden; emig. 1896; d. 1938 Oakland, CA). In 1900, Peter & Frideborg Anderson resided in Oakland where he was employed as a miner. By 1902, he was at Hotel Waldorf Astoria in NYC awaiting a passport for an overseas trek from Oct-Dec that year, officiated by George F. Hatton. By 1910, at Manhattan, NYC, New York where he was a foreman for a "life presses factory". By 1920, Peter was was farming in Abilene, Kansas on 209 Vine St. (a few blocks from where this editor is currently typing this), and by 1930 in Piedmont (Oakland area), Alameda, CA. Unknown when Frideborg died, but prior to 1940 as Peter resided with Dr. & Martha Rule after that point in Piedmont. Her parents may have been Lars Fredrick Erickson (b. 1836 Orebro, Sweden - d. 1909 Holiday, Salt Lake, UT) & Christina Nordstrom Erickson (b. 1837 Brohyttan, Orebro, Sweden - d. 1924 Salt Lake City, UT).
    • Peter William Rule (b. 1939 Piedmont (Oakland area), Alameda, CA - d. 2019). Wife (1961 @ Contra Costa, CA): Gail Lynn Henderson Rule (b. 1942 Walnut Park, CA), daughter of R.C. Henderson. Gail's grandparents were pioneers of Walnut Park. @ Redmond, WA. Peter was an attorney 1966-1992, earned his A.B. from San Francisco State College in 1962.
• Dr. James Clarke Rule (b. 1880 St. Louis, MO - d. 1940 Stockton, San Joaquin, CA). Dr. Rule moved to Stockton in 1903 where he opened an osteopathy office, after graduating from the Univ. of Iowa. He was a dean of osteopaths, and and died of a heart attack while on the Stockton Golf & Country Club, which he assisted in establishing in 1910. He played basketball with the YMCA All Stars 1910 which he continued many years, and directed a boys' work for the local Optimists. Wife: Katharyn Mae Peacock Rule (b. 1881 IL - d. 1964 Stockton, CA), daughter of Frank D. Peacock & Josephine Hume Peacock.
  • Frank Alexander Rule (b. 1906 Stockton, CA - d. 1964 Silver Spring, Montgomery, MD). Wife (1931 @ Alexandria, VA): Leota Pearl Hendrix Rule (b. 1901 - d. 1984 Silver Spring, MD), daughter of Solomon "Bud" Wright Hendrix (b. 1855 Carter Co., TN - d. 1889 Johnson City, TN) & Nancy Ellen "Nannie" Scott Hendrix (b. 1861 - d. 1915). Bud served on the first generation of the police force in Johnson City. From +1920-1930+, Leota resided in D.C. with her brother James Blaine Hendrix (b. 1885 Johnson City, TN - d. 1947 Potomac River, Alexandria, MD) who was a machinist inventor 1915-1947 at the Naval Gun factory, with commendations including from the Secretary of the Navy, for machine attachments & fixtures, particularly a power broaching press in 1918, he was supervisor of the sight factory at the time of his death, where he accidentally drowned after falling overboard off a cabin cruiser near Alexandria.
  • Dr. Hulet "Hugh" Hume Rule (b. 1908 Stockton, CA - d. 1982 Pebble Beach, Monterey, CA); Wife (1939 @ Stockton, CA): Mary Polak Rule (b. 1913 Fernie, Elk Valley, East Kootenai, BC; 1935 Vancouver, BC; emig. 1937 Stockton, CA; d. 1981 Pebble Beach, CA), daughter of John Polak (b. 1877 Silesia, Poland; emig. 1905; d. 1938 Fernie, BC while plowing his farm) & Anna Sliwka Polak (b. 1884 Silesia, Poland; emig. 1907; d. 1938 Fernie, BC). John was employed in 1911 as a coal miner, and Presby. In 1935, Mary lived in Vancouver, and by 1937 in Edmonton, AB when she emigrated as a grad nurse to settle with her sister Emma Hazel Polak Dielman (1915-2007) who worked or lived at the Dameron Hospital in Stockton. In 1961, Dr. Rule and his wife relocated to Pebble Beach where they remained.
  • Katharyn Jean Rule Sanders (1911-1998 Stockton, CA). Husband (1936 @ Stockton, CA): Roy Clifford Sanders (b. 1913 Swift Current, SK - d. 2000 Stockton, CA), son of Charles Nestor Leander Sanders (b. 1881 Gothenburg, Sweden; emig. 1912; d. 1953 Vancouver, WA) & Karen Marie Neilsen Sanders (b. 1877 Viborg, Denmark - d. 1957 Vallejo, CA). In 1940, Roy worked for the Stockton Savings and Loan Bank. Karen Sanders moved to Stockton in 1919, and Vallejo in 1952, her memorial was in Vallejo Community Presbyterian.
  • Dr. James "Jimmy" Roderick Rule (b. 1911 Stockton, CA - d. 1987 Ventura, CA). Wife: Dorothy Ann Jones Rule (b. 1913 Chico, Butte, CA - d. 1990 Ventura, CA), daughter Charlie Laverne Jones (b. 1886 Meridian, Sutter, CA - d. 1935 San Joaquin, CA). In 1920, Charlie was managing a lumber flour mill in Chico, he was Lutheran.
  • Capt. John "Jack" Clarke Rule (1917-1969 Stockton, CA). Cpt. Rule served with the Stockton Fire Dept. 1942-1969. Wife: Winifred Garnet "Gamma" Harris Rule (1914-1985 Stockton, CA), daughter of Allen E. Ghoca-Harris (b. 1871 Wausau, WI - d. 1947 Stockton, CA) & Esther Grover Ghoca-Harris (b. 1879 Amherst Junction, Portage, WI - d. 1927 Stockton, CA). Allen Harris was a veteran of the Spanish-American War.
• Edward Acomb Rule (b. 1881 Des Moines, IA - d. 1962 Washington, D.C.). Wife (1920 @ Annapolis, MD): Margaret Mildred "Marge" Watkeys Rule (b. 1892 Williamstown, Dauphin, PA - d. 1971 Birmingham, Oakland, MI), daughter of John W. Watkeys (b. 1854 Columbia, Schuykill, PA - d. 1894 Wiconisco, Dauphin, PA) & Lillian Elizabeth "Lilly" Frankenfeld Watkeys (b. 1860 Lebanon, PA - d. 1943 Lykens, Dauphin, PA).
  • Margaret Carolyn Rule James (b. 1921 D.C. - d. 2011 Miami, FL). Husband 1945 @ Berkeley, Alameda, CA): William Capers James, Jr. (b. 1923 Guantanamo, Cuba - d. 2005 Melbourne, Brevard, FL), son of Gen. William Capers James, Sr. (b. 1896 Florence, SC - d. 1974 Daytona Beach, Volusia, FL) & Emmala Frances Capers James (b. 1895 Columbia, SC - d. 1985 Daytona Beach, FL). Gen. James grad 1917 from The Citadel, then served continuously with the Marines until retiring after WWII.
  • Roberta Anne Rule (b. 1924 D.C. - d. 1978 Silver Spring, MD). Husband (1951 @ D.C.): Overton Perry Norton, Jr. (b. 1922 Oak Park (Chicago area), Cook, IL - d. 1984 Bethesda, MD), son of Overton Perry Norton, Sr. (b. 1888 Nortonburg, Bartholomew, IN - d. 1981 Barth. Co., IN) & Ruby Emegene Winegar Norton (b. 1890 Mitchell, SD - d. 1976 Bartholomew Co., IN).

Alexander died unexpectedly in 1906 at age 63. While engaged in renovating a house he owned and working on the second floor tearing down the interior part of a brick chimney, ten feet of the chimney gave way and fell on him, causing his death. His wife Jennie died in 1918 at age 73.

Jennie's Revolutionary War ancestry

Jennie’s paternal great-grandfather, Robert Clarke (1752-1899), served in the First, Fifth and Sixth Battalions of the Cumberland County Militia in Pennsylvania during the American Revolutionary War. Jennie’s maternal great-grandfather, Robert King (1747-1826), also served in the Revolutionary War, as an officer (2nd Lieutenant) in the Continental Army under the command of General George Washington. He fought in several battles and skirmishes and was once wounded in the skull but recovered. He spent the trying winter of 1777-78 with Washington at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

In the fall of 1778, he and two other officers were selected by Washington to assist Colonel Thomas Hartley in a campaign to defend the American frontier in western Pennsylvania against Indians who were allied with the British and who had caused much death and destruction. The campaign was successful. Robert King is the subject of a 29- page article in the periodical entitled Western Pennsylvania History (Vol. 5, No. 1, Apr 1922, pp. 145-173). He is buried in the soldiers’ plot in Evergreen Cemetery in Union City PA.

Alexander's ancestry

• John Johnstone Rule (b. 1813 Bent Path, Westerkirk, Dumfries, Scot. - d. 1888 Elmira, Stark, IL), son of Alexander John Rule (b. 1783 Hairlawslock, Canonbie, Dumfries, Scot. - d. 1826?) & Jean Reid Rule (b. 1788 Glasgow, Scot. - d. 1889 Greenbush, NY) ?. John's paternal grandparents were William Rule (b. 1749 Castleton, Roxburgh, Scot. - d. 1802 Archerbeck, Canonbie, Scot.) & Catherine Little Rule (1748-1832 Canonbie, Scot.). His maternal grandparents were James Reid (b. 1763 Dalry, Ayr, Scot.) & Margaret Douglas Reid (1764?-1830? Scot.).
• Jane Hume Rule (b. 1820 South Dean, Roxburgh, Scot. - d. 1889 Bureau Co., IL), daughter of James Hume (b. 1794 New Monkland, Lanark, Scot. - d. 1839 Southdean, Scottish Borders, Scot.) & Jane Huggan Hume (b. 1784 Maxton, Roxburgh or Crailing, Scottish Borders, Scot. - d. 1865 Jedburgh, Roxburgh, Scot.). Her paternal grandparents were James Hume (b. 1757 New Monkland, Scot.) & Janet Stevenson Hume (b. 1765 New Monkland, Scot.), and her maternal grandparents were Andrew Huggan (b. 1767 Crailing, Roxburgh, Scot. - d. 1853 Maxwellheugh, Kelso, Roxburgh, Scot.) & Jane Scott Huggan (b. 1767 Crailing, Scot. - d. 1790? Roxburghshire, Scot.).
  • Alexander Hume Rule (1843-1906)
  • Jane "Jean" Rule Armstrong (b. 1844 Castleton, Roxburgh, Scot. - d. 1888 Wethersfield, Henry, IL). Husband (1865 @ Stark Co., IL): John Black Armstrong (b. 1839 Newcastleton, Roxburgh, Scot. - d. 1920 Wethersfield, IL), son of James Armstrong, Sr. (b. 1793 Castleton, Roxburgh, Scot. - d. 1876 Elmira, IL) & Sibella Elliot Armstrong (b. 1804 Newcastleton, Scot. - d. 1880 Elmira, IL). John's 2nd wife was Catherine "Kate" Rule (b. 1858 Bureau Co., IL - d. 1940 Wethersfield, IL), Jane's younger sister.
  • Mary E. Rule Boardman (b. 1846 Jedburgh, Scot. - d. 1912 Oklahoma City, OK). Husband (1865 @ Bureau Co., IL): Dr. James Goble Boardman (b. 1836 Northumberland Twp., Luzerne, PA - d. 1905 Bradford, IL), son of Orlando Boardman (b. 1790 Springfield, MA - d. 1873 Paw Paw, Lee & DeKalb, IL) & Ann Goble Boardman (b. 1803 Luzerne Co., PA - d. 1866 South Paw-Paw, Lee & DeKalb, IL). Dr. Boardman was an allopathic doctor (vs. homeopathic) who studied at [Rush Medical College https://www.rushu.rush.edu/rush-medical-college] in Chicago, graduating in 1865. He enlisted as a sergeant in the Civil War with the Union in the 19th Infantry where he served 1861-1865.
  • Charlotte Rule (b. 1848 Jedburgh, Scot. - d. 1926 Loveland, Larimer, CO. Husband (1872 @ Neponset, Bureau, IL): Samuel Frederick Wright Rule (b. 1851 Neponset, IL - d. 1946 Los Angeles, CA), son of Samuel Guild Wright (1803-1890 Hanover, Grafton, NH) & Minerva Hart Wright (b. 1816 Goshen, Litchfield, CT - d. 1879 Brookville, Saline, KS.
  • James Hume Rule (b. 1850 Scot. - d. 1928 Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA).
  • William Rule (b. 1852 Raven Burn, Hyndlea, Scot. - d. 1941 Kewanee, Henry, IL). 1st wife: Sophronia Mettler Rule (b. 1857 OH - d. 1882). 2nd wife: Celia Adelaide Crocker Rule (b. 1851 Lake Co., IL - d. 1887 Grinnell, IA), daughter of Andrew Jackson Crocker (b. 1828 Haverhill, Grafton, NH - d. 1889 Oneida, Knox, IL) & Sarah Ann Farnsworth Crocker (b. 1833 Enosburg, Franklin, VT - d. 1895 Chicago, Cook, IL). 3rd wife: Della L. Smith (1861-1947 Kewanee, Henry, IL).
  • Robert Walter Rule (1854-1856 Elmira, Stark, IL).
  • John Hume 'Jock' Rule (b. 1856 Elmira, IL - d. 1949 Kewanee, IL). Wife: Emma Richardson Rule (b. 1861 PA - d. 1930 Galesburg, Knox, IL), daughter of Joseph W. Richardson (b. 1818 Alston, Cumberland, Eng. - d. 1877 Mahanoy City, Schuylkill, PA) & Mary Nattress Richardson (b. 1823 Durham, Eng. - d. 1895 Mahanoy, PA).
  • Katherine "Kate" Rule (b. 1858 Des Moines, IA - d. 1940 Wethersfield, IL). Husband (1895 @ Des Moines, IA): John Black Armstrong (b. 1839 Newcastleton, Roxburgh, Scot. - d. 1920 Wethersfield, IL), son of James Armstrong, Sr. (b. 1793 Castleton, Roxburgh, Scot. - d. 1876 Elmira, IL) & Sibella Elliot Armstrong (b. 1804 Newcastleton, Scot. - d. 1880 Elmira, IL). John's 1st wife was Kate's eldest sister Jean (1844-1888).
  • Walter Hume Rule (b. 1859 Branly, Bureau, IL - d. 1949 Kewanee, Henry, IL). Wife: Ellen Oliver Turnbull Rule (b. 1859 Elmira, IL - d. 1920 Chicago, IL), daughter of James A. Turnbull (b. 1824 Eskdalemuir, Dumfries, Scot. - d. 1905 Elmira, IL) & Ann Matheson Turnbull (b. 1826 Scot. - d. 1898 Elmira, IL).
  • Thomas Oliver Rule (b. 1861 Kewanee, IL - d. 1954 Illiopolis, Sangamon, IL). 1st wife: Barbara Ann Dunn Rule (b. 1858 Rochester, NY - d. 1890 Boone Co., IA), daughter of James Dunn (b. 1822 Scot. - d. 1885?) & Violet Porteous Dunn (b. 1827 St. Lawrence, NY - d. 1903 Boone Co., IA). 2nd wife: Cornelia Francis "Frankie" Dake Rule (1863-1958 Illiopolis, IL), daughter of Sylvanus Dake (b. 1835 NY - d. 1901) & Sarah Lucinda Hunter Dake (1839-1889 Sangamon Co., IL).

Also See

• BrethrenArchive 1882-12-27 Letters of Interest

Sources

• Bible Truth Publishers
• Letters of Interest 1892
• Breuderbewegung bio by Gabriele Naujoks, translated by Philip Allan, utilized in 2024, received in 2019.
• Ancestry.com
  • including FindAGrave & Geneanet
• Journals.PSU.edu
• Debbie Braithwaite Anderson via her Geneanet leaf 9-16-2024