Henry Richard Sadler

Henry Richard "H.R." Sadler is to be credited as a co-founder of the earliest open brethren assembly in Denver, Colorado, and one of two of the earliest in all of Colorado. He was raised in England, and associated with the Exclusives before breaking with them in the early 1900's.

He was born in 1861 at Barton St. Mary, Gloucester, England to farmer Henry his wife Mary Sadler. He was given an Anglican baptism on Jan. 8, 1862 at the Mariners Chapel in that same area. Henry emigrated to the U.S. in 1880, living briefly in New York City where his first wife Jane's family was living. Henry relocated to Denver prior to 1894 to setup a furniture dealership.

Around 1901, he broke with the exclusive brethren, and with a Mr. McIlven, co-founded Denver Bible Hall, also known locally as the Sadler Meeting, later known as Elim Hall, which eventually merged with other assemblies to become what is now Lakewood Bible Chapel. See Lakewood's website.

Parents

• Henry Sadler

• Mary Sadler

Marriage

On Sept. 6, 1887 in Manhattan, New York, Henry married Jennie "Jane" Griffith, who was born in Mar. 1852 in Ireland to Robert Griffith (1811-1865) and his wife Margaret, a nurse. Jane was employed as a dressmaker while in NYC. Jennie died on Nov. 5, 1894 in Denver.

On Nov. 28, 1899 Henry remarried Maude Josephine Collins, who was born on Christmas Day of 1870 in Denver. Maude was the daughter of Joseph Lambdon Collins (b. 1831 Milford, DE - d. 1915 San Francisco, CA) & Jessie Watson Collins (b. 1850 Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland - d. San Francisco, CA).

possible Exclusive connections

Henry's second wife Maude's father, Joseph L. Collins was born in Milford, DE, the son of William Candy Collins (b. 1808 Milford, DE - d. d. 1873 Fort Scott, KS). There was an exclusive brethren assembly in Fort Scott at the time of William's death.

There was a Henry Collins (possibly b. 1852 N.Y. - d. 1927 Wilmington, DE) who served as a correspondent for a TW exclusive assembly at Rising Sun, DE in 1889. Joseph (Maude's father) had a brother named Henry Collins who was born in Delaware, possibly the same.

Also, Henry Peter Collins (b. 1882 Farmer City, IL - d. 1977 Jerseyville, IL) was at a TW assembly in Witt, IL by 1944, and his son Alvin William Collins (b. 1909 Witt, IL - d. 1969 Nokomis, IL) at Roxana, IL in +1930-1935+, and Nokomis, IL in +1940-1969, among TW assemblies +1930-1944+. Unknown if related. Henry's parents were born in Ohio.

Children

Henry and his second wife Maude had one daughter:

• Mabel Laura Sadler Magrum (b. 1901 Denver, CO - d. 1992 Glendora, CA); m. Ralph Austin Magrum (b. 1893 Denver, CO - d. 1992 Glendora, CA);
  • Josephine Ann "JoAnn" Magrum Bishop (b. 1930 Los Angeles, CA); m. David Merle Bishop (b. 1932 Monterey Park, CA - d. 2011 Glendora, CA)
  • Janith Elaine Magrum Brown (b. 1934 Hollywood, CA - d. 2013 Mooresville, NC)

Death

Henry's 2nd wife Maude died on June 5, 1924 in Denver. Henry stayed in the area until ca. 1938 when he relocated to Los Angeles, California to live with his daughter Mabel's family, where he died on Oct. 30, 1946.

Sources

• Ancestry.com
• EB-TW AAB's 1889-1944
• Peterson's History of Assemblies in North America