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See Branches of Plymouth Brethren to explain abbreviation types (although in short: OB (& TW-P) are Halls & Chapels within the "open brethren" (although GH's (generally) maintain a separate network from the Chapels). EB/TW/TW-N are "Careful" Brethren (similar to OB Halls), and BC are (generally) independent community churches with early or indirect PB influence, and will (usually) not consider themselves "Brethren").  AA/CA refers to assemblies of African or Caribbean origin, or predominant demographic, although all ethnicities are overly welcome in any assemblies.

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Central IL

North Central IL

Lee County

Dixon

  • Dixon Meeting Room, IL (TW-Lowe-eb) +1896-1909; (TW-eb) 1909-1917+
    • home of Frank D. Peacock, N. Ottawa Ave. +1896+

Livingston County (Bloomington/Normal metro)

Emington

Pontiac

McLean County (Bloomington/Normal metro)

Bloomington

  • Bloomington Christian Fellowship, IL (TW-P) +1891/1992-2023+
  • Bloomington Meeting Room, IL (TW-Lowe-eb) +1891-1909; (TW-eb) 1909-1992; (TW-N-eb) 1992-2010+
    • Normal Meeting Room
    • @ 709 N. Main St. +1894-1895+; Room, 606 N. Main St., second floor, directly over Mrs. Wickizer's Bakery +1896+
    • c/o George Leitch @ 513 S. Lee St. +1894-1896+; Adolphe Engweiler @ C. & A. Machine Shops +1894-1896+
    • MT:
      • +1894-1895+: L.D. 10:30am, Children's 3:00pm, Gospel 7:30pm; Wed. Reading & Prayer 7:30pm
      • +1896+: L.D. 10:30am, open meeting 7:00pm winter & summer; Wed. R&P 7:30pm

Cooksville

Danvers

Heyworth

Lexington

McLean

Shirley

Mason County

Forest City

Peoria County (Peoria metro)

Peoria

  • Peoria Assembly, IL (OB) +1949
  • Peoria Meeting Room, IL (Grant EB) +1890+; (TW-EB) +1923-1973+
    • In 1890, according to the U.S. Religious Census, there was one PB-I assembly in Peoria county with a rented hall with a max capacity of 25, and 2 attending regular meetings.

Schuyler County

Rushville

  • Rushville home assembly (OB)
    • Dr. Morton C. "Bud" Morris (1940-2017) assisted a family with a bible study intended to become an assembly there.

Tazewell County (Peoria metro)

Armington

  • Armington Meeting Room, IL (TW-Lowe-eb) +1889-1901+
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated one PB-III assembly in Tazewell Co., with 14 people meeting in a home.
    • c/o Dr. G.O. Bailey +1889-1901+; Henry Forbes +1894-1896+
    • @ Hall over Bailey's Drug Store +1894-1896+
    • MT:
      • +1894-1895+: L.D. - BoB 11:00am, Ch. afternoon, open meeting eve; Thu. P&R evening
      • +1896+: L.D. - BoB 11:00am, Children's Meeting afternoon, open meeting eve; Mon. Prayer 7:30pm; Thu. Reading 7:30pm

Delavan

  • Delavan Meeting Room, IL (TW preaching point) +1923-1951+; (TW-eb) +1962-2016+
    • c/o Mrs. Zorah Hayden +1923+; L.E. Brown +1927-1944+; Daniel L. Brown +1949-1973+; John S. Turton +1962-1985+; Arthur Zwanzig +1962-1966+, +1985-2005+; Albert S. Maurer +1962+, +1973-1992; Paul L. Brown +1985+; Gerald B. Buchanan +1999+

Morton

  • Morton preaching point (TW) +1951+
    • Arthur Zwanzig

Pekin

Tremont

  • Tremont preaching point (TW-EB) +1951+; +1962+
    • c/o John Turton +1951+; Mrs. Lois Crank +1962+

Woodford County (Peoria metro)

El Paso

South Central IL

Christian County (Springfield metro)

Pana

  • Pana Meeting Room, IL (TW-Lowe EB) +1889-1909; (TW-EB) 1909-1951+
    • @ Rosamond +1905+
    • c/o W.H. Neely +1889+; Frank C. Blount +1889+; Mrs. Thomas J. Clark +1894-1896+; W.Q. Winters +1890-1911+; R. Miller +1905+; William R. Hoffman +1905-1911+ (1905 @ Rosamond; 1911 @ Pana +1911+); Robert W. Winters +1911-1914+; Mrs. William Craig +1911-1914+; Charles Statner +1905-1927+ @ Rosamond +1905+; Owaneco +1911-1927+; Mrs. W.Q. Winters +1914+; Mrs. L.M. Winters +1917+; Mrs. Ezra Baker @ Millersville +1917+; R.U. Winters +1917-1927+; +1944+ (@ Pana +1917+; Millersville +1923-1927+; Pana +1944+); Mrs. William Hoffman +1923+; Miss Della Winters +1921+; +1944-1951; Mrs. R.U. Winter @ Millersville +1933+; Della Winters +1927+; George Arkebauer @ Morrisonville +1933+; Minnie Winters @ Rosamond +1933+
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated one PB-III assembly in Christian Co., in a home with 5 adherents.

Clay County

Clay City

Fayette County

Brownstown

Logan County (Springfield metro)

Cornland

  • Cornland Meeting Room, IL (EB) +1878-1880+
    • c/o J.B. Pierce @ 4 mi. S.E. of town +1880+; Mrs. J.D. Gillette @ 2 mi. S.E. of town +1880+;

Lawndale

  • Lawndale Gospel Hall, IL (TW-Lowe-eb) +1894-1903+
    • @ home of F.C. Blount +1894+
    • MT:
      • +1894-1895+: L.D. 10:30am, G eve; Wed. P&R evening;
      • +1896+: L.D. BoB 10:30am, C 2:30pm, G 7:30pm; Tues R 7:30pm; Fri P 7:30pm
    • c/o F.C. Blount +1894-1896+; L. Barger, P.M. +1896+; John O. Miller +1896+; William West +1896+

Macon County (Decatur metro)

Decatur

Niantic

Montgomery County

Nokomis

  • Nokomis Meeting Room, IL (French EB) 1866-1909; (TW-EB) +1911+; +1933-1951+
    • c/o Edward Calame @ 4 mi. W of town +1880+;

In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated one PB-III assembly in Montgomery Co., meeting in a home with 5 adherents.

Witt

Shelby County

Shelbyville

Sangamon County (Springfield metro)

Illiopolis

Springfield

  • Grace Bible Chapel, IL (OB) 1954/1977-present
    • aka Springfield Gospel Chapel 1954-1958; Milton Avenue Gospel Chapel 1958-1977;
  • Springfield Meeting Room, IL (EB) 1873-1909; (TW) 1909-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2016+
    • @ 2nd floor, 509 E. Monroe St. +1880+
    • c/o E.R. Ulrich @ S.E. cor. 12th & Cass Sts. +1880+
    • "At Springfield, thirty or forty people propose to meet and to allow themselves to be led by the Lord. I hope to go there soon. Other difficulties will be found there, but the Lord suffices for everything." (John Nelson Darby writes from Chicago, IL to Paul Sclumberger in Pau, France in 1873)
      • French Letter No. 109: "Hard Going in the USA" originally published in the French magazine Le Messager Chétien, transcribed by a sister in Switzerland, translated to English in 2012 by Daniel Roberts (1945-2020) of England, affiliated with the Ren/R/TSr-EB.
    • In 1852, Jean Gabriel Thonney (1827-1902) and his family resided in Springfield, where his eldest son William Paul Thonney (1852-1921) was born. Jean later founded the Walla Walla Meeting Room (TW-EB) in Washington in 1870.
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated one PB-III assembly (this one) in Sangamon Co., with 50 regularly attending meetings in a rented hall with a capacity of 100.

Northern IL

Boone County (Rockford metro)

Belvidere

  • Belvidere Assembly, IL (OB) 1882-1890+
    • In 1890, according to the U.S. Religious Census, there was an open meeting in Boone Co., with a rented hall that would seat 100, and 10 in regular fellowship.

Winnebago County (Rockford metro)

Rockford

  • Bible Truth Hall, Rockford, IL (Grant EB) +1890+
    • In 1890, according to the U.S. Religious Census, there was one PB-I assembly in Winnebago Co. It was a rented hall with a capacity of 75, and 17 in regular fellowship.
  • Ridgeview Chapel, IL (OB) 1883-1978
    • @ home of Edward Motson, 823 Bruce St. 1904 with nine believers; home of Stafford Marshall Ransome, 2405 E. State St. +1927+;
    • Rockford Assembly (OB) 1883-1943; Miriam Gospel Hall 1943-1957;
    • also see: Beloit Gospel Hall, WI
    • c/o Edward Motson +1904+;
    • c/o Stafford Marshall Ransome +1927+ (b. 1881 Liverpool, Lancashire, Eng. - d. 1948 Rockford, IL). Son of George Frederick Ransome (b. 1849 Haarlem, Netherlands - d. 1907 West Derby, Lancashire, Eng.) & Alice Sophia Marshall Ransome (b. 1846 Semer, Suffolk, Eng. - d. 1930 Elkhart, IN). Ancestry was British prior to S.M.'s father's upbringing. Wife: Mary "Mae" Kathleen Gardner Ransome (b. 1887 Chippenham, Wiltshire, Eng. - d. 1954 Rockford, IL), daughter of Jesse Frederick Gardner (b. 1861 Chippenham, Eng. - d. 1918 Lakewood, Cuyahoga, OH & Mary Ann Jones Gardner (b. 1861 Corsham, Wiltshire, Eng. - d. 1946 Lakewood, OH). S.M. was employed as a chief draftsman for the Barber-Colman Company, which patented and manufactured textile and milling machinery, and was one of Rockford's largest manufacturers, with facilities around the U.S., Germany and England. See B-C history.
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 11 in fellowship (4 men, 7 women). The Hall met in a home (with $31 in annual expenses), and $120 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Rockford Meeting Room, IL (TW) +1973-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2016+
    • c/o Noble Frederick Gammell +1973-2005+ (b. 1920 Lineville, Wayne, IA - d. 2013 Beloit, Rock, WI). Son of Frederick Wayne Gammell (b. 1894 Lineville, IA - d. 1981 Des Moines, IA) & Myrtle Evelyn Noble Gammell (b. 1899 Kiowa, KS - d. 1970 Des Moines, IA). Noble's father served with the U.S. Army during WWI. Wife 1942: Shirley Nadine Larson Gammell (b. 1922 Des Moines, IA - d. 2012), daughter of John Albert Larson & Sarah Ann Carlson Larson; Noble lived in Des Moines from +1920-1953+, in 1942-1968+ he was employed as an art production editor by Meredith Publishing in Des Moines, which published "Better Homes and Gardens", and later published magazines such as Fortune, Money, Sports Illustrated, and Time. Noble was a gifted watercolor artist, with excerpts published in 2015 at Amazon. He also served 1943-1945 with the U.S. Army during WWII with two signal service companies, earning TEC5.
      • Noble's brother, Herman "Herm" M. Gammell (b. 1922 Des Moines, IA - d. 2010 Ogden, UT) served WWII as a B-24 pilot with the 455th Bombardment Group, a recipient of a Purple Heart, and served as a trustee at the Church of God in Pasadena, CA, and the Washington Heights Baptist Church in Ogden, UT.
    • c/o Donald James Stern +1973+ (b. 1930 West Rockford, IL). May have lived 1995-2020 in Colorado Springs, CO, and may have served as pastor of Westview United Brethren in Freeport, Illinois;
    • c/o Daniel Allen Henderson +1973+ (1949-1988 Rockford, IL)
    • c/o Doug Hill +1985-2005+; Jerry Doll +1985+; Jerry Short +1985+, +2005-present;

Northeastern IL

Chicago metro

Cook County

  • In 1890, according to the U.S. Religious Census, there were six open assemblies in Cook Co., with rented halls totaling a max capacity of 750, and 264 adherents.

Arlington Heights

  • Pathway Church, Arlington Heights, IL (BC) 1966-2024+
    • Arlington Countryside Church (OB BC) 1966+
    • see PC's website
    • In 1969, the assembly commended Leroy & Norma Birney to Columbia, who are among the founders, along with Dr. Walter Liefeld. Abner Bauman served full-time as an elder in a pastoral & evangelistic capacity from 1971 until his retirement. The assembly also commended Steve & Alice Herzig in 1981 to Jewish ministries, and Dean & Cristy Bruns in 1987 in youth ministry.
    • @ Prospect Heights schoolhouse 1966-1969;

Chicago

Des Plaines

Elgin

Evanston

  • Evanston Gospel Chapel, IL (OB) 1916-1941+
    • Grace Chapel 1916-1941
    • @ K. of P. Hall, 610 Davis St. +1922-1927+
    • c/o Winsor Chase, 1031 Dempster St. +1922-1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 43 in fellowship (17 men, 26 women) including 6 S.S. teachers presiding over 25? children (for a total of 68). The Hall was a rented facility (with $555 in annual expenses), and $685 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Harvey

La Grange

Lansing

Maywood

  • Woodside Bible Chapel, IL (EI OB) 1894-2024+
    • Austin Station Gospel Hall 1894-1913; Austin Gospel Hall 1913-1959
    • @ 748 Leamington Ave. +1922-1927+
    • c/o Tom Bendelow, 533 N. Long Ave. +1922-1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 216 in fellowship (93 men, 123 women) including 2 under the age of 13 years old, and 22 S.S. teachers presiding over 175 children (for a total of 391). The Hall was valued at $12,500 with no debt (with $3,165 in annual expenses), and $3,186 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Mount Forest

  • Mount Forest Gospel Hall, IL (OB) +1922-1927+
    • @ Spring St., near Switch, Mount Forest
    • c/o George Forest, Willow Springs +1922+; Henry J.? Yost, Willow Springs +1926-1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 18 in fellowship (8 men, 10 women) including 1 S.S. teacher presiding over 20 children (for a total of 38). The Hall was valued at $2,500 with no debt (with $206 in annual expenses), and $376 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Mount Prospect

Oak Park

  • Bible Truth Hall, Oak Park, IL (G-EB) +1933-1949; (G-A-EB) 1949-1950's+
    • @ 321 N. Humphrey, a multi-story house with 2nd floor converted to rooming for traveling brethren
    • 1933: c/o Spencer N. Butler, Samuel S. Butler, John C. Meinhard, Richard Herm, William Bauer, Robert W. Mojonnier & Albert H.(?) Mojonnier.
    • 1949: c/o Spencer M. Butler, C.F. Lindstrom, L.H. Rhoad, R. Butler & L.O. Taber

Rolling Meadows

South Holland

Thornton

Willow Springs

DuPage County

  • In 1890, according to the U.S. Religious Census, there was one open brethren meeting, with a rented hall to accommodate a maximum of 100, with 12 adherents. Batavia or Turner Junction?

Addison

  • Addison Meeting Room, IL (EB) 1865-1909; (TW-EB) 1909-1992; (TW-N EB) 1992-2025+
    • Oak Park Meeting Room +1951-1973+
    • Chicago Meeting Room (EB) 1866-1890; (TW-Lowe-eb) 1890-1951+
      • @ Room 10 & 12, 816(?) Clark St. +1880+
      • c/o Walter Potter 1868-1896+; @ 241 W. Erie St. +1894-1896+
      • c/o William Hart +1880-1884+
      • c/o William E. Clough +1894-1896+; office @ 120 S. Water St. Residence @ 1579 Lill Ave.
      • c/o William P. Haight 1894 & 1896; @ 6003 Wentworth Ave. +1894+; assembly @ 6426 Sherman St., Englewood +1895+; 6947 Wright St., Normal Park +1896+
        • @ 259 W. Madison St. +1880+; 121 Dearborn St. +1884+; Room 11, Lakeside Building, S.W. cor. Clark & Adams Sts. +1894-1896+
      • MT: +1894-1896+: L.D. 10:30am, G 7:30pm; Tues. R 7:30pm; Thu. P 7:30pm
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated one PB-III assembly in Cook Co., in a rented hall with capacity for 60 people, and with 40 regular adherents.

Batavia

Carol Stream

Elmhurst

Glen Ellyn

Lombard

  • Lombard Gospel Chapel, IL (OB) 1927/1928-present
    • also see: Woodside Bible Chapel 1894-present; Villa Park Evangelical Free Church 1931-?

Villa Park

Warrenville

West Chicago

Wheaton

  • Bethany Chapel, Wheaton, IL (OB) 1936-2024+
    • Mortimer Lane's home (OB) 1936-1946
  • College Avenue Room, IL (Raven-Taylor EB) +1959+
    • @ 1032 College Ave.
  • College Church, Wheaton, IL (Ind. BC)
    • pastored by Dr. Carl A. Armerding 1951-1955 & 1957-1958, ministered among Grant EB & OB lifelong. Nathan Goff also pastored 1972-1977, possible PB background.
  • Wheaton Nepalese Fellowship (KLC-EB) +2016+

Grundy County

Morris

  • Morris Meeting Room, IL (TW-Lowe-eb) +1894-1908+
    • @ home of Edward Fisher, 85 Jefferson St. +1894+; Normal Building +1896+
    • c/o Edward Fisher +1894-1896+; Charles Woelfel +1896+; Fred Thompson +1896+
    • MT:
      • +1896+: L.D. 10:30am, G 3:00pm & 7:30pm; Thu. B.R. 7:30pm

Kane County

  • In 1890, according to the U.S. Religious Census, there were three open brethren meetings in Kane Co., with one owned hall worth $250, two rented halls with a total max capacity of 300, and 93 adherents spanning all three.

Carpentersville

Kendall County

Yorkville

Lake County

Gurnee

Highland Park

Lake Zurich

Waukegan

  • Waukegan Gospel Hall, IL (OB) +1922-1927+
    • @ YMCA Hall, North County St. +1926-1927+
    • c/o Mr. McKenzie +1922+; William Rae, 1122 Palmer Pl. +1926-1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 13 in fellowship (8 men, 5 women) including 2 S.S. teachers presiding over 3 children (for a total of 16). The Hall was a rented facility (with $136 in annual expenses), and $110 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Zion

McHenry County

Woodstock

Will County

  • In 1890, according to the U.S. Religious Census, there was one open brethren meeting in Will Co., with a home meeting and 6 adherents.

Braidwood

Coal City

Joliet

Kankakee County (Kankakee metro)

Kankakee

Eastern IL

Champaign County (Champaign metro)

Champaign

Coles County

Casey

Mattoon

  • OB tent meetings 1883 by Rice T. Hopkins & Donald Ross?

Edgar County

Chrisman

Effingham County

Montrose

Ford County (Champaign metro)

Paxton

Vermilion County (Danville metro)

Danville

  • Hillery Bible Chapel, IL (KLC-EB) +1946-2021+
    • Danville Hall +1946+
    • @ West Hillery, 4 mi. W of Danville +1946+; 110 Chestnut St.
    • c/o Marcel Fenet +1946+; E.C. Hadley +1946+

Northwestern Illinois

Henry County (Moline & Rock Island, IL & Davenport, IA metro)

Hooppole

Kewanee

  • Kewanee Meeting Room, IL (EB) +1878-1890; (TW-Lowe-eb) 1890-1901+; (TW-eb) +1944-1949+
    • residency @ home of John H. Rule +1880-1896+

Knox County

In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census report one PB-III in Knox Co., with a rented hall that held 100, and 80 regular adherents.

Galesburg

Knoxville

  • Knoxville Meeting Room, IL (TW-EB) +1926-1992 (TW-N0 1992-2005+
    • c/o Titus G. Engbert +1927-1973+; George Clausen +1944-1966+ (@ Abingdon +1944-1951+, @ Knoxville +1962-1966+); Frank D. Elliott +1962-1966+; Mrs. George Clausen +1973+; Antonie A. Nunnikhoven +1962-1985+; Clarence E. Lunden +1985+; Jerry Short +1999+; James M. Campbell +1999-2005+

Rock Island County (Moline & Rock Island, IL & Davenport, IA metro)

Cordova

Milan

  • Oak Ridge Bible Chapel, IL (OB) 1978/1981-?
    • aka: Valley Christian Fellowship 1978-1981
    • also see: Harrison Gospel Chapel, Davenport, IA

Rock Island

Southeastern IL

Lawrence County

Lawrenceville

Southern IL (Little Egypt)

Franklin County

West Frankfort

  • Frankford Heights Gospel Hall, IL (OB) +1922+
    • c/o David John Lewis, Frankfort Heights +1922+ (b. 1881 South Wales - d. 1950 Rockford, IL) of Frankfort Heights 1917-1927+, employed in Forbush, Appanoose, IA, presumably as a miner, in 1904, where he was married at Centerville. employed in 1917 as a miner in West Frankfort for the Old Ben Coal Corp. Wife: Barbara B. Douglass Lewis (b. 1884 Scot. - d. 1949 Rockford, IL). By 1930, the family had relocated to Rockford, Winnebago, IL, living with his brother-in-law Thomas L. & Mary E. Wilson, and David was employed as a stub end mechanic at a universal joint manufacturer. In 1941, they were still living in Rockford, and David was employed as a watchman for the MUJ Div.
    • see West Frankfort
  • West Frankfort Gospel Hall, IL (OB) +1922-1927+
    • c/o T.B. Stephenson (or Stevenson), 200 E. College St., Sparta +1922+
    • c/o David John Lewis, Frankfort Heights +1926-1927+ (b. 1881 South Wales - d. 1950 Rockford, IL) of Frankfort Heights 1917-1927+, employed in Forbush, Appanoose, IA, presumably as a miner, in 1904, where he was married at Centerville. employed in 1917 as a miner in West Frankfort for the Old Ben Coal Corp. Wife: Barbara B. Douglass Lewis (b. 1884 Scot. - d. 1949 Rockford, IL). By 1930, the family had relocated to Rockford, Winnebago, IL, living with his brother-in-law Thomas L. & Mary E. Wilson, and David was employed as a stub end mechanic at a universal joint manufacturer. In 1941, they were still living in Rockford, and David was employed as a watchman for the MUJ Div.
    • see Frankfort Heights
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 60 in fellowship (40 men, 20 women) including 3 S.S. teachers presiding over 50 children (for a total of 110). The Hall had a value of $1,400 with no debt (and with $75 in annual expenses), and $400 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Hamilton County

Macedonia

McLeansboro

Jackson County (Carbondale/Marion metro)

Carbondale

Dowell

Randolph County

Sparta

Tilden

  • Tilden Bible Chapel, IL (OB) +1922-1927+
    • Tilden Gospel Hall +1922+
    • c/o John G. Hill, W. Main St.
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 11 in fellowship (4 men, 7 women) including 1 S.S. teacher presiding over 25 children (for a total of 36). The Hall had a value of $800 with $250 owed (with $114 in annual expenses), and $40 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Wayne County

Cisne

Round Prairie

Southwestern IL

St. Louis, MO metro

Bond County

Beaver Creek

Greenville

  • Greenville Meeting Room, IL (EB) 1854-1890; (TW-Lowe-eb) 1890-1909; (TW-eb) 1909-1992; (TW-N-eb) 1992-2024+
    • oldest surviving assembly in North America
    • @ Rutschly Hall, 1/2 block NE of Courthouse +1896+
    • MT: +1896+: L.D. 10:30am, R 7:30pm; Tues. R 7:00pm; Thu. P 7:00pm (summertime at 7:30pm)
    • In 1890, as per the Religious Census, there was one assembly in Bond Co., with meetings in a rented hall with max capacity of 120, and 32 Adherents.
    • Greenville Gospel Hall
    • c/o Charles H. Ramel +1880+; George Rutschly +1894-1896+; Adolphe Breuchaud +1894-1896+

Dudleyville

Mulberry Grove

Smithboro

Madison County

Alton

  • Alton Meeting Room, IL (EB) 1849-1884; (Grant EB) 1884-1958+
    • c/o John A. Ryrie +1878-1880+; A.H. Scott +1912+
    • In 1890, according to the U.S. Religious Census, there were two Grant meetings in Madison Co., presumably Highland & Alton. Halls were rented at each location, with a combined max capacity of 300, and 69 total in regular attendees.

Collinsville

Highland

  • Bible Truth Hall, Highland, IL (French EB) (1843-1850)-1884; (Grant EB) 1884-1928; (G-B EB) 1928-1949; (G-A EB) 1949+
    • In 1890, according to the U.S. Religious Census, there were two Grant meetings in Madison Co., presumably Highland & Alton. Halls were rented at each location, with a combined max capacity of 300, and 69 total in regular attendees.


  • Highland Meeting Room, IL (French EB) (1843-1850)-1890; (TW-Lowe-eb) 1890-1909; (TW-eb) 1909-1917+
    • c/o Auguste Mojonnier +1880+; residency @ home of Mrs. Mary Monnet +1896+
    • There is thought to have been three exclusive assemblies in Highland at varying times (Grant, TW, and Booth). Unknown years for Grant & Booth meetings. The Booth meeting became G-A in 1949.

New Douglas

Pocahontas

Roxana

Sebastopol

Troy

Macoupin County

In 1890, the U.S Religious Census reported one PB-III assembly in Macoupin Co., meeting in a home with 3 adherents.

Bunker Hill

Woodburn

Gillespie

  • Gillespie Gospel Hall, IL (OB) 1912-1927+
    • @ Gillespie Co-Operative Store, 300 S. Macoupin St. (aka Main St.)
    • c/o Alexander Easton 1912+ (1875-1929)
      • Witness 1912: "A few believers from the old country, with others, now assemble in Gillespie, Illinois. Communications to Alex. Easton, Box 17."
    • c/o John Connell, 202 Charles St. +1926-1927+ (b. 1828 Kirkintilloch, Dunbarton, Scot.); wife: Mary Hannah Jordan Connell (b. 1829 Ireland). They were married at Kirkintilloch on Aug. 16, 1850, and in 1851, they were both employed as hand loom cotton weavers for the local distillery. Employed in 1925 in Gillespie as a miner, not there by 1929.
    • c/o T.B. Stephenson (or Stevenson), 200 E. College St., Sparta +1922+
    • c/o Thomas Connell @ 209 Charles St. +1926-1927+ (b. 1870 Kirkintilloch, Dunbarton, Scot. - d. 1940 Gillespie, IL); Son of John Connell & Mary Jordan Connell (above). In 1920, Thomas was employed as a timber man in a coal mine, living on Caston Heights in Gillespie. Wife: Jane "Jeanie" Millar Connell (b. 1874 Scot. - d. 1939 Gillespie, IL). They immigrated to the U.S. in 1912, and in 1915 were living in St. Louis. Employed in 1925 in Gillespie as a miner, still there in 1929.
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 11 in fellowship (5 men, 6 women) including 3 S.S. teachers presiding over 50 children (for a total of 61). The Hall was a rented facility (with $120 in annual expenses), and $100 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
    • There were five brothers who emigrated from Scotland to Gillespie to work the mines, Alexander and Craig were PB.
      • Grandparents: William's parents were: John Easton (b. 1832 Old Home, Ayr, Scot.) & Ellen Robertson Easton (b. 1833 Cabrine, Ayr, Scot.) John was a deputy foreman at the Struthers mine owned by John Gilmour in Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scot., and was killed on June 9, 1863 in a methane explosion. Susan's parents may have been David McGill (b. 1801 Drumgoolan, County Down, Ireland) & Margaret Edgar McGill & Margaret Edgar McGill (b. 1816 Maybole, Ayr, Scot.).
      • Parents: William Easton (b. 1851 Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scot. - d. 1905 Kilmaurs, East Ayr, Scot.) & Susan Brown McGill Easton (b. 1853 Whittetts or Maybole, Ayr, Scot. - d. 1901 Kilmaurs, East Ayr, Scot.)
      • John Easton (b. 1869 Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scot.); coal miner @ 1901 at Hemphill, Ayr.
      • George McGill Easton (b. 1871 Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scot.)
      • Thomas Robertson Easton (b. 1872 Dalmellington, Ayr, Scot. - d. 1954 Isle of Man, U.K.); coal miner @ 1891 at Dreghorn, Ayr. Police inspector @ 1911 @ Kensington, Liverpool, Eng..
      • Alexander Easton (b. 1875 Kilmarnock, East Ayr, Scot. - d. 1929 Gillespie, IL). Wife: Mary M. Simpson Easton (b. 1875 Anniesland, Glasgow, Scot. - d. 1951 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH). Alexander & Mary emigrated to the U.S. with their two children in 1905, settling first in Missouri, then to Gillespie in 1907 where they resided 30 years. Both were PB in Gillespie, then Cleveland. Frank Faulkner of Champaign, IL officiated Mary's funeral. See Findagrave.
      • Christina Ann Pollock Easton Rodger (b. 1878 Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scot. - d. 1958 Decatur, IN); husband: Robert Rodger (b. 1881 Stewarton, Ayr, Scot.)
      • William Easton (b. 1880 Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scot.), emigrated to Quebec, Canada in 1906 as a miner.
      • Susan McGill Easton McAllister (b. 1883 Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scot. - d. 1975 Thurrock, Essex, Eng.). Husband: James Weir McAllister (b. 1882 Irvine, North Ayr, Scot.)
      • David Easton (b. 1885 Dreghorn, Ayr, Scot.). Wife: Florence Struthers Easton. Coal miner 1917 @ Superior Coal Co., Gillespie, IL.
      • Margaret "Maggie" Strachan Easton McCrindle (b. 1887 Dreghorn, Ayr, Scot.). Husband: James McCrindle (b. 1880 Glasgow, Scot.). Settled 1930 @ Detroit, MI.
      • James "Jimmy" Brown Easton (b. 1889 Dreghorn, Ayr, Scot. - d. 1975 Bethlehem, Northampton, PA); Wife: Frances L. Ahrens Easton (b. Gillespie, IL - d. 1948 Bethlehem, Lehigh, PA). 1942 Safety Inspector @ Bethlehem Steel Co.
      • Robert Robertson Easton (b. 1892 Kilmaurs, East Ayr, Scot. - d. 1967 Springwood, Blue Mountains, N.S.W., Aus.). 1st wife: Ethel Annie Stevenson Easton (b. 1891 Granville, N.S.W., Australia - d. 1964 Matraville, Randwick, N.S.W., Aus.). 2nd Wife: Ellen Jane Easton (b. 1897 - d. 1984 Beverly Hills, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia). Robert served 1908-1911 with the Royal Navy, on several ships including the Ganges, Borwick, Pembroke, Terrible, Powerful, charged in 1911 with desertion from the latter. Later enlisted in Sydney, N.S.W. in service for the Australian Imperial Force during WWI 1916-1918.
      • Craig Brown Easton (b. 1895 Kilmaurs, East Ayr, Scot. - d. 1977 Lawrence, Essex, MA). Wife: Elizabeth Horn Easton (b. 1892 Kilsyth, North Lanark, Scot. - d. 1985 Andover, Essex, MA), daughter of James L. Laing (b. 1866 Kilsyth - d. 1962 Lawrence, Essex, MA) & Christenia F. Millar Laing (b. 1862 Kilsyth - d. 1933 Andover, Essex, MA). PB
      • Andrew Wilson Easton (b. 1896 Kilmaurs, East Ayr, Scot. - d. 1948 Gillespie, IL). Wife: Ann Lawson McKechan Easton (b. 1900 Stevenston, North Ayr, Scot. - d. 1981 Gillespie, IL).
      • Kennedy Easton (1901-1902 Kilmaurs, East Ayr, Scot.), died at nine months, his mother died in childbirth.
    • Other (possibly related) Eastons:
      • Warren Easton, in fellowship with the assembly at Bancroft, ON, was a building contractor who in 1964 constructed the nearby Chapel in Harcourt. Warren was a descendant of George Alexander Easton (b. 1848 Carstairs, Lanark, Scot. - d. 1929 Nipissing, ON), son of Alex Easton (b. 1806 Lanark, Scot.)
      • Grace M. Easton penned "Merry All The Time", a children's book published by John Ritchie in Kilmarnock, prior to 1936. It was also available in 1938 thru Walterick Printing in Fort Dodge, IA as a S.S. award book.
      • William Easton (1850-1926), New Zealand.
        • Articles:
          • "A Mystery Explained", Assembly Annals, 1950.
          • "Christ Loved the Church", Assembly Annals, Aug. 1949.
          • "A Few Thoughts on Elijah", Words in Season, 1893.
        • Books: Pickering & Inglis (Glasgow & London):
          • "Gleanings in the Revelation" with a "large original chart", 1928.
          • "A Bunch of Grapes", 1937.
      • Alex Easton of Grangemouth penned an article series on Prayer that was published in 1977 thru Harvester magazine.
      • Ruth Easton taught a weekly Mother's Bible Studies in 1989 at Kenilworth Gospel Chapel in N.J.
      • Adam Easton (1892-1978) was saved as a young man in Rankinston, Ayr, Scot., and in fellowship with the Shotts Assembly for over 60 years (1918-1978). For many years a "S.S. superintendent, caretaker, doorkeeper and a highly esteemed elder. Always dependable, punctual and walked the Christian pathway with dignity. Met to remember the Lord with a full basket and often ministered a word of encouragement to the saints. While health allowed preached in the open street." From an obit in Believers Magazine (Ireland).
      • J. Easton a correspondent (1980+) at Bethany Hall in Blantyre, South Lanark, Scot.
      • A. Easton preached with J. Burns & J. Aitken at the Gospel Hall in Blackburn, Scot. in May of 1982.
      • Mr. & Mrs. W. Easton were five of the original seven S.S. pupils in 1911 at Oaklands Hall (now Oaklands Bible Chapel, which started as a S.S. in the home of Mr. & Mrs. Galloway in 1911 in Victoria, B.C., as a hive-off from Victoria Gospel Hall, as per March 1959 Calling. D. Easton has served as an elder in this assembly.
      • Roger Easton led a team of eight to Tegucigalpa, Honduras in 2000 on a short-term missions trip to repair the home of Charles & Holly Wooler, missionaries from Pennsylvania. Roger's younger brother, Dennis, who attended Emmaus University in 1996 served as an administrative assistant, librarian and choir director at Kawartha Lakes Bible College in Ontario, and presently in the Philippines.
      • Donald R.K. Easton graduated from Emmaus in 1957.
      • B.S. Easton edited International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia, and The Pastoral Epistles (London, 1948).
      • Don Easton served as a correspondent at the Vedder Gospel Chapel in Chilliwack, B.C. in 1961, helping the development of an influential children's work, as per Calling 1961.

Mount Olive

St. Clair County

Belleville

East St. Louis

  • East St. Louis Meeting Room, IL (TW-Lowe-eb) +1896-1909; (TW-eb) 1909-1951+
    • @ home of Mrs. Noton, 710 N. 7th St. +1896+
    • M.T.: L.D. BoB 11:00am; Fri. R 7:45pm

Western IL

McDonough County

Good Hope

  • Good Hope Meeting Room, IL (TW-Lowe EB) +1889-1890+
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census reported that there was one PB-III assembly in McDonough Co., in a home with 5 adherents.
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