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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.

The above primer link expands on the abbreviations, and also contains introduction to this (and other) sheets within the overall History. There have been scores of branches with their own distinctive networks and strengths within the history of the PB, and many branches continue to flourish today, and while no assembly or gathering is identical to the others, each is thought to maintain a fervent desire for simplicity in gathering around the Lord Jesus, though practices and secondary doctrines may vary culturally and/or preferentially as autonomous (yet inter-dependent) local churches.

Assemblies are sorted geographically, and will, D.V., eventually have further history within. Red links on Brethrenpedia are presently undeveloped, and blue links contain data. Appreciate patience with our progress, and if you'd like to help, please contact any of the editing team, preferably via social media. Credit to Ancestry.com, Findagrave.com, Newspapers.com, BrethrenArchive.org, etc. for historical data.

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North-Central MO

Chariton County

Forest Grove

Forest Grove is believed to have existed near the "Old Ashby" cemetery and the Vance schoolhouse near Dove Rd. & Salem Ave. It is the middle point between Rockford, Oil City, Aholt and Lewis Mill. It is ca. seven miles northwest of Glasgow, just east of the KK highway. See Joseph Vance.

  • Forest Grove Gospel Hall, MO (OB) +1904+
    • c/o James W. Patterson (b. 1858 Prairie Twp, Howard, MO - d. 1927 Roanoke, MO)
      • son of Thomas Jefferson Patterson (b. 1823 Prairie Twp, Howard, MO - d. 1913 Salisbury, MO) & Dorcas Blake Patterson (b. 1844 MO - d. 1900 Bennington, KS), m. 1867 @ Prairie Twp, Chariton, MO;
      • 1883 @ Randolph, MO m. Sarah Frances Robertson (b. 1864 Randolph, MO - 1949 Roanoke, Howard, MO), dau. of Andrew Jackson Robertson (1839-1897 Randolph, MO) & Caroline Frances Robinson Robertson (b. 1844 Silver Creek, Clark, MO - d. 1926 Roanoke, MO);

Linn County

Bucklin

  • Bucklin Meeting Room, MO (EB) +1896+
    • c/o Boone Abraham Leatherman (b. 1858 Hampshire Cty, VA - d. 1919 Laverne, OK), raised 1860-1908 Bonhomme, Fenton, St. Louis, MO; son of Dr. Daniel Webster Leatherman (b. 1828 Hampshire Cty, VA - d. 1909 Rosston, OK) & Elisabeth Rotruck Leatherman (b. 1830 VA), m. Dec. 28, 1846 @ Hampshire Cty, VA; Boone married Sallie Mae Booth in MO. Eight children. His son-in-law, Rev. H.A. Manewal of Ottawa, KS officiated the funeral, along with Rev. Geo. B. Baker of Buffalo Methodist in OK. He served as postmaster at Rosston, OK until 1934. 2nd wife 1919 Wooward, OK: Ella Barnett (d. 1938).

East-Central MO (St. Louis area)

Crawford County

Cuba

Jefferson County

Hillsboro

Victoria

  • Victoria Meeting Room, MO (EB) +1878-1905+; (TW) +1911+
    • Hillsboro Meeting Room +1878-1880+
    • c/o T. Walker @ 1 mi. S.E. of town +1878-1880+; James Allen +1889-1903+; W.T. Spence +1889+; N. Marson +1896+; N. Marsden +1901-1905+; J.T. Armet +1911+

St. Charles County

St. Charles

St. Louis County

Fenton

  • Fenton Meeting Room, MO (EB) +1878-1909; (TW) 1909-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2016+
    • St. Louis Meeting Room +1878-2005+
    • c/o J.A.T. Krause @ 403 Christy Ave. +1878-1880+; A.H. Rule +1878-1879+; C.H. Ramel +1889-1896+; J.T. Armet +1896-1908+, +1914-1923+; F.A. Smith +1901-1908+; H.R. Eichenberger +1901+, +1911+; E.B. Hartt +1903+; George Weghorn +1905-1908+; F.R. Griffith +1911-1944+; M.W. Smith +1914-1923+; Otto Till +1927+, +1962-1973+; Theo. H. Fischer/Fisher +1927-1944+; E.S. Cuendet +1933-1944+; Gustav E. Rupp +1949-1973+; Oscar W. Allen +1949-1966+; R.B. Nash +1949-1951+; David G. Jennings +1985-2005+; Clarence L. Hart +1985+; Edgar Kirtley +1985-2005+; Charles R. Sands +1985+; Mark Jennings +1999+; Andrew Buchanan +2005+
    • @ 820 N. Nineteenth St. +1880+; Bible Truth Depot @ 912 N. Broadway +1896+; 4431 Garfield Ave. +1901-1914+; 1112 N. Taylor Ave. +1917-1949+;

Jennings

St. Louis

  • Walnut Park Bible Chapel, MO (OB-AA) 1970-1978+
    • @ 5547 Lillian Ave. +1978+
    • c/o Benton Jackson @ Hazelwood +1978+
      • Benton also founded Drummonds Bible Chapel, TN in 1978
    • started as outreach from Richmond Heights Gospel Hall

Northeastern MO

Scotland County

Memphis

Shelby County

Shelbina

Northwestern MO

KCMO area

Bates County

Adrian

Rich Hill

Sprague

Buchanan County

St. Joseph

Clay County

Excelsior Springs

Jackson County

Grain Valley

Independence

Kansas City

  • Kansas City Meeting Room, KCMO (EB) +1879-1909; (TW) 1909-1985+
    • c/o John Wells 1879+; O.O. Roberts +1889+; Alfred Gill +1894+; J.H. Johnson +1896+; P.H. Harris +1896-1905+; C.E. Daughaday +1908-1923+; H.A. Eichenberger +1911+; George Weghorn +1911-1944+; M.E. Petrequin +1914-1917+; J.A. Daniels +1914-1933+; W.O. Bell +1927-1944+; J. Paul Bell +1944+; R.B. Bell +1949-1951+; Robert C. Guthrie +1949+, +1962-1966+; Lloyd Odom +1949+; Sam Hoff +1951+; Peter Hulet +1951+, +1973+; Samuel S. Hoff +1962-1985+; Wilbur R. Hoff +1962+; Avery B. Dickson +1962-1966+; Lionel J. Mittlestadt +1973+; William M. Ward +1985+;
    • Dr. Phillip Osborne "Phil" Bell (b. 1908 Sampsel, OK - d. 1994 Criders, Rockingham, VA) resided for many years in Lawrence, Kansas. He was a mathematics professor at the University of Kansas, and commuted to the meeting room in KCMO. His father, William Osborne Bell (b. 1880 Miami, Saline, MO - d. 1961 Walla Walla, WA) was a correspondent at this meeting room +1927-1944+. In 1934, Phil married Martha Marie Klassen (b. 1913 Aberdeen, [[Idaho}ID]] - d. 1951 Lawrence, KS, a daughter of Cornelius & Paula Hege Klassen, co-founders of the Aberdeen Meeting Room in Idaho in 1912. Martha died in 1951, at the age of 38, of cancer, and Dr. Bell remained in Lawrence for a time, and in 1953 remarried Vera Jane Allendorf (b. 1925 San Gabriel, Los Angeles, CA - d. 2006 Criders, VA), daughter of John George Allendorf (b. 1895 Chicago, IL - d. 1959 Napa, CA) & Bessie Ina Graham Allendorf (b. 1898 Palermo, Grundy, IA - d. 1985 Fairfax Co., VA), and they eventually retired to Van Nuys, California, and later in Criders, VA.
  • Sherwood Bible Church, KCMO (OB) 1920-1933+; (BC) ?-2021+
    • Central Bible Hall (OB) 1920-1933+; Central Bible Church (OB BC) ?-1983;
    • hive from Troost; see SBC's website
    • @ 3032 Main St. +1927+
    • c/o Dr. Walter Wilson @ 3658 Jefferson Ave. +1927+
  • Troost Avenue Gospel Hall, KCMO (OB) 1883-1984
    • Grand Avenue Gospel Hall, KCMO +1904+; 16th & Holmes St. Gospel Hall 1912-1917;
    • @ Grand Ave. +1904+; 16th & Holmes St. 1912-1917; 2814 Troost Ave. +1927+
    • c/o J. Simpson @ 1311 Lake Ave. +1927+

Levasy

Sny?

Lafayette County

Hodge

Waterloo

Wellington

Southcentral MO (Ozarks)

Douglas County

Ava

Gasconade County

Hermann

Howell County

Pomona

Phelps County

Rolla

Webster County

Seymour

  • Seymour Meeting Room, MO (EB) +1896+; (TW) +1923-1955+
    • c/o Samuel Goret +1896+; Edward W. Kirtley +1923+; Mrs. Edward W. (Hattie) Kirtley +1930-1955+

Southeastern MO

Butler County

Poplar Bluff

Mississippi County

Henson

Scott County

Sikeston

Southwestern MO

Christian County

Ozark

Greene County

Springfield

Hickory County

Wheatland

Jasper County

Joplin

Polk County

Bolivar

St. Clair County

Ohio

Vernon County

Milo

Nevada

Panama

Schell City

Westcentral MO

Henry County

Montrose

  • Montrose Gospel Hall, MO (OB) +1904-1927+
    • c/o Andrew Wally +1904+ (b. 1853 Fideris, Switzerland - d. 1941 Clinton, Henry, MO); son of Joseph Wally (b. 1826 Switzerland - d. 1926 Montrose, MO) & Elizabeth Joseph Wally (b. 1826 Switzerland - d. 1903 Montrose, MO); 1883 @ Washington, Henry, MO m. Wilhelmina "Minnie" Beckman (b. 1855 Germany - d. 1939 Montrose, MO); Family emigrated 1870 initially to Michigan, then Illinois. In 1871, they came to Montrose and Andrew worked seven years for O.S. Johnson; In 1880, he started his own hardware store, and later established the first undertaking establishment, and brokered large quantities of broom corn. Children: Joseph Wally, Jr. (KCMO) & Minnie Wally Duewel; Funeral @ Cumberland Presbyterian in Montrose, officiated by Rev. Frank Calame & Rev. Rodgers of Omaha, NE. Pallbearers were B.J. Walbert, Ted Conrad, N. Halfen, Tom Downing, Fred Rissling & George Stephens; Flowerbearers were Mrs. R.H. Wells, Mrs. O.O. Gragg, Mrs. Lawrence Mannen, and Mrs. Virgil Bunch.
    • c/o Andrew Wally +1927+

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