Texas
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Contents
- 1 Central East TX
- 1.1 Anderson County
- 1.2 Bell County (Killeen/Temple metro)
- 1.3 Brazos County (Bryan/College Station metro)
- 1.4 DFW Metro
- 1.5 Erath County
- 1.6 Freestone County
- 1.7 Hill County
- 1.8 Hubbard
- 1.9 McLennan County (Waco metro)
- 1.10 Panola County
- 2 Central West TX
- 3 Northern TX
- 4 South TX
- 5 South Central TX
- 6 Southeast TX
Central East TX
Anderson County
Palestine
- Palestine Gospel Hall, TX (OB) +1904-1927+
- @ Tennessee Ave & Louisiana St. +1904+
- c/o William H. Smith @ 515 N. Sycamore St. +1927+
- 1935 worked in fruits @ 114 W. Oak, living at 515 N. Sycamore
- wife: Dollie
- Palestine Daily Herald
- From Feb. 9th thru Dec. 17, 1904 on Saturdays, starting on Feb. 9th: Gospel Hall: "There will be preaching at the Gospel Hall, corner of Tennessee Ave. and Louisiana streets, every Sunday night at 7:30 o'clock. Everybody invited to attend."
- 4-9-1904: Gospel Meetings: "T.C. Bush, Evangelist of Waxahachie, Texas, will begin a series of Gospel meetings at the Gospel hall, corner Tennessee Avenue and Louisiana street, tonight at 7:30 to continue through next week. All are cordially invited to these services."
- 4-11-1904: "Meeting tonight at the gospel hall, and nightly through this week. Preaching by T.C. Bush of Waxahachie. Subject for tonight, the two must be's of the 3rd of John. The Lord Jesus said to one of the most moral and religious men of his day, "Ye must be born again". All are invited to these gospel services."
- 4-12-1904: At the Gospel Hall: "At the Gospel Hall tonight the personal, pre-millennial coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, as "the Hope" of God's people, will be the subject. Preaching by T.C. Bush of Waxahachie. Come, and bring your bible with you. These meetings will be continued through this week."
- 4-13-1904: Gospel Hall: "The meetings continue here with interest. Subject for tonight, 'The Deluge', and its bearing on the end of this present age, as foretold by the Lord Jesus in Luke 17: 'As it was in the days of Noah, even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed'. Preaching by T.C. Bush of Waxahachie. All are invited to these meetings."
- 4-14-1904: Gospel Hall: "'The blood-sprinkled door in the land of Egypt gave both security and assurance to the Hebrew, and that too in the face of an awful impending doom for Egypt, a type of this world. So now the blood of Christ gives both security and assurance to those who really believe.' The above will be the subject at the hall tonight. Services conducted by T.C. Bush. Come and hear for yourselves.
- 4-16-1904: Gospel Hall: "'And behold, the veil of the Temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.' This statement, so pregnant with meaning, for Jew as well as Gentile, is given us by Saint Matthew, immediately after the Son of God, 'Yielded up the Ghost'. So the rent veil, and sinners, purged by this precious blood, brought into the immediate presence of God, 'by a new and living way', will be the subject at the Gospel hall tonight. Meeting also on Sunday night. Services conducted by T.C. Bush, evangelist of Waxahachie."
- 5-20-1905: Tent Meeting: "Meetings begin tonight at the tent, corner Conrad and Coronoca streets. Services at 8 o'clock every night until further notice. Our aim is to preach the gospel, which we know to be the power of God, unto salvation, to every one that believeth. Services conducted by T.C. Bush of Waxahachie, Texas. Come and bring your bible with you."
Bell County (Killeen/Temple metro)
Temple
- Temple Gospel Hall, TX (OB) +1927+
- c/o C. Kearsey @ 1008 S. Main St.
- Temple Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1973+
Brazos County (Bryan/College Station metro)
Bryan
- Bryan Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1944+
DFW Metro
Dallas County
Dallas
- Dallas Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1917+; +1944+; +1951+; +1985+
- Dallas Gospel Hall, TX (OB) +1904-1927+
- @ Fitzhugh & Phillips +1927+
- c/o J.T. Dean @ 13 St. Paul St. +1904+; William Sebastian @ 1009 Woodlawn Ave. +1927+
Irving
- Irving Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1951+
Mesquite
- Mesquite Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1933+
Denton County
Denton
- Denton Christian Fellowship (OB/TW-P) +1878/+1962/1992-2019+
- Denton Meeting Room, TX (EB) +1878-1880+; (TW) +1962-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2016+
- c/o Mrs. Isaac Langford +1880+ (no meeting)
Plano
- Plano Meeting Room, TX (TW-N) +1999+
Ellis County
Waxahachie
- Waxahachie Gospel Hall, TX (OB) +1904-1927+
- c/o Thomas Chairs Bush +1904-1927+ (b. 1866 Lancaster, Garrard, KY - d. 1948 Waxahachie, TX), son of Dr. William N. Bush (b. 1835 Div. 66, Oglethorpe, GA - d. 1900 Lancaster, KY) & Osee Salters Bush (d. 1909 St. Louis, MO; Osee was a daughter of Gabriel Jones Salter (1808-1874), whose father, Michael Salter (1754-1846) served on as a musician in Hazen's Continental Regiment in the Revolutionary War.
- Waxahachie Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1949+
Hunt County
Commerce
- Commerce Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1944+
Richland
- Richland Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1917+
Palo Pinto County (Mineral Wells micro)
Strawn
- Strawn Gospel Hall, TX (OB) +1927+
- c/o William Allingham
Tarrant County
Arlington
- Arlington Meeting Room, TX (TW-N) +1999-2005+
Fort Worth
- Fort Worth Gospel Hall, TX (OB) +1927+
- c/o Dr. J.A. Gracey @ 515 S. Henderson St. +1927+
- Dr. Joseph Archibald Gracey +1927-1930 (b. 1860 Tilbury West, Essex, ON - d. 1930 Ft. Worth, TX), son of John Gracey & Mary Gracey (b. 1816 Ireland).
- wife: Mary Abbie Scott Gracey (b. 1861 - d. 1945), "for two decades a worker in the Christian Brethren Church, taught Sunday school and Bible study classes almost until the day of her death. Until four months ago she drove a car about the city in church visitation work and was known widely for her attention to the poor and ill."
- married 1884 @ Wingham, Huron, Ontario, both Presbyterian at the time of their wedding. No children. Mary's brother, Walter B. Scott, was a Fort Worth attorney, and she had two sisters also there, Miss Katherine Scott & Mrs. Rufus J. Lackland, Sr.
- grad. 1882 with his L.R.C.P. They moved to Fort Worth, TX in 1889 where he setup his physician practice, until sometime before WWI when they relocated to Waxahachie, then during WWI to Houston, where he served as physician for a shipbuilding concern, settling back in Fort Worth after the War.
- wife: Mary Abbie Scott Gracey (b. 1861 - d. 1945), "for two decades a worker in the Christian Brethren Church, taught Sunday school and Bible study classes almost until the day of her death. Until four months ago she drove a car about the city in church visitation work and was known widely for her attention to the poor and ill."
- Dr. Joseph Archibald Gracey +1927-1930 (b. 1860 Tilbury West, Essex, ON - d. 1930 Ft. Worth, TX), son of John Gracey & Mary Gracey (b. 1816 Ireland).
- c/o Dr. J.A. Gracey @ 515 S. Henderson St. +1927+
Grapevine
- Grapevine Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1973+
Richland Hills
- Richland Hills Meeting Room, TX (TW-N) +2005+
Texoma Region
Cooke County (Gainesville micro)
Gainesville
- Gainesville Gospel Hall, TX (OB) +1927+
- c/o Luby Moses Almon +1927+ (b. 1871 Heard Co., GA - d. 1969 Gainesville, TX), son of Hezekiah Gilford Almon (b. 1847 Heard Co., GA - d. 1920 Birmingham, AL) & Emily Teresa Davis Almon (b. 1851 Heard Co., GA - d. 1938 Milledgeville, Baldwin, GA);
- wife: Eliza Katherine Newton Almon (b. 1881 TX - d. 1980 Gainesville, TX), dau. of Pvt. Rev. Charles Baker Newton (b. 1839 Sub. 23, McMinn, TN - d. 1929 J.P. 1, Cooke Co., TX) & Martha E. Brothers Newton (b. 1853 TX - d. 1933 Gainesville, TX); Charles enlisted in the Civil War with the Sixteenth Cavalry (Fitzhugh's Regt., Third Regt., Johnson's Brigade).
- c/o Luby Moses Almon +1927+ (b. 1871 Heard Co., GA - d. 1969 Gainesville, TX), son of Hezekiah Gilford Almon (b. 1847 Heard Co., GA - d. 1920 Birmingham, AL) & Emily Teresa Davis Almon (b. 1851 Heard Co., GA - d. 1938 Milledgeville, Baldwin, GA);
Grayson County (Sherman/Denison metro)
Howe
- Howe Gospel Hall, TX (OB) +1904+
- c/o Dr. Davis
Sherman
- Sherman Meeting Room, TX (EB) +1903+
Wise County
Boyd
- Boyd Gospel Hall, TX (OB) +1927+
Erath County
Dublin
- Dublin Meeting Room, TX (EB) +1896-1901+
Freestone County
Wortham
- Wortham Meeting Room, TX (EB) +1878-1909; (TW) 1909-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2016+
- c/o Seth Fuller @ 3 mi. W of town +1880+
Hill County
Hubbard
- Hubbard Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1966+
- if not in Hill County, then in Bowie County
McLennan County (Waco metro)
Waco
Panola County
Carthage
- Carthage Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1923+
Central West TX
Eastland County
Sabanno
- Sabanno Meeting Room, TX (EB) +1901+
El Paso County
- Clint Gospel Hall, TX (OB) +1927+
El Paso
- El Paso Gospel Chapel, TX (OB) +1927-1938+
- El Paso Gospel Hall +1927+; El Paso Gospel Chapel +1938+; El Paso Assembly of Grace Chapel +1945+;
- @ 2231 Montana St. +1938-1945+
- c/o Dr. S. King @ Two Republics Building +1927+
- Dr. Samuel Franklin "Sam" King +1927-1938 (b. 1862 Precinct 4, Grayson, TX - d. 1938 El Paso, TX), son of James Henry King (b. 1830 Sumner County, TN - d. 1902 Whitewright, Fannin, TX) & Missouri Ann Jones King (b. 1831 Clinton County, MO - d. 1895 Whitewright, Fannin, TX)
- lived @ Denver, CO +1903-1905; El Paso 1905-1938; J. Bruce Gilbert officiated his memorial at the "Gospel Chapel on Montana Street".
- wife: Sarah L. "Sallie" Battle King +1927-1945 (b. 1861 Woodville, Jackson, LA - d. 1945 El Paso, TX)), dau. of Pvt. James Edward Battle (b. 1813 N.C. - d. 1880 McKinney, Collin, TX) & Sara Susanne Smith Battle (b. 1824 Columbia, Henry, AL - d. 1903 Madill, Marshall, OK; Sallie lived her early years in McKinney, TX; James D. Healey officiated her memorial. Sarah had a sister named Mary (b. 1853 Woodville, Jackson, LA - d. 1933 McKinney, TX) who married Albert G. Eakins (b. 1853 Div. 1, Henderson County, KY - d. 1939 McKinney, TX). Sallie was raised Methodist, her parents owned over 500 servants pre-Civil War.
- Sam & Sallie were married in 1896 in Tarrant County, TX by the Rev. Junius Butler French (b. 1858 San Antonio, TX - d. 1918 Jacksonville, FL, then pastor of what is now St. Stephen Presbyterian Church (then known as Broadway PC), see BPC history, a mission church to the Southside of Ft. Worth, planted in 1884 by the First PC.
- no children, nephew: Dr. Samuel R. King (El Paso, TX), niece: Mrs. Walter Templeton (Shawnee, OK)
- Dr. Samuel Franklin "Sam" King +1927-1938 (b. 1862 Precinct 4, Grayson, TX - d. 1938 El Paso, TX), son of James Henry King (b. 1830 Sumner County, TN - d. 1902 Whitewright, Fannin, TX) & Missouri Ann Jones King (b. 1831 Clinton County, MO - d. 1895 Whitewright, Fannin, TX)
- El Paso Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1923+
- c/o Paul Wilkins & William Beaumont
Howard County
Big Spring
- Big Spring Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1962+
Scurry County
Snyder
- Snyder Meeting Room, TX (TW-P) +2019+
Northern TX
Floyd County
Lockney
- Lockney Gospel Hall, TX (OB) +1927+
Hale County (Plainview micro)
Plainview
- Plainview Gospel Hall, TX (OB) +1927+
- c/o William Bradford Cox +1927+ (b. 1883 Navarro, TX - d. 1972 Plainview, TX), son of William Lewis Cox of Lockney (1927) & Quanah (1904) Gospel Halls.
Hardeman County
Quanah
- Quanah Gospel Hall, TX (OB) +1904+
- c/o W.L. Cox
- see Lockney Gospel Hall in Floyd Co.
- c/o W.L. Cox
Hutchinson County
Borger
- Borger Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1944+
Ochiltree County
Waka
- Wawaka Meeting Room, TX (EB) +1908+
Potter County (Amarillo metro
Amarillo
- Amarillo Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1966+
Wichita County (Wichita Falls metro)
Wichita Falls
- Wichita Falls Gospel Hall, TX (OB) +1927+
- c/o James Sommerville @ Burnett Street Tents & Awnings
South TX
Hidalgo County (McAllen/Edinburg/Mission metro)
Edinburg
- Edinburg Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1962-1973+
Mission
- Mission Meeting Room, TX (TW-N) +2016+
Weslaco
- Weslaco Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1985+
Jim Wells County=
Alice
- Alice Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1944-1949+
Zavala County
Crystal City
- Crystal City Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1914+
South Central TX
Austin / Round Rock metro
Travis County
Austin
- Austin Gospel Hall, TX (OB) +1927+
- c/o Mrs. J.B. Robinson
San Antonio metro
Atascosa County
Pleasanton
- Pleasanton Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1933+
Bexar County
San Antonio
- San Antonio Gospel Hall, TX (OB) +1904-1927+
- c/o W.H. Brown +1904-1927+
- Agent @ American Express Co. +1904+
- @ 831 Kentucky St. +1927+
- c/o W.H. Brown +1904-1927+
- San Antonio Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1923+; +1951+; +1962-1973+; +1985+
Comal County
New Braunfels
- New Braunfels Meeting Room, TX (TW-N) +2016+
Wilson County
Floresville
- Floresville Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1949-1951+
Pandora
- Pandora Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1944+
Stockdale
- Stockdale Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1951+
Schleicher County
Eldorado
- Eldorado Gospel Hall, TX (OB) +1927+
- c/o Joseph Bassett Christian (b. 1868 Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, KY - d. 1952 San Angelo, Tom Green, TX), son of John Wesley Christian (b. 1835 District 2, Todd, KY - d. 1891 Round Rock, Williamson, TX) & Rebecca Jane Stahl Christian (b. 1838 Barry County, MO - d. 1914 Hamilton County, TX);
- wife: Nellie Velma Williams Elder-Christian (b. 1883 TX - d. 1974 Eldorado, TX), dau. of Martin Lemuel Williams (b. 1855 Beat 4, Bowie, TX - d. 1934 Precinct 2, McCulloch, TX) & Martha Ellen Miller Williams (b. 1867 Belton, Bell, TX - d. 1960 Brady, McCulloch, TX)
- 1940 President @ National Bank
- c/o Joseph Bassett Christian (b. 1868 Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, KY - d. 1952 San Angelo, Tom Green, TX), son of John Wesley Christian (b. 1835 District 2, Todd, KY - d. 1891 Round Rock, Williamson, TX) & Rebecca Jane Stahl Christian (b. 1838 Barry County, MO - d. 1914 Hamilton County, TX);
Southeast TX
Houston Metro
Harris County
Houston
- Houston Gospel Hall, TX (OB) +1904-1927+
- @ 2402 Louisiana +1927+
- c/o Jos. Jamison +1904+;
- c/o P.C. Doehring @ 2302 Louisiana St. +1927+
- Paul Christoph Doehring (b. 1871 Millstadt, St. Clair, IL - d. 1941), son of Rev. Carl Frederich Doehring (b. 1825 Esslingen, Germany - d. 1883 Plum Hill, Washington, IL) & Ursula Zimmerman Doehring (b. 1841 Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland - d. 1923 Chicago, Cook, IL). Paul was a jewelry store merchant.
- 1st wife: Lula Belle Sweeney Doehring (b. 1881 - d. 1918 Houston, TX)
- 2nd wife: Maria Roman Doehring (d. 1941 Houston, TX)
- Paul Christoph Doehring (b. 1871 Millstadt, St. Clair, IL - d. 1941), son of Rev. Carl Frederich Doehring (b. 1825 Esslingen, Germany - d. 1883 Plum Hill, Washington, IL) & Ursula Zimmerman Doehring (b. 1841 Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland - d. 1923 Chicago, Cook, IL). Paul was a jewelry store merchant.
- Houston Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1923+; +1944-1966+; +1985-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2016+
Liberty County
Cleveland
- Cleveland Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1962+
Montgomery County
Conroe
- Conroe Meeting Room, TX (TW-N) +2010+
The Woodlands
- The Woodlands Meeting Room, TX (TW-N) +2016+
Walker County
Huntsville
- Huntsville Meeting Room, TX (TW) +1966+