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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.
 
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.
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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.  <br /><br />See [[Gospel Pioneering in Virginia]] for a ''Letters of Interest'' article from 1946 on the earliest Open assemblies in Virginia.  
  
 
=Eastern Central Virginia=
 
=Eastern Central Virginia=
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==Chesterfield County==
 
==Chesterfield County==
 
===Matoaca===
 
===Matoaca===
* [[Matoaca Gospel Hall, VA]] (OB) '''1897'''-2020+
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* [[Matoaca Gospel Hall, VA]] (OB) '''1895'''-2020+
** @ 4 mi. west of Petersburg 1956-1960; River Rd. 1961-1975; 6204 River Rd. +1976-2020+
 
** c/o Grover Cleveland Skinner +1927+ (b. 1885 Lunenburg, VA - d. 1958 Pembroke, Petersburg, VA);
 
** c/o Samuel Moody McEwen, Jr., 213 River Rd. +1936-1969 (b. 1903 Matoaca, VA - d. 1976 Petersburg, VA)
 
** c/o John Paul Rockey 1970-1975 (b. 1926 Norfolk, VA - d. 2015 Cedar Falls, IA)
 
** c/o Samuel McCracken Ellison @ Petersburg 1976-1980+ (b. 1895 Belfast, Ireland - d. 1982 Petersburg, VA)
 
** John Nobles +1982-2020+
 
  
 
==Lynchburg Metro==
 
==Lynchburg Metro==
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** West High Street Gospel Hall; Petersburg Gospel Hall +1890-1990;
 
** West High Street Gospel Hall; Petersburg Gospel Hall +1890-1990;
 
** @ W. High St. between West & Dunlop +1927-1958; 1001 W. High St. 1959-1966; 1009 W. High St. 1967-1973; 1001 W. High St. 1974-1990; 25609 Grant Ave. 1991-1999;
 
** @ W. High St. between West & Dunlop +1927-1958; 1001 W. High St. 1959-1966; 1009 W. High St. 1967-1973; 1001 W. High St. 1974-1990; 25609 Grant Ave. 1991-1999;
** c/o Hugh Campbell 1900-1923 (b. 1857 Scot. - d. 1923), co-owner @ Burns & Campbell (The Petersburg Granite Company), a stone maker who designed the arch at Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg.
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** c/o Hugh Campbell +1900-1923 (b. 1857 Scot. - d. 1923), co-owner @ Burns & Campbell (The Petersburg Granite Company), a stone maker who designed the arch at Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg.
*** Hugh Campbell, Jr., 927 W. High St. +1936-1949 (1888-1949);
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** c/o Hugh Campbell, Jr., 927 W. High St. 1924-1949 (1888-1949);
*** William Edgar Dancy +1954-1998 (b. 1909 Glendale Springs, NC - d. 1998 Petersburg, VA), owned Dancy's Barber Shop in Petersburg 1936-1996, retired when he was 87.
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** c/o William Edgar Dancy +1954-1998 (b. 1909 Glendale Springs, NC - d. 1998 Petersburg, VA), owned Dancy's Barber Shop in Petersburg 1936-1996, retired when he was 87.
 
** see May 1902 ''Our Record'' for brief history of the start of this assembly
 
** see May 1902 ''Our Record'' for brief history of the start of this assembly
  
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** @ Buren Garden, River Rd. 1956-1958; 1105 Sunnyside Ave. 1959-1960+
 
** @ Buren Garden, River Rd. 1956-1958; 1105 Sunnyside Ave. 1959-1960+
 
** c/o Obery Chatten Westmoreland, 116 N. 21st Ave. 1955-1958 (b. 1918 Namozine, Dinwiddie, VA - d. 1995 Newport News, VA), life insurance agent
 
** c/o Obery Chatten Westmoreland, 116 N. 21st Ave. 1955-1958 (b. 1918 Namozine, Dinwiddie, VA - d. 1995 Newport News, VA), life insurance agent
*** Ozell Edward Ard 1959-1964 (b. 1910 Johnsonville, Florence, SC - d. 2012) silk mill in 1930, retired welder @ Hercules 1948-1972; Moved to Hopewell in 1921. Trusted Christ in 1949. Died @ 101, likely at Matoaca Gospel Hall.
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** c/o Ozell Edward Ard 1959-1964 (b. 1910 Johnsonville, Florence, SC - d. 2012) silk mill in 1930, retired welder @ Hercules 1948-1972; Moved to Hopewell in 1921. Trusted Christ in 1949. Died @ 101, likely at Matoaca Gospel Hall.
  
* [[Kenwood Heights Gospel Hall, VA]] (OB) +1936+; +1950-1999
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* [[Hopewell Gospel Hall, VA]] (OB) +1936+
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** c/o George Wallace Rucker (b. 1889 Amelia, VA - d. 1967 Richmond, VA) +1936+ then to Richmond Gospel Hall;
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* [[Kenwood Heights Gospel Hall, VA]] (OB) 1949-1999
 
** @ 3005 Poplar St., Kenwood Heights +1954-1999
 
** @ 3005 Poplar St., Kenwood Heights +1954-1999
 
** Hopewell assembly (OB) +1936+
 
** Hopewell assembly (OB) +1936+
** c/o George Wallace Rucker (b. 1889 Amelia, VA - d. 1967 Richmond, VA) +1936+ then to Richmond Gospel Hall; Ozel E. Ard +1954 (see Believers Gospel Hall); Leviticus Peter White 1955-1975 (b. 1890 Hardy, Isle of Wight, VA - d. 1976 Hopewell, VA); Hayward Long Morrison +1950+, 1976-1995 (b. 1908 Shiloh, NC - d. 1990 Hopewell, VA);
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** c/o Hayward Long Morrison 1949-1951+, 1976-1995 (b. 1908 Shiloh, NC - d. 1990 Hopewell, VA)
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** c/o Ozel E. Ard +1954 (see Believers Gospel Hall);
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** c/o Leviticus Peter White 1955-1975 (b. 1890 Hardy, Isle of Wight, VA - d. 1976 Hopewell, VA); ;
  
 
===Richmond===
 
===Richmond===
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*** George Wallace Rucker +1954 (b. 1889 Amelia, VA - d. 1967 Richmond, VA) previously founder @ Kenwood Heights Gospel Hall;
 
*** George Wallace Rucker +1954 (b. 1889 Amelia, VA - d. 1967 Richmond, VA) previously founder @ Kenwood Heights Gospel Hall;
 
*** Royce Reams, Sr. 1955-1959, 1966-1978; (1901-1989 Henrico co., VA)
 
*** Royce Reams, Sr. 1955-1959, 1966-1978; (1901-1989 Henrico co., VA)
*** John Paul Rockey 1961-1965 (b. 1926 Norfolk, VA - d. 2015 Cedar Falls, IA);
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*** [[John Paul Rockey]] 1961-1965 (b. 1926 Norfolk, VA - d. 2015 Cedar Falls, IA);
 
*** Horace Reams @ Mechanicsville 1979-1996
 
*** Horace Reams @ Mechanicsville 1979-1996
 
*** Tom Brown @ Mechanicsville 2000-2020+; Robbie Brown 2000-2020+
 
*** Tom Brown @ Mechanicsville 2000-2020+; Robbie Brown 2000-2020+
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** Grace Chapel +1954-1971
 
** Grace Chapel +1954-1971
 
** @ 1002 E. 44th St. +1954-1955; 1403 E. 44th St. 1956-1960; 3459 Chapel Dr. 1961-1995; 1201 Spirea Rd. 1995-2020+
 
** @ 1002 E. 44th St. +1954-1955; 1403 E. 44th St. 1956-1960; 3459 Chapel Dr. 1961-1995; 1201 Spirea Rd. 1995-2020+
** c/o Billy Joe Cheetham +1954 (b. 1923 Hinton, WV - d. 1980 Hampton, VA); pipe fitter @ C&O RR 34 yrs.; wife Charlotte Joann Maynor Cheetham (b. 1924 Maynor, WV; m. 1943 San Diego, CA; d. 2013 Hampton, VA); later elder & preacher @ [[Bethany Gospel Chapel, Newport News, VA]].
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** c/o Billy Joe Cheetham +1954 (b. 1923 Hinton, WV - d. 1980 Hampton, VA); pipe fitter @ C&O RR 34 yrs.; wife Charlotte Joann Maynor Cheetham (b. 1924 Maynor, WV; m. 1943 San Diego, CA; d. 2013 Hampton, VA); later elder & preacher @ [[Bethany Gospel Chapel, Newport News, VA]].
*** Jasper Dwight Caldwell 1955-1972 (1917-2009)  
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*** Jasper Dwight Caldwell 1955-1972 (1917-2009)
 
*** Jerome Goodman @ Midlothian 1973-1999 (b. 1922 Philadelphia, PA - d. 2010 Chesterfield, VA); m. Doris Helen Vaughan in 1944 while Sgt. Goodman was stationed at Camp Lee.
 
*** Jerome Goodman @ Midlothian 1973-1999 (b. 1922 Philadelphia, PA - d. 2010 Chesterfield, VA); m. Doris Helen Vaughan in 1944 while Sgt. Goodman was stationed at Camp Lee.
 
*** Joel P. Wilkerson 2000-2006; Jim Rowland @ Chester 2007; Herman Reams @ Tappahannock 2008-2020+
 
*** Joel P. Wilkerson 2000-2006; Jim Rowland @ Chester 2007; Herman Reams @ Tappahannock 2008-2020+
  
 
* [[Richmond Meeting Room, VA]] (EB) +1905-1908+; (TW) +1927+
 
* [[Richmond Meeting Room, VA]] (EB) +1905-1908+; (TW) +1927+
** c/o Dr. Charles Mettauer Bradbury +1905-1908+ (b. 1862 - d. 1930 Forest Hill, Richmond, VA);  
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** c/o Dr. Charles Mettauer Bradbury +1905-1908+ (b. 1862 - d. 1930 Forest Hill, Richmond, VA);
 
*** Dr. Bradbury was employed as a food chemist for the state department; wife Cora Blanche Lafferty Bradbury (b. Pittsburgh, PA); m. 1893 at Kanayawa, Japan, officiated by Rev. T.C. Winn. Charles' father was John W. Bradbury (1827-1904), and his grandfather was Samuel Bradbury, whose wife Sarah was a grand-daughter of William Leighton (1723-1793).
 
*** Dr. Bradbury was employed as a food chemist for the state department; wife Cora Blanche Lafferty Bradbury (b. Pittsburgh, PA); m. 1893 at Kanayawa, Japan, officiated by Rev. T.C. Winn. Charles' father was John W. Bradbury (1827-1904), and his grandfather was Samuel Bradbury, whose wife Sarah was a grand-daughter of William Leighton (1723-1793).
  
William Leighton fought in the American Revolutionary War, and "assisted in raising and equipping the 112 men who, at the call of Warren, marched from Kittery under command of his cousin, Capt. Samuel Leighton, to join the army at Cambridge in April 1775." It was also written that he was "a zealous patriot... prominent in arousing the patriotic spirit of the people." He was a Selectman from 1770-1776 of the town of Eliot (Kittery), Maine, and member of a congress of York Co., Maine. This data originated from ''Leighton Genealogy'' by T.F. Jordan, via a 1923 application from Dr. Bradbury's son Frank M. (a Richmond attorney in the 1920's) towards a membership in the Virginia chapter of Sons of the American Revolution via [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2204/images/32596_242199-00438 Ancestry.com].
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William Leighton fought in the American Revolutionary War, and "assisted in raising and equipping the 112 men who, at the call of Warren, marched from Kittery under command of his cousin, Capt. Samuel Leighton, to join the army at Cambridge in April 1775." It was also written that he was "a zealous patriot... prominent in arousing the patriotic spirit of the people." He was a Selectman from 1770-1776 of the town of Eliot (Kittery), Maine, and member of a congress of York Co., Maine. This data originated from ''Leighton Genealogy'' by T.F. Jordan, via a 1923 application from Dr. Bradbury's son Frank M. (a Richmond attorney in the 1920's) towards a membership in the Virginia chapter of Sons of the American Revolution via [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2204/images/32596_242199-00438 Ancestry.com].
  
There's also a story on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Leighton Wikipedia] about William Leighton's ancestor Dr. Alexander Leighton (b. 1570 Glasgow, Scot. - d. 1672 Dover, NH) writing a pamphlet in 1628 that criticized bishops presiding over the Church of Scotland, which led to imprisonment and torture under the reign of King Charles I.
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There's also a story on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Leighton Wikipedia] about William Leighton's ancestor Dr. Alexander Leighton (b. 1570 Glasgow, Scot. - d. 1672 Dover, NH) writing a pamphlet in 1628 that criticized bishops presiding over the Church of Scotland, which led to imprisonment and torture under the reign of King Charles I.
  
** Cyril Abraham Fox +1908+ (b. 1884 Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada - d. 1940 Pittsburgh, PA)  
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** Cyril Abraham Fox +1908+ (b. 1884 Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada - d. 1940 Pittsburgh, PA)
*** In 1900, Cyril was living in Paterson, NJ. In 1905, he married Jean Laine McLeish (b. 1879 Toronto, ON - d. 1915 Richmond, VA) who was raised in Cleveland, OH. She died at the age of 36, leaving Cyril and two young daughters Jeanne Mallon Fox (1906-1983 m. Hubert Linn Edsall) & Margaret Fox (1910-1995, m. James Gibson Bair). Cyril was employed as a traveling salesman. Later in 1915, Cyril remarried Julia Florence Barcus (1873-1961) from Pittsburgh, PA.   His parents were Michael & Alice Mallon Fox, both born in Ireland.  
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*** In 1900, Cyril was living in Paterson, NJ. In 1905, he married Jean Laine McLeish (b. 1879 Toronto, ON - d. 1915 Richmond, VA) who was raised in Cleveland, OH. She died at the age of 36, leaving Cyril and two young daughters Jeanne Mallon Fox (1906-1983 m. Hubert Linn Edsall) & Margaret Fox (1910-1995, m. James Gibson Bair). Cyril was employed as a traveling salesman. Later in 1915, Cyril remarried Julia Florence Barcus (1873-1961) from Pittsburgh, PA. His parents were Michael & Alice Mallon Fox, both born in Ireland.
  
** James Thomas McGraw +1908+ (b. 1864 Burnley, Lancashire, Eng. - d. 1915 Richmond, VA) m. Amelia Campbell McLinn McLeish (b. 1876 Toronto, ON - d. 1950 Evendale, OH) in 1894 at Hamilton, OH. His wife was employed in 1900 in Richmond in law enforcement. James was self-employed in Richmond +1882-1910+ as a hardware merchant at 1442 E. Main that sold railway, machinist, farming implements, material for carriages and wagons, and foundry supplies wholesale. Burnley, where James was born, is 20 miles north of Manchester, and in 1866 was the largest producer of cotton in the world. They had three children:  
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** James Thomas McGraw +1908+ (b. 1864 Burnley, Lancashire, Eng. - d. 1915 Richmond, VA) m. Amelia Campbell McLinn McLeish (b. 1876 Toronto, ON - d. 1950 Evendale, OH) in 1894 at Hamilton, OH. His wife was employed in 1900 in Richmond in law enforcement. James was self-employed in Richmond +1882-1910+ as a hardware merchant at 1442 E. Main that sold railway, machinist, farming implements, material for carriages and wagons, and foundry supplies wholesale. Burnley, where James was born, is 20 miles north of Manchester, and in 1866 was the largest producer of cotton in the world. They had three children:
 
*** Edward Huntington McGraw (b. 1898 VA - d. 1961 Bryn Mawr Park, NY) m. Amy Catherine Snyder in Cambridge, MA.
 
*** Edward Huntington McGraw (b. 1898 VA - d. 1961 Bryn Mawr Park, NY) m. Amy Catherine Snyder in Cambridge, MA.
*** James Charleton McGraw (b. 1905 VA - d. 1990 Cincinatti, OH) m. Gertrude Hagemeyer. Employed as a printer, but no known relation to the James H. McGraw that founded what became the largest publisher of educational materials in the world.
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*** James Charleton McGraw (b. 1905 VA - d. 1990 Cincinatti, OH) m. Gertrude Hagemeyer. Employed as a printer, but no known relation to the James H. McGraw that founded what became the largest publisher of educational materials in the world.
*** Gordon Meader McGraw (b. 1909 VA - d. 2001) m. Blanche Phyllis (1911-1982).
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*** Gordon Meader McGraw (b. 1909 VA - d. 2001) m. Blanche Phyllis (1911-1982).
  
** By 1927, there was a Mrs. B. Wood living in Richmond that would have been the remaining exclusive sister.
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** By 1927, there was a Mrs. B. Wood living in Richmond that would have been the remaining exclusive sister.
 
*** may be Bettie A. Wood, widow of William F. Wood, h. 4015 Fulton.
 
*** may be Bettie A. Wood, widow of William F. Wood, h. 4015 Fulton.
  
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======Mathews======
 
======Mathews======
 
* [[Mathews Courthouse Meeting Room, VA]] (EB-AA) +1896+
 
* [[Mathews Courthouse Meeting Room, VA]] (EB-AA) +1896+
** c/o John Thompson  
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** c/o John Thompson
*** possibly John H. Thompson (b. 1863 Piankatank, Mathews, VA); if so, it was EB-AA.  
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*** possibly John H. Thompson (b. 1863 Piankatank, Mathews, VA); if so, it was EB-AA.
  
 
====Norfolk====
 
====Norfolk====
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** Norfolk Assembly (OB) +1927+; South Norfolk Gospel Hall (OB) +1936-1943+
 
** Norfolk Assembly (OB) +1927+; South Norfolk Gospel Hall (OB) +1936-1943+
 
** @ 1010 Liberty St. +1936+; 1026 Brambleton Ave. +1943-1948+; 3218 Cottage Toll Rd. +1950+; 204 W. 34th St. +1954-1966;
 
** @ 1010 Liberty St. +1936+; 1026 Brambleton Ave. +1943-1948+; 3218 Cottage Toll Rd. +1950+; 204 W. 34th St. +1954-1966;
** c/o Charles Henry Johnson, 304 Walnut St. +1927+ (b. Mar. 16, 1880 Clover Hill, Chesterfield, VA - d. Jan. 18, 1977); owned Johnson Bakery in 1910-1927+, wife Sarah M.; son of Henry B. Johnson (b. 1838 Nottaway Parish, Southampton Co., VA - d. 1894 Portsmouth, VA), a wheelwright, & Sarah A.F. Patron Johnson (b. 1844 VA). Charles' parents may have been in fellowship at Matoaca Gospel Hall. By 1942, Charles and his wife "Sadie" were living in Cleveland, OH, and working for the Hough Bakery, founded by Lionel Archibald "Archie" Pile.
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** c/o Charles Henry Johnson, 304 Walnut St. +1927+ (b. Mar. 16, 1880 Clover Hill, Chesterfield, VA - d. Jan. 18, 1977); owned Johnson Bakery in 1910-1927+, wife Sarah M.; son of Henry B. Johnson (b. 1838 Nottaway Parish, Southampton Co., VA - d. 1894 Portsmouth, VA), a wheelwright, & Sarah A.F. Patron Johnson (b. 1844 VA). Charles' parents may have been in fellowship at Matoaca Gospel Hall. By 1942, Charles and his wife "Sadie" were living in Cleveland, OH, and working for the Hough Bakery, founded by Lionel Archibald "Archie" Pile.
  
 
*** Morgan James Rockey +1936-1966 (b. 1896 Cleveland, OH - d. 1970 Virginia Beach, VA);
 
*** Morgan James Rockey +1936-1966 (b. 1896 Cleveland, OH - d. 1970 Virginia Beach, VA);
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==Fauquier County (D.C. Metro)==
 
==Fauquier County (D.C. Metro)==
 
 
===Marshall===
 
===Marshall===
 
* [[Marshall Meeting Room, VA]] (EB) +1889+
 
* [[Marshall Meeting Room, VA]] (EB) +1889+

Revision as of 00:17, 30 October 2020

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.  

See Gospel Pioneering in Virginia for a Letters of Interest article from 1946 on the earliest Open assemblies in Virginia.  

Contents

Eastern Central Virginia

Charlottesville

Chesterfield County

Matoaca

Lynchburg Metro

Campbell County

Gladys

  • Gladys Meeting Room, VA (TW-AA) +1908-1914+
    • c/o William H. Roberts +1908-1914+
      • possibly Dr. William Henry Roberts (1889-1938 Lynchburg, VA)

Lynchburg

  • Lynchburg Meeting Room, VA (EB) +1889-1909; (TW) 1909-1949+
    • c/o Miss T.E. McLaughlin +1889+
      • James Tinsley McLaughlin +1894-1918 (b. 1849 Halifax county, VA - d. 1918 Lynchburg, VA), architect, son of Rev. J.T. McLaughlin
      • John William George Wallace +1911-1914+ (b. 1888 Tip Top, Tazewell, VA - d. 1972 Lynchburg, VA) C postman
        • if name is correctly identified, then it was a Bible fellowship of salt and pepper postmen in Virginia.
      • Miss Fannie E. McLaughlin +1923-1927+ (b. 1845 - d. 1937 Lynchburg, VA)
      • Warwick Spencer, Jr. +1911-1949+ (1878-1967 Lynchburg, VA), AA postman;
        • son of Warwick Spencer, Sr. (b. 1847 Amherst County, VA - d. 1927 Lynchburg, VA), foreman @ Heald's Bark Mill;

Petersburg

  • Cedar Heart Bible Chapel, VA (OB) +1890-1999;
    • West High Street Gospel Hall; Petersburg Gospel Hall +1890-1990;
    • @ W. High St. between West & Dunlop +1927-1958; 1001 W. High St. 1959-1966; 1009 W. High St. 1967-1973; 1001 W. High St. 1974-1990; 25609 Grant Ave. 1991-1999;
    • c/o Hugh Campbell +1900-1923 (b. 1857 Scot. - d. 1923), co-owner @ Burns & Campbell (The Petersburg Granite Company), a stone maker who designed the arch at Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg.
    • c/o Hugh Campbell, Jr., 927 W. High St. 1924-1949 (1888-1949);
    • c/o William Edgar Dancy +1954-1998 (b. 1909 Glendale Springs, NC - d. 1998 Petersburg, VA), owned Dancy's Barber Shop in Petersburg 1936-1996, retired when he was 87.
    • see May 1902 Our Record for brief history of the start of this assembly

Greater Richmond

Henrico County

Gayton

  • Gayton assembly (OB) 1891-1901
    • @ home of Egbert L. (b. 1855 Nottoway county, VA - d. 1921 Williamsburg, VA) and Mary I. Morris Claiborne (b. 1864 - d. 1927 Winterpock, Chesterfield, VA)
      • Egbert relocated to Richmond in 1901. He was employed as a coal miner. (d. 1921 Richmond, VA)

Hopewell

  • Believer's Gospel Hall, Hopewell, VA (OB) +1953-1965
    • Gospel Hall Community House (OB) 1955; Hopewell Gospel Chapel 1955-1960
    • @ Buren Garden, River Rd. 1956-1958; 1105 Sunnyside Ave. 1959-1960+
    • c/o Obery Chatten Westmoreland, 116 N. 21st Ave. 1955-1958 (b. 1918 Namozine, Dinwiddie, VA - d. 1995 Newport News, VA), life insurance agent
    • c/o Ozell Edward Ard 1959-1964 (b. 1910 Johnsonville, Florence, SC - d. 2012) silk mill in 1930, retired welder @ Hercules 1948-1972; Moved to Hopewell in 1921. Trusted Christ in 1949. Died @ 101, likely at Matoaca Gospel Hall.
  • Hopewell Gospel Hall, VA (OB) +1936+
    • c/o George Wallace Rucker (b. 1889 Amelia, VA - d. 1967 Richmond, VA) +1936+ then to Richmond Gospel Hall;
  • Kenwood Heights Gospel Hall, VA (OB) 1949-1999
    • @ 3005 Poplar St., Kenwood Heights +1954-1999
    • Hopewell assembly (OB) +1936+
    • c/o Hayward Long Morrison 1949-1951+, 1976-1995 (b. 1908 Shiloh, NC - d. 1990 Hopewell, VA)
    • c/o Ozel E. Ard +1954 (see Believers Gospel Hall);
    • c/o Leviticus Peter White 1955-1975 (b. 1890 Hardy, Isle of Wight, VA - d. 1976 Hopewell, VA); ;

Richmond

  • Carlisle Avenue Gospel Chapel, Richmond, VA (OB) 1890-2020+
    • Lewis & Fulton Streets Gospel Hall +1927+; South Richmond Gospel Hall; Richmond Gospel Hall 1890-1954; Shurm Heights Gospel Hall 1955-1963+;
    • @ Lewis & Fulton Sts. +1927+; 12th and Decatur Sts. +1936-1954; 2506 Carlisle Ave. 1955-2020+
    • c/o Egbert L. Claiborne 1901+ (see Gayton assembly);
      • Robert Tandy Childress 1904 (b. 1872 Byrd, Goochland, VA - d. 1922 Richmond, VA);
      • Hugh Arnott Horn +1927-1948+ (b. 1885 Glasgow, Scot. - m. 1912 @ Richmond, VA - d. 1965 Richmond, VA);
      • George Wallace Rucker +1954 (b. 1889 Amelia, VA - d. 1967 Richmond, VA) previously founder @ Kenwood Heights Gospel Hall;
      • Royce Reams, Sr. 1955-1959, 1966-1978; (1901-1989 Henrico co., VA)
      • John Paul Rockey 1961-1965 (b. 1926 Norfolk, VA - d. 2015 Cedar Falls, IA);
      • Horace Reams @ Mechanicsville 1979-1996
      • Tom Brown @ Mechanicsville 2000-2020+; Robbie Brown 2000-2020+
    • 1st annual Virginia conference was held at Richmond in 1894.
  • Grace Gospel Chapel, Richmond, VA (OB) 1950-2020+
    • Grace Chapel +1954-1971
    • @ 1002 E. 44th St. +1954-1955; 1403 E. 44th St. 1956-1960; 3459 Chapel Dr. 1961-1995; 1201 Spirea Rd. 1995-2020+
    • c/o Billy Joe Cheetham +1954 (b. 1923 Hinton, WV - d. 1980 Hampton, VA); pipe fitter @ C&O RR 34 yrs.; wife Charlotte Joann Maynor Cheetham (b. 1924 Maynor, WV; m. 1943 San Diego, CA; d. 2013 Hampton, VA); later elder & preacher @ Bethany Gospel Chapel, Newport News, VA.
      • Jasper Dwight Caldwell 1955-1972 (1917-2009)
      • Jerome Goodman @ Midlothian 1973-1999 (b. 1922 Philadelphia, PA - d. 2010 Chesterfield, VA); m. Doris Helen Vaughan in 1944 while Sgt. Goodman was stationed at Camp Lee.
      • Joel P. Wilkerson 2000-2006; Jim Rowland @ Chester 2007; Herman Reams @ Tappahannock 2008-2020+
  • Richmond Meeting Room, VA (EB) +1905-1908+; (TW) +1927+
    • c/o Dr. Charles Mettauer Bradbury +1905-1908+ (b. 1862 - d. 1930 Forest Hill, Richmond, VA);
      • Dr. Bradbury was employed as a food chemist for the state department; wife Cora Blanche Lafferty Bradbury (b. Pittsburgh, PA); m. 1893 at Kanayawa, Japan, officiated by Rev. T.C. Winn. Charles' father was John W. Bradbury (1827-1904), and his grandfather was Samuel Bradbury, whose wife Sarah was a grand-daughter of William Leighton (1723-1793).

William Leighton fought in the American Revolutionary War, and "assisted in raising and equipping the 112 men who, at the call of Warren, marched from Kittery under command of his cousin, Capt. Samuel Leighton, to join the army at Cambridge in April 1775." It was also written that he was "a zealous patriot... prominent in arousing the patriotic spirit of the people." He was a Selectman from 1770-1776 of the town of Eliot (Kittery), Maine, and member of a congress of York Co., Maine. This data originated from Leighton Genealogy by T.F. Jordan, via a 1923 application from Dr. Bradbury's son Frank M. (a Richmond attorney in the 1920's) towards a membership in the Virginia chapter of Sons of the American Revolution via Ancestry.com.

There's also a story on Wikipedia about William Leighton's ancestor Dr. Alexander Leighton (b. 1570 Glasgow, Scot. - d. 1672 Dover, NH) writing a pamphlet in 1628 that criticized bishops presiding over the Church of Scotland, which led to imprisonment and torture under the reign of King Charles I.

    • Cyril Abraham Fox +1908+ (b. 1884 Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada - d. 1940 Pittsburgh, PA)
      • In 1900, Cyril was living in Paterson, NJ. In 1905, he married Jean Laine McLeish (b. 1879 Toronto, ON - d. 1915 Richmond, VA) who was raised in Cleveland, OH. She died at the age of 36, leaving Cyril and two young daughters Jeanne Mallon Fox (1906-1983 m. Hubert Linn Edsall) & Margaret Fox (1910-1995, m. James Gibson Bair). Cyril was employed as a traveling salesman. Later in 1915, Cyril remarried Julia Florence Barcus (1873-1961) from Pittsburgh, PA. His parents were Michael & Alice Mallon Fox, both born in Ireland.
    • James Thomas McGraw +1908+ (b. 1864 Burnley, Lancashire, Eng. - d. 1915 Richmond, VA) m. Amelia Campbell McLinn McLeish (b. 1876 Toronto, ON - d. 1950 Evendale, OH) in 1894 at Hamilton, OH. His wife was employed in 1900 in Richmond in law enforcement. James was self-employed in Richmond +1882-1910+ as a hardware merchant at 1442 E. Main that sold railway, machinist, farming implements, material for carriages and wagons, and foundry supplies wholesale. Burnley, where James was born, is 20 miles north of Manchester, and in 1866 was the largest producer of cotton in the world. They had three children:
      • Edward Huntington McGraw (b. 1898 VA - d. 1961 Bryn Mawr Park, NY) m. Amy Catherine Snyder in Cambridge, MA.
      • James Charleton McGraw (b. 1905 VA - d. 1990 Cincinatti, OH) m. Gertrude Hagemeyer. Employed as a printer, but no known relation to the James H. McGraw that founded what became the largest publisher of educational materials in the world.
      • Gordon Meader McGraw (b. 1909 VA - d. 2001) m. Blanche Phyllis (1911-1982).
    • By 1927, there was a Mrs. B. Wood living in Richmond that would have been the remaining exclusive sister.
      • may be Bettie A. Wood, widow of William F. Wood, h. 4015 Fulton.

Hanover County

Mechanicsville

Virginia Beach/Norfolk/Newport News Metro

Hampton Roads Metro

Middle Peninsula

Mathews County
Mathews

Norfolk

  • Norfolk Gospel Hall, VA (OB) +1927-1966
    • Norfolk Assembly (OB) +1927+; South Norfolk Gospel Hall (OB) +1936-1943+
    • @ 1010 Liberty St. +1936+; 1026 Brambleton Ave. +1943-1948+; 3218 Cottage Toll Rd. +1950+; 204 W. 34th St. +1954-1966;
    • c/o Charles Henry Johnson, 304 Walnut St. +1927+ (b. Mar. 16, 1880 Clover Hill, Chesterfield, VA - d. Jan. 18, 1977); owned Johnson Bakery in 1910-1927+, wife Sarah M.; son of Henry B. Johnson (b. 1838 Nottaway Parish, Southampton Co., VA - d. 1894 Portsmouth, VA), a wheelwright, & Sarah A.F. Patron Johnson (b. 1844 VA). Charles' parents may have been in fellowship at Matoaca Gospel Hall. By 1942, Charles and his wife "Sadie" were living in Cleveland, OH, and working for the Hough Bakery, founded by Lionel Archibald "Archie" Pile.
      • Morgan James Rockey +1936-1966 (b. 1896 Cleveland, OH - d. 1970 Virginia Beach, VA);
  • Tidewater Gospel Chapel, VA (OB) 1973-2020+
    • Tidewater Gospel Meeting 1973-1979
    • @ Civic League Bldg., Pocohantas Village 1973-1982; 5894 Chambers St. 1983-2020+
    • c/o Raymond Stiles, Tidewater Exec. Center 1973; Walter R. Stiles 1974-1991; Raymond Stiles 1992-2000+; Michael Beverly +2003-2020+;

Virginia Peninsula

Newport News
  • Bethany Gospel Chapel, Newport News, VA (OB) 1900?-2020+
    • William Dunning's home - 1900?-1908+;  Newport News Gospel Hall +1913-1960;
    • @ William Dunning's home +1908+; 82-29th St. 1940-1961; 40 Ballard Rd. 1962-2020+
    • c/o J.P. Dale @ Hampton +1927+; John H. Lloyd +1936+; John Millar, Sr. +1943-1950+; William M. Ellison @ Hilton Village +1954; William Oram Millar 1955-1992; Roy V. Markham 1993-2020+ Neil Goggin 2008-2020+;
Poquoson (Bull Island)
  • Hampton Roads Community Church, VA (OB BC) 1989+
    • @ Poquoson High School 1989+; Poquoson Primary School @ 28 Harpersville Rd. +1992-2006+;
    • c/o Joseph Kingsboro 1989-2004+; Gary Stewart +2006-2010+;

Northern Virginia

Alexandria (DC Metro)

Arlington County (D.C. Metro)

Arlington

  • Cherrydale Bible Church, VA (OB) 1955?-2020+
    • Tuckahoe Chapel +1958; Cherrydale Community Chapel 1959-1982; Cherrydale Bible Chapel 1983+; Cherrydale Bible Church +1985-1993; North Arlington Bible Church 1994; Cherrydale Bible Church 1995-2020+
    • @ 1905 N. Monroe St. 1959-2020+
    • c/o Colin Heath 1955-1957; George B. Grimm @ Vienna 1958-1965; Warren B. Lane 1966-1983+; Excell Duncan @ Springfield +1985-2014+; Torrey LaBuff 2007-2014+; Daniel Rodriguez +2016+; Paul Eikamp +2016-2020+; Jim Helmly +2018-2020+

Culpeper County

Culpeper

Elkwood

Fairfax County

Springfield

Falls Church

Fauquier County (D.C. Metro)

Marshall

Nokesville

  • Nokesville Gospel Chapel, VA (OB) +1948-2020+
    • Nokesville Gospel Hall (OB) +1948-1968;
    • @ 12801 Fitzwater Dr. +2010-2013; 12809 Fitzwater Dr. 2014-2020+
    • c/o William S. Oakes, 27 South St., Fairhaven, Alexandria +1954-1955+; Albert Woleslagle, 110 Evans St., Manassas Park 1956-1962; Kenneth Shepley @ Catlett 1963-1964; R.A. Woleslagle, 110 Evans St. Mansassas Park 1965; R.A. Woleslagle, 321 Spotsylvania St., Manassas 1966-1971; R.A. Woleslagle, 9406 Spotsylvania St., Manassas 1972-1983+; Earl S. Poole +1989-2009; Robert P. Chambers @ Centreville 2010-2013; Clark Groves @ Middletown 2014-2020+

Harrisonburg Metro

Rockingham County

Dayton

Madison County

Madison

Criglersville

  • [[Sunnybrook Gospel Chapel, VA) (OB) +1950-2020+
    • @ Syria +1950-1980?; 20308 Camp Rd. 1980?-2010+; 1618 Old Blue Ridge Turnpike +2013-2018+;
    • c/o Ermal A. Robinson @ Etlan +1950-1971; @ Criglersville 1972-1980+; McKinley Jenkins, Jr. @ Culpeper +1982-2020+; James Hasse 2007-2010+; Paul Corbin +2013-2020+
    • Peterson's history says founded 1952 @ Criglersville

Page County

Shenandoah

Staunton-Waynesboro Metro

Staunton

Waynesboro

  • Waynesboro Bible Chapel, VA (OB) 1968-2016+
    • @ home of John Brock, 1270 Sunset Lane 1968; 809 Albemarle Ave. 1969-1975; 591 Winchester 1976-2016+
    • c/o John Brock 1968-1971; K.G. Horning 1972-1976; Robert St. John, Sr. @ McGaheysville & Richmond 1977-1983+; R.E. Helsley +1985-2009, +2013-2014+; Todd Knight 2010; Larry Spoon @ Fishersville +2016+; George Robertson +2016+;

South-Central Virginia

Charlotte County

Aspenwall

  • tent meetings (OB) 1903

In the Sept. 1903 issue of Our Record, Dr. William J. Innes writes from this place, "that Bro. W. Beveredge and James Waugh have been holding open air services for a number of weeks, getting a good hearing. They were waiting for a tent that was coming, and occupying the time thus, in this preparatory work. The people show an eagerness to hear the Word. May they receive Christ."

Danville

  • Danville Bible Chapel, VA (OB) +1958-1978; 1983-2020+
    • Danville home assembly (OB) +1958-1963; Westover Hills Chapel 1964-1977; Danville Chapel 1983-2006
    • @ home of Edward O. Martin, 236 Alpine Dr. +1958-1963; Vandola Dr. & Westover Dr. 1964; Ballou Park Nature Center @ W. Main St. 1965-1977; 420 Ridge St. 1983-1987+; 214 Parkway Dr. +1989-2020+
    • c/o Edward O. Martin +1958-1977, 1983-1992; formerly an elder @ Marion Gospel Chapel;
    • c/o James P. Pendry 1994-2006; Henry Sasser 2007-2020+

Halifax County

South Boston

  • South Boston Meeting Room, VA (EB) +1889-1909; (TW) 1909-1914+
    • Alchie Meeting Room (EB) +1889-1901+
    • c/o Mrs. T.E. Clarke +1889+; Mrs. G.E. Clarke +1894-1914+

Lunenburg County

Victoria

  • Northside Gospel Chapel, VA (OB) 1951-2020+
    • Baptist church 1951-1952; Southside Gospel Chapel +1955
    • @ 2300 Marshall Ave. 1951-2020+
    • c/o William H. Hardy 1955-2013; Clifford Hood 2007-2013; Glen Hood @ Lunenberg 2014-2020+; Charles Vaughan 2014-2020+;

Patrick County

Woolwine

Western Virginia

Blacksburg-Christiansburg Metro

Floyd County

Carthage

Montgomery County

Blacksburg

  • Blacksburg Christian Fellowship, VA (OB BC) 1967/1969-2020+
    • home meetings 1967-1969; @ Wesley Foundation Bldg. @ Virginia Tech, Roanoke & Otey Sts. 1969-1989; 2300 N. Main St. 1989-2020+;
    • c/o Paul Ribbe 1969-2007; Dr. David G.I. Kingston 1971-2020+

Pulaski County=

  • Pulaski Meeting Room, VA (TW) +1889-1927+
    • James Gemmell +1889+; Thomas Gemmell +1894-1896+; John Gemmell +1896-1905+; Charles L. Creger +1901-1905+, +1914-1927+; John Roberts +1905+, +1914+;

Johnson City, TN / Kingsport, TN / Bristol, VA Metro

Bristol

  • Kingstown Gospel Chapel, VA (OB) +1936-1978+
    • Kingstown Gospel Hall +1936-1963
    • @ Kingsmill Pike +1954-1961; 1754 Kingsmill Rd. 1962-1963; 1800 Kingsmill Rd. 1964-1966; 1760 Kings Mill Pike Rd. 1967-1978
    • c/o Abb Hoover, 521 Winston St. +1936+;
    • c/o Dr. D.R. Best +1943-1978
      • 1712 Tremont Ave. +1943-1950+ 1718 Tremont Ave. +1954-1956+; 308 Carolyn Circle +1958-1978+;
  • Bristol Meeting Room, VA (TW) +1911-1966+
    • c/o John Gemmell +1911-1917+; Thomas Gemmell +1911-1933+; E.A. Lockwood +1914-1917+; P.C. Thompson +1923-1927+; T. Melville Gemmell +1933+; Mrs. Margaret M. Gemmell +1962+; Mrs. Thomas Gemmell +1966+; Mrs. P.C. Thompson, Sr. +1966+;
    • formerly Pulaski Meeting Room? +1889-1927+

Washington County

Glade Spring

Lee County

Pennington Gap

  • Pennington Gap Home Assembly, VA (OB) +1936+
    • @ Dr. William J. Innes' home
      • see Aspenwall, Charlotte County for 1903 report from Dr. Innes on open air meetings by W. Beveredge and James Waugh.

Roanoke Metro

Botetourt County

Fincastle

Franklin County

Ferrum

  • The Christian Bible Church, VA @ homes (OB) 1971-1973; 1977-1987+
    • Blue Ridge Bible Chapel (OB) 1971-1973; Aletheia Springs Christian Fellowship 1977-1983+;
    • c/o Gerald J. Stiles 1971-1973, 1977-1983+; Kurt Dibble +1985-1987+

Roanoke

  • Fleming Chapel, VA (OB) (OB) +1943-2020+
    • Melrose Chapel +1943-1963+
    • @ 20th & Staunton Ave. NW +1943-1963+; 132 Maplelawn Ave. 1965-1987+; 134 Maplelawn Ave. +1989-2020+
    • c/o W.L. Overstreet +1943-1956+; Seedon H. West +1958-1959; Sheldon H. West 1960-1963+; Seldon H. West +1965-1973; William W. Snead 1974-1985; Wesley W. Wilson 1986-2010+; Andrew Shelor +2006-2010+; Bruce Pence @ Salem +2013-2020+;

Smyth County

Marion

  • Marion Gospel Chapel, VA (OB) +1936-2020+
    • Marion Gospel Hall +1936-1950+
    • @ 108 High St. +1936-2020+
    • c/o Henry Tilson +1936-1943+; Silas Cummings +1948-1954; Edward O. Martin 1955 then founded Danville Bible Chapel in his home; David Ednie 1956-1961; John K. Fisher 1962-2004+; David L. Smith +2006-2018+; David Helmly +2018+; Terry Stam +2020+; Dennis Bailey +2020+;

Seven Mile Ford

  • tent meetings 1903 first in Grayson County with L.L. Kendrick (St. Elmo, TN), then in Smyth County, joined by Br. Moonaw; Kendrick wrote in Aug. 1903 in Our Record from Seven Mile Ford, "Tent is up and meetings going on for some weeks. A few bright cases of conversion. Some others of whom we are not sure. Several others inquiring the way of life. Pray for us."

In Oct. 1903, an update was given: "Our brother, L.L. Kendrick, pitched his tent at Seven Mile Ford on May 30th last, and is still at it in the same place. The attendance has been good and the interest sustained from the beginning. There have been several professed conversions with others, who still seem to be in trouble of soul. Besides the tent meetings, some thousands of tracts have been distributed. If possible, tent work will be continued through October, and then moved further south. Remember our bother (sic) in prayer."

Wise County

Big Stone Gap=

Wythe County

Cripple Creek