Decatur Meeting Room, GA
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The Atlanta Meeting Room, which presently meets in Decatur was started in the 1880's, present leadership unlisted;
Early Correspondents
- George Hinman 1888-1905 (1828-1907) born Teigh, England; Married Susannah Burch (1827-1907) in 1860. Lived in Leicester, England in 1861-1871 while serving as an attendant at a mental hospital. Children:
- George Burch Hinman (1857-1931) born in London, England;
- Thomas Philip Hinman (1870-1931) born in Stratford, Perth, Ontario, Canada
- S. John Duncan 1894-1896 (1858-1896) married Sarah Emily Hinman on April 24, 1890.
- Dr. Percy Thomas Dashwood +1900-1933+ (1861-1943) dentist born in Ryde, Isle of Wight, England. Son of Thomas Dashwood, Jr. (1822-1907) & Helen Hannah Snell (1833-1925); Helen was daughter of John (1808-1878) & Sarah Early Snell (1810-1867). Grandson of Thomas Dashwood, Sr. (1788-1861) & Elizabeth Taylor Dashwood (1788-1864)
- Married Louisa Caroline Loader (1865-1917)
- Remarried Gertrude Maud McDowell Dashwood (1871-1965) born in Montreal, Quebec, and died in Atlanta. Gertrude was the daughter of Silas McDowell and Blanche Bidwell McDowell, also of Quebec.
- Dr. Kenneth Lowder Reid 1898/1908-1946 (1874-1946) born Southsea, Hampshire, England; Married "Cassie" Catherine Elizabeth Thompson (1871-1947); Daughters:
- Katherine Reid 1907 (b. June 30, 1907 - d. July 1, 1907)
- Kathleen Reid (b. June 30, 1907 - d. Aug. 29, 1907)
- Ethel Reid (b. 1907?)
- Ruth M. Reid (b. 1910)
Other Leadership Alum
- J. Caleb Clarke +1923-1951+
- Dr. Raymond W. Powell +1944-1973+
- Charles D. Clarke +1944-1949+
- Walter A. Donnerberg +1949-1951+
- D.R. Peteet, Jr. +1949+
- Joseph H. Scarbrough +1962+
- J. William McAfee +1962-1973+
- John H. Newton +1966+
- Richard P. Waters +1973+
- Ronald William J. LaBolle (1937-2015) corr. +1985-2015 @ Atlanta Meeting Room, which presently meets as the Decatur Meeting Room, GA; Raised within the Chicago Meeting Room. Son of John Howard LaBolle (1909-1987) & "Sally" Sarah Elizabeth Claywell LaBolle-Harris (1915-2004); Siblings: Patricia Joyce LaBolle Bachman (1931-1999) & Donald H. LaBolle (b. 1937).
- June Dorthine Wagner LaBolle (b. June 6, 1912) corr. 1944-1951 @ Dothan Meeting Room, AL of unknown relation to Ronald, but both sides of the LaBolle ancestors were originally from France.
- Richard A. Steenblik +1985+