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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.

Contents

Eastcentral PA

Lehigh County

Allentown

Northcentral PA

Columbia County

Briar Creek

  • Briar Creek Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1962-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2016+
    • Pleasant Valley Meeting Room (TW) +1962+; Harveysville Meeting Room (TW) +1966-1985+
    • c/o Edward Minkiewicz +1962-1966+ (b. 1916 Hanover, Luzerne, PA - d. 1975 Benton, Columbia, PA); George Wesley Snyder, Sr. +1962-1984 (b. 1913 Sugarloaf, Columbia, PA - d. 1984 Shickshinny, Luzerne, PA); Ralph Stanley Klimovich +1962-1973+, later @ Grace & Truth Chapel, Orlando, FL (b. 1912 Newport, Luzerne, PA - d. 1999 Fairmount Twp, Luzerne, PA); Harvey B. Vedder +1985+;

Luzerne County

Plymouth

  • Plymouth Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1962-1974
    • Wilkes-Barre Meeting Room (TW) +1951-1962+
    • c/o Clarence Christian +1951+
      • possibly Clarence James Christian (1904-1962 Easton, Northampton, PA);
        • loom mechanic @ Schwartzenbach & Huber @ Bethlehem for several years, then machinist @ Taylor-Wharton Co., for twelve years, then employed @ Warren Foundry Iron & Pipe Co. for a year, then a self-employed auto mechanic.
        • son of John Christian & Rhea Morgan Christian;
        • bapt. Lutheran @ 1907;
        • 1943 m. Alice Wetzel Donickel (b. 1895 - d. 1989 Easton, PA), dau. of Isaac S. Wetzel (b. 1870 Forks Twp., Northampton, PA - d. 1949 Easton, PA) & Emma Catharine Stout Wetzel (b. 1872 Johnsonville, Northampton, PA - d. 1905 Nazareth, Northampton, PA);
    • Vernon David Jordan +1951+ (b. 1928 Edwardsville, Luzerne, PA - d. 2004 Kahului, Maui, HI)
      • son of David Jordan (b. 1901 Bootle, Cumberland, Eng.) & Dora Dixon Jordan-Grosser (b. 1897 Eng. - d. 1965 Philadelphia, PA)
    • Theodore Cleveland Hawk +1951-1974 (b. 1892 Pocono Lake, Monroe, PA - d. 1974 Bethlehem, Northampton, PA)
      • son of John Hawk (b. 1849 Monroe Cy., PA - d. 1922 Blakeslee, Monroe, PA) & Sally Ann Meckes Hawk (b. 1860 Albrightsville, Carbon, PA - d. 1951 East Stroudsburg, Monroe, PA)
      • baptized as infant 7-6-1892 @ Jerusalem Church, Trachsville, Carbon, PA
      • m. Lottie E. Miller (b. 1892 Mahanoy City, PA - d. 1972 Plymouth, PA), dau. of Christian Miller & Sarah Vetter Miller;
      • Thomas Maher officiated Theodore's funeral;

Northumberland County

Sunbury

  • Sunbury Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1901-1909 (TW) 1909-1933+
    • @ Shamokin (EB) +1901-1905+
    • c/o Paul Godlevski +1901-1934 (b. 1851 Poland, emig. 1870, d. 1934 Northumberland Cty, PA), miner; m. Lottie Pogrosczeusk (b. 1843 Poland - d. 1928 Delmar, DE), dau. Walter Pagro;
      • Ch: Phoebe Godlevski Furman (1888-1967 Sunbury, PA), lifetime PB; husband F. Wilson Furman (d. 1967);
      • Frank (Pittsburgh, PA), Edward (Sunbury, PA), John (Detroit, MI), Mrs. Joseph Krewatsch (Delmar, DE), Alice Lucy Klinski (Vancouver, WA);

Schuylkill County

Ashland

  • Ashland Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1896-1914+
    • c/o Reinhardt Miller +1896-1908+ (b. 1863 Germany, emig. 1888, coal miner, d. 1910's); m. Ida Helen Sturm (b. 1867 Germany, emig. 1894, d. 1924 Fountain Springs, Schuykill, PA;
    • c/o Henry "Harry" Strunk +1901-1908+ (b. 1850 Germany, emig. 1883, d. 1914 Ashland, PA)
      • 1900: coal miner; 1910: medicine sales;
      • son of Christian Strunk (b. 1826 Weitefeld, Germany, emig. 1884, stone mason, d. 1914 Ashland, PA) & Luise Julianna Rabe Strunk (b. 1825 Alpenrod, Germany - d. 1906 Ashland, PA); siblings: Mrs. August Seiler @ Ashland, Mrs. Stine @ Chicago, IL;

Northeast PA

Bradford County

Canton

Hollenback

  • Elwell Meeting Room, PA (EB) 1879+
    • c/o Marvin "Marion" Tuttle (b. 1833 N.Y. - d. 1893 Hollenback, PA); Civil War vet @ 1865 Private @ Co. B 56 Pa. Inf.; m. Mary Jane Steele (b. 1836 PA, 1850 @ Asylum, Bradford, PA, d. 1922 Hollenbeck, PA), dau. William Steele (b. 1802 PA) & Polly Mary Steward Steele (b. 1813 PA);

Quicks Bend

  • Quicks Bend Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1896-1904
    • c/o Urania Bates Wilson +1896-1903+ (1821-1904 Bradford Cty, PA), m. Daniel Wilson (b. 1810 - d. 1858 Wilmot, PA)

Sugar Run

  • Sugar Run Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1896-1909; (TW) 1909-1917+
    • c/o Sarah Ann Wilson Rosencrance +1896-1918 (b. 1839 PA - d. 1918 Wilmot, PA), dau. of Daniel Wilson (b. 1810 - d. 1858 Wilmot, PA) & Urania "Rainy" Bates Wilson (1821-1904 Bradford Cty, PA);
    • c/o Deborah F. Wilson Shuman +1903-1905+ (b. 1846 Sugar Run, PA - d. 1927 Wilmot, PA), dau. of Daniel & Urania Wilson. m. John Anderson Shuman (b. 1837 PA - d. 1919 Wilmot, PA), blacksmith, son of George Shuman.
    • Miss L. Vose +1903-1908+
      • possibly Mary L. Vose Metcalf (b. 1873 Sugar Run, PA - d. 1957 Ransom, Lackawanna, PA), dau. of Thomas Vose (1835-1917 Wilmot, PA) & Anna Rosina Saxe Vose (b. 1843 Hessen, Germany - d. 1890 Hollenback, PA); 1911 m. Jacob Elmer Metcalf (b. 1863 Jefferson Cty, OH - d. 1947 Luzerne Cty, PA);

Sayre

  • Sayre Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1903+; (TW) +1962-1973+
    • Athens Meeting Room +1962-1966+
    • c/o Adelbert Dixon +1903+; Robert H. Baker +1966-1973+; Carl Newton +1962-1966+; Earl B. Beam +1962-1966+; Howard F. Baker +1962+, 1973+;

Stevensville

Towanda

  • Towanda Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1878-1903+
    • c/o M.A. Shaw +1878-1879+; L.T. Royce/Royse +1889-1896+; Mrs. A. Ott +1896+; Miss J. Lequin +1901-1903+;

Wyalusing

Lackawanna County

Moosic

  • Moosic Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1896-1909; (TW) 1909-1911+
    • Avoca Meeting Room +1896-1903+ (Luzerne County); Also see Scranton Meeting Room;
    • c/o John Lindsay +1896-1905+; Thomas Cranston +1901-1911+ (b. 1834 Sanquhar, Dumfries & Galloway, Scot. - d. 1907 Moosic, Lackawanna, PA); John Sobeck +1901+ (b. 1870 Austria - d. 1920 Milnesville, Luzerne, PA of mining accident); Alexander Craig +1903+ (b. 1860 Scot. - d. 1919 Pittston, Luzerne, PA);

Scranton

  • Scranton Gospel Hall, PA (OB) +1901-1904+
    • @ Exchange Buildings, 421 Lackawanna Ave., Room 7 +1904+
      • S.M. 10:45am, Aft. S.S. 12:15pm, Eve 7:30pm; Mon. B.R. 8:00pm; Fri. B.R. 4:00pm;
  • Scranton Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1882-1909; (TW) 1909-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2021+
    • Scranton Gospel Hall +1965-1985+
    • c/o Benjamin Lucy +1882-1921 (b. 1850 Scot.), machinist; Henry J. Hein +1901-1917+ (b. 1857 Germany, emig. 1882, d. 1921 Scranton, PA), m. Mathilda Juser +1886-1948 (b. 1867 Germany, emig. 1886, d. 1948 Scranton, PA); John Henry Jacobsen +1901+ (b. 1860 Germany, emig. 1893, d. ), printer, 1894 @ Scranton, PA m. Henrietta Krebs; August Andrew Fiedler +1903-1965 (b. 1874 Germany, emig. 1889, d. 1965 Scranton, PA), carpenter; Adolph T. Plageman +1933-1973+; David Sobeck +1933-1985 (1904-1985 Scranton, PA), construction; William E. Turner +1949-1973+; Daniel "Dan" Jacobsen +1966+ (b. 1906 MO - d. 1996 Anaheim, CA); Philip B. Rochon +1973-1985+; Dan D. Rochon +1985-2010+; Frederick Kenneth Sobeck +1985+ (1909-1988 Scranton, PA); Gary A. Gruen +1999+;

Susquehanna County

Forest City

  • Forest City Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1901-1903+
    • c/o Peter C. Schmidt/Smith +1901-1903+ (b. 1854 Denmark), blacksmith; wife: Mary Schmidt (b. 1846 Wales); dau. Helen Smith Drake (b. 1881 Denmark - d. 1966 Newville, Cumberland, PA), m. John Bradley Drake (b. 1872 N.Y. - d. 1950 Newville, Cumberland, PA)

Montrose

  • Montrose Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1923+; +1962-1973+
    • New Milford Meeting Room +1962-1966+
    • c/o Mrs. C.E. Davis +1923+, prev. @ Bennets Corner, Bucks, PA;
      • possibly Lucy Cogswell Loomis Davis (b. 1826 Ipswich, Essex, MA, 1870 @ Auburn, Susquehanna, PA, d. 1918 Meshoppen, Wyoming, PA); wife of Clark Emmons Davis (b. 1829 Huntington Mills, Luzerne, PA - d. 1892 Auburn Center, Susquehanna, PA); dau. of Jasper Loomis (b. 1797 MA - d. 1948 Springville, Susquehanna, PA), innkeeper & Sally Choate Loomis (b. 1798 CT - d. 1845 Springville, PA);
    • c/o Mrs. Lydia Roman +1962-1973+

Wayne County

Hawley

  • Hawley Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1908+; (TW) +1911-1917+
    • c/o Henry Wielt +1908+
      • possibly Henry F.H. Wielt (b. 1865 Germany - d. 1955 Buskirk, N.Y.);
    • c/o Theodore Troeger +1914-1917+;
    • c/o Asher Atkinson +1917+ (b. 1856 Palmyra, Wayne, PA - d. 1936 Freehold, Monmouth, N.J.);

Wyoming County

Factoryville

  • Factoryville Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1905+; (TW) +1923-1951+; +1973+; (TW-N) +1999+
    • East Lemon Meeting Room +1905+
    • c/o Mrs. Webster +1905+; Harry Raymond Gould +1923+ (b. 1878 Hazelton, Luzerne, PA, 1920 @ Tunkhannock, d. 1939 Washington, Wyoming, PA); William F. Miller +1927-1951+; Dan D. Rochon +1973+, then @ Scranton; William Bothwell, Jr. +1999+, then @ Stevensville

Laceyville

  • Laceyville Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1878-1909; (TW) 1909-1927+
    • J.B. Farr @ Forkston Meeting Room 1879+
    • c/o Spencer Reed Stevens +1878-1879+ (b. 1837 Stevensville, Bradford, PA - d. 1916 Laceyville, PA)
    • George Washington Snover +1889-1918 (b. 1838 Wallpack Center, Sussex, N.J. - d. 1918 Laceyville, PA), m. Sylvia Mary Farr (b. 1842 Forkston, PA - d. 1903 Laceyville, PA), dau. of Abner Kneeland Farr (b. 1812 Lynn Susquehanna, PA - d. 1884 Mehoopany, Wyoming, PA);
    • Clarence Burr Whipple +1896-1903+ (b. 1868 Tuscarora, Bradford, PA - d. 1922 Laceyville, PA), m. Marian Lydia Lacey (b. 1863 Auburn, Susquehanna, PA - d. 1958 Tunkhannock, PA);
    • Jonathan Burton Farr +1889-1918 (b. 1847 Forkston, PA - d. 1918 Black Walnut, PA), carpenter & preacher; m. Alice Jeanette Robinson (b. 1853 Forkston, PA - d. 1951 Meshoppen, PA); son of Abner Kneeland Farr (b. 1812 Lynn Susquehanna, PA - d. 1884 Mehoopany, Wyoming, PA);
    • Dr. George Benjamin Edwards +1896+ (1873-1943 Laceyville, PA), dentist
    • G.P. Taylor +1896+
    • Sarah Ann Peat Lacey +1917+ (b. 1838 Herrickville, Bradford, PA - d. 1932 Saco, Bradford, PA)
    • Mrs. C.E. Davis +1927+;
      • see Montrose, Susquehanna, PA

Lovelton

  • Lovelton Meeting Room, PA (EB) 1879
    • c/o L.D. Grow 1879 (b. 1830 PA - d. 1879 Lovelton, PA), carpenter;
      • m. Frances Jane Frear (b. 1839 PA - d. 1898), dau. of Eliza Frear (b. 1815 PA)
      • ch: Charles E. Grow (b. 1859 North Branch, Wyoming, PA); Mary Grow Appleman (b. 1861 PA - d. 1921 Warren, N.J.)

Mehoopany

  • Mehoopany Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1889-1909; (TW) 1909-1923+
    • Jenningsville Meeting Room (EB) +1889-1909; (TW) 1909-1917+
    • c/o Ira H. Rogers +1889+ (b. 1838 Windham, Wyoming, PA - d. 1913 Jenningsville, PA);
    • Mary Ann Knappen Frost +1917-1921 (b. 1833 N.Y. - d. 1921 Forkston, PA), dau. of Eben Knappen (b. 1806 N.Y. - d. 1879 Mehoopany, PA) & Elitha Brown Knappen (b. 1808 Delaware Cy., N.Y. - d. 1901 Mehoopany, PA)
      • m. Miner Frost (b. 1815 PA - d. 1894 Forkston, PA); son of Capt. Nathaniel C. Frost; grandson of Capt. Stephen Frost (b. CT) who settled in PA in 1806;
      • Ch: Mrs. Julius Hitchcock, Mrs. J.J. Burgess, Mrs. Frank J. Spaulding (Forkston, PA), and Mrs. George Place (Jenningsville, PA);
      • Frost, Fassett, Taylor, Rogers, Clapp, Harford, Groves, Dibble & Adams in Frost family cemetery in Jenningsville.
    • Silas Slater Taylor +1896-1903+, +1917-1923+ (b. 1860 Jenningsville, PA - d. 1936 Mehoopany, PA); son of Henry Taylor (b. 1833 Wyoming, Luzerne, PA - d. 1905 Jenningsville, PA) & Abigail Inman Taylor (b. 1833 Windham, Wyoming, PA - d. 1920 Jenningsville, PA);
      • m. Frances E. Stone (b. 1864 Jenningsville, PA - d. 1932 Mehoopany, PA), dau. of Theodore Stone (b. 1843 - d. 1898 Laceyville, PA) & Abbie M. Redmond Stone (b. 1848 - d. 1914 Laceyville, PA)
        • Abbie Stone's 1st husband was George Washington Grow, Jr. (b. 1833 Laceyville, PA - d. 1923 Mehoopany, PA)
    • George Place +1917-1923+ (1865-1950 Mehoopany, PA), son of William Place (b. 1831 Monroe Cy., PA - d. 1911 Mehoopany, PA) & Elizabeth Brooks Place (1829-1888 Mehoopany, PA);
      • m. Jennie Frost (1868-1932 Jenningsville, PA)
        • Mary Place Lockwood (b. 1899 Jenningsville, PA - d. 1973 Sarasota, FL)
        • Dr. Anna Place Klemmer (b. 1901 Jenningsville, PA - d. 1974 Lititz, Lancaster, PA); M.D. 1928-1964 @ Lancaster; Trinity Lutheran Church @ Lancaster, PA;
      • Rev. Floyd Hendershot (@ Mehoopany Baptist?) officiated Geo.'s memorial

Meshoppen

  • Meshoppen Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1901-1903+; (TW) +1917-1927+
    • c/o Charles Stanley Staight +1901-1903+ (b. 1840 Tirley, Gloucestershire, Eng. - d. 1919 Meshoppen, PA); Jonathan Farr +1917+ (b. 1847 Forkston, PA - d. 1918 Black Walnut, PA); Mrs. Jonathan Farr +1923+; Alice Jeanette Robinson Farr +1927+ (b. 1853 Forkston, PA - d. 1951 Meshoppen, PA);
    • also see Laceyville Meeting Room, PA

Scottsville

  • Scottsville Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1901+
    • c/o Henry P. Phinney +1901+ (b. 1865 Susq. Cy., PA - d. 1939 Tuscarora Twp., Bradford, PA)
      • son of William M. Phinney (b. 1835 Providence, R.I. - d. 1901 Bradford Cy., PA) & Sarah M. Dexter Phinney (1837-1911 Tuscarora Twp., Bradford, PA); Sarah was a Baptist since the age of 16, dau. of Benjamin & Rebecca Northrop Dexter. William Phinney was a Civil War veteran of the "D" Co., 171st Infantry of PA, enlisted 10-28-1862, mustered out as a Private, in Harrisburg, PA, on 8-8-1863.
      • 1890 @ Tunkhannock, Wy., PA m. Eva M. Tewksbury (b. 1864 Auburn, Susq., PA - d. 1928 Tuscarora, Bradford, PA), dau. of Smith Beebe Tewksbury (b. 1832 PA - d. 1924 Susq. Cy., PA) & Josephine Keeney Tewksbury (b. 1833 PA - d. 1879 South Auburn, Susq., PA); 1900 @ Windham, Wy., PA; farmer;
      • Ch: Smith W. Phinney (12-27-1900 - 5-6-1901); Ella Mary Phinney (1892-1972 Laceyville, Wy., PA); Robert Fitzgerald @ Laceyville Baptist Church officiated Ella's funeral;

Tunkhannock

  • Tunkhannock Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1896-1909; (TW) +1909-1992; (TW-N) 1992-1999+
    • Bardwell Meeting Room (EB) +1896-1909; (TW) 1909-1923+
    • c/o James Leonard +1896-1908+ (b. 1830 - d. 1914 Tunk., PA); m. Huldah A. Patrick (b. 1838 Abingdon, Luzerne, PA - d. 1890 );
      • +1870-1880+ @ Culley & Elwell, Wilmot, Bradford, PA;
      • ch: Celestia Frances Leonard (see below), Anna B. Leonard (b. 1866 Wilmot?, PA - d. 1886 Tunk., PA), Myrtle Leonard Dickson (b. 1871 Wilmot, PA - d. 1929 Tunk., PA);
    • Miss Celestia Leonard +1896-1943 (b. 1860 Lackawanna Cy., PA - d. 1943 Tunk., PA)
    • Sgt. Adelbert "Delbert" H. Dickson +1917-1945 (b. 1866 PA - d. 1945 Tunk., PA); m. Myrtle Leonard;
      • ch: James Leonard Dickson (b. 1893 PA); Ethel Arlene Dickson (1901-1920 Tunk., PA; d. illness), schoolteacher;
      • enlisted 1887-1889; Private @ Co. G, 13th Inf., P.N.G.; 1889 @ Factoryville, PA;
    • William Fredrick Miller +1933+ (b. Steelton, Dauphin, PA - d. 1954 Bardwell, Wy., PA); PB +1954 @ Scranton, PA;
      • son of Charles Miller (b. 1866 Germany - d. 1953 Oberlin, Dauphin, PA), steel laborer; & Augusta Baker Miller (b. 1867 Germany - d. 1955 Oberlin, Dauphin, PA);
      • m. Mary Edith O. Bartridge (b. 1893 Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA - d. 1952 Bardwell, Wy., PA); Ch:
      • stepson: Henry Dickson, Jr. (b. 1911 Tunk., PA - d. 1960 Factorville, PA);
      • Wilhelmina A. Miller Cooper (b. 1916 Bardwell, Wy., PA - d. 2006 Mount Cobb, Lack., PA), m. Glenn Thomas Cooper (b. 1919 Jefferson, Lack., PA - d. 2005 Lake Ariel, Wayne, PA);
      • Frances Miller Gibbons (b. 1918 Factoryville, PA - d. 2013 Scranton, PA), later @ Tunk. UMC; m. Joseph Gibbons; *** Florence Mamie Miller Jervis (b. 1918 Factoryville, PA - d. 2009 Bardwell, Wy., PA), m. Andrew Alexander Jervis (1910-1996 Factoryville, PA);
      • Viola Nancy Miller Kranchanko (1920-1997 Bardwell, Wy., PA), m. Michael Kranchanko (b. 1916 PA - d. 1974 Bardwell, Wy., PA), later @ Lake Sheridan Bible Chapel, memorial off. by Dan Zehnal;
      • Irene Louise Miller Mooers (b. 1924 Tunk., PA - d. 1991 Bardwell, Wy., PA), m. William James Mooers (b. 1926 PA - d. 1983 Bardwell, Wy., PA);
      • Mabel Shirley Miller Wickizer (b. 1926 Bardwell, Wy., PA - d. 1971 suicide @ Kingsley, Susq., PA), m. Thomas John Wickizer (b. 1923 Tunk., PA - d. 1986 Kingsley, Susq., PA); later @ Grace Lutheran Church, Hop Bottom, PA;
      • William Fredrick "Fred" Miller (b. 1929 Bardwell, Wy., PA - d. 1972 Forkston, Wy., PA), 1962 m. Ethel Greenwood Kinney (b. 1938); later @ Forkston UMC; foreman @ Forkston DOT;
      • Carolyn Evelyn Miller Smith (1931-2009 Bardwell, Wy., PA), later @ Lake Sheridan Bible Chapel; 1949 @ Factoryville m. Robert Smith (d. 2008); Carolyn worked @ Methodist Manor, Tunk.; Bendix, South Montrose; Procter & Gamble, Mehoopany; memorial off. by James Wentz.
    • James Leonard Dickson +1933-1957 (1892-1957 Tunk., PA); m. Mabel Irene Robinson (b. 1896 Forkston Twp., Wy., PA - d. 1975 Tunk., PA), dau. of Frederick Stephen Robinson (b. 1859 Mehoopany, Wy., PA - d. 1927 Sayre, Bradford, PA) & Elizabeth L. Bronson Robinson (b. 1863 Windham, Wy., PA - d. 1949 Eatonville, Wy., PA);
      • ch: James Robinson Dickson (see below); Carol Louise Dickson Fiedler (b. 1918 Tunk., PA - d. 2009 Scranton, Lack., PA), m. Edward Herbert Fiedler (1912-1971 Scranton, Lack., PA), son of August Andrew Fiedler (b. 1874 Germany - d. 1965 Scranton, Lack., PA), carpenter 1914 @ D.L. & W Car Shops of Scranton, PA & 1942 @ Carnegie Illinois Steel, Pittsburgh, PA & died PB @ South Scranton Gospel Hall, Gilford Christensen gave memorial; Edward's mother: Lina Christina Rolf Fiedler (b. 1876 Germany - d. 1950 Scranton, PA;
    • James Robinson Dickson, Sr. +1951-1999+ (b. 1929 Bardwell, Wy., PA - d. 2006 N.Y.C., N.Y.); farmer, WyCo Supply of Tunk., Wy. Cty. Recorders Office & operated a portable saw mill; founding member @ Tunk. Ambulance Service; bluegrass guitarist @ Tunk.; 1951 m. Agnes Bothwell (b. 1927 Woodbridge, Middlesex, N.J. - d. 11-25-2020 Clarks Summit, Wy., PA), dau. of Alexander H.D. Bothwell (b. 1886 Forfar, Dundee (now Angus), Scot. - d. 1965 Woodbridge, Middlesex, N.J.), worked 1942 @ Shell Oil, Sewarren, N.J.; & Agnes Brown Bothwell (b. 1889 Dundee, Scot. - d. 1965 Tunk., PA);
    • Mabel Irene Robinson Dickson +1957-1975 (b. 1896 Forkston Twp., Wy., PA - d. 1975 Tunk., PA), see James Leonard Dickson;

Northwest PA

Erie County

Erie

Jefferson County

Anita

Punxsutawney

  • Punxsutawney Gospel Hall, PA (OB) 1899-1931+
    • @ Elk Run Addition +1904+
    • S.M. 10:30am, Aft. S.S. 2pm, E. 7:30pm, Wed. Pr. 7:30pm, Fri. B.R. 7:30pm; +1904+
    • c/o Grant Caldwell +1931 (b. 1865 Bell, Jefferson, PA - d. 1931 Punx., PA)
      • son of John Nelson Caldwell (1838-1900 Punx., PA) & Rosana A. Green Caldwell (b. 1850 Indiana Cty., PA - d. 1930 Punx., PA);
      • m. Elizabeth Jane "Jennie" Varner (b. 1864 McCalmont, Jefferson, PA - d. 1948 Punx., PA), dau. of Abraham H. Varner (b. 1835 Young, Jefferson, PA - d. (1905-1910) Rockton, Clearfield, PA) & Elisabeth Munshower Varner (b. 1836 Indiana, PA - d. 1905 Clearfield, PA);

Rathwell

Mercer County

Sharon

  • Sharon Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1889+
    • c/o Thomas Cox (b. 1862 Eng., emig. 1865, farmer @ Sharon by 1870, d. 1907 County Home, Mercer, PA)
      • son of William Cox (b. 1830 Eng.), coal miner, & Mary Cocam Cox (b. 1825 Eng.)

Venango County

Franklin

Southcentral PA

Franklin County

Chambersburg

  • Chambersburg Gospel Hall, PA (OB) +1927-2018+
    • @ 303 E. King St.
    • c/o Ira Bert Thomas +1927+ (b. 1874 Newville, Cumberland, PA - d. 1946 Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA)
      • son of David N. Thomas & Eliza Westfall Thomas;
      • lived @ 406 S. Nates St. +1910+; 145 W. Catherine +1920-1940+;
      • m. Georgia Anna Stewart (b. 1877 Harrisburg, PA - d. 1963 Chambersburg, PA), dau. of J.F. Crawford Stewart (b. 1851 Bald Eagle, Chanceford, York, PA - d. 1911 Chambersburg, PA) & Mary Elizabeth Stoner Stewart (b. 1852 Harrisburg, PA - d. 1933 Chambersburg, PA); J.F. Crawford Stewart lived with Ira & Georgianna 1905-1911 (last six years of his life), and was a former iron moulder;
      • remained at Chambersburg Gospel Chapel until his death in 1946.
      • founded the Thomas Pretzel Company located first @ Carlisle, Cumberland, PA for several years, then 40 years @ Chambersburg @ 155 Catherine St.; They manufactured pretzels and potato chips. In 1976, the factory was purchased from William Nitterhouse by "Nibble With Gibble's", owned by Darrel R. & Linda Gibble, and founded by Darrel's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gibble. The Gibbles also owned a candy business (Mrs. Gibble's Candies) and restaurant in nearby Marion. Ira Thomas' grandson Paul Pettry returned to the pretzel plant the year of the merger as the chief baker, and Gibble's moved their operations from Marion to Chambersburg, where they continue to this day (2021) as Gibble's Foods.

Waynesboro

Southeast PA

Adams County

Littlestown

Bucks County

Bennetts Corner

Plumsteadville

Centre County (State College metro)

Philipsburg

Chester County

Unionville

  • Unionville Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1985+
    • c/o Philip Jerome Gross (b. 1918 Bellefonte, Centre, PA - d. 1997 Yorktown, York, VA); WWII vet;

Cumberland County

Enola

  • Enola Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1962-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2016+
    • William "Leo" Cool +1962-1966+, +1985+; Ralph Donard Sigman +1962-1973+ (b. 1892 Liberty, Guernsey, OH - d. 1983 Camp Hill, Cumberland, PA); George Samuel Gallagher +1962-1973+ (b. 1917 Miller, Perry, PA - d. 2004 Harrisburg, PA); Richard Paul Sigman +1973+ (b. 1920 Altoona, Blair, PA - d. 2010 Carlisle, Cumberland, PA); John Frazer +1985+ (b. 1915 N.Y.C., son of John Alexander Frazer & Eliza Jane Robinson Frazer, grad @ East Orange, N.J., retired @ Evangelical Press, d. 2001 Camp Hill, PA), father of Dr. Paul D. Frazer @ Sioux Falls, S.D.;

Dauphin County

Harrisburg

  • Harrisburg Assembly Hall, PA (OB) +1901-1904+
    • @ 1114 Capitol St. +1904+
    • S.M. 10.30, Aft. 2 S.S., E. 7.30. W. 7.45 Pr., F. 7.45 B.R. +1904+
  • Harrisburg Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1878
    • c/o Eusebe I. Grenier (b. 1849 Paris, France - d. 1894 Portland, OR)
      • 1866 student @ Ag. College of PA; 1870 @ St. Paul, MN m. Lily Mattheis (b. 1856 St. Paul, MN - d. 1935 Portland, OR), dau. of C.G.A. Matthews (b. 1828), +1869-1871+ bartender @ Snelling House, 1873 cabinetmaker, & Amelia Matthews (b. 1836 Germany); 1878 "professor of languages" (French & German) @ Harrisburg, PA; 1880 Language tchr @ Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH; +1891-1894 language tchr @ Portland, OR;
        • Unrelated trivial note: Morning Oregonian, Portland, OR: 12-14-1885: "E.W. Alderson, of Coles valley, states that an old man by the name of Grenier, living on the ____, is the oldest resident in Oregon, having been here sixty-five years. He is a Frenchman, and belonged to the Hudson Bay company. As a trapper(?), he has always been an expert. His age is 85 years, and he is now somewhat feeble."

Delaware County

Newtown Square

Mifflin County

Atkinson Mills

Burnham

  • Burnham Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1917+
    • c/o Fred Walter Klinski (b. 1888 Posen, Germany - d. 1959 Vancouver, Clark, WA), retired @ railroad;

Philadelphia County

Philadelphia

  • 20th and Dickinson Streets Gospel Hall, PA (OB) 1885-1911+
    • 26th Annual Conference here in 1911;
      • 26th for Philadelphia or 20th & Dickinson???
  • Downtown Meeting, PA (OB) +1901+
  • Howard Street Gospel Hall, PA (OB) +1901-1904+
    • @ 2430 Howard St. +1904+
    • S.M. 10:30am, Aft. 2:30pm S.S., E. 7:30pm, Wed. Pr. 8:00pm;
  • Philadelphia Friendship Hall Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1889-1908+
    • c/o Wesley L. Manks +1889+ (b. 1845 N.J. - d. 1905 Phila., PA), saw mfg.; Charles R. Sharer +1889-1908+ (see Willow Grove); Matthew Morrison +1901-1908+ (see Willow Grove);
  • Willow Grove Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1878-1909; (TW) 1909-1992; (TW-N) 1992-
    • Philadelphia Meeting Room (EB) +1878-1909; (TW) 1909-1966+; Glenside Meeting Room (TW) +1973-1992;
    • c/o C.H. Bright +1878 (possibly Harry Chard Bright (1867-1940 Phila., PA or Harry C. Bright (b. 1855 PA - d. 1889 Phila., PA or Henry Bright (b. 1831 Lancashire, England), butcher); David Lithgow +1878-1879+ (possibly b. 1820 Ireland - d. 1885 Phila., PA), machinist; or (b. 1849 Spring Garden, Phila., PA - d. 1883 Phila., PA), buttonmaker; James Farrington Valentine +1879-1908+ (b. 1852 Black Rock, Buffalo, Erie, N.Y. - d. 1917 Ridley, Delaware, PA); James McAleely +1889-1914 (b. 1842 Ireland - d. 1914 Phila., PA), grocer; Charles R. Sharer +1911-1916 (1841-1916 Phila., PA); Matthew Morrison +1911-1917+ (b. 1867 Whitehall, Lehigh, PA - d. 1940 Phila., PA), fireman; R.J. Payne +1911-1917+; William Hamilton, Sr. +1911-1923-1927+; William Stradling +1923-1927+; Dr. Henry Medd +1923-1927+; George Meikle +1933+; Samuel Brown +1933-1951+; Edward C. Holbrook +1933-1966+; Amandus G. Reeb +1951-1973+; Ralph A. Reeb +1973-1985+; Robert L. Haye +1973-1999+; Jack Cameron +1999-2005+; John Haye +2005-2010+;

Southwest PA

Allegheny County (Pittsburgh metro)

Camden

Dravosburg

Homestead

McDonald

  • McDonald Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1927-1964+
    • c/o Henrietta Collard Cauchie +1927-1964 (b. 1883 Belgium - d. 1964 McDonald, PA), m. Joseph Nestor Cauchie; Edward Nestor Cauchie +1944-1951+ (1922-1974 McDonald, PA); Ruth Elizabeth Cauchie Walker +1949-1951+ (b. 1918 McDonald, PA - d. 1994);

Pittsburgh

  • Allegheny Gospel Hall, PA (OB) +1904+
  • East Pittsburgh Gospel Hall, PA (OB) +1904+
    • Bessemer Avenue Gospel Hall (near Western Ave.)
  • Homestead Gospel Hall, PA (OB) 1895+
  • McKeesport Gospel Hall, PA (OB) 1879/1908/1913/1933-present
  • Pittsburgh Gospel Hall, PA (OB) +1901-1904+
    • @ 6008 Penn Ave., Room 5 +1904+
    • S.M. 10:30am, Th. Pr. 8pm;
  • Pittsburgh Meeting Room, PA (EB) 1879+; (TW pp) +1914-1917+; (TW) +1933-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2016+
    • Homestead Meeting Room (EB) +1901-1909; (TW) 1909-1927+
    • c/o S.A. Clarke 1879+ (possibly b. 1851 PA or b. 1842 PA or Samuel A. Clarke b. 1833 Scotland - d. 1897 Washington, PA); William C. Jones +1901+ possibly (b. 1868 Eng. - d. 1902 Homestead, PA, tea merchant) or (b. 1855 PA - d. 1919 Jacksonville, FL, chaplain @ PA state senate); E.J. Checkley +1914-1917+; "George M. Lyle": George Haining? Lyle +1901-1933+ (b. 1860 Catrine, East Ayrshire, Scot. - d. 1942 Munhall, Allegheny, PA); William Cockburn Arbuckle +1901-1952 (b. 1870 Bell Hills, Scot - d. 1952 Homestead, Allegheny, PA); William E. Woodside, Jr. +1944-1973+ (b. 1907 Duquesne, PA - d. 1991 St. Petersburg, FL); Clarence Edward MacNab +1944-1985+ (b. 1908 Pittsburgh, PA - d. 2003 Iowa Falls, Hardin, IA); David Lyle, Sr. +1951-1973+; David Lyle, Jr. +1985+; Austin Burton Carmell +1923-1991 (1903-1991 Columbus, Franklin, OH); Scott D. Brinkmeyer +1985-1999+; Todd Knizat +1999-2016+; Daniel Cole +2010-2016+;

Sheridanville

  • Sheridanville Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1901+
    • c/o (possibly) Annie Katherine Brown Neil (b. 1877 Pittsburgh, PA - d. Bellevue, Allegheny, PA); 1893 @ Allegheny, PA m. Robert P. Neil

Wilkinsburg

  • Wilkinsburg pp (TW) +1927+

Butler County

Butler

  • Butler tent meetings (OB) 1911
    • William Pinches

Cambria County

Johnstown

  • Johnstown Meeting Room, PA (TW) +1908-1910
    • c/o Alice Evelyn Whitney Clarke (b. 1849 Pittsfield, Lorain, OH - d. 1910 Westmont, Cambria, PA), dau. of Oliver Wolcott Whitney (b. 1817 Pittsfield, MA - d. 1864 Des Moines, IA) & Esther Alice Ann Rising Whitney (b. 1824 OH - d. 1891), 1840 @ Grafton Lorain, OH m.; 1875 @ Des Moines, Polk, IA
      • m. James P. Clarke (b. 1845 Blairsville, Indiana, PA - d. 1906 Johnstown, PA), coal operator; 1880 @ Des Moines; son of Robert W. Clarke (b. 1816 PA - d. 1895 Des Moines, IA) & Caroline King Clarke (b. 1819 - d. 1880 Des Moines, IA);
        • James' sister Jennie Clarke (b. 1845 Blairsville, PA - d. 1918 Des Moines, IA) met her husband, Alex. H. Rule at Monmouth College where Alex was "studying for the ministry". They married in 1871, and soon after served in Egypt, then two trips to Bermuda, and some in the British West Indies; According to her obit, Jennie was "one of the early teachers at Bryant school and also taught music, being an excellent pianist" in Des Moines. After Alex's death in 1906, Jennie returned to Bermuda to labor. Her father, "R.W. Clarke, came to Des Moines in 1855, and his family came the following year to the home he had built for them on East Fifth and Lyon streets."

Springhill

  • Springhill Meeting Room, PA (EB) 1879+
    • c/o H.B. Ackley
      • possibly Harris S. Ackley (b. 1828 Springhill, Cambria, PA - d. 1918 Endicott, Broome, NY); funeral @ his home officiated by N.Y.C. evangelist Fred Robinson, attended by Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bosworth, Mr. & Mrs. William Shumway, Mr. & Mrs. Mertin S. Blocher, and Harris' sister Mrs. Sophia Bosworth (all of Spring Hill, PA); other attendees included: Mrs. Lettie Stalford and her son Henry and daughter Helen (Wyalusing, PA); Mr. & Mrs. Charles Brown, of (Elkins, W.V.); Dr. & Mrs. C.J. Wells & dau. Constance; W.D. Brewster & Floyd L. Brewster (Syracuse, N.Y.), Mrs. R.A. Wage (Union, N.Y.); nephew Griffin S. Ackley (Binghamton, N.Y. then Brooklyn, N.Y.);
        • 1828-1850+ @ Springhill, PA; farmer 1863 @ Tuscarora, PA; +1860+, +1870-1879 @ Wyalusing, PA; formerly corres. +1878-1879 @ Wyalusing Meeting Room, Bradford, PA; 1900 @ Binghamton, Broome, N.Y.;

Washington County

California

  • California Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1879-1909; (TW) 1909-1951+
    • c/o Thomas Higginson 1879-1880+ (b. 1828 Dudley, Worcestershire, England), coal miner; Daniel Humphries +1889-1908+ (b. 1846 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Eng. - d. 1923 California, PA); Robert M. McCallum, Sr. 1908+ (b. 1847 Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scot. - d. 1915 California, PA); Harry James Humphries 1908+ (b. 1868 Eng. - d. 1953); William Henry Higginson +1923-1963 (b. 1867 Dudley, Worcestershire, Eng. - d. 1963 California, PA), coal miner;
    • see Roscoe Meeting Room

East Bethlehem

Roscoe

  • Roscoe Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1889-1909; (TW) 1909-1923+
    • c/o William Henry Higginson +1889-1905+ (b. 1867 Dudley, Worcestershire, Eng. - d. 1963 California, PA); Robert Wilson +1896-1923+; Daniel Humphries +1911-1917+ (b. 1846 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Eng. - d. 1923 California, PA);
    • see California Meeting Room

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Jersey Shore Villas

  • Jersey Shore Villas Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1903+
    • c/o Robert Ronson
      • possibly (b. 1850 Preesall, Lancashire, Eng. - d. 1929 Brooklyn, N.Y.), emig. 1887 to Brooklyn, carpenter, wife Ellen (b. 1856 Oxford, Eng. - d. 1916 Brooklyn, N.Y., member @ Gospel Truth Mission, Monroe St., Brooklyn); wife died two days after son Frederick died of pneumonia; Five other children: Margaret, Eugene, Harold, William and Robert, Jr., the latter of whom served three years in the U.S. Army in the Philippines 1913-1916.

Macedonia

Oshanter

Sista

  • Sista Meeting Room, PA (EB) +1878
    • c/o Ira Rodgers
      • possible (b. 1827 Girard, Erie, PA), fork factory; wife: Mariette Rodgers (b. 1824 PA);
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