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Their sister, Catherine (b. 1838 ON - d. 1929 Carlton, KS) married John Robson (b. 1833 [[England]] - d. 1880 Carlton, KS), and these were the parents of Robert Alexander Robson, who would be among the founders of Grace and Truth.
Also in 1884, Christopher Frederick Schwarz emigrated to nearby Solomon, Kansas, and is remembered as having been involved with this assembly still in the 1930's.
==Tunbridge-Wells Exclusives==
==1927 split==
Around 1927, [[George Gruen]], Benjamin F. Jury (1870-1947), and Linneas Engle (b. 1862 PA) took their several families from left Grace & Truth down the road to rent a space at the old Newbern Brethren in Christ church buildingdown the road, and setup an exclusive table that met thru about 1932for nearly ten years, and was known as the [[Newbern Assembly, KS|Newbern Assembly]]. The families included: * Benjamin F. Christopher Frederick Schwarz may also have been involved with this separate meeting, who had emigrated in 1884 to SolomonJury (1870-1947)* George & Elizabeth Roggendorff** Jonathan Roggendorff* [[George Gruen]] and family* Carl Botz and his wife May* Linneas Engle (b.1862 PA)
==1930's==
===1936 split===
Evidently in 1936 there was another split that resulted in another exclusive meeting in Abilene, courtesy Orville Robson via Marvin Studnicka. In obituaries for Carl & May (Jury) Botz, Christopher (b. 1869 Germany - d. 1946) & Mary Katherine Grimm Schwarz (b. 1872 NY - d. 1959), Fred & Anna (Jury) Peak, and Arrol William Taylor McBoyle (b. 1884 Abilene, KS), they were each noted as involved with a "Plymouth Brethren church" as a church different from Grace & Truth, and may have been part of this split. Fred & Anna (Jury) Peak may have had a connection to the forementioned Judson Alden family thru the Botz line. It is unknown how long this meeting lasted.
==1940's==
In 1942, Jay Walden of Minneapolis was in the army at nearby Fort Riley. He fellowshipped at Grace and Truth and was a great help in the assembly. Other men who came to the Chapel from their military bases were Ed Kellner, Toby Brocker, Marvin StudnikaStudnicka, and David Silver, and at one point in the 1950's, the area assemblies started basketball teams.
Aug: L&L: George Gray, 2714 E. 36th St., KCMO: “Spent several weeks recently in KS ministering at Abilene, Elm Springs, and Kanorado. Saints are cheered by these visits and encouraged in their efforts to preserve a testimony to the Precious Name.”
Orville and Lois Robson were among the earliest volunteers in the 1970's with Hospice visitation in Dickinson County. Ken King, who was in fellowship with the Chapel from the late 1970's thru the late 1980's, including serving as an elder and Sunday School teacher, later served 2007-2020+ with a robust (20+ volunteers) hospice program in the area, along with many others from area churches.
In 1979, Grace & Truth hosted a DVBS with the help of Sandy Lahr, Libby Gruen and Mary Lou Engle, for twenty-six children from the area.
==1980's==
From that series, the Marshall Greene family was introduced to the Chapel with several young children, which gave the assembly a needed renewal. Additionally, in July of 2003, Mark and Lynette Stanger relocated to Abilene to assist, where they remained until the Chapel's closing in 2010 with a widely attended farewell celebration. The pews were purchased by Kansas Bible Camp, and the library archived by Doug Engle, and the chapel building was converted into a place of residence for nearby young people.
=NewsAlso See=* [[Who's Who at Grace and Truth Gospel Chapel, KS]] +1918-2010
=Sources=
* [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016014/1914-09-15/ed-1/seq-12/#date1=1789&index=4&rows=20&words=Brethren+Plymouth&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=Kansas&date2=1963&proxtext=%22Plymouth+Brethren%22&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 Chronicling America]