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** c/o Thomas Connell @ 209 Charles St. (b. 1870 Kirkintilloch, Dunbarton, [[Scotland|Scot.]] - d. 1940 Gillespie, IL); Son of John Connell & Mary Jordan Connell (above). In 1920, Thomas was employed as a timber man in a coal mine, living on Caston Heights in Gillespie. Wife: Jane "Jeanie" Millar Connell (b. 1874 Scot. - d. 1939 Gillespie, IL). They immigrated to the U.S. in 1912, and in 1915 were living in St. Louis. Employed in 1925 in Gillespie as a miner, still there in 1929.
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/4cb37f3c0213f8312261e48d88716412c184af0f.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 11 in fellowship (5 men, 6 women) including 3 S.S. teachers presiding over 50 children (for a total of 61). The Hall was a rented facility (with $120 in annual expenses), and $100 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
** There were five brothers who emigrated from Scotland to Gillespie to work the mines, one of Alexander being whom was said to have been PB, unknown presently which one.
*** Grandparents: William's parents were: John Easton (b. 1832 Old Home, Ayr, Scot.) & Ellen Robertson Easton (b. 1833 Cabrine, Ayr, Scot.) John was a deputy foreman at the Struthers mine owned by John Gilmour in Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scot., and was killed on June 9, 1863 in a methane explosion. Susan's parents may have been David McGill (b. 1801 Drumgoolan, County Down, Ireland) & Margaret Edgar McGill & Margaret Edgar McGill (b. 1816 Maybole, Ayr, Scot.).
*** Parents: William Easton (b. 1851 Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scot. - d. 1905 Kilmaurs, East Ayr, Scot.) & Susan Brown McGill Easton (b. 1853 Whittetts or Maybole, Ayr, Scot. - d. 1901 Kilmaurs, East Ayr, Scot.)
*** George McGill Easton (b. 1871 Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scot.)
*** Thomas Robertson Easton (b. 1872 Dalmellington, Ayr, Scot. - d. 1954 Isle of Man, U.K.); coal miner @ 1891 at Dreghorn, Ayr. Police inspector @ 1911 @ Kensington, Liverpool, [[England|Eng.]].
*** Alexander Easton (b. 1875 Kilmarnock, East Ayr, Scot. - d. 1929 Gillespie, IL). Wife: Mary M. Simpson Easton (b. 1875 Anniesland, Glasgow, Scot. - d. 1951 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, [[Ohio|OH]]). Alexander & Mary emigrated to the U.S. with their two children in 1905, settling first in [[Missouri]], then to Gillespie in 1907 where they resided 30 years. Both were '''PB''' in Gillespie, then Cleveland. Frank Faulkner of Champaign, IL officiated Mary's funeral. See [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130412104/mary-easton Findagrave].
*** Christina Ann Pollock Easton Rodger (b. 1878 Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scot. - d. 1958 Decatur, [[Indiana|IN]]); husband: Robert Rodger (b. 1881 Stewarton, Ayr, Scot. - d. .
*** William Easton (b. 1880 Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scot.), emigrated to Quebec, Canada in 1906 as a miner.