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By the time of their wedding, Fred was still living in Galesburg, and working as a train dispatcher for the St. Joseph, Missouri railroad. In 1889, he accepted a position as Assistant to the Chief Dispatcher of the Oklahoma Division of the Santa Fe railway, hence the occasion for his relocation.
By 1898, according to a local phone book from that era, he was living at 324 N. A Street in Arkansas City, where he was recorded in 1904 as having had an open Brethren assembly at 118 N. Summit, with services on Sunday evenings at 7:30 p.m. By that year, he was a train dispatcher for the Santa Fe Railway. See [[Arkansas City Gospel Hall, KS]]. The assembly ceased to be listed in the phone book by 1906. Fred also lived at 415 N. B St for a timein 1904. The assembly also met at 118 N. Summit.
==Children==
*** Candice Sheppard (Monahans, TX)
*** Denise Hendricks (OKC, OK)
* Rachel L. Horton Justice (b. 1897 Ark City, KS - d. 1979 Oklahoma City, OK). First Presby. Ch., retired VP @ Mullenix Co. Husband (1922 @ Tulsa, OK): Roy Justice. W.M. Gardner officiated wedding.
In 1929, Frederick joined T.C. Bush of Waxahachie, [[Texas]] to minister in the Midwest to several small assemblies in [[Kansas]], [[Missouri]], then at Fort Worth, [[Texas]], as reported in ''The Record''.
==Scripture Hill==
The stonework was constructed either in 1889 or 1897, mostly by Fred himself, with sometimes an African-American friend helping him who had a wagon. It took seven months to build and whitewash. In addition to 476 feet long and 18 feet high, the letters are 12 feet wide, and 3 feet deep. It was rebuilt thrice over a 30 year period, and the stone is from the hillside where it stands. It is said that "his wife and kids would hitch the horse to the wagon and head to railroad yards to pick up Father for supper. Afterward, he'd be off to the hill, on foot."
Several church groups and civic organizations (including the Boy Scouts) have maintained the lettering over the years. Awhile back, some folks installed three crosses near the stonework that they have lit by kerosene certain times of the year. Passenger trains no longer travel in the area, although freight trains still use the tracks, which have been moved some. Motorists can see the lettering when traveling on the nearby US Hwy bypass, especially during the Autumn months.
* [https://www.ctnewsonline.com/news/article_5ca3bc10-7acc-11ea-9515-c3f400090464.html 2020 article]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsXQFclcZ6E&t=38s YouTube tribute]
* [https://www.lasr.net/travel/city.php?Scripture+Hill&TravelTo=KS0104033&VA=Y&Attraction_ID=KS0104033a007 Leisure & Sport article]
* [https://blog.reformedjournal.com/2017/02/10/heavyweight-evangelism/ 2017 Reformed Journal article] "Heavyweight Evangelism" by James Calvin Schaap
** revised for [https://www.christiancourier.ca/heavyweight-preaching/ 2019 Christian Courier of Canada].