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Alexander "A.H." Hume Rule is credited as having started the first assembly in Des Moines, [[Iowa]]: the [[Des Moines Meeting Room, IA|Des Moines Meeting Room]] in the Fall of 1880, from a foreword of an online book the first volume of his at [https://bibletruthpublishers.com/foreword/alexander-hume-rule/selected-ministry-of-a-h-rule-volume-1/a-h-rule/la87662 Bible Truth PublishersSelected Ministry]series.
The family) emigrated in 1852 to the U.S., and resided first at Elmira, Stark, [[Illinois]], then settled on a farm near the village of Neponset in Bureau County, Illinois, about 145 miles southwest of Chicago. At the time of their emigration, they had six living children (one died in infancy) comprising three girls and three boys, and subsequently had four more girls and two more boys. Alexander was the eldest of all the children.
In Sep 1871, Alexander was ordained as a minister in the United Presbyterian Church of North America (UPCNA). In Oct 1871, he and Jennie got married and Alexander served as a minister in Vinton, Iowa, until July 1872 when they returned to Hawick, Scotland where they studied Arabic in preparation for missionary service in Egypt with the UPNCA, their eldest daughter Carrie was born here in Oct. 1872. It was also there that Alexander and Jennie discovered William Kelly's "Lectures on the Church of God", changing their ecclesiastical position, but continued on to Egypt where they arrived in early 1873 where they remained until 1874 They returned to the U.S. where Alexander engaged in gospel preaching and Bible teaching, and Jennie with a gift of ministry among women, among PB. They lived initially in Vinton, Iowa, then St. Louis by 1878, then Des Moines in 1880 where they remained for the duration of their lives. Alexander's written ministry was published in two volumes as ''Selected Ministry of A.H. Rule''.
* Carrie Clarke Rule Kingsbury (b. 1872 Hawick, Scot.) Husband (1905 Des Moines, IA): Clarence Thrall Kingsbury (b. 1881 Dunlap, Harrison, IA), son of Arthur Preston Kingsbury (b. 1855 Coventry, Tolland, [[Connecticut|CT]] & Carrie Thrall Kingsbury (m. 1880 Dunlap, IA). In 1900, Carrie was employed as a schoolteacher in Des Moines.
* [[John Frederick Rule]]
* Robert William Rule, Sr. (b. 1878 St. Louis, MO - d. 1967 Glendale, Los Angeles, [[California|CA]]). Wife (1903 @ Durham, [[Ontario|ON]]: Marjorie Elizabeth Weston Rule (b. 1877 Lindsay, Kawartha Lakes, ON - d. 1958 Los Angeles, CA), daughter of Thomas George Weston (b. 1839 Ireland; emig. 1864; d. 1905 Perth, Lanark, ON) & Frances "Fanny" King Weston (b. 1842 Ireland; emig. 1843 Peterborough, ON; m. 1866 Peterborough, ON (where they remained); 1907-1925 Calgary, ON; 1925-1935 Oakland, CA w/ Robert & Marjorie Rule; d. 1937 Calgary, [[Alberta|AB]]). * Dr. James Clarke Rule (b. 1880 St. Louis, MO - d. 1940 Stockton, San Joaquin, CA). Dr. Rule moved to Stockton in 1903 where he opened an osteopathy office, after graduating from the Univ. of Iowa. He was a dean of osteopaths, and and died of a heart attack while on the Stockton Golf & Country Club, which he assisted in establishing in 1910. He played basketball with the YMCA All Stars 1910 which he continued many years, and directed a boys' work for the local Optimists. Wife: Katharyn Mae Peacock Rule (b. 1881 IL - d. 1964 Stockton, CA), daughter of Frank D. Peacock & Josephine Hume Peacock.** Frank A. Rule (b. 1907 Stockton, CA) - Silver Spring, MD
** Dr. Hulet Hume Rule (b. 1908 Stockton, CA - d. 1982 Monterey, CA); Wife: Mary Polak Rule (b. 1913 ON) - Pebble Beach, CA
** Dr. James R. Rule - Stockton, CA
** Capt. John "Jack" Clarke Rule (1917-1969 Stockton, CA). Cpt. Rule served with the Stockton Fire Dept. 1942-1969. Wife: Winifred Garnet "Gamma" Harris Rule (1914-1985 Stockton, CA), daughter of Allen E. Ghoca-Harris (b. 1871 Wausau, [[Wisconsin|WI]] - d. 1947 Stockton, CA) & Esther Grover Ghoca-Harris (b. 1879 Amherst Junction, Portage, WI - d. 1927 Stockton, CA). Allen Harris was a veteran of the Spanish-American War. * Edward A. Rule
* Jean Rule