Chapman Meeting Room, KS

From at least 1889-1933, this was a TW exclusive assembly. In 1890, it met in a home, and the attendance was 17, as per the U.S. Religious Census. From 1894-1908, it met in an "old stone school house", five miles southeast of Chapman. By 1933, the assembly was not meeting as such, but Walter Lawrence remained in fellowship in residency.

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Locations

• home meeting +1890+
• "old stone school house" 5 mi. SE of Chapman, KS +1894-1908+
• home of Watson A. Cleveland +1911+

Meeting Times

• 1894-1896: Sun Breaking of Bread 10:00am; Thu Prayer and/or Reading Meeting 2:30pm
• 1908: Sun BoB 10:30am, no midweek meeting.
• 1911: Sun BoB 10:30am, Thu P&R 2pm

Correspondents

• Henry Lawrence +1894+
• L.H. Earle @ 5 miles SE +1894-1896+
  • as his address is the same as the schoolhouse, perhaps he owned it or was its neighbor?
• Charles Woodford @ 10 miles SE +1896+
• John Lawrence +1908-1911+
• Watson A. Cleveland +1908-1911+
• Walter Lawrence +1911-1933+

Misc.

In the July 1955 issue of the (tight) open brethren magazine Words in Season, it was reported in the ministry news section that Allen Clark Ferguson (1899-1990) had been in Seattle, Washington doing evangelistic outreach in the Greenwood district, trying to "reach many homes", likely in conjunction with Clearview Gospel Hall, then located in Seattle proper and known as West Woodlands Gospel Hall.

Allen was born in 1899 in Chapman to Clayton James Ferguson (b. 1874 Longford, KS - 1933 Yuma, AZ) & Harriett "Hattie" Pierce Arnold Ferguson (b. 1865 Manchester, Ontario, New York - d. 1955 Los Angeles, CA). Longford is only 34 miles from Chapman. In the 1950's, Allen was a full-time itinerant preacher among the opens but his daughter Eileen Margaret Ferguson in 1948 married Dr. George William Groth, son of Dr. George William Groth Sr. of Sierra Madre Meeting Room. All of this may suggest that Allen was TW for awhile while growing up. He also resided awhile in Monrovia and Arcadia, California where he may have been in fellowship at some point with Monrovia Gospel Hall, a tight open meeting in the Los Angeles area.

Sources

• 1894-1933 EB AAB's
• Ancestry.com