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There was a Plymouth Brethren meeting room, initially with the Darbyites, and after 1909, informally, with the Tunbridge Wells branch of the so-called Exclusive Brethren, in Talmage, Kansas from around 1900 thru 1933. One of the correspondents, [[Judson Alden Sr.]] (1835-1923) is credited as such from 1908 until his death. The first correspondents are listed as G.W. Miller, and J.T. Moore, in 1905, see the correspondent section for a fuller list.
It can be presumed that the Talmage meeting was started around 1894, with Judson Alden and Alexander Martin as correspondents, in [[Manchester Meeting Room, KS|Manchester]], of which, they ceased to meet in Manchester by 1903, and thus moved in 1904-1905 to Talmage. Judson's widow, Laura, and their daughter Grace were the final correspondents in 1933, with none listed by 1944, with the next volume of contacts. Grace then served as sole correspondent for a preaching point at [[Abilene Meeting Room, KS|Abilene]], from at least 1944 thru 1973, as the other area assemblies had closed by that point. There was also a similar meeting 1889-1933 in [[Chapman Meeting Room, KS|Chapman]].
It is remembered by a descendant, Bonnie Botz Elliott (b. 1927), that as a small child, her grandparents, Philip Peter Botz (1859-1934) and Gertrude Alden Botz (1870-1949) hosted a regular home meeting in their home in Manchester, that neighbors may have attended. Gertrude was the 2nd to eldest daughter of Judson and his first wife Harriet.
