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==Chesterfield County==
===Matoaca===
* [[Matoaca Gospel Hall, VA]] (OB) '''1895'''-'''2021+'''** c/o Grover "Cleveland" Skinner +1927+ (b. 1884 - d. 1958 Pembroke, Petersburg, VA), *** in fellowship at the assembly +1927-1958*** lived in 1892 in Columbia, Herkimer, [[New York]]. *** worked 1920 as laborer at Seward Luggage Co., a suitcase factory, where he retired from.*** wife: Margaret "Maggie" Boone Skinner +1927-1958+ (b. 1882 Cooks Town, Ireland - d. 1968 Colonial Heights, VA), dau. of Andrew Charles Boone & Ellen McFarland Boone. In 1968, when she died, she was in fellowship with the Petersburg Gospel Hall. William T. Ogelsby officiated her memorial service.*** Cleveland and Maggie's daughter Miriam Irene Skinner (b. 1915) was married in 1945 at the Newport News Gospel Hall to George Larkin Fox, Jr. (b. 1918 Cincinatti, [[Ohio|OH]]), son of George L. Fox, Sr. & Grace G. Fechter Fox, officiated by John Millar, an elder of the assembly there. *** Cleveland was a son of Dr. Carmie Oscar Skinner (b. 1843 New Lexington, [[Ohio|OH]] - d. 1914 Beaver City, Fumas, [[Nebraska|NE]]) & Mary Ellen Lockhart Skinner (b. 1845 - d. 1880 Allendale, Worth, [[Missouri|MO]]); Carmi was a Civil War veteran, enlisting as a member of Co. B of the 22nd Ohio Infantry during the early days of the war, and later re-enlisting in Co. B, 31st OH, serving as a corporal until the end of the war. After the war, in 1865, Carmi studied at Denison University, a Baptist liberal arts college, in Granville, [[Ohio]] under the tutelage of Mr. Sinnett. In 1870, Carmie was residing in Fletchall, Worth, [[Missouri]], the same county where he would later (1877) be married at Allendale, Worth, [[Missouri|MO]], officiated by William Knox, "minister of the Gospel" (b. 1819 Alleghany Co., [[West Virginia|W.V.]] - d. 1901 Allendale, [[Missouri|MO]]). Knox was a hotel keeper in 1880 in Smith, Worth, [[Missouri|MO]], and joined the M.E. church in 1844 upon moving to Galla Co., [[Ohio|OH]] at the age of 16, and being licensed to preach in 1846, he relocated with his wife Elizabeth to Worth County in 1864. In 1880, before Mary Ellen died, they were living in Canton, McPherson, [[Kansas|KS]]], where Carmie was employed as an allopathic (vs. homeopathic) doctor, having graduated previously from a medical college in St. Joseph, [[Missouri|MO]]. In 1885, he married Nettie Alma Smith (b. 1863 Rock Grove or Oneco, Stephenson, [[Illinois|IL]] - d.), dau. of Noah Smith (b. 1824 Union Co., [[Pennsylvania|PA]] - d. 1909 Lena, Stephenson, [[Illinois|IL]]) & Mary Elizabeth Yarger Smith (b. 1834 Jacksonville, Centre, [[Pennsylvania|PA]] - d. 1911 Lena, Stephenson, [[Illinois|IL]]). By 1900, Carmie & Nettie were living in Lincoln, NE. In 1910, they were living in Denver, [[Colorado|CO]] where he was employed as an agent (traveling salesman). By 1914, Carmi was living in Cortland, [[Nebraska]] and was credited in his obit as being a charter resident of that town, having arrived in 1886, where he was in business with J.C. Warner in the general merchandise business, before relocating in 1889 to Dundy county. He died while in the home of Robert J. Scott in Beaver City. Described in his obit as "a consistent Christian and a man of strong convictions", with no mention of what type of church he was affiliated.
==Lynchburg metro==
** West High Street Gospel Hall; Petersburg Gospel Hall +1890-1990;
** @ W. High St. between West & Dunlop +1927-1958; 1001 W. High St. 1959-1966; 1009 W. High St. 1967-1973; 1001 W. High St. 1974-1990; 25609 Grant Ave. 1991-1999;
** c/o Hugh Campbell +1900-1923 (b. 1857 [[Scotland|Scot. ]] - d. 1923), co-owner @ Burns & Campbell (The Petersburg Granite Company), a stone maker who designed the arch at Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg.
** c/o Hugh Campbell, Jr., 927 W. High St. 1924-1949 (1888-1949);
** c/o William Edgar Dancy +1954-1998 (b. 1909 Glendale Springs, NC - d. 1998 Petersburg, VA), owned Dancy's Barber Shop in Petersburg 1936-1996, retired when he was 87.
** c/o Egbert L. Claiborne 1901+ (see Gayton assembly);
*** Robert Tandy Childress 1904 (b. 1872 Byrd, Goochland, VA - d. 1922 Richmond, VA);
*** Hugh Arnott Horn +1927-1948+ (b. 1885 Glasgow, [[Scotland|Scot. ]] - m. 1912 @ Richmond, VA - d. 1965 Richmond, VA);
*** George Wallace Rucker +1954 (b. 1889 Amelia, VA - d. 1967 Richmond, VA) previously founder @ Kenwood Heights Gospel Hall;
*** Royce Reams, Sr. 1955-1959, 1966-1978; (1901-1989 Henrico co., VA)
===Norfolk===
* [[Norfolk Gospel Hall, VA]] (OB) +1927-1966
** Norfolk Assembly (OB) +1927+; South Norfolk Gospel Hall (OB) +1936-1943+
** @ 1010 Liberty St. +1936+; 1026 Brambleton Ave. +1943-1948+; 3218 Cottage Toll Rd. +1950+; 204 W. 34th St. +1954-1966;
** c/o Charles Henry Johnson, 304 Walnut St. +1927+ (b. Mar. 16, 1880 Clover Hill, Chesterfield, VA - d. Jan. 18, 1977); owned Johnson Bakery in 1910-1927+, wife Sarah M.; son of Henry B. Johnson (b. 1838 Nottaway Parish, Southampton Co., VA - d. 1894 Portsmouth, VA), a wheelwright, & Sarah A.F. Patron Johnson (b. 1844 VA). Charles' parents may have been in fellowship at Matoaca Gospel Hall. By 1942, Charles and his wife "Sadie" were living in Cleveland, OH, and working for the Hough Bakery, founded by Lionel Archibald "Archie" Pile.
* [[Bethany Gospel Chapel, Newport News, VA]] (OB) 1900?-'''2020+'''
** William Dunning's home - 1900?-1908+; Newport News Gospel Hall +1913-1960;
** @ William Dunning's home +1908+; 35th St. & Huntington Ave. +1927+; 82-29th St. 1940-1961; 40 Ballard Rd. 1962-2020+
** c/o J.P. Dale @ Hampton +1927+; John H. Lloyd +1936+; John Millar, Sr. +1943-1950+; William M. Ellison @ Hilton Village +1954; William Oram Millar 1955-1992; Roy V. Markham 1993-2020+ Neil Goggin 2008-2020+;
