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===Gillespie===
* [[Gillespie Gospel Hall, IL]] (OB) +1926-1927+
* @ Macoupin St. (aka Main St.) & Spruce.
** c/o John Connell, 202 Charles St. (b. 1828 Kirkintilloch, Dunbarton, [[Scotland|Scot.]]); wife: Mary Hannah Jordan Connell (b. 1829 Ireland). They were married at Kirkintilloch on Aug. 16, 1850, and in 1851, they were both employed as hand loom cotton weavers for the local distillery. Employed in 1925 in Gillespie as a miner, not there by 1929.
** c/o Thomas Connell @ 209 Charles St. (b. 1870 Kirkintilloch, Dunbarton, [[Scotland|Scot.]] - d. 1940 Gillespie, IL); Son of John Connell & Mary Jordan Connell (above). In 1920, Thomas was employed as a timber man in a coal mine, living on Caston Heights in Gillespie. Wife: Jane "Jeanie" Millar Connell (b. 1874 Scot. - d. 1939 Gillespie, IL). They immigrated to the U.S. in 1912, and in 1915 were living in St. Louis. Employed in 1925 in Gillespie as a miner, still there in 1929.
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/4cb37f3c0213f8312261e48d88716412c184af0f.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 11 in fellowship (5 men, 6 women) including 3 S.S. teachers presiding over 50 children (for a total of 61). The Hall was a rented facility (with $120 in annual expenses), and $100 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
** There were five brothers who emigrated from Scotland to Gillespie to work the mines, one of whom was said to have been PB, unknown presently which one.
*** Grandparents: William's parents were: John Easton (b. 1832 Old Home, Ayrshire, Scot.) & Ellen Robertson Easton (b. 1833 Cabrine, Ayrshire, Scot.) John was a deputy foreman at the Struthers mine owned by John Gilmour in Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scot., and was killed on June 9, 1863 in a methane explosion. Susan's parents may have been David McGill (b. 1801 Drumgoolan, County Down, Ireland) & Margaret Edgar McGill & Margaret Edgar McGill (b. 1816 Maybole, Ayrshire, Scot.).
*** Parents: William Easton (b. 1851 Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scot. - d. 1905 Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire, Scot.) & Susan Brown McGill Easton (b. 1853 Whittetts or Maybole, Ayrshire, Scot. - d. 1901 Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire, Scot.)
*** William Henry Easton (b. 1880 Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scot.), emigrated to Canada in 1906.
*** Craig Brown Easton (b. 1895 Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire, Scot. - d. 1977 Lawrence, Essex, [[Massachusetts|MA]]). Wife: Elizabeth Horn Easton (b. 1892 Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire, Scot. - d. 1985 Andover, Essex, MA), daughter of James L. Laing (b. 1866 Kilsyth - d. 1962 Lawrence, Essex, MA) & Christenia F. Millar Laing (b. 1862 Kilsyth - d. 1933 Andover, Essex, MA).
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