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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, AyrshireAyr, Scot.) & Ellen Robertson Easton (b. 1833 Cabrine, AyrshireAyr, 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, AyrshireAyr, Scot.). *** Parents: William Easton (b. 1851 Kilmarnock, AyrshireAyr, Scot. - d. 1905 Kilmaurs, East AyrshireAyr, Scot.) & Susan Brown McGill Easton (b. 1853 Whittetts or Maybole, AyrshireAyr, Scot. - d. 1901 Kilmaurs, East AyrshireAyr, Scot.)*** John Easton (b. 1869 Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scot.); coal miner @ 1901 at Hemphill, Ayr.*** George McGill Easton (b. 1871 Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scot.)*** Thomas Robertson Easton (b. 1872 Dalmellington, Ayr, Scot. - d. 1954 Isle of Man, U.K.); coal miner @ 1891 at Dreghorn, Ayr. Police inspector @ 1911 @ Kensington, Liverpool, [[England|Eng.]].*** Alexander Easton (b. 1875 Kilmarnock, East Ayr, Scot. - d. 1929 Gillespie, IL). Wife: Mary M. Simpson Easton (b. 1875 Anniesland, Glasgow, Scot. - d. 1951 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, [[Ohio|OH]]). Alexander & Mary emigrated to the U.S. with their two children in 1905, settling first in [[Missouri]], then to Gillespie in 1907 where they resided 30 years. Both were ''PB'' in Gillespie, then Cleveland. Frank Faulkner of Champaign, IL officiated Mary's funeral. See [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130412104/mary-easton Findagrave].*** Christina Ann Pollock Easton Rodger (b. 1878 Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scot. - d. 1958 Decatur, [[Indiana|IN]]); husband: Robert Rodger (b. 1881 Stewarton, Ayr, Scot. - d. .*** William Henry Easton (b. 1880 Kilmarnock, AyrshireAyr, Scot.), emigrated to Quebec, Canada in 1906as a miner.*** Susan McGill Easton McAllister (b. 1883 Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scot. - d. 1975 Thurrock, Essex, Eng.). Husband: James Weir McAllister (b. 1882 Irvine, North Ayr, Scot.)*** David Easton (b. 1885 Dreghorn, Ayr, Scot.). Wife: Florence Struthers Easton. Coal miner 1917 @ Superior Coal Co., Gillespie, IL.*** Margaret "Maggie" Strachan Easton McCrindle (b. 1887 Dreghorn, Ayr, Scot.). Husband: James McCrindle (b. 1880 Glasgow, Scot.). Settled 1930 @ Detroit, [[Michigan|MI]].*** James "Jimmy" Brown Easton (b. 1889 Dreghorn, Ayr, Scot. - d. 1975 Bethlehem, Northampton, [[Pennsylvania|PA]]); Wife: Frances L. Ahrens Easton (b. Gillespie, IL - d. 1948 Bethlehem, Lehigh, PA). 1942 Safety Inspector @ Bethlehem Steel Co.*** Robert Robertson Easton (b. 1892 Kilmaurs, East Ayr, Scot. - d. 1967 Springwood, Blue Mountains, N.S.W., Aus.). 1st wife: Ethel Annie Stevenson Easton (b. 1891 Granville, N.S.W., Australia - d. 1964 Matraville, Randwick, N.S.W., Aus.). 2nd Wife: Ellen Jane Easton (b. 1897 - d. 1984 Beverly Hills, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia). Robert served 1908-1911 with the Royal Navy, on several ships including the Ganges, Borwick, Pembroke, Terrible, Powerful, charged in 1911 with desertion from the latter. Later enlisted in Sydney, N.S.W. in service for the Australian Imperial Force during WWI 1916-1918. *** Craig Brown Easton (b. 1895 Kilmaurs, East AyrshireAyr, Scot. - d. 1977 Lawrence, Essex, [[Massachusetts|MA]]). Wife: Elizabeth Horn Easton (b. 1892 Kilsyth, North LanarkshireLanark, 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).***Andrew Wilson Easton (b. 1896 Kilmaurs, East Ayr, Scot. - d. 1948 Gillespie, IL). Wife: Ann Lawson McKechan Easton (b. 1900 Stevenston, North Ayr, Scot. - d. 1981 Gillespie, IL).
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