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===Gillespie===
* [[Gillespie Gospel Hall, IL]] (OB) +19261912-1927+** @ Gillespie Co-Operative Store, 300 S. Macoupin St. (aka Main St.)** c/o Alexander Easton '''1912+''' (1875-1929)*** Witness 1912: "A few believers from the old country, with others, now assemble in Gillespie, Illinois. Communications to Alex. Easton, Box 17." ** c/o John Connell, 202 Charles St. '''+1926-1927+''' (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. '''+1926-1927+''' (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, Alexander being whom was and Craig were PB.
*** Grandparents: William's parents were: John Easton (b. 1832 Old Home, Ayr, Scot.) & Ellen Robertson Easton (b. 1833 Cabrine, Ayr, 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, Ayr, Scot.).
*** Parents: William Easton (b. 1851 Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scot. - d. 1905 Kilmaurs, East Ayr, Scot.) & Susan Brown McGill Easton (b. 1853 Whittetts or Maybole, Ayr, Scot. - d. 1901 Kilmaurs, East 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 Easton (b. 1880 Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scot.), emigrated to Quebec, Canada in 1906 as 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.)
*** 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 Ayr, Scot. - d. 1977 Lawrence, Essex, [[Massachusetts|MA]]). Wife: Elizabeth Horn Easton (b. 1892 Kilsyth, North Lanark, 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). '''PB'''
*** 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).
*** Kennedy Easton (1901-1902 Kilmaurs, East Ayr, Scot.), died at nine months, his mother died in childbirth.
** Other (possibly related) Eastons:
*** Warren Easton, in fellowship with the assembly at Bancroft, [[Ontario|ON]], was a building contractor who in 1964 constructed the nearby Chapel in Harcourt. Warren was a descendant of George Alexander Easton (b. 1848 Carstairs, Lanark, Scot. - d. 1929 Nipissing, [[Ontario|ON]]), son of Alex Easton (b. 1806 Lanark, Scot.)
*** Grace M. Easton penned "Merry All The Time", a children's book published by John Ritchie in Kilmarnock, prior to 1936. It was also available in 1938 thru Walterick Printing in Fort Dodge, IA as a S.S. award book.
*** William Easton (1850-1926), New Zealand.
**** Articles:
***** "A Mystery Explained", ''Assembly Annals'', 1950.
***** "Christ Loved the Church", Assembly Annals, Aug. 1949.
***** "A Few Thoughts on Elijah", Words in Season, 1893.
**** Books: Pickering & Inglis (Glasgow & London):
***** "Gleanings in the Revelation" with a "large original chart", 1928.
***** "A Bunch of Grapes", 1937.
*** Alex Easton of Grangemouth penned an article series on Prayer that was published in 1977 thru Harvester magazine.
*** Ruth Easton taught a weekly ''Mother's Bible Studies'' in 1989 at Kenilworth Gospel Chapel in N.J.
*** Adam Easton (1892-1978) was saved as a young man in Rankinston, Ayr, Scot., and in fellowship with the Shotts Assembly for over 60 years (1918-1978). For many years a "S.S. superintendent, caretaker, doorkeeper and a highly esteemed elder. Always dependable, punctual and walked the Christian pathway with dignity. Met to remember the Lord with a full basket and often ministered a word of encouragement to the saints. While health allowed preached in the open street." From an obit in Believers Magazine (Ireland).
*** J. Easton a correspondent (1980+) at Bethany Hall in Blantyre, South Lanark, Scot.
*** A. Easton preached with J. Burns & J. Aitken at the Gospel Hall in Blackburn, Scot. in May of 1982.
*** Mr. & Mrs. W. Easton were five of the original seven S.S. pupils in 1911 at Oaklands Hall (now [https://obc.ca/ Oaklands Bible Chapel], which started as a S.S. in the home of Mr. & Mrs. Galloway in 1911 in Victoria, B.C., as a hive-off from Victoria Gospel Hall, as per March 1959 ''Calling''. D. Easton has served as an elder in this assembly.
*** Roger Easton led a team of eight to Tegucigalpa, Honduras in 2000 on a short-term missions trip to repair the home of Charles & Holly Wooler, missionaries from Pennsylvania. Roger's younger brother, Dennis, who attended Emmaus Bible College in 1996 served as an administrative assistant, librarian and choir director at Kawartha Lakes Bible College in Ontario, and presently in the Philippines.
*** Donald R.K. Easton graduated from Emmaus in 1957.
*** B.S. Easton edited ''International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia'', and ''The Pastoral Epistles'' (London, 1948).
*** Don Easton served as a correspondent at the Vedder Gospel Chapel in Chilliwack, B.C. in 1961, helping the development of an influential children's work, as per Calling 1961.
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