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Also in 1884, Christopher Frederick Schwarz emigrated to nearby Solomon, Kansas, and is remembered as having been involved with this assembly still in the 1930's.
In August of 1909, Harry Ironside ministered at the Grant exclusive assembly in Manchester.
From the Topeka State Journal, Sept. 14, 1914: "Abilene Preacher Egged: Saloon Rowdies at Breckenridge, Minn., Insult Kansas Minister on Street": "While Rev. F.H. Nicholson of Abilene, a preacher of the Plymouth Brethren denomination, was speaking in the street here, eggs were hurled at him from a saloon in front of which he was standing. A crowd of more than a hundred present at the time, was not slow in showing that their sympathies were with the speaker rather than the rowdies. Rev. Nicholson has been preaching for about fourteen years and is well known in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa."
Other early families included Roggendorff, Miller, and Jury. It is also believed that [[George Gruen]] may have been among the early saints also, who had relocated from the St. Louis area of Illinois to farm, who was involved with exclusive assemblies in the Highland, Illinois area. It is remembered that when George first came to Abilene, he settled with an established Grant exclusive meeting in the area, which may have been among those who eventually started Grace & Truth. It has been also recollected that in the early days of the Gospel Hall, the men and women were required to sit in separate areas during meetings.
As noted earlier, Harry Ironside gave ministry in 1903 at the assembly in nearby Manchester. In the Abilene Daily Reflector, 10-15-1919, it gives the following advertisement for ''Meeting at Bonnacord'' from "Committee": "Haigh Lowry ([[Minnesota]]), Mrs. G.A. Branadt (Barnum, MN), Mr. Cress (Nashua, IA) and Scott Alton (Illinois), have already arrived for the usual annual meetings to be held in Gospel Hall, Bonnacord. Among others expected to be present are Mr. A.E. Booth, and Mr. Greenman, and Mr. Pearson from Canada, Mr. Ironside, Oakland, Calif., Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, Missionaries to the Walapi and Hopi Indians, Valentine, Arizona, and Mr. Elliott, Chicago, Ill.
These meetings commence Wednesday evening of this week and continue over Sunday as follows: Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 11:30 a.m., 3:30 and 8:30 p.m., Sunday at 3:30 and 8 p.m. All are cordially invited to be with us as we hope these meetings will be helpful and will be of special interest to Bible students and particularly to those interested in prophetic subjects."
==1920's==
