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[[Bloomington Meeting Room, IL|Bloomington Meeting Room]], McLean, [[Illinois]] (TW) +18941891-2010+
=Correspondents=
* George Murray Leitch +1894-1911+, +1944-1946(1876-1946)* J.L. Louis Jackson McFerrin +1901-1933+1938 (1850-1938)** 402 W. Kelsey St.* Adolphe Adolph Engweiler +1894-1933+** 1226 Wall St., Normal1939 (1859-1939)
* O.W. Macy +1911+
** First St.
=Families=
==Engweiler family==
* Adolph Engweiler '''+1891-1939''' (b. 1859 Constance, Tägerwilen, Thurgau, Switzerland; emig. 1881; d. 1939 Normal, IL), son of Henry Engweiler & Margaret Engweiler. Sister: Mrs. Catherine Mier.
* Alice Bertha Pemberton Engweiler (b. 1860 IL; m. 1899 McLean Co., IL). Daughter of Isaac H. Pemberton (b. 1836 Harrison, Perry, OH - d. 1919 Bloomington, IL) & Mary Jane Lindley Pemberton (1832-1875 Bloomington, IL). The Pemberton family farmed in 1870 at Lees Summit, Jackson, MO. No close relation to the founder of Coca-Cola.
==Leitch family==
George Murray Leitch lived at 1003 E. Front St. and was a '''founder''' of the Bloomington Meeting Room by 1894. He was employed in 1910-1920 as a shipping clerk for a local fire finance foundry. His parents were from Ohio, but lived in Bloomington by 1879.
* Adeline Ada Crawford Vanderveer Leitch '''+1919''' ? (b. 1845 Butler Co., OH; m. 1865 Butler Co., OH; d. 1919 Bloomington, IL), daughter of Dr. Peter Vanderveer (b. 1798 Somerset, [[New Jersey|N.J.]] - d. 1861 Middletown, Butler, OH) & Mary Ann Hubbell Vanderveer (b. 1804 Fairfield Co., [[Connecticut|CT]] - d. 1849 Middletown, OH).
** Ferdinand Vanderveer Leith (b. 1865 Hamilton, OH - d. 1928 Bloomington, IL). traveling salesman in 1909 for J.F. Humphreys & Co.
** George Murray Leitch '''+1894-1946''' (b. 1867 Hamilton, Butler, [[Ohio|OH]] - d. 1946 Bloomington, IL]]). George worked in 1909 for Am. F & F Co. Wife: Della M. Leitch (b. 1869 IL - d. 1915 Bloomington, IL)** William Peter Leitch (b. 1871 OH - d. 1949 Normal, IL). Wife (1899): Clara A. Leitch (1871-1966). William was a traveling salesman in 1909. They had a daughter Emily that died in infancy.
** Mary A. Leitch (b. 1875 OH)
** Roy Clifford Leitch (b. 1879 Bloomington, IL - d. 1944 Topeka, [[Kansas|KS]]). Wife (1906 @ First Cong. Church, Newton, KS): Bessie Belle Casell Carhartt-Leitch (b. 1880 PA - d. 1946 San Diego, [[California|CA]]), daughter of George G. Caswell (b. 1849 PA) & M.L. Caswell (b. 1853 PA). Railroad brakeman in 1900. Conductor on the Alton RR several years, then by the Santa Fe RR as a passenger conductor. 1910 @ Center, Hodgeman, KS. +1920-1944+ @ Kansas City, Jackson, [[Missouri|MO]]. Bessie's 1st husband was Dr. Edgar L. Carhartt (b. 1860 Delaware Co., OH - d. 1910 Jefferson Co., KS), son of Lewis Carhartt (b. 1817 Otsego, [[New York|N.Y.]] - d. 1889 Thompsonville, Jefferson, KS) & Nancy W. Pearson Carhartt (b. 1820 Frost, Athens, OH - d. 1895 Wilson, Ellsworth, KS).
** Emily Vanderveer Leitch (1881-1958 Bloomington, IL). Memorial officated by Dr. Harold R. Martin of Second Presbyterian of Bloomington, where Emily was a member.
** Edwin C. Leitch (b. 1883 - d. 1957 Normal, McLean, IL). Contract carpenter in 1909.
==McFerrin family==
* Louis Jackson McFerrin '''+1901-1938''' (b. 1850 Bulls Gap, Hawkins, [[Tennessee|TN]] - d. 1938 Bloomington, IL), son of Louis McFerrin.
* Rebecca M. Hamm McFerrin (b. 1856 TN; m. 1877 Hawkins Co., TN; d. )
** Claude Elmer McFerrin '''+1901-1944+''' (b. 1881 TN). Wife (1918 @ Des Moines, IA): Irma Vivian Brown McFerrin '''+1920+''' (b. 1892 Runnells, IA - d. 1981 Des Moines, Polk, [[Iowa|IA]]), daughter of John Wilber Brown (b. 1859 - d. 1906 Vandalia, Jasper, IA) & Rua Elizabeth Means Brown (b. 1862 Prairie City, Jasper, IA or Vandalia, IA - d. 1905 Vandalia, IA).
*** Claude & Irma's wedding witnessed by Mr. & Mrs. C.H. Brown, officiated by Claus N. Wiebe (b. 1883 Mountain Lake, MN - d. 1968 Glendale, CA), minister of the Christian & Missionary Alliance in 1918, later pastored a Baptist churches in Sterling & Bennett, Colorado. Claus was a son of Wilhelm Wiebe (b. 1843 Marienthal, Ukraine - d. 1925 Cottonwood Co., MN) & Justina Wiens Wiebe (b. 1849 Zaporozh'ye, Ukraine - d. 1922 Mountain Lake, MN).
** Ross Jackson McFerrin (b. 1895 Bulls Gap, TN)
