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Superintendents
=Superintendents=
* Cecil Clark Martin (b. 1898 Manchester, Dickinson KS - d. 1985 Honolulu, [[Hawaii|HI]]), son of Alexander Martin (b. 1842 Seaforth, Huron, [[Ontario|ON]] - d. 1895 Los Angeles, CA) & Minnie Bell Clark Martin (b. 1866 Waverly, Morgan, IN; m. 1895 Neodesha, KS; d. 1957 Los Angeles, CA). Wife (1923 @ Honolulu, HI): Martha Ursula Ackerman Martin (b. 1900 Porterville, Tulare, CA - d. 1980 Honolulu, HI). ** Alexander Martin was a son of James Martin (b. 1805 [[Scotland|Scot.]] - d. 1878 Seaforth, ON) & Agnes Broadfoot Martin (b. 1798 South Mains, Sanquhar, Scot. - d. 1875 Seaforth, ON). Agnes' brother was Alexander Broadfoot (1800-1887), whose son was Alexander "Sandy" Broadfoot (b. 1854 Mains Farm, Huron, ON - d. 1904 Gilmanton, [[Wisconsin|WI]]) who was instrumental planting Grant exclusive assemblies throughout [[Iowa]] and [[Kansas]], including [[Grace and Truth Gospel Chapel, KS|Grace and Truth Gospel Chapel]], which folded in 2010, and is where the editor of this article, [[Douglas Kent Englehttps://www.facebook.com/dougengle|Doug Engle]] (b. 1976 Abilene, KS) was brought to salvation thru the Lord Jesus Christ when he was a child. Doug is also a direct descendant of Alexander Broadfoot via the Robson line (his paternal grandmother). ** Minnie Martin was a daughter of William James Clark (b. 1838 Erie, PA - d. 1922) & Sarah Shipley Winfield (b. 1839 Darby Twp., Delaware, PA; m. 1860 Mahoning, OH; d. 1915 Los Angeles, CA). The Clark family relocated in 1877 from Canton, OH to Neodesha, KS for health reasons, which is where he was saved, and gathered, and may have been a laboring brother. William & Sarah Winfield lived in Los Angeles by 1900, and Pasadena, CA by 1910.
* Sherman Lester Copeland (b. 1899 Chapman, Dickinson, KS - d. 1988 Riverside, CA), son of Edwin Robert Copeland (b. 1873 KS; m. 1891 Rhinehart Twp., Dickinson, KS; d. 1942 Glendale, CA) & Carolyne "Carrie" Elizabeth Thomas Copeland (b. 1864 New Haven, CT - d. 1955 L.A., CA).
** From +1930-1940+ Sherman was employed with Shell Oil in Los Angeles, as a chief office clerk. He was also a correspondent +1962-1977+ at the Burbank Meeting Room. His widow Jeanette Jessie Johnson Sullivan-Copeland-Fiedler (b. 1904 Monroe, Jasper, IA - d. 2003 Hernando, Citrus, FL) was in fellowship in the mid-1990's at [[Cottonwood Meeting Room, AZ|Cottonwood Meeting Room]] in [[Arizona]].