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In the July 1955 issue of the (tight) open brethren magazine ''Words in Season'', it was reported in the ministry news section that Allen Clark Ferguson (1899-1990) had been in Seattle, [[Washington]] doing evangelistic outreach in the Greenwood district, trying to "reach many homes", likely in conjunction with [[Clearview Gospel Hall, WA|Clearview Gospel Hall]], then located in Seattle proper and known as West Woodlands Gospel Hall.
Allen was born in 1899 in Chapman to Clayton James Ferguson (b. 1874 Longford, KS - 1933 Yuma, [[Arizona|AZ]]) & Harriett "Hattie" Pierce Arnold Ferguson (b. 1865 Manchester, Ontario, [[New York]] - d. 1955 Los Angeles, CA). Longford is only 34 miles from Chapman. In the 1950's, Allen was a full-time itinerant preacher among the opens but his daughter Eileen Margaret Ferguson in 1948 married Dr. George William Groth, son of Dr. George William Groth Sr. of [[Sierra MadreMeeting Room, [[CaliforniaCA|Sierra Madre Meeting Room]] in 1948, where there was a longstanding TW assembly, which might . All of this may suggest that Allen was TW for awhile while growing up. He also resided awhile in Monrovia and Arcadia, [[California]] where he may have been in fellowship at some point with [[Monrovia Gospel Hall, CA|Monrovia Gospel Hall]], a tight open meeting in the Los Angeles area.
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* 1894-1933 EB AAB's
* Ancestry.com
