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Who's Who at Cornerstone Bible Chapel, Rochester, NY

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* Stephen G. Smith +1950-1970+
* Stuart Milligan ?-current
 
=Commendations=
* Mr. & Mrs. Irving Sylvia - 1947 - [[India]]
=Notable Early Families=
@ 49 Gardiner St. +1922-1927+. John served as a correspondent during this time, and was among the founders with Harold Harper.
LOI 1986-1: With the Lord: "Enga E. Bramhall, 90, of Charlotte, NC, on Oct. 21, wife of preacher and writer John Bramhall. With her husband she sacrificially served the Lord and His people in numerous places including Rochester, NY and Florence, SC."
* John W. Bramhall, Jr. '''1916-1927+'''
@ 399 Birr St. Fred served as a correspondent in 1948, giving Stephen G. Smith a small break.
* Fred James '''+1946-1948+''' ==Knipe family==* William Knipe '''+1946-1947+'''. Elder.
==Larter family==
* Ted Larter '''+1965'''
* Vernon Larter
 
==Leake family==
* J. Carroll Leake '''+1946-1947+'''. Elder.
==Milligan family==
** Cecil E. Milligan '''1944?-1962+''' (b. 1944 Roch., NY). Army vet, employed in 1969 by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester_Products_Division Rochester Products]. Wife (1969): Martha Jean Cooper Milligan, daughter of Robert I. Cooper of P.R.
** Carl Henry Milligan '''1945?-1963+''' (b. 1945 Roch., NY). Wife (1968): Evelyn "Evie" J. Caldwell Milligan, daughter of Colin Caldwell '''+1951+''' & Mrs. Robert Westfall. In 1968, Carl was teaching at [https://www.brockport.edu/ SUNY Brockport]. In 1951, Colin was the S.S. superintendent.
** Wesley Milligan '''1947?-1979+''' (b. 1947 Roch., NY). Wife: Janet Milligan. Full-time worker with this assembly until 1979 when they commended him to "enter linguistic training with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Dallas, [[Texas|TX]]. His ministry in the assembly included Bible clubs, jail visitation and Bible classes in local colleges. He enters his new field of work with the full approval of the elders of Congress Bible Chapel.", as per [[Letters of Interest|LOI]] 1979-2.
==Musclow family==
** Virginia Smith McLaren. Husband: Ian McLaren.
** Eileen Smith Myles. Husband: Thomas Myles.
 
==Sylvia family==
L&L 1947-1: Commendations: "Carter Street Assembly, Carter at Herald Street, Rochester, New York, Nov. 23, 1946. From Christians gathered to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ at the above assembly: To Christians gathered in like manner,
Greetings: We are happy to commend our Brother and Sister, Mr. and Mrs. Irving Sylvia, both in happy fellowship for the past twenty-one months, as the Lord may lead to serve in the Gospel of His Son in India. We have enjoyed happy fellowship with our Brother and Sister in Rochester, New York, and any kindness which may be extended to them will be pleasing to our Lord and Savior, also greatly appreciated by the assembly from which they are commended to the Lord’s work. We ask that the prayers of God’s people everywhere may follow them. Yours on behalf of the above assembly: Stephen S. Smith, William Knipe, Frank Westfall, J. Carroll Leake, Fred James.
 
* Irving Sylvia '''+1945-1947'''
* Mrs. Sylvia '''+1945-1947'''
==Valcore family==
In 1965, Bob was a co-founder of [[Northgate Bible Chapel, Rochester, NY|Northgate]]
* Frank Westfall'''+1946-1947+'''. Elder.
* Nellie McKissock Westfall
** Helen Westfall Milligan-Oglesby (b. 1915 Rochester, NY - d. 2008 Derwood, [[Maryland|MD]]), daughter of Frank Westfall & Nellie McKissock Westfall. 1st husband (1937): Frank Milligan (d. 1969). 2nd husband (1978): Richard Wellington Oglesby. See Milligan family. As per her [https://www.newspapers.com/image/137709285 obit], Helen worked as a secretary pre-marriage at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastman_Business_Park Kodak Park], and "became an expert in counted cross-stitching; and brightened the lives of hundreds through her greeting card "ministry"...
* AAB's 1897-1970
* Ancestry.com
* [[Light and Liberty]] (L&L): 1947-1* [[New York history]] by Robert L. Peterson & David Rodgers.