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- I met Murder on the Way
'I met Murder on the way...The Story of the Pearsons of Coolacrease' by Alan Stanley Self published 2005 in Co. Carlow, Ireland. ISBN 0950175889 In 1921 two Pearson brothers were executed in Coolacrease, Ireland. They were caught in the Irish War of Independence and it was reported that: The two Pearson brothers who were executed by irish Nationalists were Richard Henry "Dick" and Abraham Pratt "Abe" Pearson, the sons of William and Susan Pearson, Sr. While their father and a younger brother, Sidney, were attending a convention about thirty-five miles away, these two older unmarried sons were shot by a firing squad numerous times in their back yard and left to die. None of the shots were fatal, and the two men suffered agony for six and fourteen hours respectively before they died. The women dragged a mattress away from the burning house into the field and somehow managed to get the two dying men onto it. Several family members were professing in the 2x2 Sect and were known as "Cooneyites". The family moved to Australia after this event. Details on Wikipedia and TTT. You Tube has documentaries on this tragedy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn-FxlFpg5s - Groenwald, Hennie & Kosie
Hennie and Kosie Grothers were brothers in the work in South Africa, where Kosie was murdered in the 1980s. - Walters Family, Pelahatchie, MS
Elbert & Gertie (Bumpus) Walters and 3 of their 4 children living in Pelahatchie, MS. In 1998, Elbert bludgeoned his wife to death along with her mother, Bertha Bumpus and then shot himself. - Bacons & son, Fred
Charles and Olive Bacon & son Fred, from England. Fred was in the work in the US for a time. - Baldwin, Dr Wallace
Dr. Wallace (Wally) Baldwin arranged the adoption of many babies to 2x2 parents throughout the USA. According to Ancestry.com: Wallace Emmitt Baldwin was born April 22, 1913 and died May 13, 2004. His parents were Samuel H. and Ella E. Baldwin. The Baldwins adopted children are Gary Baldwin and Linda (Baldwin) Girton. Baldwins lived in Eugene, Oregon USA. - Hawkins Family Reunion
Willie, Farring, Edgar, Maurice, Leah, Elizabeth (Bessie) and Ida Hawkins, children of James & Annie (nee Farring) Hawkins. Six of their seven children went in the work (all except William). All except Ida & Bessie left the work and married. Edgar and wife Olga left meetings in the mid 1950s. - Hawkins, Mr. & Mrs
James E and Annie Hawkins (nee Farring) professed in 1906 in George Walker and David Christie's meetings in Brooklyn, Maryland. A convention was held on their place from 1908 thru 1953. Five of their six children went in the work; four left and three of them married other workers. Edgar and wife left meetings. - Hill, James, Clyde Brownlee & Others
Back Row L to R: James Hill, Clyde Brownlee, Willie Jamieson, Esther Hanson, Irvine Weir, Alex McPhail Front Row L to R: Hilma Johnson (w/hat), Ina (McPhail) Hill and her sister Verna McPhail - Montgomery Family - MS
Clifford, Helen, Joe, Mrs Montgomery, Frances & Exie; Helen & Exie spent their lives in the work. Children are Joe & Louise's children: Joe Lloyd & Judy. From Plantersville, Mississippi. - Princess Victoria of Great Britain
Princess Victoria of Great Britain listened to open air talks from her carriage given at Speakers Corner in Hyde park, London by Ed Cooney and John Pattison. She wrote letters to sister workers and some believe she professed in her heart, but wasn't allowed to have direct contact with the workers and never attended a meeting. The Account and her letters are on TTT. - Princess Victoria w/2 sisters
Princess Victoria and her two sisters. Photo permission from WikiCommons by Sydney Prior Hall - Princess Victoria
Princess Victoria painted by Philip Alexius de László. (Permission from WikiCommons) - Sweetland, Orwyn Marriage
Marriage of Orwyn & Althea Sweetland in 1934, oldest son of William Sweetland. Chester Sweetland in black suit, 2nd row with flower? in pocket. - Tenniswood Family #1
Family of Everett and Ellen (Ross) Tenniswood (Michigan): Eldon, Irwin, Howard, Mabel, Lillian and Lula Tenniswood. Eldon, Lillian and Mabel were were workers til their deaths. Eldon was overseer of California. - Charles Goodnight
"Charles Goodnight Cowman and Plainsman" by J. Evetts Haley. Published by University of Oklahoma Press in Norman, Oklahoma. (1st published in 1936; 9th printing in 1983) - Goodnight Cemetery
Historic cemetery where Charles and his first wife, Mary Ann (Dyer) Goodnight, are buried in Goodnight, West Texas. From Claude, Hwy 287 east to Ranch Road 294. Turn left (north). Turn right (east) onto Juliet and left (north) onto County Road 26. Cemetery entrance is on the right. - Grave-Goodnight All
Charles Goodnight grave site. Visitors hang tributes of bandanas on the fence. - Grave-Goodnight Chas
Tombstone of Charles Goodnight - Grave-Goodnight MaryAnn
Tombstone of Mary Ann (Dyer) Goodnight - Grave-Tombstone Goodnight Chas-Mary
Charles Goodnight was a trail blazer and Indian Scout. He built a home in Palo Duro Canyon, developed the cattle industry, and fathered higher education and civic organizations. First wife was Mary Ann Dyer. - Murray, Michael & John Walker
Michael Murray (27 yr) & John Walker (31 yr) were killed in an auto accident in California. The accident took place somewhere between Solvang and San Luis Obispo, John was killed instantly 8/9/1987 and Michael died 8 days later. The third worker in the car, Alan Vandermyden, survived but was badly injured. - 1995 2x2 WW 2 Reunion
Army Reunion held in Ft. Sam Houston San Antonio, Texas 1965-1972, June 17-19, 1992 (Vietnam War) (Details not available) - 1995 2x2 WW 2 Reunion
Reunion held in Charleston, South Carolina USA on April 19-21, 1995 (Pages 1-4 next slides) - 1999 2x2 Military Reunion
WWII Reunion held in Sparks, Nevada USA on April 13-15, 1999 (Details not available) - 2006 2x2 Military Reunion
Korean War Veterans Reunion held in Mesquite, Nevada USA on March 22-26, 2006. (Details not available) - Cooney, Edward
Edward Cooney from Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, N. Ireland He was excommunicated in 1928 for various reasons. Among them was the failure of his attempt to convince the leaders that they had abandoned the original tenets of the faith. When his preaching became more and more in conflict with current policies, he was ousted and those who agreed with him were also expelled. They formed a separate branch which is referred to as the Cooneyites. He continued his worldwide missions as an itinerant evangelist until his death in 1960. Details are on TTT. - Kerr, Joe (1902); John Sullivan (1900) & John Cavanagh (1901)
Joe Kerr, John Sullivan & John Cavanagh. Joe Kerr was a convert of Ed Cooney, went in the work in 1902 and was EXCOMMUNICATED in 1916. He is credited with being the one who FIRST applied the Living Witness Doctrine to the 2x2 ministry and was one of the original group of workers who went to pioneer South Africa in 1905. Around 1915-16, Joe and Barbara Baxter were married. Barbara was a sister worker who went from Britain to S.A.on the same boat that Joe did. Joe and Barbara later joined the Plymouth Brethren and had 3 children. - Weir, Irvine
James Irvine Weir (born September 7, 1878 in County Dublin, Ireland and died in 1957). He is buried in North Weymouth, Massachusetts. He was friends with Carrolls, who invited him from Dublin to Nenagh to hear William Irvine. He was one of the young men who went on 1899 bicycle trip and he also was was one of the first three workers to come to America in 1903, along with George Walker and William Irvine. Irvine Weir was in the work from 1900-1918, in California, Ontario, and Kentucky. One of the first workers, he is listed on 1905 Workers list. The FIRST Sunday Morning meeting was held in their home in Dublin, over their store, Weir's Hardware Store. He was later EXCOMMUNICATED by George Walker. Irvine Weir later married, had 2 sons and a daughter, and lived in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. - Webb, Willie Family
E. William (Willie) Webb (1877-1966) Willie is standing on far left. - Lewis Family
Siblings of William Lewis, Overseer of Texas: Back: Albert, Huey, Murray, Jim, Charlie. Front: Rolf, Onealure (Oldham Carroll), Minnie (Anderson), Mary (Bassett), William. Ross, Rolf's twin, a medic, was killed in the D-Day invasion in Normandy. Also, there may have been a child who died in childhood. All ended up in New Mexico except William. - Kropp, David
Jan. 13, 1967 Oklahoma Journal, Oklahoma City, OK newspaper article about Conscientious Objector, David Kropp, a Medic in Vietnam. - Jaenen, Dr. Cornelius
Dr. Cornelius Jaenen is the Canadian author of the book titled: "The Apostles' Doctrine and Fellowship." - Goodnight, Col Charles
1929 Phoenix, AZ Charles Goodnight (with beard) is shown with Melvin Leen, Frank Dennison, Mae Dennison & Elma Weibe, workers who brought Gospel meetings to Col Goodnight. Charles was a wealthy elderly man who married his young professing nurse, Corene Goodnight, and lived in Goodnight, Texas. Charles was born March 5, 1836 and died Dec. 12, 1929 at age 93. He professed at age 92, then was baptized and died the following year. A number of books have been written about Col Goodnight. His story is included in the series "Lonesome Dove" and he was a pioneer in Trailing cattle in the old west. Biographer Haley inquired of Col. Goodnight as to the name of the church he had affiliated himself with, and Col. Goodnight replied, "I don't know, but it's a dam good one!" Read story at: http://tellingthetruth.info/history_pioneering/usa-goodnight.php - Berry, Dot & Louise Montgomery
Cherie Kropp's mother, Dot Berry & her sister Louise Montgomery, 1952. - Webb, Willie Family 1909
Willie Webb Family 1909 - Alder, Fred & Verna
Verna & Fred Alder were excommunicated in June of 1999 by Jim Knipe & Don Shenton who worked under the Overseer Willis Propp. They reside in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Three of their four children no longer attend meetings, as well as other relatives. - Barnato, Alex
Alex Barnato was in the work in Sweden and sent to labor in Italy. She was well liked in Italy but choose to quit the work and upon returning to Sweden was told she was unwelcome in all the friends homes in Scandinavia. Photo taken in 2003. - Barnato, Astrid & Grant
Astrid & Grant Barnato currently live in Norway. He is originally from South Africa and was in the work in South America. He was put out of the work and excommunicated. Photo taken in 2002. - Barnato, Terry
Terry Barnato was excommunicated prior to 2001, after she asked to leave the work in Sweden. Photo taken in 2002. - Blubaugh, Steve
Steve Blubaugh was from Kansas and was excommunicated after leaving the work.