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- Long John
John Long at his son's wedding. John Long was the FIRST worker to commit to the work full time on Faith Lines in 1899/1900. He obtained permission for William irvine's FIRST independent mission inNenagh and was Irvine's first companion! In 1907, John was EXCOMMUNICATED by William Irvine while preaching from the platform at the Crocknacrieve Convention. He left the sect and later married. He wrote a very comprehensive Journal in which he chronicled the "Early Days" of the movement.[sample pages are on TTT)] http://www.tellingthetruth.info/publications_johnlong/ - Jordan, Dale & Marlene Family
Dale and Marlene Jordan were from Alberta Canada. They were excommunicated in May 1999. You can listen to their actual excommunication made over the phone. http://www.thelyingtruth.info/index.php?f=exc&id=exc - 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. - Magowan, Marg and her husband Lance and Marg's Mother
Marg Magowan, Sister Worker excommunicated around 1999. - 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. - 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 - Campbell, Ron #2
Ron Campbell grew up in Mannanarie, near Peterborough in South Australia. He went into the work in 1926 and labored in the USA and was put out around 1950. He died in 1978. - 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. - Webb, Willie Family
E. William (Willie) Webb (1877-1966) Willie is standing on far left. - 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. - Galloway, Don & Myrna 2003
Don & Myrna Galloway were excommunicated in 1999 in Alberta, Canada The Workers who excommunicated them were Jim Knipe and Scott McChesney, who were under the oversight of Willis Propp. Photo taken in 2003. - Veitch, Keith & Mabel
Keith & Mabel Veitch, Alberta, Canada were excommunicted around 1999. - Seminiuks, John & Elizabeth
John & Elizabeth Seminiuk from Alberta Canada were excommunicated in 1999. - Hendrson suicides Australia
From the Age, Melbourne, Australia Shortly before she committed suicide last year with her younger brother, 15-year-old Narelle Henderson, of Kinglake West, wrote on her arm: "Kurt Cobain is a legend." A diary found later at Narelle's home included more references to Cobain, lead singer of the American band Nirvana, who had shot himself dead several months earlier. "Kurt you are so f lucky. I would give anything to be' where you are or with you." Narelle's obsession with the grunge rock hero was cited by a coroner yesterday as a contributing factor in her suicide with her 12-year-old brother, Stephen Henderson, in the Mount Robinson State Park at Pheasants Creek in November last year. Both had bullet wounds to the back of the head. But while Cobain's suicide was influential, the dread of attending a forthcoming religious camp was probably uppermost in the children's minds at the time they shot themselves, and the immediate motivation for their suicide pact, the coroner, Ms Jacinta Heffey, found. A suicide note found in clothing worn by Narelle said: "We want to tell (whoever finds us) not to make anybody go to Meetings or Church if they really hate it. "It destroys your life and we considered running away or other things but we were afraid we would be found and get in trouble and made to go back to our awful lives . . ." The children were due to attend a four-day religious convention either the night before or the day of the convention. Ms Heffey said in her finding: "It would seem clear that the imminent 'convention' was uppermost in the children's minds and was the immediate motivation behind the joint suicide." But Ms Heffey said Narelle was "also influenced to some degree" by the suicide of Cobain in April 1994. A letter found in Narelle's room, in which the text was written backwards, said: "Satan I need help, I want to serve you and be a devil worshipper. God is dead and no one cares. I am planning to kill myself on Tuesday. When I die let me be a devil or demon and destroy everyone who hurt me. I might have a seance and try and communicate with Kurt Cobain I love him, when I die can I meet him please I need to. Let me be a devil or demon." - Magowan, Alfred & Harriet.
Alfred Magowan and his sister, Harriet. He was born Oct. 24, 1883 in Drumgor, Armagh, Ireland to James and Jane (McNabb) Magowan. He professed in 1902 and entered the work in 1907; he came to America to preach and was later excommunicated. Alfred Magowan died Nov. 13, 1960 in Portadown, Armagh, N. Ireland, aged 77 years. Harriet was also a worker and preached in Illinois. She was killed in collision with a train. Photo taken in 1912. - Magowan, Alfred
Alfred Magowan was born Oct. 24, 1883 in Drumgor, Armagh, Ireland to James and Jane (McNabb) Magowan. He professed in 1902 and entered the work in 1907; he came to America to preach and was later excommunicated. Alfred Magowan died Nov. 13, 1960 in Portadown, Armagh, N. Ireland, aged 77 years. Photo taken about 1930 in California. - Massey, Edgar & Family
This photo of Edgar Massey family was at Carema, Italy convention in 2001. Eldon Knudson was responsible for their excommicataion, which was authorized at the European Workers meeting. attended by Dale Shultz, Dean Johnson, Larry Stevens and Steve Sorenson among others. Edgar's excommunication came about from supporting a sister worker whose "crime" was visiting an excommunicated couple who had a professing daughter in her field. Mrs. Massey was rejected on the grounds that she was married to Edgar. The workers refused to recognize their 10 year old daughter professing at convention the previous week. Their 12 year old professing daughter was never contacted after they were put out. Their 18 year old daughter quit meetings a short time after, as the folks she met with for meetings acted as if her parents didn't exist. Photo taken shortly after they were excommunicated. - Blubaugh, Steve
Steve Blubaugh was from Kansas and was excommunicated after leaving the work. - 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. - 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. - 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. - Groenwald, Hennie & Kosie
Hennie and Kosie Grothers were brothers in the work in South Africa, where Kosie was murdered in the 1980s. - Barnato, Terry
Terry Barnato was excommunicated prior to 2001, after she asked to leave the work in Sweden. Photo taken in 2002. - Holt Elizabeth & Jim
Elizabeth and Jim Holt from Evansburg, Alberta, Canada. Jim was an Assistant Elder of Meeting. This photo was taken on May 16,1999 right after they were Excommunicated by Thelma Galbraith, working under the oversight of Willis Propp. - Holt, Jim
Jim Holt, Assistant Elder from Evansburg, Alberta, Canada, was excommunicated in 1999 by Thelma Galbraith, working under the oversight of Willis Propp. (Jim was born June 13, 1913 - Died March 19, 2000) - Coolacrease Murders
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 - 1917 Heresies Exposed john long
The exommunicated John Long is mentioned in "Heresies Exposed"... by William C. Irvine. *Mr. John Long has written us that he was the man who obtained for William Irvine "the first opening for a mission in Nenagh, August, 1897." That "William Irvine is the name of the original leader of the "Go Preache - 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. - Holt, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Holt (Born Dec. 26,1912 - Died June 26, 2005) of Evansburg, Alberta, Canada, She was excommunicated in 1999 by Thelma Galbraith, working under the oversight of Willis Propp. - Massey FamilyInCanada
Edgar Massey family in Canada - 1931 July 9
Impartial Reporter: "Eddie Cooney, at one time a leader in the movement, now an outsider. Dethroned! Eddie, at present in Fermanagh was not there! He ploughs his lonely furrow in the same old way -- denunciation of all and sundry, abusing the Churches and the clergy, and counting only himself and those that agree with him to be on the right straight path to heaven...." - Campbell, Ron #1
Ron Campbell grew up in Mannanarie, near Peterborough in South Australia. He went into the work in 1926 and labored in the USA and was put out around 1950. He died in 1978. (#2) - Starkweather, John & Horace Burgess
John Starkweather and Horace Burgess. John was Overseer of Texas for a time, and was excommunicated as well as Walter and Truitt Oyler of Manhattan, Montana. - Jacobsen, Dennis
Dennis Jacobsen, of Castle Rock, Washington was excommunicated by Therald Sylvester in a hand delivered letter from Jenneth Hamon and Jan Demon in the Spring of 1986. - Cameron, Lea
Lea Cameron was excommunicated in Canada on October 29, 1999 - 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. - 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. - Berry, Dot & Louise Montgomery
Cherie Kropp's mother, Dot Berry & her sister Louise Montgomery, 1952.