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April 15, 2009. The House of David (formally The Israelite House of David) is a religious group founded in Benton Harbor, Michigan, in March 1903. [1] It was co-founded by spouses Benjamin Purnell (1861–1927) and Mary Purnell (1862–1953). The Purnells claimed to be the successors to Joanna Southcott (1750–1814), an English woman who had ...
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By inspiration, Mary Purnell was given the actual home base for the newborn church to be at Benton Harbor, Michigan. In the Spring of 1903, a small party of Charles Norris, John Schneider, Cora and Paul Mooney, Mary, Benjamin and Coy Purnell journeyed from Fostoria to Benton Harbor, arriving on Saint Patrick's Day.
Mary Purnell, at age 68, seeks an end to the continual unpleasantries and squabblings; she legally draws up articles of dissolution that divides up assets and properties between the 2 factions. Then to avoid a lengthy and costly litigation, she decides to walk away from her home of 27 years and reorganize the colony, to re-establish its ...
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Jul 16, 2017 · Mary Purnell’s leadership had been challenged, and in 1930, she pulled her followers out and founded the rival sect across the street. The cult’s assets were divided, right down to the ...
Jul 20, 2020 · The Israelite House of David is a Christian communal community founded in 1903 by Benjamin and Mary Purnell in Benton Harbor, Michigan. In its heyday it was an economic powerhouse with a famous barnstorming baseball team, an amusement park, and numerous commercial businesses.
The first biography of Mary Purnell who along with her husband Benjamin, led the Israelite House of David in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Mary later formed her own community, Mary’s City of David. Both communities are functioning today. The communities are best known for their bearded baseball teams, but, as Frost’s book shows, they were only a small part of the story. 161 pp., with 19 b/w ...
Jul 29, 2007 · Benjamin Purnell, the charismatic if somewhat flawed man who, with his wife, Mary, founded the House of David in 1902 (and moved it here in 1903), was exiled from the community after a lurid sex ...
