Article: The House of David.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: Vintage baseball a refreshing reminder of game of yore.
Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  August 28, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Alleged indiscretions by Benjamin Purnell got him banished from the ... separate colonies _ the House of David (they believed Benjamin Purnell was the only true leader ... factions continued to use the House of David name on the baseball ...

Article: Pepper.
The National Pastime;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... fake tosses, the House of David put top ... almost an art form. Benjamin Purnell, a former wandering ... preacher, started the House of David as a religious ... November 19, 1927, House of David founder Benjamin Purnell died after a long ...

Article: The House of David & high island.
Michigan History Magazine;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... April 6, 1909, the House of David incorporated ... between company president Benjamin Purnell, vice president and ... crewmen survived. The House of David's Aral enterprise ... at Aral played out, Benjamin Purnell turned his attention ... National Lakeshore. The House of David bought ...

Article: Mary's City of David.
Utopian Studies;  January 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... growing up in the 1930s the House of David meant one of two things ... pictorial history of the Israelite House of David as reorganized by ... sanitized history that exonerates Benjamin Purnell of all the crimes he was charged ... the Dewhirst faction at the House of David to the new community ...

Article: IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO 1923: Sect Marriages
International Herald Tribune;  February 10, 1998 ;     180 words ... ... 10-1998 PAWPAW, Michigan Ruth B. Reed and Gladys B. Hubel, girl members of the House of David sect, have filed suit here against Mr. Benjamin Purnell, head of the sect, for $800,000 damages, charging that he forced them to marry ...

Article: Thomas Parrish. Restoring Shakertown: The Struggle to Save the ...
Utopian Studies;  June 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Taylor of Mary's City of David, a House of David offshoot community in Benton ... a move, although the leader of the House of David, Benjamin Purnell, was originally from Kentucky. However, the House of David was well established in Benton ...

Article: [0] The briefs.(Neighbor)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  August 24, 2001 ;     700+ words ...House of David brings 'base ball' to Elgin Elgin Area Historical Society ... the vintage base ball circuit, the Echoes have a storied past. House of David founder Benjamin Purnell founded the original teams in 1914. Colony members do not cut ...