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Alexander Neil "A.N." O'Brien served as an itinerant preacher among open brethren (OB) in the U.S., as well as the first editor of [[Walterick Publishers]]. He was born June 15, 1864 at Burntcoat, Noel, Hants, [[Nova Scotia]].
His parents were Rupert George O'Brien (1824-1912) & Sarah Anne Archibald O' Brien. In 1893, he married "Hattie" O'Brien (b. [[Illinois|IL). By 1900, they resided at Kansas City, [[Missouri]], at 2533 Jefferson St. By 1904, they had relocated to Duluth, St. Louis, [[Minnesota]] where they would call home for the duration of their ministry. They had three children, and Alex died on Dec. 27, 1942 in Duluth.
=Ancestry=
=Early Life and Ministry=
In 1904, Alex resided on St. Marie Street in Oakland Park, part of Duluth, [[Minnesota]], and self-identified as a missionary. As early as 1908, and as late as 1942, he was residing at 227 Victoria Street (later known as Arrowhead Road) at Hunters Park near Duluth which served as a preaching point in 1927, prior to an assembly being planted.
He was the first editor of [[Walterick Publishers]] (1931-2008), founded in Fort Dodge, [[Iowa]] which published books, hymnals, tracts, and several assembly magazines, including ''Light and Liberty'', a monthly news periodical that was a continuation of ''Armour of Light''.
* Grace Emily O'Brien (b. 1902 Kansas City, [[Missouri|MO]])
Around 1913 or 1914, the family adopted a teenage orphan named Anna Banks (b. 1901), who inherited a home from her late parents in 1915 when it was built, her parents were Charles and Sarah Banks, immigrants from Finland.
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