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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.

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.

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.