Biography:Ann Ree Colton
Ann Ree Colton | |
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| Born | Ann Ree Whitaker August 17, 1898 Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | June 28, 1984 (aged 85) Glendale, California, U.S. |
Ann Ree Colton (August 17, 1898 – June 28, 1984) was an American religious figure, co-founder of the Ann Ree Colton Foundation of Niscience, a New Age religious sect described as a cult by its former adherents.[1][2]
Biography
Colton was born in Georgia as Ann Ree Whitaker, the daughter of Emory Achilles Whitaker and Harriet Elizabeth Mitchell. Colton was billed as a "mother-teacher" when she was head of the First Church of Corinthian Brotherhood in Florida in the 1930s and 1940s.[3][4] She was a minister of the Chapel of Jesus Ethic,[5] and with her husband Jonathan Murro founded Niscience in 1953.[1] She published an autobiography, Prophet of the Archangels, recommending meditation and healing techniques, and "dimensional contemplation."[6]
Colton was married several times, first to Alexander Taranko in 1916; they had two daughters, Harriette and Ann.[7] Her usual surname came from a husband named Albert Leo Colton, whom she married in 1936.[8] She married Rudolph Blumberg in 1939;[9] they divorced in 1949.[10] She was married to Llewis Trubey when she spoke at an events in California in the early 1950s.[11][12] She married her last husband, Jonathan Murro, in California in 1953.[13] Murro continued to run their foundation after Colton's death in 1984,[1] until his death by suicide in 1991.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Biedermann, Patricia Ward (November 6, 1992). "Dancer's Movements Express Her Anguish". The Los Angeles Times: pp. 771. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-niscience-cult-art/141045864/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kazmin, Amy Louise (November 14, 1991). "Suicide of Sect Leader". The Los Angeles Times: pp. 105. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-suicide-of-sect-le/193240941/.
- ↑ "Corinthian Topic is Christ-Mass". Tampa Bay Times: pp. 9. December 23, 1939. https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-corinthian-topic-is-chri/193242379/.
- ↑ "Esoteric Classes". Tampa Bay Times: pp. 11. November 16, 1940. https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-esoteric-classes/193242148/.
- ↑ "They Begin Married Life". The Los Angeles Evening Citizen News: pp. 18. April 18, 1969. https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news-they-be/193241280/.
- ↑ "Autobiography of Ann Colton will be reviewed". Daily Times-Advocate: pp. 18. May 15, 1968. https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-times-advocate-autobiography-of-an/193241727/.
- ↑ "St. Peter's Church is Setting for Mastry-Taranko Wedding". Tampa Bay Times: pp. 7. September 7, 1939. https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-arc-daughter-wedding-7-0/141049828/.
- ↑ "Decrees Awarded to Two Wives". Tampa Bay Times: pp. 9. April 9, 1939. https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-decrees-awarded-to-two-w/193245559/.
- ↑ "Marriage License". The Bradenton Herald: pp. 5. May 3, 1939. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bradenton-herald-marriage-license/193244766/.
- ↑ "Divorces". The Tampa Tribune: pp. 23. March 23, 1949. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-olivia-divorce/38468700/.
- ↑ "Mrs. Trubey to Give Talk at Aum Haven". Santa Barbara News-Press: pp. 4. July 22, 1950. https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-barbara-news-press-mrs-trubey-to/193243660/.
- ↑ "Health Convention Gets Under Way". Santa Barbara News-Press: pp. 7. June 29, 1951. https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-barbara-news-press/161595634/.
- ↑ "Licenses to Wed". The Californian: pp. 21. September 9, 1953. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-californian-murro-colton-wedding-no/141053058/.
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