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  2. Mount Carmel Center - Wikipedia

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    The New Mount Carmel Center was a large group of buildings used by the Branch Davidian religious group located near Axtell, Texas, 20 miles (32 km) north-east of Waco.The Branch Davidians were established by Benjamin Roden in 1959 as a breakaway sect from Davidian Seventh-day Adventists, and was later led by David Koresh starting in the 1980s.

  3. The 'Waco' Siege, and Where Its Survivors Are Now - AOL

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  4. Waco siege - Wikipedia

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    As the original Davidian group gained members, its leadership moved the church to a hilltop several miles east of Waco, Texas, which they named Mount Carmel, after a mountain in Israel mentioned in Joshua 19:26 in the Bible's Old Testament. [26] A few years later, they relocated again to a much larger site east of the city.

  5. Sheila J. Martin - Wikipedia

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    Sheila Judith Martin (born 1947 [1]) is an American Branch Davidian and a survivor of the Waco siege.She was the wife of Douglas Wayne Martin, a Harvard-educated lawyer, who died in the April 19, 1993, fire that destroyed Mount Carmel Center. [2]

  6. The Horrifying True Story Behind the Waco Cult Compound - AOL

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    A chronological history of the Waco, Texas compound that burned to the ground with 76 Branch Davidian cult members still inside on April 19, 1993.

  7. Livingstone Fagan - Wikipedia

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    Livingstone Fagan (born 15 May 1959 [1] [2]) – sometimes misspelled as Livingston Fagan – is a British Branch Davidian who survived the Waco siege in 1993. He was born in Jamaica, but moved to Nottingham in 1964 with his parents as part of the Windrush generation.

  8. David Koresh - Wikipedia

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    Coming from a dysfunctional background, Koresh was a member and later a leader of the Branch Davidians, a movement originally led by Benjamin Roden, based at the Mount Carmel Center outside Waco, Texas. There, Koresh competed for dominance with another leader, Benjamin Roden's son George, until Koresh and his followers took over Mount Carmel in ...

  9. Branch Davidians - Wikipedia

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    In 1957, Florence sold the Mount Carmel Center and purchased 941 acres near Elk, Texas – 13 miles northeast of Waco – naming it New Mount Carmel Center. After the failure of Florence's prophecy of apocalyptic events on or near April 22, 1959, she dissolved the Davidian Association in 1962 and sold all but 77.86 acres of the New Mount Carmel ...