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John Alexander Dowie (25 May 1847 – 9 March 1907) was a Scottish evangelist and faith healer who ministered in Australia and the United States. He founded the city of Zion, Illinois, and the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church. He was both an eloquent and eccentric figure with impressive powers of persuasion. He was related to sisters, Ellen Matilda Wills (04 Aug 1827 – 09 Feb 1866) and Mercy Wills (08 Jan 1833 – 24 Apr 1912), who were among the passengers bound for South Australia on the City of Adelaide voyage that arrived at Semaphore in 1867.
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