Ammon Hennacy Net Worth

Ammon Hennacy was an Irish American pacifist and social activist who was born in 1893 in Negley, Ohio. Initially an atheist and supporter of big government, he underwent a radical transformation after a two year prison sentence for resisting the draft in World War I. After reading the Bible in solitary confinement, he became a Christian anarchist and dedicated his life to non-violence, poverty, and protesting war and capital punishment. He referred to himself as a 'Christian anarchist' and believed in his 'One-Man Revolution' against violence, sin, and coercion. He worked tirelessly for the homeless and indigent and for world peace, refusing to pay taxes or support war. His life was an exceptional journey of self-awakening.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Christian Anarchist, Social Activist
Birth Day July 24, 1893
Birth Place Negley, Ohio, United States
Age 126 YEARS OLD
Died On January 14, 1970(1970-01-14) (aged 76)\nSalt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Birth Sign Leo
Cause of death Heart attack
Spouse(s) Selma Melms (1919–1964) Joan Thomas (1965–1970)

💰 Net worth

Ammon Hennacy, a renowned Christian Anarchist and Social Activist in the United States, is expected to have a net worth ranging from $100,000 to $1 million in 2024. Throughout his life, Hennacy dedicated himself to nonviolent resistance and advocating for social justice. His passionate activism included protesting against war, promoting civil rights, and advocating for the rights of the poor and marginalized. Despite his humble approach to life and his preference for simple living, Hennacy's valuable contributions to society have likely allowed him to accumulate a significant net worth by 2024.

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Biography/Timeline

1913

Hennacy was born in Negley, Ohio to Quaker parents, Benjamin Frankin Hennacy and Eliza Eunice Fitz Randolph, and grew up as a Baptist. He studied at three different institutions, (a year at each one): Hiram College in Ohio in 1913, University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1914, and The Ohio State University in 1915. During this time Hennacy was a card-carrying member of the Socialist Party of America and in his words "took military drills in order to learn how to kill capitalists." He was also the secretary of Hiram College's Intercollegiate Socialist Society. At the outbreak of World War I Hennacy was imprisoned for two years in Atlanta, Georgia for resisting conscription. While in prison the only book he was allowed was the Bible. This inspired him to radically depart from his earlier beliefs; he became a Christian pacifist and a Christian anarchist. He led a hunger strike and was punished with eight months in solitary confinement. Hennacy believed that adherence to Christianity required being a pacifist and, because governments constantly threaten or use force to resolve conflicts, this meant being an anarchist.

1919

In 1919 Hennacy married his first wife, Selma Melms, under Common law. In May 1920, Hennacy graduated from the socialist Rand School of Social Science. In 1921, Hennacy and Melms hiked around the United States passing through all 48 of the contiguous states. He settled down in 1925, buying a farm and raising his two children. In 1931, he began social work in Milwaukee and organised one of the first social worker unions. He refused to use force or self-defense even when threatened during his work, preferring instead to use nonresistance. During this time, he also refused to sign up for the draft for World War II and declared that he would not pay taxes. He also reduced his tax liability by taking up a lifestyle of simple living. Between 1942 and 1953, Hennacy worked as a migrant farm labourer in the southwest United States.

1952

In 1952, he was baptized as a Roman Catholic by Father Marion Casey at St. Anastasia Church with Dorothy Day as his godmother. Hennacy moved to New York City in 1953, and became the associate Editor of the Catholic Worker. Hennacy engaged in many picketing protests while in New York. He illegally refused to participate in New York City's annual air raid drills, and he picketed against the Atomic Energy Commission's war preparations in Las Vegas, Cape Kennedy, Washington, D.C., and Omaha. In 1958, Hennacy fasted for 40 days in protest of nuclear weapons testing.

1961

In 1961, Hennacy moved to Utah and organised the Joe Hill House of Hospitality in Salt Lake City. While in Utah, Hennacy fasted and picketed in protest of the death penalty and the use of taxes in war. Following a divorce from Selma in 1964, Hennacy married his second wife, Joan Thomas, in 1965. In the same year he left the Roman Catholic Church, though he continued to call himself a "non-church Christian". He wrote about his reasons for leaving and his thoughts on Catholicism, which included his belief that "Paul spoiled the message of Christ" (see Jesusism). This essay and others were published as The Book of Ammon in 1965, which has been praised for its "diamonds of insight and wisdom" but criticised for its rambling style.

1968

In 1968, Hennacy closed the "Joe Hill House of Hospitality" and turned his attention to further protest and writing. His second and last book, The One-Man Revolution in America, was published in 1970 and consists of seventeen chapters with each one devoted to an American radical. These included Thomas Paine, william Lloyd Garrison, John Woolman, Dorothy Day, Eugene Debs, Malcolm X, Mother Jones, Clarence Darrow and Albert Parsons.

1970

Ammon Hennacy died from a heart attack on January 14, 1970. In accordance with his wishes, his body was cremated and the ashes scattered over the graves of the Haymarket anarchists in Waldheim Cemetery in Chicago.

1996

When Ani DiFranco gathered stories by Utah Phillips to make the 1996 album The Past Didn't Go Anywhere, she included his story about Hennacy, under the title "Anarchy". Hennacy helped shape Phillips, who often told this story.

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