3/31/2013

On This Date in 1829 ...

Nancy Ryan [age 17] departs Pleasant Hill
At age three, Nancy and her twin brothers were brought to Pleasant Hill in May 1815 by their mother who arrived without her husband. Her grandparents, Joseph and Jane Runyon, had joined the Shakers two years earlier.


3/14/2013

On This Date in 1831 ...

March 14, 1831 - Katharine (Kitty) Badgett [age 19] departs Pleasant Hill

Kitty, daughter of Mercy Runyon and John Badgett, was born June 11, 1811 and the youngest of their nine children. The family arrived at Pleasant Hill just six months after her birth.

3/02/2013

This Month 203 Years Ago ...

March 1810 - ...an entire new Family established at the fraim house Joseph Runyon with a verry large family and John Bryant and his family and in the fall James Congleton and his family from Bourbon Co all three make quite a respectable Family.
Joseph and his wife Jane joined the Pleasant Hill Shaker community in 1809 and arrived their March 2, 1810 with their ten children, ranging in age from 1 to 25. Joseph served as an Elder and Assistant Trustee. He died at Pleasant Hill April 28, 1845 at the age of 80. Jane served as Family Deaconess and passed away five years after Joseph, at age 83. Six of their children remained throughout their lives at Pleasant Hill.