Each organized family group had a set of leaders known as deacons and deaconesses. These men and women took charge of the daily activities of their family members. As deaconess of the East Family, Matilda would have managed the housekeeping, cooking, preserving, gardening, weaving, laundry, and tailoring tasks necessary to keep the family unit functioning.
................... Our Shaker Heritage ~ research on the Runyon family at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky ... and more!
5/04/2014
On This Date in 1867 ...
Matilda Runyon [Joseph's daughter] mov'd to East Family appointed Family Deaconess in place of Betsy Spaulding.
Each organized family group had a set of leaders known as deacons and deaconesses. These men and women took charge of the daily activities of their family members. As deaconess of the East Family, Matilda would have managed the housekeeping, cooking, preserving, gardening, weaving, laundry, and tailoring tasks necessary to keep the family unit functioning.
Each organized family group had a set of leaders known as deacons and deaconesses. These men and women took charge of the daily activities of their family members. As deaconess of the East Family, Matilda would have managed the housekeeping, cooking, preserving, gardening, weaving, laundry, and tailoring tasks necessary to keep the family unit functioning.
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