At age 4, James was brought to Pleasant Hill by his mother Polly Runyon Sutton.
Polly, daughter of Joseph and Jane, departed the Shaker village at age 17 and married Isaac Sutton. They had two children, Jane and James. We don't know her reasoning but apparently Polly thought life among the Shakers would be the best place for her children. She did not return.
James left Pleasant Hill briefly in his nineteenth year but returned less than a year later, living the remainder of his life as a Shaker and passing away at the age of 65.
The Shaker journals record his death simply as, "At 8:10 Mr. James Sutton departed this life suddenly after a brief illness."
................... Our Shaker Heritage ~ research on the Runyon family at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky ... and more!
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