Shakers who lived and died at South Union Kentucky. From the beginning abt.1811 to the present Jan. 1, 1879 (some deaths as late as 1892.)These records were obtained from the Western Kentucky University library at Bowling Green, and excerpts taken from the Diary of H.L. Eads, while a member of the Shaker Community.

Note: See Small Family Info at last page.

This record is copied as taken from the diary, therefore, they are not in alphabetical order, but in order of their death.

MALES

Name	When born	When died	Age at Death
Abraham Eads	05-08-1752	08-08-1812	60
John Slover (Sen.)	04-10-1733	06-12-1813	80
David Rice (babe)	03-01-1809	1811	2
Isaac McComb (colored)	06-10-1760	03-1811	51
Samuel Wilson	12-23-1765	04-04-1814	49
Isaac White	06-20-1776	04-05-1814	38
John Miller (Sen.)	07-08-1758	04-12-1814	56
Jesse McComb (sen.)	04-07-1750	04-25-1814	64
Nelson Shelton	01-10-1812	09-20-1815	3
John Shannon	03-15-1756	05-01-1814	48
Franklin Barnett	09-08-1807	05-10-1814	7
William Martin	01-12-1768	07-15-1814	46
Eleazer Davis (babe)	01-22-1814	01-19-1815	1
John Banta (sen.)	03-15-1757	10-7-1815	58
Ichabod Shaw (babe)	02-10-1814	10-14-1815	1
Jesse W. Moore	04-02-1755	12-28-1815	60
Francis McGuire (babe)	03-14-1814	04-00-1816	2
Bartlett Eads	06-01-1754	07-11-1819	55
John Rice	06-18-1805	09-12-1819	13
Thomas McLean	10-20-1755	09-02-1821	76
Montgomery Small	03-12-1818	12-23-1822	4
Elbridge Small	04-11-1822	01-17-1823	1
William Howell	02-14-1791	07-01-1823	32
Francis Paridee	10-12-1794	09-13-1823	29
William Smith	09-15-1755	11-5-1824	69
Roger Shackleford	12-10-1754	11-16-1824	80
Samuel Harding	06-14-1805	00-00-1825	20
John McComb	01-17-1791	06-17-1825	35
John Cole	02-06-1807	12-22-1826	19
William Johns	10-30-1755	04-28-1827	72
Seith J Meigs	12-07-1809	08-12-1827	18
Isaac Pearce	05-13-1807	09-30-1827	20
Philip Hooper	11-21-1778	06-22-1828	50
Caleb Callaway	01-09-1761	07-08-1829	68
Carey Barnett	04-22-1799	05-24-1830	31
Edmond Dillon	06-07-1767	08-1830	53
Francis Whyte	08-13-1768	10-18-1830	62
Constant Callaway	03-15-1799	02-18-1831	32
Jacob Miller (colored)	04-10-1757	10-01-1831	74
Newel Shannon	12-19-1807	04-25-1832	25
Robert Paseley	06-11-1777	07-02-1832	55
John McLelland	09-20-1806	10-25-1832	26
Samuel Whyte	05-20-1774	02-23-1833	59
Charles Eads	08-15-1754	07-28-1833	79
Benjamin Price	09-10-1771	11-09-1833	62
Enfield M Robinson	06-18-1808	03-16-1834	26
Alva Smith	05-19-1830	06-10-1834	4
Jesse McComb	09-26-1798	11-18-1834	36
William Pearce	03-09-1805	10-07-1835	30
Hudson Shackleford	11-10-1811	10-12-1835	24
Joseph M Taylor	10-08-1835	11-05-1838	3
Daniel Franklin	10-16/18-1835	12-09-1838	3
Robert Blondon	05-05-1806	09-21-1839	29
Peter Couchou	12-25-1772	02-23-1842	70
Absalom Chisholm	12-25-1760	02-03-1843	83
John Hancock	09-07-1765	10-18-1844	79
John Stewart	03-05-1831	02-11-1844	13
Vallery Casson	11-12-1831	10-10-1845	14
John Lacy	09-24-1766	12-02-1845	79
Joseph Small	08-04-1780	01-23-1847	67
Josephas Berryhill	12-01-1822	06-26-1847	25
George Simms	04-06-1827	03-27-1848	21
Dennis Bowman	06-08-1830	06-10-1849	19
William Pattillo	07-06-1768	04-02-1850	82
John Rankin (sen.)	11-12-1757	07-12-1850	93
Patrick Noland	04-13-1830	09-16-1851	21
Augustus Couchou	01-03-1800	08-02-1852	52
David Barnett	03-10-1795	05-20-1853	58
Jacob Tiller	05-12-1750	10-01-1831	81
William Leigier	07-15-1795	10-06-1853	58
William Edwards	09-17-1797	05-13-1854	57
Samuel Robinson	01-01-1780	09-10-1854	74
William Cole	10-20-1835	10-20-1855	20
Alexander Rice	01-07-1777	05-15-1856	79
John Slover (jun.)	07-10-1783	07-16-1858	75
Samuel Shannon	08-29-1781	10-19-1859	68
Thomas Smith	07-28-1801	06-05-1861	60
John McLean	10-13-1796	03-13-1862	66
Samuel G. Eads	09-27-1777	05-30-1862	85
David Smith	03-27-1782	02-24-1863	81
Robert Houston	04-15-1768	02-28-1863	95
William Rice	04-19-1784	09-17-1863	79
John Meigs	10-18-1777	12-23-1864	87
Thomas Hammond	01-16-1787	08-19-1866	79
John Ewing Smithson	01-21-1850	12-16-1867	17
Joseph Young	10-20-1859	02-16-1868	0
James Young	03-12-1857	02-19-1868	11
Gorden Brooks	07-08-1857	02-18-1868	11
John Edmonds	12-20-1853	02-20-1868	15
Henry B Wann	03-30-1848	02-21-1868	20
E'r Robinson Eads	04-05-1805	8-27-1873	68
Thomas Elyoc	07-16-1844	04-00-1874	20
Clinton Yarrington	06-20-1856	10-20-1877	21
William Ware	04-04-1830	04-13-1878	48
Urban E Johns Jun	?-27-1802	7-28-1878	76
Henry Watmaugh	01-06-1795	02-10-1879	84
Frederic Yarrington	08-02-1812	06-03-1879	66
William Rankin	1804	02-16-1880	76
William Horne	1862	06-06-1880	18 (shot down)
George Rankin	1788	11-27-1880	92
Solomon Rankin (Elder)	1798	11-03-1882	84
Jesse Rankin (Elder)	1799	12-02-1882	83
Banjamin Howard	1870	1882	12
Gellam Randolph	1829	1884	55
Frederic Snyder	1824	1885	61 (suicided)
Daniel Shirley	1816	1886	70
John Tylee	1834	02-19-1887	53
James Davy	1806	1886	80
John Roberts	1806	1886	80
Dr. F.A. Wintuska (suicide)	1819	04-18-1889	70 (was sent away)
Michael Fitzpatrick	1806	04-08-1889	65
Samuel Smith	1808	02-08-1890	82
Samuel Buchanan	1833	10-20-1890	57
Chester Holman	1839	1891	52 (fell from Windmill)
C L Nelson	1821	1891	70 (family took corpse)
Willie Myers	1883	1891	8 (drowned)
Harvey Booker	1845	11-05-1891	46

FEMALES

Names	When born	When died	Age when died
Betsy Estes	06-20-1765	03-01-1810	45
Rachel Barnet	03-05-1761	04-15-1811	50
Betsy Rice	07-10-1809	08-20-1811	2
Nancy Steel	08-16-1805	08-15-1811	6
Rose Mars	09-25-1751	10-20-1811	60
Mary Whyte	04-15-1737	08-31-1812	75
Jency Ham	03-07-1790	02-20-1813	23
Lucy Small	03-02-1809	05-21-1813	4
Peggy Parks	07-19-1800	11-11-1813	13
Sarah Eads	03-27-1757	03-27-1814	57
Rebecca Mecome (Jun.)	03-15-1811	04-22-1814	3
Elizabeth Dunn	03-16-1754	03 4-4-1814	60
Lucy Moore	03-23-1782	04-07-1814	32
Nancy Johns	08-27-1794	04-10-1814	20
Cynthia Temon (color)	05-20-1807	04-22-1814	7
Malinda McComb	01-15-1807	04-24-1814	7
Keziah Davis	08-05-1758	08-07-1814	56
Drucilla Williamson	07-05-1796	08-08-1814	18
Rachel McComb (color)	01-20-1805	01-10-1814	9
Betsy Shannon	04-11-1796	08-25-1814	18
Jennie Gray	03-10-1796	11-07-1814	18
Peggy Davis	07-03-1803	09-09-1815	12
Susan Barnett	08-08-1804	09-07-1815	11
Sauata Dillon	10-05-1810	09-20-1815	5
Anna Barnett	08-10-1806	09-20-1815	9
Tirzah Daniel	09-11-1805	09-15-1815	10
Malinda Henson	00-08-1806	11-07-1815	9
Peggy Dillor	02-06-1801	09-28-1815	14
Nancy McGuire	08-10-1808	12-18-1815	7
Matilda McComb (color)	06-09-1803	03-04-1816	13
Jennie Davis	04-04-1800	03-08-1816	16
Eliza Eveline Wing	04-13-1809	05-07-1816	7
Betsy Shackleford	07-16-1802	06-24-1816	14 (two dates)
Betsy Shackleford	05-11-1804	06-24-1816	12
Mary Jolly	01-16-1761	07-10-1816	65
Mary Judkins	07-20-1754	08-03-1816	52
Jane Meigs	12-20-1805	01-09-1817	12
Nellie Pelalter (color)	10-19-1809	11-10-1817	8
Amelia Whyte	04-12-1781	08-31-1819	38
Juliett Mockabee (sen)	09-13-1810	09-12-1819	9
Sallie McComb (sen)	06-08-1760	12-19-1820	60
Lavina Shannon	10-03-1783	02-11-1820	37
Charity Fisher	09-14-1800	10-14-1822	22
Martha A Lacy	01-04-1810	11-21-1822	12
Juliett Mockabee	08-04-1819	09-20-1822	3
Peggy Wing	12-25-1784	05-13-1823	39
Jennie McLean	11-19-1792	12-11-1823	31
Anne Darby	03-18-1724	03-20-1824	100
Cynthia Gill	07-22-1800	12-11-1824	24
Sallie Shackleford	10-01-1776	01-19-1825	49
Mary McLean	10-17-1768	11-20-1825	57
Tannie Steel	05-23-1744	12-01-1825	81
Jency Houston	01-30-1808	07-25-1826	18
Hannah Rankin	05-05-1789	06-09-1826	37
Priscilla Merrifield	12-10-1756	12-15-1826	70
Thankful Gray	06-10-1785	04-02-1827	42
Talitha Ham	05-08-1807	07-18-1827	20
Sarah Lowry	06-15-1789	07-30-1829	40
Jenny B Neely	12-31-1776	09-03-1830	54
Annie Hooper	03-25-1782	10-07-1830	48
Hannah Barnett	11-21-1746	12-12-1830	84
Mary Small	04-04-1763	06-15-1831	68
Rachel Ryan	03-16-1760	02-22-1832	72
Cassey Miller	06-25-1797	07-15-1832	35
Elizabeth Simms	04-14-1817	09-12-1832	15
Issabella Paseley	11-18-1752	12-22-1832	80
Menerva Rhea	09-03-1818	11-12-1832	14
Peggy Roberts	07-08-1818	08-18-1834	18
Rebecca Boils	04-16-1800	03-16-1835	35
Molly Goodrich (Eldress)	12-14-1779	12-09-1835	56
Patsy Rice	01-27-1786	06-13-1836	50
Lourancy Cowan	05-11-1763	01-23-1837	74
Nancy Dillon	12-24-1774	01-27-1837	63
Polly Mecome	11-20-1785	02-15-1837	52
Mary Bartlett	04-21-1747	07-15-1837	90
Elizabeth Glover	02-22-1781	02-22-1838	57
Cyrene McLean	10-18-1788	11-12-1838	50
Susan Robinson	07-22-1784	10-09-1839	55
Elizabeth McComb	09-14-1762	10-09-1839	67
Polly Smith	08-27-1799	10-22-1839	40
Lucy Robinson	06-11-1802	02-23-1840	38
Jane Small	02-16-1812	06-02-1840	38
Mary McCuen	10-19-1809	09-18-1840	38
Maria Franklin	08-17-1815	09-00-1841	26
Polly Johns	01-21-1762	03-01-1842	80
Eleanor Choat	02-20-1783	03-13-1842	79
Polly Cowan	06-10-1827	04-17-1843	16
Jemima Rice	01-20-1787	05-08-1844	57
Henretta Hodge	02-24-1822	03-15-1845	23
Rebecca Rankin	11-06-1765	05-26-1845	80
Salome Roberts	01-05-1824	07-24-1845	21
Betsy Gray	10-10-1791	01-07-1846	55
Mary Dunn	10-25-1774	02-19-1848	74
Mahetable Small	08-17-1781	04-27-1849	68
Nancy Spears	04-10-1831	05-05-1848	17
Nancy Rice (Eldress)	01-07-1807	10-03-1850	43
Magy Naylor	12-00-1785	01-03-1851	66
Chloe Teman (color)	03-22-1783	04-17-1851	68
Lucretia Carrow	10-13-1791	05-05-1851	60
Denisa Barker	05-09-1813	06-17-1851	38
Theressa Couchou	05-28-1782	01-12-1852	70
Winneford Paschal	01-15-1772	01-22-1852	70
Eliza Jaynes	06-13-1831	03-11-1852	21
Mary Himmah	06-02-1845	05-18-1852	7
Bette Freehart	05-21-1774	06-11-1852	76
Polly Leath	03-05-1782	07-25-1853	71
Annie Goodhope	12-15-1772	10-21-1853	81
Electa J Foreman	07-27-1806	05-10-1854	48
Volumnia Miller	09-09-1799	10-24-1854	65
Sarah Gray	12-04-1801	12-08-1854	53
Eleanor McCuen	01-03-1771	01-10-1856	85
Mary J Houston	12-12-1782	07-20-1856	74
Penina Harrison	12-11-1798	03-03-1858	6
Peggy Price	10-05-1786	05-10-1858	72
Millie Psalter (color)	03-06-1780	06-30-1858	78
Rebecca Woodward	09-13-1834	11-11-1858	24
Paradime Hooper	01-02-1840	10-04-1858	18
Lucy Small	04-04-1801	03-21-1814	13
Kate Saddler	09-18-1826	11-18-1858	30
Sarah Robinson	08-14-1787	02-01-1859	72
Sally Whyte	07-11-1801	02-09-1859	58
Patience Martin	02-24-1769	04-10-1859	90
Sally Eads	10-06-1782	04-21-1859	77
Margaret Pickens	05-08-1814	04-29-1859	45
Patsy Whyte	08-18-1789	11-15-1859	70
Jane Gordon	06-22-1788	03-04-1860	72
Saphronia Franklin	04-25-1837	07-10-1860	23
Polly Tyley	03-07-1810	02-21-1861	51
Leah Pearce	06-19-1772	07-23-1861	89
Martha Small	01-22-1784	10-15-1861	78
Annie Fisher	08-15-1777	02-09-1862	85
Amanda Cornwell	05-12-1822	01-03-1863	41
Julia Powell	12-22-1804	12-27-1863	59
Olive Jenkins	02-02-1821	10-25-1864	43
Caroline Adams	11-11-1834	04-12-1864	30
Keturah Harrison	04-03-1800	09-12-1864	64
Polly Small	10-13-1791	10-30-1864	63
Eliza Rankin	05-23-1805	01-18-1865	60
Junia C Simpson	07-12-1863	07-23-1866	3
Rebecca Freezell	10-04-1817	03-31-1867	40
Betsy Jenkins	06-12-1799	11-30-1867	68
Mary Johns	03-05-1809	02-09-1868	59
Luanna Slover	04-03-1786	03-09-1868	82
Jane Ingram	09-30-1855	03-11-1868	13
Bettie Roberts	05-13-1850	08-06-1868	18
Grace Mclewain	12-23-1786	12-02-1868	82
Martha Hunt	10-03-1839	11-23-1869	30
Roselina Austin	02-15-1859	02-26-1870	11
Mary Mallery (color)	03-16-1820	09-12-1870	50
Eucustus Barrett	09-20-1841	11-25-1870	29
Eleanor Meigs	07-24-1786	03-06-1870	84
Harriet C Warren	07-02-1812	02-22-1871	59
Hortency Bedle	03-18-1785	02-26-1872	87
Theressa Miles	06-20-1830	03-31-1872	42
Nancy T Houston	07-28-1801	04-16-1872	71
Jency Dillon	06-01-1796	04-30-1872	76
Susan Smallwood	07-10-1860	08-05-1872	12
Cynthia Smithson	08-06-1856	09-12-1872	16
Bette Berryhill	08-13-1790	09-17-1872	82
Sallie Bagwell	08-20-1833	01-25-1873	40
Prudence Houston	06-05-1804	02-22-1873	69
Sallie Rice	11-22-1807	06-14-1873	66
Eleanor Powers	08-22-1809	12-28-1873	64
Martha Roberts	03-13-1787	06-23-1874	87
Sarah Bailey	05-28-1828	02-24-1874	46
Ella Norris	07-01-1850	03-17-1875	25
Dana Campbell	03-03-1801	05-13-1875	74
Pauline Edwards	05-21-1834	05-22-1875	41
Molly Whyte	08-22-1807	01-09-1877	70
Polly Jones	03-30-1783	02-09-1877	94
Dorcas Hooper	12-23-1802	06-27-1878	75
Rhoda Hilton	01-07-1823	07-10-1878	55
Sallie Marks	05-20-1827	02-1-1878	51
Maria Price	10-16-1807	01-12-1879	71
Sarah Ann George	08-12-1864	03-17-1879	15
Marietta Russell	07-24-1818	07-21-1879	60
Mollie Rupe	08-30-1863	10-13-1879	15
Fannie Lacy	04-26-1802	10-18-1879	76
Clara McLaughlin	03-09-1862	1880	18
Lucy Shannon	1804	01-24-1881	77
Olive Shannon	1802	06-26-1881	79
Polly Rankin	1806	04-27-1881	75
Harriet Gill	1804	02-28-1882	78
Louisa McCuen	1862	1883	21
Lucy Blakey	1803	1884	81
Irene Richards	09-14-1813	09-14-1884	71 (precisely)
Elizabeth Hamilton	1835	1885	50
Matilda Callaway	1796	1886	90
Susan Smith	1812	05-05-1887	75
Mattie Tucker	1867	1887	20
Eunice Freehart	1795	07-28-1887	92
Sarah Shannon	1831	12-09-1887	56
Jency Rankin	1808	01-12-1888	80
Lucinda Bromley	1819	02-16-1889	70
Prudence F Whyte	1809	05-17-1889	80
Jane M. H. Wing	1807	11-20-1889	82
Nancy E. Moore (Eldress)	08-00-1807	12-05-1889	82
Clarissa Rankin	1806	03-01-1890	84
Ella Cherry	1873	03-17-1890	17
Maggie Shackelford	1828	04-08-1890	62
Margaret Settles	1840	04-10-1890	50
Amanda Boyd	1857	05-28-1891	34 (consumption)
Lucy McCuen	05-02-1812	10-18-1891	79
Martha Trousdale	03-00-1807	01-28-1892	84 yr. 10 mo.0

SUMMARY

95 males whole no. of years 4228 - Average age 44 3/4 years
173 females whole no. of years 7897 - Average age 45 years
268 both sexes whole no. of years 12125 - Average age 44 3/4 years
The largest no. ever in Society at one time was in the year 1827 - 349 souls
The smallest number since the 1st general gathering was 1841 - 176 souls
The present no. in Society on the 1st of January 1879 - 200
In 1877 we begin the year with only 171 noses.......

By 1995 the three survivers had also passed away.

Small Family listed in Shaker Records

Mary Small b 4-4-1763 d. 6-15-1831 age 68 born VA [Mary Henderson, widow of William Small]
Joseph Small b. 8-4-1780 d. 1-23-1847 age 67 born VA
Mahetable Small b. 8-17-1781 d. 4-27-1849 age 68 born VA
Martha Small b. 1-22-1784 d. 10-15-1861 age 78 born VA
Henry Small b. 4-5-1785 not a Shaker, husband of Polly, lived in Shepherdsville
Polly ? Small b. 10-13-1791 d. 10-30-1864 age 63 born VA (possible 8 child)
Sadora Small b. abt 1792 (had child Tency in 1812) left Shakers in 1838
Peggy S. Small b. abt 1792 (had small child in 1812
Mathew Small b. abt 1795 (marriage in 1820 to Ann Curd)
Eliza Ann Small b. 11-13-1816 (brother of Dinwiddie as per Bible)
Ann (Anne) Small b. abt 1800 (running in 1821) Dau. of Joseph
Montgomery Small b. 3-12-1818 d. 12-23-1822 age 4 (child of Polly, born Ind.
Elbridge Small b. 4-11-1822 d. 1-17-1823 age 1
Lucy Small b. 3-2-1809 d. 5-21-1813 age 4
John H. Small b 1809 age 21 in 1830 listed /child in 1811
Mary Jane Small b. 2-16-1812 d. 6-2-1840 age 38 born KY
Lucy Small b. 4-4-1801 d. 3-21-1814 age 13 (died of cold plague)
Pollie Maria Small b. abt 1802 age unk. ran off in 1824 to marry
Hortency Small b. abt 1806 age 24 " "
Mary Jane Small b. abt 1806 age 24 " "
Jeney H. Small b. 1807 age 23 in 1830
William Small b. 1808 age 22 on 10-12-1830 (son of Joseph)
Garrett Small b. abt 1810 (Son of Joseph)
Sarah Small b. 10-7-1810 d. 1-24-1896 age 85 born KY
Tency (Teney) Small b. 3-30-1812 (mother Sadora Small)
Napoleon Small b. 1813 (brother of Dinwiddie)
Dinwiddie b. 1819 (brother of Napoleon)
James Small b. 1800-1815 confession at Saml Eades in 1821
Sally Small b. 1780-1800 admitted to North family in 1811
Nancy Small b. abt 1795-1810
Polly Small 4-9-1814 sickness
Jency Small 5-23-1814 sickness, Jency listed as child in 1818
William, Nancy, and Tency Small listed as children in 1814
Garrett Small (1822 sickness) in 1824 helps build a flat boat with
Joseph, left Shakers by1831, brother William left 1833
Sally Small (1822 sickness)
Martha Small (1822 sickness)
John Small (1822 great move)
Mahetabel Small (1822 great move)
Teney Small 1822 great move, (girl, (under 20))
William Small 1822 great move, (boy, under 20) b.

Polly Small in 1826 goes to Lincoln Co. to visit her mother, then to Pleasent Hill, married to Henry.
Joseph Small and son William go to Henry Smalls near Shepherdsville in1822, return with Henrys' wife Polly and her children.
Anne Small 1821, still running, goes to D. Hardins
Joseph Small goes to upper counties, returns with Anna Small 1821, possibly same area where Polly and Henry lived, she moved in 1822.
Joseph Small goes to or beyond Louisville in 1834 to visit relatives.
John Small and Sarah Fisher leave in 1834 to live in a cabin, so he can throw corn cobs out the window.
John Small in 1811 listed as child, goes with his mother and contentedly remain at childrens order.

Names resideing at East Family in May 1827

Elders Eldresses

Napoleon Small & Mahetable Small
Dinwiddie Small & Eliza Ann Small
Polly Small (Maria)
Sally Small
Sarah Small
Hortency Small

Residing at 2nd Order 1827

Mary Small & Sadora Small
Martha Small

At Water Vliet

John Small listed as boy in 1827

Napoleon and Dinwiddie are brothers visiting their father in Louisville 1834, possibly Henry? Napoleon leaves shakers in 1829, listed as youth. Napoleon trotting , left again, listed as 18 in 1831-1814 notations by Eads list many deaths due to cold plague, that hit many children that year. According to the Dinwiddie Bible, Henry and Pollie were married 1810. Polly Small comes to the community with her children in1822, goes with 8 children to Nancy Rankin for confession. This assumes that the 8 children were all hers, and she and children went to confession shortly after coming to the community to rid themselves of whatever sin they had since coming in from "the world." In the same statement it says James Small went to Sameul Eads for confession, he may have been a 9th child, old enough to seek council from a man rather than a woman like the younger children.

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