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Village:Hancock, MA Source:hsvcensus:295Search: Full Last First
id 295 lastname Dahm firstname Mary Frances sex f birth_date 8/11/1883 birth_place Kinderhook, NY date_admitted 1887 covenant_signed Watervliet 1887-1932. New Lebanon, 1932-1947. Hancock 1947, 1960. shaker_residences Nurse 1947-1965. Trustee 1953. health From Kinderhook, NY, daughter of John H. & Frances (Hover) Dahm, & joined Shakers when she was 8 years old: obituaries, 'Sister Mary Dahm,' Concord Monitor [NH], Aug 30, 1965, & 'Sister Mary Dahm Dies; Next-to-Last Hancock Shaker,' Berkshire Eagle, Aug 26, 1865. Became a nurse: her letter to Mr. Leo Muhlfelder, 1947.09.15; was trustee & the only able-bodied member left at Hancock: letter to Mr. Leo Muhlfelder, 1958.02.07; moved into Pittsfield after the Hancock property was sold, res 15 Pomeroy Ave, letter 1961.12.06 (originals 1947-1961 at New York State Library, Albany; copies at MPH). Died Pittsfield MA after the Society was dissolved; buried in her natural family's plot in Kinderhook NY. See also Shaker Quarterly(fall 1965):67-68 (ill.). occupation 1965.08.25 departure_apostasy Hancock notes Obituary.