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Village:South Union, KY Source:bios:101

id 101
firstname Harvey
lastname Eades
birthyr 1807
deathyr 1892
bio Eades (Eads), Harvey Lauderdale (1807-1892), of South Union, KY, was born April 28, in Logan Co., KY. He was admitted November, 1807, with his parents (he had one brother, John Robinson), and placed in the Children's Order before the age of one. He thus was a Shaker from cradle to grave. He was one of the most important Shaker theologians, writing many pamphlets, discourses, sermons, and was the editor of several editions of "Shaker Sermons. volume (1879 to 1889). While at South Union, he was also involved in teaching, and was a prominent musician and music scribe who, while trying to modify the description of tempo markings, also managed to copy upwards of five hundred tunes from Br. Isaac N. Young's (of Mt. Lebanon, NY) song manuscript. He was associated in the Ministry with Elder B. S. Young in 1 ~36. In 1844 he removed to the Church F. at Union Village, OH, and was elder of the Novitiate Order for 12 years and then elder of another family for two years. During these years he was also a tailor (starting in 1844), and in 1849 wrote the" The Tailor's Division System [for cutting Shaker garments]. His patterns were sent from Union Village to Mt. Lebanon. In 1862 he was reappointed to the Ministry at South Union, KY. In 1863 he was a co-signer of a letter "To the Honorable Abraham Lincoln, President of the U.S. . pleading for exemption of young Shakers from the military draft. In 1868 the Kentucky Ministry of Pleasant Hill and South Union was combined, and Eades was one of the Bishopric Ministry, but in 1872 the Bishopric was dissolved; and in 1889 the South Union Ministerial Order was abolished. In 1885, in his capacity as a trustee, he was in charge of Shaker's Farm Annual, a publication listing a large variety of seeds, animals, and products. During several stages of his life he also wrote letters to wordly newspapers and journals, such as AMERICAN SOCIALIST, DAY -STAR, PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL. He died at South Union, KY.
villageplus South Union. KY

	id	101
	firstname	Harvey
	lastname	Eades
	birthyr	1807
	deathyr	1892
	bio	Eades (Eads), Harvey Lauderdale (1807-1892), of South Union, KY, was born April 28, in Logan Co., KY. He was admitted November, 1807, with his parents (he had one brother, John Robinson), and placed in the Children's Order before the age of one. He thus was a Shaker from cradle to grave. He was one of the most important Shaker theologians, writing many pamphlets, discourses, sermons, and was the editor of several editions of "Shaker Sermons. volume (1879 to 1889). While at South Union, he was also involved in teaching, and was a prominent musician and music scribe who, while trying to modify the description of tempo markings, also managed to copy upwards of five hundred tunes from Br. Isaac N. Young's (of Mt. Lebanon, NY) song manuscript. He was associated in the Ministry with Elder B. S. Young in 1 ~36. In 1844 he removed to the Church F. at Union Village, OH, and was elder of the Novitiate Order for 12 years and then elder of another family for two years. During these years he was also a tailor (starting in 1844), and in 1849 wrote the" The Tailor's Division System [for cutting Shaker garments]. His patterns were sent from Union Village to Mt. Lebanon. In 1862 he was reappointed to the Ministry at South Union, KY. In 1863 he was a co-signer of a letter "To the Honorable Abraham Lincoln, President of the U.S. . pleading for exemption of young Shakers from the military draft. In 1868 the Kentucky Ministry of Pleasant Hill and South Union was combined, and Eades was one of the Bishopric Ministry, but in 1872 the Bishopric was dissolved; and in 1889 the South Union Ministerial Order was abolished. In 1885, in his capacity as a trustee, he was in charge of Shaker's Farm Annual, a publication listing a large variety of seeds, animals, and products. During several stages of his life he also wrote letters to wordly newspapers and journals, such as AMERICAN SOCIALIST, DAY -STAR, PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL. He died at South Union, KY.
	villageplus	South Union. KY

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