| 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.
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