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id 142 firstname Olive Fuller (Mrs. Austin) lastname Hayden birthyr 1896 deathyr 1987 bio Hayden, Olive Fuller (Mrs. Austin) (1896-1987), of the Church F., Hancock, MA, joined the Shakers in October, 1903, when 7 years old. Her teachers were Sr. Hattie Emoretta Belden, to whom she wrote a loving letter in 1905, and Eldress Elizabeth Belden, Sr. Emoretta's younger sister. Olive signed the covenant in June, 1918, and in turn became a Sunday School teacher. She left in August, 1935, for health reasons. She became a skilled practical nurse, lived in Clinton, CT, married to Mr. Morris Austin. (She later became a most valuable source of information about the Shakers, and was among those interviewed in Ken Burns' film about the Shakers.) She died in March, 1987 at age 90. villageplus the Church F.. Hancock
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