Grave of Jacob Russell, 1929
Baus caption: Grave of Jacob Russell. S. Park Blvd. 1929
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Grave of Jacob Russell, 1929Entry/Object ID
082.1931 Bau.75Tags
North Union Shakers, Warrensville Township, 20th Century, Shaker Heights, Shaker Lakes, 1920s, Boulevard NeighborhoodDescription
Plate 75 from from Shakers & Kirtland by Louis Baus showing the Jacob Russell grave and monument along South Park Boulevard. Baus description: "In the year 1812, Jacob Russell, and a number of his family settled in the township of Warrensville, in the section of Lee and Fairmount Rds. His family consisted of six sons and six daughters. Though not a Shaker, as he died just before the colony existed, his family was the original start of the commity [sic]. His son Ralph visited the Shakers at Union Village in 1821 and became a convert to the fait. Returning home he at once set about its practice and promulgation. [“OCT.” handwritten in margin next to “1821”] Meeting in the rude log cabins he became the originator, and for a season the leader of the new North Union Society as it was called. Elders from Union Village assisted, and in 1826 took over the task. In 1828 on the 8th of Sept. there were 37 who took the Covenant, and 18 out of these were Russells. Later the same year 43 more new members signed, and there were a few more Russells or near kind among them. Of the numerous Russells only two were left to see the colony abandoned. East of Lee Rd. on S. Park, on the knoll under a pine tree ly [sic] the bones of the father of the organizors [sic] of the Society of Shakers in this community. Born April 26, 1846 Died Aug 29, 1821"Photograph Details
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