| March
22, 1805: |
The
three Shaker missionaries (Isaacher Bates, Benjamin S. Youngs, and John
Beacham) arrived at Malcolm Worley's home. |
| March
27, 1805: |
Malcolm Worley
was converted to Shakerism. |
| April
24, 1805: |
Richard McNemar
was converted - others in his household, including his wife, Jenny, also
became Shakers. A year earlier, April 24, 1804, the Turtle Creek Presbyterian
Church entered into the Schismatic or New Light faith. |
| May
23, 1805: |
The first Shaker
meeting was held at the home of David Hill, which was located near the old
Turtle Creek Church. "The first Shaker song that was ever recordered
was composed and sung on this occasion - led by their singing preacher,
Richard McNemar." P. 49 (P. 47): Turtle Creek was the leading church
in Ohio at that time. |
| July
20, 1805: |
Elder David
Darrow, Solomon King, and Daniel Mosely were sent from New York and arrived
at Turtle Creek on July 20, 1805. They were major leadershop. |
| July
26, 1805: |
Rev. John Dunlavy
became a convert, as did his wife, Cassie McNemar, Richard's sister. |
| July
31, 1806: |
"On July
31, 1806, Eldress Ruth Farrington, who had been appointed First in the Ministry
, along with Elder David Darrow before leaving New York, with Sisters Martha
Sanford, Lucy Smith, Prudence Farrington, Molly Goodrich and Ruth Darrow,
and Brothers Peter Pease, Samuel Turner, Constant Mosely and John Wright
arrived from New Lebanon to constitute the official family of the Western
Shakers." p. 53. Ruth Farrington died on October 28, 1821. |
| October
22,1806: |
The Union Village
Elders/Eldresses moved to the South House as their headquarters. |
| 1806
- |
Straight Creek,
Brown Co., Oh - Closed in 1811 |
| 1806
- |
Eagle Creek,
Brown Co., Oh - Closed 1811 |
| 1806
- |
Watervliet,
Ohio, Shaker Community begun. Closed 1900 |
| 1806
- |
Pleasant Hill,
Ky., Shaker Community begun. Closed 1910 |
| 1807
- |
South Union,
Ky., Shaker Community begun. Closed 1922 |
| 1807
- |
Saw mill built |
| August
12, 1807- |
McNemar and
Bates visited Indians |
| 1808
- |
West Union,
Ind., Shaker Community begun. Closed 1827 |
| 1808
- |
A second saw
mill built
|
| Richard
McNemar's first book, The Kentucky Revival, was printed in Cincinnati
and reprinted at least a half dozen times. This was the first bound book
of the Shakers.
|
| December
31, 1808: |
The first large
Shaker book, The Testimony of Christ's Second Appearing, written at Union
Village "by order of the ministry" was printed on the presses
of The Western Star Newspaper in Lebanon, then owned by John McLean. There
were several revisions later. The third edition was the work of Elders Benjamin
S. Youngs, and McNemar at Union Village in 1823. UV Shakers had bought a
printing press on May 22, 1823, with which to print this work. |
| January
8, 1809: |
The first meeting-house
of the Western Shakers was built at Union Village in 1808, and the first
meeting was held there on January 8, 1809. |
| 1810
- |
Center House
built; 1891-92 remodeled to Victorian style by Shakers. Now Marble Hall. |
| 1810,
1812, 1813, 1817, 1819, 1824, 1850: |
Mobs at Union
Village. |
January,
1811,
until late April |
part of the
Straight and Eagle Creek Shakers (80 families) were moved to West Union
(Busro); 70 families moved to Union Village. |
| 1813
- |
"Millenial
Praises" was the first Shaker Hymnal published in 1813. |
| 1820
- |
Richard McNemar
and Frances Bedle's Curse on Lebanon, blessing on Dayton. |
| 1822
- |
White Water,
Ohio, Shaker Community begun. Closed 1916. |
| 1822
- |
North Union,
Ohio, Shaker Community begun. Closed 1889. |
| 1825,
June 27 - |
Death of "Father"
David Darrow. |
Union Village,
the leading center of western Shakerism, was the first Shaker Community
in the "West." From Union Village missionaries went out and
started all of the other Western Shaker Communities. It also served as
the headquarters for the West. In 1818 its population was 634. Through
the years Union Village had a total of more members than any other Shaker
community. One other Shaker community had more Shakers at one time than
Union Village. |
| 1833
- |
The second book
of hymns to be published was McNemar's A Selection of Hymns and Poems, for
the use of Believers, by "Philos Harmonae," a pseudonym of Richard
McNemar, which was published at Watervliet, Ohio, in 1833. Another pseydonym
of Richards was Eleazar Wright. |
| February
14, 1836: |
Elder Solmon
King resigned. Freegift Wells, of Watervliet, New York, appointed first
in ministry at Union Village. He arrived at UV on April 27. He was a problem
to Richard. |
| September
15, 1839: |
Richard McNemar
died. |
Union Village
Shakers were a place of refuge - a part of the Underground Railroad.
|
| 1844
- |
Date on present
Bethany Hall. Begun in 1842; finished in 1845-46. Shakers made over a million
bricks on their land for it. Called Center Brick or Center House. |
| 1845
- May, - |
Jehovah's cChosen
Square site prepared by Union Village. "The site chosen at Union Village
was the garden area of Richard McNevar's home" "It was a half-acre
in area. . ." |
| 1891-1892,
|
present Marble
Hall was remodeled to Victorian in style to interest more in becoming Shakers. |
| 1897-1898
- |
Union Village
(Slingerland) purchased two pre-Civil War plantations on the Altamaha River
- Altama and Hopeton and more than 7,000 adjacent acres (many acres involved)
but "by end of 1902 the entire Georgia enterprise had folded."
Called White Oak. |
| October
14, 1912: |
Articles of
Incorporation signed by Otterbein Home. |
| October
15, 1912: |
Land Contract
signed with the Shakers for Sales to Church of the United Brethren in Christ
for a home for both children/young people and older persons. |
| November
19, 1912: |
Constitution
adopted and Board of Trustees appointed. |
| December,
1912: |
first Shaker
women missionaries came from Canterbury to care for the older Shakers here. |
| March
5, 1913: |
Title transfer
without any money changing hands. Land and Buildings all turned over. Remaining
Shakers lived here in Marble Hall. |
| April
3, 1913: |
First woman
member admitted to Otterbein. Two others came in April. |
| May
1, 1913: |
First six children
arrived as Residents. |
| May
13, 1917: |
General Conference
of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ approved the purchase of
Union Village of the 4,005 acres. |
| 1912
to July, 1920: |
The Union Village
Shakers lived in Marble Hall. Only three Shakers remained until then; they
went with the three or four missionaries to Canterbury to live. |
