Nathaniel Runyan 
Nathaniel was born on September 19th, 1808 in Penn Yan, Yates, New York, USA.1 Nathaniel's father was Benjamin Runyan and his mother was Hannah Bostwick. His paternal grandparents are John Runyan and Showers; his maternal grandfather was Jessie Bostwick and his maternal grandmother is Betsey Canfield. He had a sister named Sabrina. He was the younger of the two children. He had four half-brothers and six half-sisters, named Benjamin, Henry, John Gilderoy, Milo Augustus, Sabra, Melissa, Harriet, Sarah, Millie and Mary. He died at the age of 74 on November 13th, 1882 in New London, Ohio, USA.1 -
Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1759
- b.1779 in Milo, Yates, New York, USA d.25 Jul 1820 in Milo, Yates, New York, USA
- b.19 Sep 1808 in Penn Yan, Yates, New York, USA d.13 Nov 1882 in New London, Ohio, USA
- b.04 May 1667 in Stratford, CT d.1747 in New Milford, CT
- b.1697 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT, USA d.12 Jun 1741 in New Milford, Litchfield, CT, USA
- b.17 Feb 1672 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT, USA d.1727 in New Milford, CT, USA
- b.24 Mar 1716 in New Milford, Litchfield, CT d.17 Dec 1806 in New Milford, Litchfield, CT
- b.06 Jan 1650 in Saybrook, Middlesex, CT, USA d.04 Oct 1697 in Danbury, Fairfield, CT, USA
- b.1687 in Danbury, Fairfield, CT, USA d.15 Sep 1767 in New Milford, Litchfield, CT, USA
- b.12 Dec 1654 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT, USA d.1723 in Danbury, Fairfield, CT, USA
- b.15 Apr 1733 in New Milford, Litchfield, CT, USA d.1778 in Venango, NY, USA
- b.28 Sep 1662 in Milford, New Haven, CT, USA d.18 Mar 1739 in New Milford, Litchfield, CT, USA
- b.1706 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA d.11 Oct 1795 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
- b.16 Dec 1667 in Milford, New Haven, CT, USA d.04 Jan 1740 in Milford, New Haven, CT, USA
- b.04 Jul 1776 in Penn Yan, Yates, NY, USA d.01 Sep 1829 in Jerusalem, NY, USA
- b.1750 in Penn Yan, Yates, NY, USA
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Nathaniel and Phebe were married in a religious ceremony on September 10th, 1832 in Yates, New York, USA.1
Nathaniel and Sarah Maria were married in a religious ceremony on February 1st, 1857 in Fitchville, Ohio, USA.1 They had a daughter named Victoria Immogene.
He had five biological sons and two biological daughters, named William Harrison, James Martin, Myron Bronson, Orange Spencer, George W, Levina and Phebe Alvira.
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Children
Levina Runyan
Levina was born on December 23rd, 1833 in Ohio, USA.1 She died at the age of 58 in 1891.1
William Harrison Runyan
William Harrison was born on September 6th, 1840 in New London, Ohio, USA.1 He died at the age of 32 on June 26th, 1873.1
James Martin Runyan
James Martin was born on December 11th, 1842 in New London, Ohio, USA.1 He died at the age of 78 on December 22nd, 1920.1
Myron Bronson Runyan
Myron Bronson was born on February 27th, 1845 in New London, Ohio, USA.1 He died at the age of 36 on September 9th, 1881.1
Orange Spencer Runyan
Orange Spencer was born on July 22nd, 1847 in Ohio, USA.1 He died at the age of 3 on August 31st, 1850 in Ohio, USA.1
George W Runyan
George W was born in 1852 in Ohio.2 He died at the age of 82 on November 5th, 1934.1
1 One World Tree (sm)
2 1910 United States Federal Census
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OneWorldTree, ..........................................................IN MEMORIAM
Nathaniel Runyan departed this life November 13th, 1882, aged 74 years, 1 month, and 24 days. The disease which restulted finally in his death was a form of jaundice, and for nearly elelven months he was a sufferer and constantly under the care of a physician. The deceased was born in Otsego County, New York, September 19, 1808. He married Phoebe Cookingham September 10th, 1832, and in the fall of 1836 moved to Ohio, then the "far west" and almost uninhabited region. His wife died August 3rd, 1856, after a short illness. He afterwards married Mrs. Sarah M. West. Eight children were borne him by his first wife, and one by his second wife, four of whom preceded him to the tomb. When a young man he learned the shoemaking trade, and from his first coming to Ohio until his death he was engaged more or less of the time in the boot and shoe business, for twelve years being in partmership with his brother-in-law, Mr. M. Cookingham, who is still engaged in the boot and shoe business in New London, the oldest pioneer merchant in the town. When the deceased came to Ohio he settled at Curtiss' Corners, one mile south of New London. At that early period New London consisted of only a few houses, scattered about in a thickly wooded, wild, and unforbigging country. He beheld the entire growth of New London, and no resident of the place took greater interest in the growth and enterprise of the town than he. He was a hard working laborer all his life, toiling with untiring mind and zeal to build up and improve his surroundings, and after the disease, which clung to him so tenaciously for eleven months and finally took him from earth, had reduced him to a wreck, his bouyant hope and ambition seemed not to share the physical infirmities of his body. At one time in life he was in prosperous circumstances, but at the time of the great fire in New London Nov. 18th, 1872, he lost his entire business and was thrown heavily into debt. With great faith in his ability to conquer debt and rise above this misfortune, he began again at the bottom of the ladder and heroically attempted to throw the burden of debt from his shoulders; but the load was too great and after a many struggles of a few years, he was compelled to give up the inequal struggle and fall in business. The disaster caused him great despondence and anxiety, but realizing that his years were fast ebbing away, he sought to reconcile himself as best he could to his hard lot, and taking up the shoehammer again, he worked away with a will. Few men could spend a long life of incessant labor as did Nathaniel Runyan and bear up under such disheartening reverses without breaking completely down and giving up in sheer despair; but his almost unparalleled ambition to conquor under any circumstances, bouyed him up and carried him on. At the age of thirty he was convented to the Christian religion and joined the Baptist denomination, remaining all through his life a constant and zealous member of the church. As a citizen he was esteemed and valued; as a husband and father, he was kind and indulgent to a fault. He died as he had lived for forty three years, in the full hope of a blessed immortality, and with the comforting assurance of an eternal inheritance in the great Gold (en Kingdom of Heaven?)
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2 1910 United States Federal Census
Further sources/citations:
OneWorldTree, ..........................................................IN MEMORIAM
Nathaniel Runyan departed this life November 13th, 1882, aged 74 years, 1 month, and 24 days. The disease which restulted finally in his death was a form of jaundice, and for nearly elelven months he was a sufferer and constantly under the care of a physician. The deceased was born in Otsego County, New York, September 19, 1808. He married Phoebe Cookingham September 10th, 1832, and in the fall of 1836 moved to Ohio, then the "far west" and almost uninhabited region. His wife died August 3rd, 1856, after a short illness. He afterwards married Mrs. Sarah M. West. Eight children were borne him by his first wife, and one by his second wife, four of whom preceded him to the tomb. When a young man he learned the shoemaking trade, and from his first coming to Ohio until his death he was engaged more or less of the time in the boot and shoe business, for twelve years being in partmership with his brother-in-law, Mr. M. Cookingham, who is still engaged in the boot and shoe business in New London, the oldest pioneer merchant in the town. When the deceased came to Ohio he settled at Curtiss' Corners, one mile south of New London. At that early period New London consisted of only a few houses, scattered about in a thickly wooded, wild, and unforbigging country. He beheld the entire growth of New London, and no resident of the place took greater interest in the growth and enterprise of the town than he. He was a hard working laborer all his life, toiling with untiring mind and zeal to build up and improve his surroundings, and after the disease, which clung to him so tenaciously for eleven months and finally took him from earth, had reduced him to a wreck, his bouyant hope and ambition seemed not to share the physical infirmities of his body. At one time in life he was in prosperous circumstances, but at the time of the great fire in New London Nov. 18th, 1872, he lost his entire business and was thrown heavily into debt. With great faith in his ability to conquer debt and rise above this misfortune, he began again at the bottom of the ladder and heroically attempted to throw the burden of debt from his shoulders; but the load was too great and after a many struggles of a few years, he was compelled to give up the inequal struggle and fall in business. The disaster caused him great despondence and anxiety, but realizing that his years were fast ebbing away, he sought to reconcile himself as best he could to his hard lot, and taking up the shoehammer again, he worked away with a will. Few men could spend a long life of incessant labor as did Nathaniel Runyan and bear up under such disheartening reverses without breaking completely down and giving up in sheer despair; but his almost unparalleled ambition to conquor under any circumstances, bouyed him up and carried him on. At the age of thirty he was convented to the Christian religion and joined the Baptist denomination, remaining all through his life a constant and zealous member of the church. As a citizen he was esteemed and valued; as a husband and father, he was kind and indulgent to a fault. He died as he had lived for forty three years, in the full hope of a blessed immortality, and with the comforting assurance of an eternal inheritance in the great Gold (en Kingdom of Heaven?)
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