New York Times, 14 Feb 1893 "Elder Daniel Boler - Incidents in the life of the dead Shaker leader. "Bowling Green, Ky., Feb. 13. - There died a few weeks ago at Mount Lebanon, N. Y., the distinguished Shaker Elder, Daniel Boler, who was at the head of the Shaker Order, and was a man of splendid attainments and great learning. He was ninety years of age when he died, and had been for more than half a century the leader of the Shakers. His death was written up at length in the NEW-YORK TIMES, and the character and life of the great elder were widely commented upon. "This man at one time was a resident of this county. He lived eight miles from Bowling Green, on Gasper River, and his early life was in some respects an eventful one. He is remembered in this section now, however, by very few outside of the members of the United Society of Shakers at South Union, Ky. "His father was William Boler, who owned a rich and well-cultivated farm on the banks of the Gasper. He was an industrious, frugal man, and accumulated considerable property. While he was living on this farm, young Daniel, who was afterward to play such an important part and attain such a high position as a Shaker, was born. This was in 1808, and shortly afterward WIlliam Boler, the father, became a convert to the Shaker faith, and it resulted in the disruption of his family. "He went to the Shaker Society at South Union in 1808, as the records of the society show, and became a member. His wife went to Glasgow, Ky., and instituted an action for divorce and the custody of the child Daniel. "Bolen, in anticipation of this, had conveyed his farm and all his other property to the society. Hi wife claimed the prooperty, and after several years' litigation the case was decided in 1814, a decree being rendered giving her the property and declaring null and void the conveyance to the society. She was also given the custody of the child, then in Mr. Boler's possession at South Union. "The night after the decision of the court became known, Mr. Boler took Daniel, then about eleven years of age, and left South Union, determined that, though derived of his lands, he would retain the boy at all hazards. "He went first to the Shaker settlement at Pleasant Hill, Ky., but, feeling insecure there and fearing that his divorced wife would by process of law secure possession of the boy, he left Pleasant Hill and set his face toward the Shaker settlement at Mount Lebanon, N. . It was a long, weary journey, taken on foot, and beset with many hardships and perils; but after several weeks of travel he arrived at Mount Lebanon with the boy. Both were fatigued from their long tramp, but were otherwise well and hearty. "He was never further molested, the wife evidently remaining in ognorance of his whereabouts. Young Daniel grew up with the Mount Lebanon Shakers, and arose to the position of the First Elder of the Shaker Order." Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/