Reuben H Runyan (abt. 1813 - bef. 1906)

Born about 1813 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Gibbons) Runyan — married 3 Sep 1835 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died before 3 May 1906 before about age 93 in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Runion Name Study.

Reuben H. Runyan was born in March probably in 1815 in Rutherford (now Cleveland) County, North Carolina, the ninth child of Sarah Harris and Jeremiah Runyan. His birth month was reported as March in the 1900 census of Cleveland County, but the year given was in question because he grew younger each ten years after 1860. He was age 35 in 1850, age 45 in 1860, 54 in 1870, 63 in 1880, and 81 "b March 1819" in 1900. It seems logical that Reuben was born in 1815, but it also seems very likely that his sister, Eliza, was born that year. ^[1]

Reuben married Margaret S. Gibbons, daughter of John K. Gibbons and Hannah J. Singletary, on September 3, 1835 in Rutherford County, North Carolina.^[2] Margaret was born in South Carolina around 1813.

Reuben died on April 24, 1906 near Earl, Cleveland County, North Carolina. His will was dated February 15, 1906, and probated on May 3, 1906 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Rueben and Margaret were buried in their family cemetery about a quarter mile southeast of Patterson Springs and two miles north of Earl in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Gordon Runion of Inman, Spartanburg, South Carolina, wrote the following in a letter dated in March 2002: ^[3]

I saw the old home cemetery in 1962 out in a field. Later (1971), a textile company from England put up a factory near there. They moved their remains to nearby New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery.

Children of Reuben and Margaret:

1. James Madison RUNYAN b 25 Aug 1836; m Margaret Lucretia RANDALL.
2. Elizabeth RUNYAN b 21 May 1837, Cleveland Co., NC
3. Jacob RUNYAN b 19 Sep 1840, Cleveland Co., NC; d 10 Oct 1874
4. Lenora RUNYAN b 28 Oct 1842, Cleveland Co., NC; d 1910
5. Didema RUNYAN b 10 Sep 1844, Cleveland Co., NC
6. John Settith RUNYAN b 30 Jan 1848, Cleveland Co., NC; d 20 Nov 1880, bur New Hope Cem., Earl, Cleveland Co., NC; m 26 Dec 1872 Sarah Cordelia TURNER (d/o Elijah and Lucinda TURNER) b 1852 (18-1850) NC
7. Joseph Monroe RUNYAN b 14 Feb 1850; m Alice FULTON
8. Eliza Jane RUNYAN b 24 Nov 1852; m John Henderson RIPPY
9. Jesse Craig RUNYAN b 15 Jun 1855; m Rachel McSWAIN
10. Buchanan RUNYAN b 1858, Cleveland Co., NC

Sources

1. ↑ Descendants of Reuben Harris: Part VII of Descendants of Isaac Harris, By Garda M. Hodgson (contains census data and records)
2. ↑ North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979 database, FamilySearch, Reuben H. Runyan and Margaret S. Gibbins, 03 Sep 1835; citing Rutherford,North Carolina, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,330,318.
3. ↑ DESCENDANTS OF ISAAC HARRIS, By Garda M. Hodgson, Chpt. 2.2.9 of Part II

See also:

• United States Census, 1850 database with images, FamilySearch, Ruben Runion, Cleveland county, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States; citing family 618, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• United States Census, 1860 database with images, FamilySearch, R H Runyans, 1860.

• United States Census, 1870 database with images, FamilySearch, R H Runnyan, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 5, family 40, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,630.

• North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979 database with images, FamilySearch, R H Runyan, 1906; citing Cleveland, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,769,314.

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 04 February 2021), memorial page for Reuben H Runyans (1813–1906), Find A Grave: Memorial #102017450, citing New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, Earl, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Carolyn Runyan Wilberscheid (contributor 47797928) .