Jane "Jenny" Neely

Jane (Jenny) Neely b. December 3 1st., 1776 m. Thomas Buchanan and joined the Shakers with her husband and moved to their settlement at South Union near Bowling Green, Kentucky.The four foundation principals of the Shaker religion were celibacy, confession of sins, communal ownership of property, and withdrawal from the world.In 1813, Thomas Buchanan became very unhappy with the Shakers and took his sons Isaac, William, and John away, but failed when he attempted to take his daughter Patsy (alias) Malinda. She was alive and with the Shakers in 1879 at which time she was over 80 years old. South Union village began in 1807 and September 26, 1922 was the date of the Shakertown sale. The Shaker enterprise at South Union had come to an end. Shaker Festivals are held there each year; a living museum.