Runyon, Adam jr

• Name	Runyon, Adam
  	20250604GHLn- John W. Runyon was born in February of 1856 to Adam and Wealthy (Muncy) Runyon, Jr. in Pike County, Kentucky. He was a twin to James Bertrand Runyon and the ninth child in his family. His mother was a daughter of James Muncy - making her a sister to Nellie Muncy and an aunt to Milt Haley. In other words, John Runyon and Milt Haley were first cousins. According to Runyon Genealogy (1955), Adam and Wealthy Runyon left Pike County around 1858 and settled on the Emily Fork of Wolf Creek in present-day Martin County. In 1860, they sold out to, of all people, Milt Haley’s older half-brother, Moses Parsley, and moved to Pigeon Creek in Logan County. John’s grandfather, Adam Runyon, Sr., had first settled on Pigeon Creek around 1811. The family was primarily pro-Union during the Civil War. At a young age, Runyon showed promise as a timber baron.
  Suffix	jr
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I105042	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Runyon, Adam Sr
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F59840	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Muncy, Wealthy
  Children	1. Runyon, John W.,   b. Feb 1856, Pike County, Kentucky, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Runyon, James Bertrand,   b. Feb 1856  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F59838	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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TNG ID: I105042