Runyon, Adam Sr

• 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	Sr
  Gender	Male
  Settled to	Abt 1811	Pigeon Creek, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I105048	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. Runyon, Adam jr  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F59840	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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TNG ID: I105048