▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 6 , ▁Tr uth ▁bought ▁a ▁neighbor ing ▁lot ▁in ▁North am pton , ▁but ▁she ▁did ▁not ▁keep ▁the ▁new ▁property ▁for ▁long . ▁On ▁September ▁ 3 , ▁ 1 8 5 7 , ▁she ▁sold ▁all ▁her ▁poss essions , ▁new ▁and ▁old , ▁to ▁Daniel ▁I ves ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁Battle ▁Creek , ▁Michigan , ▁where ▁she ▁rejo ined ▁former ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Miller ite ▁movement ▁who ▁had ▁formed ▁the ▁Se vent h - day ▁Advent ist ▁Church . ▁Ant is la very ▁movements ▁had ▁begun ▁early ▁in ▁Michigan ▁and ▁Ohio . ▁Here , ▁she ▁also ▁joined ▁the ▁nucle us ▁of ▁the ▁Michigan ▁abol ition ists , ▁the ▁Progress ive ▁Fri ends , ▁some ▁who ▁she ▁had ▁already ▁met ▁at ▁national ▁convent ions . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 8 5 7 ▁to ▁ 1 8 6 7 ▁Tr uth ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁Harm onia , ▁Michigan , ▁a ▁Spirit ual ist ▁u top ia . ▁She ▁then ▁moved ▁into ▁nearby ▁Battle ▁Creek , ▁Michigan , ▁living ▁at ▁her ▁home ▁on ▁ 3 8 ▁College ▁St . ▁until ▁her ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 3 . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 8 6 0 ▁census , ▁her ▁household ▁in ▁Harm onia ▁included ▁her ▁daughter , ▁Elizabeth ▁B anks ▁( age ▁ 3 5 ), ▁and ▁her ▁grands ons ▁James ▁C ald well ▁( miss pel led ▁as ▁" Col vin "; ▁age ▁ 1 6 ) ▁and ▁Sam my ▁B anks