Abell Family Bible
Scope and Contents
The family record sheets located in the middle of the Bible contain two pages of family records with name, place of birth, date of birth, date of marriage, and date of death for family members listed. Many of the names and dates are in the same handwriting. The correspondence in the front of the Bible dated in the 1930s indicate that George Morris Abell possessed the Bible at some time. The names listed in the record pages include both paternal and maternal families of George Morris Abell and include the surnames: Abell, Ralls, Dunkkum, and Doty.
Dates
- Creation: 1781 - 1963
Creator
- Abell, George Morris, 1892-1979 (Person)
Biographical / Historical
George Morris Abell, the son of William Abell and Margaret Doty, was born on May 22, 1892 in Kansas City, Missouri. William Abell’s family came to Missouri from Virginia. Margaret Doty’s family came from Ohio and settled in Baxter Springs, Kansas where the Abell family lived for a time.
Full Extent
1 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Topical
- Title
- Abell Family Bible
- Subtitle
- A finding aid from the Midwest Genealogy Center
- Author
- Jolene Clark
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Midwest Genealogy Center Repository