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Family Bible records

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Mitchell Family Bible

 Collection
Identifier: MGC-1152
Scope and Contents

The family Bible contains names and dates of the Mitchell family. Primarily following Rebecca Mitchell and her husband, Lycurous Garrett, and their descendants. Record of births, marriages, and deaths are written on the family record pages of the Bible.

Dates: 1816 - 1960

N.D. Tyler Bible

 Collection — Box A16
Identifier: MGC-1124
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the family Bible for the Tyler family. This Bible contains family records for births, marriages, and deaths for Tyler and related family members. Also included in this collection are the scanned family record pages.

Dates: 1700s-1800s

Pate/Turner Family Bible

 Collection — Box A14
Identifier: MGC-1113
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the family Bible for the Isaac H. Pate and Robert Allen Turner families. This Bible contains family records for births, marriages, and deaths for multiple generations. Also included in this collection are family unit charts, handwritten genealogy, and a bookmark.

Dates: 1820 - 1969

Peery Family Bible

 Collection
Identifier: MGC-1161
Scope and Contents

The family record sheets begin with the marriage of Jonathan P. Peery and Louise J Meredith. No other marriages are recorded. The births and deaths recorded are only for Jonathan, Louise, and Lillie.

Dates: 1864 - 1956

Perrine Family Bible

 Collection — Box A2
Identifier: MGC-1145
Scope and Contents

The family Bible begins with the marriage of Jesse S. Perrine of Lexington, Missouri and his marriage to Sabra Haskell of Camden, Missouri. The family Bible contains names and dates of the Perrine and Abernathy families. Record of births, marriages, and deaths are written on the family record pages of the Bible.

Dates: Record Keeping: 1824 - 1951

Smith Family Bible

 Collection — Box A10
Identifier: MGC-1084
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the family Bible for the Benjamin Howland Smith family. This Bible contains family records for births, marriages, and deaths for Benjamin, his wife Silvia Slocum, and their children. The records also contain information on Benjamin’s second wife, Rebecca Kirby. Also included in this collection are the scanned family record pages, a pamphlet found in the Bible dated 1959, and a family unit chart.

Dates: 1770s-1950s

Striffler Family Bible

 Collection — Box A22
Identifier: MGC-1024
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a family Bible and supplemental materials. The Bible was printed in German, contains notes written by the family, also in German, and dates from 1699. The supplemental materials include; history of Striffler Bible, photocopies of Striffler records, genealogy information, oral history, Striffler family history, and a descendant chart of William and Elizabeth Striffler. These supplemental materials are undated.

Dates: 1699

Treas Family Bible

 Collection — Box A5
Identifier: MGC-1188
Scope and Contents

Shawnee Masonic Lodge #54 presented the family Bible to Maxine (McCollum) Treas on 20 April 1988. The family record pages are written in the same handwriting except for Maxine’s death date. The record pages include information on Maxine and her husband, her grandparents, child, and grandchildren.

Dates: 1850 - 2006

Vickers Family Bible

 Collection — Box A11
Identifier: MGC-1070
Scope and Contents

The Bible was presented to Harry Vickers by Patricia Vickers in 1956 upon becoming a Master Mason in the Freemasons. The Bible has a section for family history, military service, and pertinent masonic information.

Dates: 1956

Walker Family Bibles

 Collection — Box A19
Identifier: MGC-1217
Scope and Contents This collection consists of three Bibles belonging to Andrew Jackson Walker’s family. One bible contains an inscription stating Andrew Jackson Walker as the original owner, gifted to him by his sister Lucy Ann Franklin. Another bible belonged to Andrew Jackson Walker’s son Andrew J. Walker, gifted to him by his sister Emma E. Walker, the donor’s great-grandmother. Birth dates for a few family members are written in the Bible as well. Also included within the collection is a family unit...
Dates: 1867 - 1881