Bibles

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“Mother to the dear little children Aurelia E.. McClung Charles J. McClung Robert G. McClung Thomas L. McClung Ellen M. McClung July 12, 1875” (London: The Child’s Bible, 1875) No further family information.

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“The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments” published in Boston by Matthew M. Terrell (No publication date)

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“The Old Testament and the New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” published in Edinburgh by Richard Watkin in 1746. Inscribed on fly leaf “Adam Meek, His Book. Sent by John Meek of County Derry to his son Adam Meek in South Carolina” Does not include family records.

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‘Pocket Testament League’ pocket Bible (New Testament) belonging to Mrs. W. M. Bonham. No date (20th century). No family entries. 1 volume.

Scope and Contents Pocket-size New Testament of John A. Steel, World War I. On the flyleaf is a place to print the soldier’s name, address, service, and remarks. Steel served in the Aviation Section, Sig. Corps, U. S. Army. John Albert Steel (1892-1980) was born in Fayetteville, N. C., and died in Knoxville, Tenn. He attended Trinity (now Duke), the University of the South and the University of Minnesota, attaining a B. S. in civil engineering. He was an officer in World War I flying fighter aircraft in...

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Family Bible of Noble Smithson, 1869 (American Bible Society, 1868). Contains family entries for the Smithson family, Knoxville and East Tennessee.

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Family Bible of Nolan A. Keller and Minnie Pearl Epps Keller. 1933.

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Sept. 24, 1801, surveyor’s map showing part of Grainger, Hawkins & Knox Counties. ____ Evans, surveyor. ADS 1 pc. (torn) Aug. 24, 1860, certification of the Campbell Co. (Tenn.) Agricultural and Mechanical Society. Signed by L. P. Williams, secty., Agricultural Bureau. ADS 1 p. James Sterling Smith and Margaret Louise Rutherford Smith family Bible entries. 1870s and later. (Donor’s note: they lived in Harrogate and Cumberland Gap). Photostat.

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“The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments” published in New York in 1832 by Thomas Scott, Collins & Hamay. Also includes a transcription of the family records provided by the donor.

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Family records of Peter and Catherine Swingle Eckel from 1831 Bible in possession of William P. McGuire, Jr. (Kingsport, Tenn). Copied onto CD by James C. Thompson, Jr. of Austin, Tex. 6 pp.

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The bible was published by Alden Beardsley & Co. in 1851. The founders of the families were Peter Culver (Mendon? N.Y.) and John Root and Ann Culver Root (1864)

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Pictorial Family Bible (Chicago: J.P. Tangney & Co., 1892). Contains no family entries. Front cover off at time of receipt.

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Reynolds Family Bible contains entries on the Reynolds, Isbell, and Hughes families. “The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments” published in New York in 1851 by the American Bible Society. Family records of the William B. Reynolds family.

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Three family Bibles of the Rippy family: one of the S. L. Rippy family, Pondville, Tenn.; one belonging to Mrs. J. M. Rippy, Union City, Tenn., 1903; one belonging to James Rippy, 1921.

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Front and back boards of the binding are missing as well as the first and last pages of the book The bible includes internally “A List of the children born to Andrew Debusk and Polly his wife” and “A list of the children born to Russell Courtney and Elizabeth his wife”

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The bible was published in New York by Robert McDermot in 1806. It is an elephant folio volume. The front cover has a bookplate “Property of D. L. Ryan 1814.”

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Family Bible of S.L. Jenkins (1828-1908). The name Etta R. Jenkins is written in the front of the Bible. Also contains Buckner family entries. The Illustrated Polyglot Household Bible. Ziegler, McCurdy & Co. Philadelphia, 1870. + Loose papers from the Bible in a separate folder including S.L. Jenkins mourning card, several photographs.

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One page of family Bible, handwritten records for Samuel B. Cunningham (b. 10/9/1797) and Lucinda Galbreath (b. 5/31/1803) (m. 8/19/1824), William R. Sevier and Martha E. Cunningham (m. 7/18/1844). Other records traced over. And obituaries for Samuel A. Cunningham and Alice Nelson Cunningham.

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Bible of Samuel Hannibal Love, 1847.

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The Illustrated Polygot Family Bible: containing the Old and New Testaments, together with the Apocrypha, Concordance, and Psalms in Metre. Published by National Publishing Company, 26 South Seventh Street, Philadelphia.

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“The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments” published in New York in 1847 by the American Bible Society.

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Seilaz Family Bible. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus. 1888. Given to Lydia Buffat Seilaz by her aunt Felicie Tauxe in December 1888. Family entries for Buffat and Seilaz families.

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Family Bible of Joseph H. Sevier (born 1820) and Sarah R. Hudson Sevier (married 1838). Also includes record of 1882 marriage of Will S. Sevier to Sarah Bartlett, Missouri. The Holy Bible... Philadelphia: A.J. Holman & Co., 1882. This Bible was given to John Sevier (Jack) Gibson by the widow of Joseph D. Sevier of Colorado. Mr. Gibson placed the Bible in the McClung Historical Collection.

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Family Bible of James Sevier (born 1777) and Susannah Warren (married 1798). In addition to Sevier entries, the Bible includes records for McDaniels and Gibson . The New Testament... New York: The American Bible Society, 1869.

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Shields Family Bible. Stereotyped for the American Bible Society by D. & G. Bruce, Printed by D. Fanshaw. New York: 1820. 1 vol. Back cover missing. Family entries torn and faded. Includes a typed transcription (transcriber not named). Entries include Richard, Susanny Shields, James Shields, Jessey Shields, Sary Shields, Jonathan Parry Shields, John T. Shields.

Scope and Contents (Folders 26, 43, 49, & 75 tell of the location of Smith Family artifacts, portraits, and papers located in libraries and museums other than the McClung Collection.) Includes Tomlinson family material & Tate Springs material. Folder 13 contains postcards showing views and bldgs. of the Tate Springs Hotel. Many other postcards are in this collection, most are 19th century. Tate Springs Hotel (Inn), Knoxville Farmers Convention, agriculture, Appalachian Exposition award ribbons and...

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Delmar Carl Stallings Family Bible, 1976. (He was born in Knox County, Tenn). + 1 B&W snapshot of unidentified child.

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Family Bible of the Steiner Family (donor’s note: one of the original Swiss families that settled in the are more than 200 years ago). Also includes Jones, Cleaver, and Hamilton families. “The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testament” was published by J. B. Burr Publishing Company, Hartford, Conn. No date on the title page.

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Family Bible record for the Tarrant and Doyel (Doyle) families. 4 pp. This file contains only the original family record removed from the bible.

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Thelma Miller Overholtzer Family Bible. Bible belonged to Thelma Miller Overholtzer (Mrs. Albert G.) and contains entries for Hughs, Cason, Bush, Miller, Overholtzer, McIntyre, McKenzie, Bullock, Ivey, and Deason families. Bible is dated 1907. Bible is in extremely fragile condition and its spine is damaged. “Bible from First Presbyterian Church.”