Durstine-Swinehart Family Bible
Bible Info
Acquisition number #2001.4551.004(001) Clark Durstine & Adda M. Swinehart Family Bible includes records of the Rhees family and has a comprehensive Bible dictionary and nearly 2,000 ilustrative engravings on steel, wood, and in colors, chromo-lithographs of scriptural, natural history-botany and zoology. Published in 1884 in english by the A. J. Holman & Co., No. 1222 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Please note the Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio no longer accepts any Family Bibles into their collections as all genealogical research requests and information is directed to the Wayne County Public Library, Genealogy and Local History Department.
Date of Bible
1884
Dimensions of Bible
12.75in Tall
10.5in Wide
4.25in Thick
12 lbs Weight
Researcher Name and Date
2017-MAR Bibles Inventoried, reviewed, and information recompiled by Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio, Documents Vault Committee.
1995 WCHS Family Bible Records compiled by D.A.R. Wooster-Wayne Chapter.
1970-JAN-24 WCHS Bible Records copied and submitted by Edna Keim Conrad, West Salem, Ohio.
1960-NOV-08 WCHS Bible Records copied by C. Arthur Phillips
Cover
Durstine-Swinehart Family Bible, Cover.
Durstine-Swinehart Family Bible.
Title Page
Title page of the Durstine-Swinehart Family Bible.
Notes
Bible includes a comprehensive Bible dictionary and nearly 2,000 ilustrative engravings on steel, wood, and in colors, chromo-lithographs of scriptural, natural history-botany and zoology. Published in 1884 in english by the A. J. Holman & Co., No. 1222 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Accompanying Paperwork Associated with Bible
Items Associated with Bible
Image of a 1887 Marriage Certificate found in the Durstine-Swinehart Family Bible.
Image of the Family Portraits page in the Durstine-Swinehart Family Bible.
Notes
- None of the photographs identified the people shown.
Marriage Records associated with Bible
Clark Durstine to Adda M. Swinehart, were married at Y. D. Swineharts, by N. J. Lloyd, minister, on February 9, 1886 in the presence of the family.
James Rhees and Adda Durstine were married January 1, 1896.
James Rhees and Hannah May were married December 25, 1880.
Image of a Wa. Co. Probate Court Marriage Certificate found in the Durstine-Swinehart Family Bible.
Image of the Marriage certificate page in the Durstine-Swinehart Family Bible.
Image of the Marriages page in the Durstine-Swinehart Family Bible.
Birth Records associated with Bible
Clark Durstine born June 1, 1860.
James Rhees born August 14, 1857.
Adda M. Rhees born May 12, 1860.
Dessie May Rhees born September 22, 1881.
Minnie L. Rhess born October 29, 1884.
Lester B. Rhees born October 14, 1897.
Zeno G. Rhees born March 9, 1902.
Catharine May Rhees, daughter of Lester and Carrie Rhees born March 9, 1920.
Image of Births page in the Durstine-Swinehart Family Bible.
Death Records associated with Bible
Clark Durstine died March 17, 1889, aged 28 YRS., 9 MO., 14 DAYS.
Dessie May Rhees died May 15, 1901, aged 19 YRS., 7 MO., 23 DAYS.
James Rhees died April 4, 1920, aged 62 YRS., 5 MO., 10 DAYS.
Adda M. Rhees died November 23, 1932.
Image of Deaths page in the Durstine-Swinehart Family Bible.
Handwritten Notations inside Bible
Other Items of Interest
Bible Presented To Clark Durstine by his Father on his 59th birthday.
Blank Memoranda page in the Durstine-Swinehart Family Bible.
