Myers Family Bible
Myers Family Bible OR John F. Myers Family Bible
Bible Info
Also known as the John F. Myers Family Bible. TITLE PAGE MISSING, WAS IN A BOX OF BOOKS TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION. COPIED THE DATA, RAIN CAME AND I LEFT WITHOUT KNOWING THE PURCHASER. (EDNA K. CONRAD) Bible seems to have made it's way to the Wayne County Public Library Genealogy and Local History Department sometime between 1995-2017.
Date of Bible
1880
Dimensions of Bible
12 Inches Tall
77 Inches Wide
3.25 Inches Thick
Researcher Name and Date
Maggie Rose, Librarian and Emily Gammons, volunteer
Wayne County Public Library
Researched compiled between November, 2016 and February, 2017.
Cover
Myers Family Bible, Cover
Notes
The cover is made from carved wood, possible with a leather overlay. The metal clasp is still present. The cover is separated from the binding as well as the first several pages of the Bible. The Myers Family Bible is in poor condition.
Title Page
Myers Family Bible, Title Page
Accompanying Paperwork Associated with Bible
None Present
Items Associated with Bible
3.5 x 1.5 inches, the Alda L. Moyers Name Card was found at the beginning of the New Testament.
11 x 2 inches, this blue ribbon is embroidered with the phrase, "Praise the Lord." This Myers Family Bible Bookmark was found marking the beginning of the New Testament.
This 5 x 3 inch "Flowers From Jerusalem" card has plants pressed into the card. The "Flowers From Jerusalem" card was found marking the beginning of the New Testament.
This item, approximately 2.5 x 1 inches is made from a textured paper and may have been cut from a popular postcard. The Myers Family Bible Paper Flower Cut Out was found marking the beginning of the New Testament.
A pressed flower, unknown species, was located marking the beginning of the New Testament, measuring approximately 5 x 2 inches.
Marriage Records associated with Bible
Myers Family Bible, Marriage Records
Transcript
Myers Family Bible, Marriage Records, Transcript
In a faint, black fountain pen cursive:
John F Myers
To Lena A Ward
Dec. 25 1877
In a bright blue ink:
Marin S blouse
To Gertrude M. Myers
Dec 23 1905
Birth Records associated with Bible
Myers Family Bible, Birth Records
Transcript
Myers Family Bible, Birth Records Transcript
In a faint, black fountain pen cursive:
John Franklin Myer
was born March 4-1856
Lena A. Ward
was born May 16th 1857
Alda Luc Myers
was born April 12 1881
Gertrude M. Myers
was born March 10, 1887
Death Records associated with Bible
Myers Family Bible, Death Records
Transcript
Myers Family Bible, Death Records Transcript
Dark blue faded ink, written in cursive script:
John F. Myers
Oct – 15, 1910- Aged 54 yrs.
7 mos. and 11 days.
Gertrude M. blouse.
Srpt. 26, 1919 – aged
32 yrs – 6 mos and 16 days.
Black ink, cursive script:
Alda L. Muers
Mar. 4, 1921 – aged
39 yrs. – 10 mos. and
22 days.
Light blue ink, cursive script
Christina Myers
July 7, 1941- 1am aged
84 years, 1 month and
21 days.
Handwritten Notations inside Bible
None Present
Other Items of Interest
Myers Family Bible, Front Illustration
BIBLE CONTAINED A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING, AN OBIT. DATA GIVEN ABOUT "CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS MYERS," WAS BORN IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PA ON APRIL 1, 1831 AND FELL ASLEEP AT HIS HOME IN WEST SALEM, OH ON DEC. 21, 1905. AT THE AGE OF TWO HE MOVED TO WAYNE COUNTY, OH WITH HIS PARENTS. SEPT. 25, 1853 HE MARRIED ELIZABETH TALLEY. THEY THEN MOVED TO HANCOCK COUNTY, OH. HE FOLLOWED HIS TRADE AS A BLACKSMITH AND MANUFACTURER OF TOOLS. TWO AND ONE HALF YEARS LATER RETURNED TO WAYNE COUNTY AND SETTLED IN THE OLD HOMESTEAD IN KILL BUCK VALLEY, NEAR ARMSTRONG STATION WHERE HE LIVED UNTIL 1881, WHENCE HE MOVED TO ASHLAND COUNTY, NEAR WEST SALEM, IN LATER YEARS HE LIVED IN WEST SALEM. HE WAS THE FATHER OF EIGHT CHILDREN, THREE DAUGHTERS AND FIVE SONS. ONE DAUGHTER DIED IN INFANCY. SONS: WILL DIED SEPT. 4, 1886 IN IDAHO; MARION RESIDED IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON; GEORGE IN MEDORS, NO RTH DAKOTA; EDD IN DICKINSON NORTH DAKOTA: JOE ON THE HOME FARM; MRS. NAFTZGER NEAR WEST SALEM; MRS. HEFS (I BELIEVE IT IS SPELLED HESS) IN ASHLAND, HE WAS A MEMBER OF ZION CHAPEL U.B. CHURCH. FUNERAL WAS HELD AT THE M.E. CHURCH, WEST SALEM OH BY REV. JENNIE METSKER.