Cephas H. and Annie O. (Stickney) Brown Family Bible

This Bible appears to have been well used. The front cover is missing, and only three threads are holding it together across the spine. “Holy Bible, S.S. Teachers Edition” is printed in gold type on the intact, but split spine. Written in faded ink on the tattered tan-colored liner page is “C. H. Brown, Roswell, N.M., Dec, 1911.” The title page has no date as to when it was printed, nor could I find a date anywhere else in this Bible. The printer, Blackwell-Wielandy Book & Stationery Company was founded in 1896 in St. Louis, Missouri. This Bible holds the following family records on this Roswell, New Mexico family.

Unusual to most bible records, under “Deaths,” the writers thought it important to enter the related facilities where the deaths occurred and the attending physicians.

This Bible is currently in the possession of Deborah Allard in Kingsland, TX. txallard@gmail.com