Name/Title
Elizabeth (Buchanan) McClelland Family BibleEntry/Object ID
2022.4.7Scope and Content
Elizabeth (Buchanan) McClelland Family Bible, Holy Bible (Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1852). The McClelland Family Bible Records were first kept by Elizabeth (Buchanan) McClelland [1806-1890] who presented the Bible to her great-grandson James Garrett Garrettson on 20 May 1885. The Bible has been passed through the direct family line from James Garrett Garrettson [1884-1950] to his only son, James Albert Garrettson Sr. [1911-2000], to his only son, James Albert Garrettson Jr., who owned and shared the Bible with the Greene Connections: Greene County Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2007.
PAGE 1 - INSCRIPTION AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
"Elizabeth McClelland / Waynesburg / Greene"
Obituaries and news clippings pasted to page for: Fannie Garrison [sic Frances (John) Garrettson] and her baby, Harriet (McClelland) Garrettson, Harriet Garrettson, William McClelland.
PAGE 2 - INSCRIPTION AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
"May 20, 1885 / J. G. Garrettson's / Book / Presented by his / Grandmother Elizabeth McClelland"
Obituaries and news clippings pasted to page for: A. J. Garrettson, Henry C. "Harry" Garrettson, James G. Garrettson, Walter M. Garrettson, Georgianna D. (Garrettson) Tharp.
PAGE 3 - BIRTHS
"Elizabeth Buchanan / was born October the 10 1806 / [added in another hand] record in her father's Bible, in his own hand / states she was born Oct 17 1806
William McClelland / was born November the 18 1800
James Albert Garrettson / Born March 3th, 1911. / Friday morning 6 a.m.
James Albert Garrettson Jr. / Born May 6th, 1939 / Sat. morning 5 a.m. / Greene Co. Memorial / Hospital Wbg
Gwen Natalie Garrettson / born April 26th 1962 / Thursday 10:42 a.m. / McGee Hospital / Pittsburgh Pa.
Pap went blind the 1 of June 1875"
PAGE 4 - BIRTHS
"Mary McClelland was / born June 26 - 1825
was borne June 1826 / Catherine E. McClelland
Maria J. McClelland / was born October 1 - 1827
Hariet B. McClelland / was born August 17 - 1829
William Daily McClelland / was born the 1 day November 1831
Rhoda McClelland was / born May 12 1834
Rhoda McClelland again / & Catherine McClelland / was born June 1 - 1837 / they were twins
John Henry McClelland / was born June 30 - 1841
J. F. Garrettson Born / Jan. 12, 1821
Eliga [word hard to read, may say Adams] McClelland / was born September 21 - 1843
William Garison was / born February the 9 1852
Wm. M. Garrettson Born / February 9, 1852
Frances Garrettson Born / March 7 - 1859
J. G. Garrettson / Born Dec. 23, 1884
H. C. Garrettson / Born Sep. 17, 1886
Walter McClelland Garrettson / Born Nov. 12, 1888
A. J. Garrettson Born / Oct. 18, 1890
Georgia D. Garrettson Born / Tuesday Aug 23. 8 oclock 10 min. / 1892"
PAGE 5 - MARRIAGES
William McClelland was / maried to Elizabeth / Buchanan July the 6 1824
Maria Jane McClelland / was married to Jacob / Lemly Septtember 3 1846
Hariet B. McClelland / was married to James F. / Garettson Febury 25 - 1851
Rhoda McClelland / married to John Stro- / snider April 5th 1855
William McClelland was / married to Lucrecia / [surname hard to read, may say Funston] December 5 / 1855
Daisy E. Boyd & J. G. / Garrettson were united in / marriage April the 8th 1908 / at the old Boyd Home
James Albert Garrettson / and Mabel Christine Reeves / were united in marriage / July 3, 1937 M. P. Church / Waynesburg Pa.
James Albert Garrettson Jr. / and Deanna Joyce Walker / were united in marriage / August 5th 1961 Laboratory / Presbyterian Church / Washington, Pa."
News clipping pasted to page for: Garrettson-Boyd marriage.
PAGE 6 - DEATHS
Catherine McClelland / Died the 28 day of October 1826
Rhoda McClelland Died / March 15 1836
Catherine McClelland / Died 2 of June 1837
Mary McClelland Died / June 27 1825
Eliga A. McClelland / departed this life in battle / before Richmond on the / 26 day of June 1862
John H. McClelland / Died December the 18 1869
William D. McClella / nd Died December / the 1 1876, age going on 45 years
Infant that was never / named a day old only
James F. Garrettson / Died Monday Nov 12 / 1900
Hariet B. Garrettson / Died 29 day of June 1854
Wm. McClelland Died / Aug. the 8th 1880 / aged 80 years old
Elizabeth McClelland / Died Dec. 6 1890
Mrs. Frances Garrettson / Died Aug. 6 1894 Monday / Morning 8 oclock
William McClelland / Garrettson Died Tuesday / evening at seven oclock & / 20 minutes July 19, 1910.
James G. Garrettson / Died Jan. 13 - 1950 / Fri. morning 8.15 / Greene Co Memorial / Hospital"
PAGE 7 - DEATHS AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
"Elijah McClelland lost his life at Richmond / at the Battle of Richmond the 26 day of June 1862 / in a Battle."
Obituaries and news clippings pasted to page for: Walter M. Garrettson.
PAGE 8 - NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
Obituaries pasted to page for: Elizabeth (Buchanan) McClelland, William M. Garrettson.
PAGE 9 - NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
Obituaries and news clippings pasted to page for: A. J. Garrettson, Abraham John, Elizabeth John(s), Elizabeth (Buchanan) McClelland.Collection
James Albert Garrettson CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2022.4Acquisition Method
DigitalCredit Line
Dr. James Albert GarrettsonLexicon
Search Terms
Birth records, Boyd family, Buchanan family, Death records, Family Bible--Records, Funston family, Garrettson family, John family, Lemley family, Marriage records, McClelland family, Reeves family, Strosnider family, Walker family, WeddingsArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1800 - 1962Other Names and Numbers
Other Number
GARR-AN002-0001-0001 - GARR-AN002-0001-0009Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Provenance
Provenance Detail
McClelland Series - James Albert Garrettson CollectionAcquisition Method
DigitalAcquisition Date
2007Notes
SOURCE CITATION: Elizabeth (Buchanan) McClelland Family Bible; item no. GARR-AN002-0001-0000, James Albert Garrettson Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).
