Name/Title
George and Sarah (Jones) Elms family bible recordsEntry/Object ID
2019.12.42Scope and Content
George and Sarah (Jones) Elms Family Bible, "The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated Out of the Original Tongues; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised," (New York: American Bible Society, 1868). The Bible was most likely passed from George Elms [1829-1890] and his wife, Sarah Jones [1832-1910], to their son George Harvey Elms [1863-1947], to his daughter Sarah Virginia (Elms) Simpson [1895-1934] and her husband, Frederic Wheeler Simpson [1894-1952], to their daughter Eva Mae (Simpson) Grim who, with her niece Cicely Stewart-Kunsman, owned and shared the Bible pages with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2006.
PAGE 1 - Title Page
"The / Holy Bible / Containing the / Old and New Testaments, / Translated Out of / the Original Tongues; / and with the / Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. / New York: / American Bible Society, / Instituted in the year MDCCCXVI. / 1868."
PAGE 2 - Births
"John Henry Elms was Born in England April 8th 1853
Sarah Ann Elms was Born in America January 25th 1855
George Thomas Elms was Born March 19th 1856
James Edward Elms was Born June 12th 1857
Abegel Elms was Born April 1_th 1859
Mary Jane Elms was Born May 10th 1861
George Harvey Elms was Born Febuary [sic February] 22th 1863
Jacob Hufty Elms was born April 14th 1866
Elizabeth Margaret Elms was Born March 9th 1868
William Alfred Elms was Born October 15th 1869
Katharine Lucy Elms was Born March 27th 1871
Francis Emily Elms was Born July 26th 1872
George Elms Born in England February 26th 1829
Sarah Jones Elms Born in England March 12 1833"
PAGE 3 - Marriages
"John Henry Elms to / Margaret Woolford at / Garards Fort. Greene Co. Pa / Sept 1876
James Edward Elms to / Mary Elms in Waynesburg / by Rev. Jerry Simpson.
Mary Jane Elms to / James Lester Jones of / Pittsburgh – md. In Fordyce / by Jeremiah Simpson May 1884"
PAGE 4 - Deaths
"George Thomas Elms died March 20th 1856
Abegel Elms dide [sic died] May 6th 1859
James Edward Elms died Aug. 14, 1899
Mary Jane Elms Jones Nov. 22, 1908
John Henry Elms died July 14 1927
Jacob Hufty Elms May 23 1933
Sarah Ann Elms Oct. 12 1933
George Harvey Elms June 27 1947
Frances Emily VanCleve April 12 1948
Catharine Lucy E Harkins Aug 2 1948
Elizabeth Margaret Elms Apr. 6, 1956
William Alfred Elms
George Elms died Oct. 1, 1890
Sarah Jones Elms died June 16, 1910"Collection
Sarah Virginia (Elms) Simpson CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2019.12Acquisition Method
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Cicely Stewart-KunsmanLexicon
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Birth records, Death records, Elms family, Family Bible--Records, Harkins family, Jones family, Marriage records, VanCleve family, WeddingsRelationships
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Elms Series - Sarah Virginia (Elms) Simpson CollectionNotes
SOURCE CITATION: George and Sarah (Jones) Elms Family Bible; item no. STEC-DOCU-0006 through STEC-DOCU-0009, Sarah Virginia (Elms) Simpson Collection, shared by Cicely Stewart-Kunsman; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).
