Name/Title
George Harvey Elms Family Bible recordsEntry/Object ID
2019.12.43Scope and Content
George Harvey Elms Family Bible, "The Pronouncing Parallel Edition / of / the New Testament / of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, / Translated out of the Greek: Being the version set forth / A. D. 1611 / Arranged in parallel columns with the revised version of / A. D. 1881" (No place: no publisher, 1881). The bible was a gift from Sarah Ann (Jones) Elms to her son George Harvey Elms upon his marriage to Evaline Florence Morris on 18 October 1894. The bible was passed to their daughter Sarah Virginia (Elms) Simpson [1895-1934] and her husband, Frederic Wheeler Simpson [1894-1952], to their daughter Eva Mae (Simpson) Grim. After Eva's passing, the bible went to her nephew Bruce Stewart, who gave it to his niece Cicely Stewart-Kunsman. Cicely owned and shared the Bible pages with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2026.
PAGE 1 - Title Page
"The Pronouncing Parallel Edition / of / the New Testament / of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, / Translated out of the Greek: Being the version set forth / A. D. 1611 / Arranged in parallel columns with the revised version of / A. D. 1881."
INSERT - Card
"Congratulations / Mother & Sisters / Oct. 18 '94"
PAGE 2 - Births
"Sarah Virginia Elms Born June 3 1895
Lucy Beach Elms Born December 8 1897 [a number “6” is written in another ink to indicate 1896]
Sarah Ann Dille June 24, 1926
Frederic W. Simpson Jr. April 20, 1920
George Elms [Simpson] Sept. 20, 1921
Robert Morris [Simpson] Nov. 2, 1922
Charles Austin [Simpson] Dec. 10, 1925
Sarah Emma [Simpson] Dec. 7, 1926
Eva Mae [Simpson] May 5, 1928
William Harvey [Simpson] Aug. 19, 1930
Matthew Joseph [Simpson] Aug. 3, 1932
Elizabeth Margaret [Simpson] Dec. 22, 1933"
PAGE 3 - Marriage Certificate
"I, a Minister of the Gospel, hereby certify, that on / the 18th day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety 4, at Waynesburg, Pa., / George H. Elms and Miss Eva Morris / were by me united in marriage in accordance with license issued by / the Clerk of the Orphan’s Court of Greene County, Pa., numbered 1810 / No. 1810 / A. B. Miller"
PAGE 4 - Marriages
"Sarah Virginia Elms / Frederic W. Simpson / June 25, 1919
Lucy Beach Elms / Charles Austin Dille / May 8, 1920
Sadie Sellers Huffman / George Harvey Elms / Sept. 14, 1918"
PAGE 5 - Deaths
"Eva Florence Morris Elms Died Jan. 17, 1902
George Harvey Elms [Died] June 27, 1947
Sarah E. Simpson [Died] May 10, 1934
Baby – Charles Austin Simpson [Died] Feb. 28, 1926"Collection
Sarah Virginia (Elms) Simpson CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2019.12Acquisition Method
DigitalCredit Line
Cicely Stewart-KunsmanLexicon
Search Terms
Birth records, Death records, Dille family, Elms family, Family Bible--Records, Huffman family, Jones family, Marriage records, Sellers family, Simpson family, WeddingsRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Provenance
Provenance Detail
Elms Series - Sarah Virginia (Elms) Simpson CollectionNotes
SOURCE CITATION: George Harvey Elms Family Bible; item no. STEC-DOCU-0010 through STEC-DOCU-0014, Sarah Virginia (Elms) Simpson Collection, shared by Cicely Stewart-Kunsman; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).
