Name/Title
Peter Brown family bible recordsEntry/Object ID
2019.12.37Scope and Content
Peter Brown 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, (Philadelphia: Printed for the Bible Society by the American Sunday School Union, No. 146 Chestnut Street, 1828). The Bible was most likely passed from Peter Brown and his wife, Mary Reese [1788-1848], to their daughter Catherine (Brown) Morris [1823-1885] and her husband, Robert Morris [1816-1891], to their daughter Evaline Florence Morris [1861-1902] and her husband, George Harvey Elms [1863-1947], to their 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 between 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 / Philadelphia: / Printed for the Bible Society, / By the American Sunday School Union, No. 146 Chestnut Street. / 1828. / Stereotyped by L. Johnson."
PAGE 2 - Ownership
"Mary Brown / her Bible / february the 12th / A D 1842"
PAGE 3 - Ownership
"Peter Brown 1836"
PAGE 4
"Peter Brown was / [??? married ???] June 8 / AD 1809 / [??? Nov 1 = Died 1872 ???] [Note: death info in different handwriting]
Casee Brown was born / may 27th AD 1810
Wm. Brown was born / may 14th AD 1812
Hannah Brown was / born may 16th AD 1814
Peter Brown was borne / January 5th AD 1817
Elizabeth Brown was / born march 20th / AD 1819"
PAGE 5
"Charity Brown was borne / November 22 AD 1820
Catharine Brown was / born September 7th / AD 1823
Sarah Brown was / born Aprile 14 AD / 1826
John Reese Brown was / borne July ___ AD 1828 [hard to read]
Mary Reese Brown / Born 1788 / Died May 17 1848 / 60 yrs old."
PAGE 6
"Casee B. Conklin died Aug ________
Hannah B. Parker died Aug ________
Catherine B. Morris died Jan ________
Charity Brown died Aug 16 ________
John Reese Brown died Nov ________
William R. Brown died
John Reese Brown died
Peter R. Brown died Sep 1 1896"Collection
Sarah Virginia (Elms) Simpson CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2019.12Acquisition Method
DigitalCredit Line
Cicely Stewart-KunsmanLexicon
Search Terms
Birth records, Brown family, Death records, Family Bible--Records, Reese familyRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Provenance
Provenance Detail
Elms Series - Sarah Virginia (Elms) Simpson Collection, Peter Brown Family Bible - Sarah Virginia (Elms) Simpson CollectionNotes
Source Citation: Peter Brown family bible records, item nos. STEC-DOCU-0001 through STEC-DOCU-0005, Sarah Virginia (Elms) Simpson Collection, shared by Cicely Stewart-Kunsman, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).
