Family Bible

Name/Title

Family Bible

Entry/Object ID

1999.048.001

Description

Bible. 12.75"h x 10.75"w x 4.125"d. Brown tooled leather cover with gilt trim. On front is "Anna M. Handley". Has color and line illustrations. At center are pages for marriage, births and deaths; pages contain genealogy information.

Acquisition

Accession

1999.048

Source or Donor

Shull, Homer B.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Book Details

Place Published

City

Philadelphia

State/Province

PA

Country

U.S.A.

General Notes

Note

Belonged to Jacob H. Handley (b 3 April 1856 - d. 26 July 1930) and Anna M. Warner Handley (b 28 December 1854 - d 2 December 1923); Jacob and Anna were married 15 June 1880 at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Westminster by Henry W. Kuhns. Jacob and Anna had five children: Eva Grace, Jennie Louisa, Harrison Warner, Florence Rebecca and Anna Pauline. Jacob was a cashier at the Westminster Bank. Jacob and Anna were the grandparents of the donor’s wife, Anna Yingling Shull, who raised her after her parents’ deaths.