Gunn Family Bible, Jefferson County, Kentucky ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ********************************************************************** Contributed by: Smith, Elizabeth "ESmith@Montgomery.k12.ky.us" 07 Jan 1998 This is transcribed from the Bible of Carrie Gunn, daughter of Milburn Gunn and Mary Ann "Polly" Moody, who married Will Tucker. This family lived in the Jeffersontown area of Jefferson Co. BIRTHS: M. Gunn - Dec 11, 1820 Thos. Gunn - Jan 27, 1865 Lillie Gunn - Nov 3, 1866 Chas Gunn - Sept 3, 1868 Daisy Gunn - March 3, 1874 Carrie Gunn - April 9, 1877 Ora Marshal Gunn - Feb 3, 1891 Horace James Gunn - June 27 1890 _____ _______ Gunn - Apri 1, 1893 Percy Sherman Page - March 10, 1877 Gladys Thomas Page - November 30, 1899 Virgil Tucker - January 10, 1907 Reba Shawl Tucker - Feb 18, 1908 DEATHS: Mary A. Gunn - July 19, 1885 Lillie May Gunn - July 2_, 1893 Euceb__ Page - April 18, 1902 Thos. P. Page - June 22, 1897 Carrie Gunn Tucker - Feb 11, 1917 Maggie Moody Real (?) - Feb _, 1917 MARRIAGES: Thomas Gunn and Alice Jones - January 27, 1890 Chas Gunn and Emma Burkhart - May 31, 1892 Daisy(?) Gunn and Thomas Page - Dec 26, 1894 Will Tucker and Carrie Gunn - January 29, 1902 Chas Gunn and Rena _____ - no date Carrie's bible is inscribed "To my dear niece Carrie, from Aunt Maria (?), Dec 27, 1897." I wonder if she was a poet--there are two poems in the bible, both signed "Carrie." The one in the front is difficult to read; the one in the back reads: God's Kin There is no summit you may not attain No purpose which you may not achieve If you will wait, serenely, and believe Each seeming loss is but a step to'rd gain. Between the mountain-tops lie vale and plain, Let nothing make you question, doubt or grieve; Give only good, and good alone receive; And as you welcome joy, welcome pain. That which you must desire awaits your word; Throw wide the door and bid it enter in. Speak, and above earth's loud unmeaning din Your silent declarations shall be heard. All things are possible to God's own kin. Note: Mariah was a British lady (not Carrie's actual aunt) who raised Carrie's sister, Sarah Elizabeth "Daisy" Gunn Page.