Family Bible of Melissa Self and Howard Vier Foil
Submitted by Bonnie M. Dier
Prepared by Carolyn Brumfield Henderson
 

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Source:  BIBLE Records, by Dixie S. Moss (FAMILIES: Atkinson, Carpenter,
 Coates, Crittenden, Drehr, East, Elam, Foil, Horn, Lee, Montgomery,
 Norsworthy, Ray, Shelton, Wilson) {NO INDEX}  on file in the Washington
 Parish Library

 
               MELISSA SELF - HOWARD VIER FOIL
                 (1878-1951    (1873-1942)
                         BIBLE RECORDS
                         
    The Bible is in the possession of Verna Foil Hymel 
    (Mrs. Francis Benedict Hymel) who lives at 112 So. Vista
    Ave., New orleans, La. 70121
        Copied September 20, 1972 by Dixie Sylvest Moss.
    235 Highland Park Drive, Baton Rouge, La. 70808
    
    The old leather bound bible yellow with age and
    frayed has many pages loose.  A few pages at front are
    missing.  It is entitled:
    
                     PICTORIAL FAMILY BIBLE
                
    Excerpts from the various portions that give dates and
    the related sections:
    
           NEW TESTAMENT TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK
             BEING THE VERSION SET FORTH A.D. 1611
             WITH THE REVISED VERSION OF A.D. 1881
          (Revision made at Canterbury Cathedral by Committees
                    England and America)
                    
                        DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE
                        By William Smith, LLD
          EMBELLISHED WITH OVER 500 ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS-
          Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1891.
          
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                               PRESENTATION PAGE
                        PRESENTED TO Mrs. H. V. Foil
                        by______________________
                        
                        
                 DEATHS
                 
  Mary Ellen Foil died Sept. 17, 1912
  Blanch Vera Foil died Dec. 21, 1926
  Howard V. Foil, father, died Jan. 16, 1942
  Melissa Self Foil, mother, died Jan. 17, 1951
  
                 BIRTHS
                 
  David Ansel Foil was born Sept. 2, 1896
  Ethel Orna Foil was born June 16, 1898
  Bertha Belva Foil was born Dec. 11, 1899
  Verna Leucile Foil was born March 30, 1902
  Vera Blanche Foil was born Jan. 20, 1904
  Willie Pearl Foil was born Jan. 31, 1906
  Howard Earl Foil was born Aug. 1, 1908
  Mary Ellen Foil was born Aug. 27, 1910
  Lawerence Spencer Foil was born Jan. 2, 1916
  Edward Everette was born May 14, 1918
  H. V. Foil was born Oct. 19, 1873
  Melissa Foil "  "   March 3, 1838
  
  
              MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
              
       This is to certify that Howard Vier Foil
  and Melissa Self were united in the BONDS OF
  HOLY MATRIMONY at Franklinton, La. on the 31st
  day of October in the year of our Lord 1895 in
  the presence of:
  Signed_______________
        _______________
        
                      MARRIAGES
                      
   Belva Foil married Dec. 27, 1916
   Ethel Foil married Sept. 12, 1917
   Ansel Foil    "    Dec. 13, 1919
   Willie Pearl Foil married Dec. 10, 1924
   Verna Lucille Foil married Jan. 14, 1928
   Willie Pearl Foil married Dec. 29, 1928
   
     End of Melissa Self-Howard Vier Foil
                Bible Records
                
        in writing:
        
        Baton Rouge, Louisiana
        September 22, 1972
        Signature illegible