Butler county Missouri, Family Bible belonging Robert Luke Ledbetter ==================================================================== Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: © Mary Hudson ==================================================================== Manervia Ledbetters Bible HERE ARE PAGES FROM A FAMILY BIBLE BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF "MANERVIA BOYD"- LEDBETTER. MANERVIA BOYD, LEDBETTER was the first wife of Robert Henry Ledbetter. Manervia was preceeded in death by both her sons. She and the oldest son John died during a time when Robert Henry, was away from home serving his country in the Civil War. The reason I believe this to be her bible. There is a page here with Manervia and what appears to be her siblings and is her two children. Also a reference to persons which might have been her mothers family. I state here her mothers family, because the first two entries are the only two names which I have no other records of. View the below page one Bible-page1 John F. Hamm, born March 9 18*5, Polly Ann Hamm, born October 23, 1810 NOTE: this Hamm name is the best I can come up with from this old record I could be wrong in reading this. Then we see: James Allen Boyd, born May, 1836 Maneriva A. Boyd, born April 1838 Manervia's Headstone Headstone William H. Boyd, born March 26, 1840 Robert L. Boyd, born April 1842 John H. Ledbetter, born September 1856 John's Headstone James W.A. Ledbetter, born December 25, 1858 James Headstone View the below page two Bible-page2 Henry T.B. Ledbetter, departed this life December 16, 1866 Rebecca Jane Ledbetter, departed this life May 18, 1885 Rebecca's Headstone - shares with Robert Henry - Baby born dead, May 11, 1885 George A. Ledbetter, departed this life March 1899 everything else on this page is ink bleeding through from another page. NOTE: This page two, has the family of Robert Henry Ledbetters, second wife and children. Entered in this same bible by a person who was not the recorder of the first page of this bible. ALSO NOTE: That the death date of REBECCA JANE is not in keeping with the death date of all other records and that which Sally Ramsey found on Rebecca's headstone That date is February 14, 1862 View the below page three Bible-page3 Polly Ann Boyd, died February 1848 NOTE: this Polly Ann Boyd, I belived to be the same person as the Polly Ann ? on Page one of this Bible. With this information I am of the opinion that this is the mother of Maneriva William H Boyd, died March 02, 1835 Dead Baby, born Jan 1848 James Allen Boyd, died June 17 1849 Matildia Jane Boyd, died August 24 1849 John H. Ledbetter, died February 05 1862 James W.F. Ledbetter, died February 14, 1859 View the below Bible Page Four: Henry T. B. Ledbetter, born February 18, 1864 ? Jane Ledbetter, born March 25, 1867 Ann Ledbetter, born July ?, ???? Ollie F. Ledbetter, born July 2?,???? Richard M. Ledbetter, born February 6, 1873 This is the child I believe to have been my grandfathers twin View the below Bible Page Five: William Robert L. Ledbetter, born February 6, 1873 Alexander Ledbetter, born Agust 16, 1874 Stephen Allen Ledbetter, born August 28, 1877 George A. Ledbetter, born March 1879 Florence B. Ledbetter, born February 22, 1882 View the below Bible Page Six: Robert Luke Ledbetter and Mary C. Thaxton was married October 17, 1897 Mary C. Ledbetter, born March 24, 1876 William R.L. Ledbetter, born February 6, 1873 Mary B. Ledbetter, born October 21, 1900 Ernest Z. Ledbetter, born August 20, 1907 Lydia Burpie Ledbetter, born October 15, 1909 Credits for the work placed here goes to Robert Luke Ledbetter Robert Luke (grandpa) preserved this bible placed it in the hands of a grandchild who he felt would care for it and share with the family when needed. Agatha Sedrick, Lewis Agatha, took care of this bible since she was a child and when ask for the information made copies and shared with the family, at her own expense. Sally Ramsey; Sally searched the county for the gravesites, cleaned up the sites and stones to get these photos. Mary Agnes Ledbetter, Hudson I transcribed and placed this informtion here to share with my family and other researchers. I will always accept others opinions although I argue a lot :=) Biography of Robert Henry Ledbetter