From: Jimmy Pridgen (by way of "Carol P. Martoccia" ) To: PRIDGEN-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19980616060409.007145d8@eastnet.educ.ecu.edu> Subject: Pridgen Bible Notes Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear Carol, The following is a transcription of the Family Bible of Margaret Lucinda Wilson Pridgen and her husband, John Bowden Pridgen which is now owned by Betty Jo Brasher Baade, their grandaughter. Betty lives here in San Antonio, TX and allowed me to copy/photograph some pages from this Bible from which I am transcribing. INSIDE COVER: This was the Family Bible of Margaret Lucinda Wilson Pridgen and her husband, John Bowden Pridgen, great grandparents of Patricia Jo Baade (Betty Baade's daughter). Margaret Lucinda and John Bowden were married in 1876. (At the bottom of the page is an actual dime dated 1852 taped to the page with the following:) 1852 Dime - Worn on chain as necklace by Nettie Bethana Pridgen, Born July 24, 1877. Died at age 5, November 12, 1882. Great Aunt of Patricia Jo Baade . BIRTHS PAGE: Nettie Pridgen July 24, 1877 Wilson B Pridgen April 11, 1879 Ethel Pridgen Brooks November 17, 1881 Pearl Pridgen Conwell July 23, 1886 Ross E. Pridgen June 19, 1888 Mary Pridgen Brasher March 27, 1891; Died August 18, 1988 Floyd Pridgen March 29, 1894 Betty Jo Brasher Baade (Mary's daughter) April 6, 1926 Patricia Jo Baade (Betty Jo's daughter) December 11, 1953 John L. Pridgen Thomaston, TX March 9, 1884 Mozelle Beaty Pridgen Waco, TX December 7, 1886; Died May 22, 1983 Evelyn Pridgen (Daughter of John & Mozelle) Waco, TX May 24, 1910; Died July 2, 1972 John L. Pridgen, Jr. Gillette, TX January 11, 1913 Died December 31, 1996 Sharpe McCullough (Son of Evelyn & Sharpe McCullough) San Antonio, TX May 1, 1937 DEATHS PAGE: Joseph Clifton - Born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky - Born December 15, 1878 - Died August 21, 1959 Mary Alma Pridgen Brasher - Born March 27, 1891 - Died August 18, 1988 - Born in Thomaston, Texas Nettie Pridgen - Born July 24, 1877 - Died November 12, 1882 "Baby" Ellis Pridgen Brooks - Born February 3 (maybe 2nd), 1903 (maybe 1900 or 1908) - Died March 13, 1906 John B. Pridgen "Father" Born April 3, 1853 - Died January 19, 1896 Ethel E. Pridgen - Born November 17, 1881 - Died August 16, 1918 Ross E. Pridgen - Born June 19, 1888 - Died August 3, 1921 Margaret L. Pridgen "Mother" - Born June 10, 1860 - Died August 17, 1936 Lorraine "Brooks" Busby Shamblin - July 1906 - December 10, 1957 Nora "Brown" Pridgen (Floyd's wife) Floyd Pridgen - Born March 19, 1894 - Died May 16, 1967 Wilson B. Pridgen - Born April 11, 1879 - Died April 2, 1970 Pearl M. Pridgen Conwell - Born July 23, 1886 - Died June 16, 1970 Dr. John Leslie Pridgen - Born March 9, 1884 - Died February 17, 1961 Gloria Busby Newton - Born March 15, 1925 - Died January 17, 1979; Dianne Newton Walker (Mrs. Timmy Walker), Earl Newton, Jr., daughter and son of Gloria Dollie Marie (Busby) Shamblin Scott, (Lorraine's daughter) Lorraine (Rainey) Scott, Dollie's daughter