NC, Lenoir, Bible, SUTTON-PARKS-ELMORE BIBLE ========================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, 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. This file was contributed by Martha Marble. February 2001. ========================================================== SUTTON-PARKS-ELMORE BIBLE Courtesy of William E. (Mickey) Elmore The family Bible records of Martha Sutton of Bucklesberry, Lenoir County, NC and her two husbands, Major Parks of Whitehall, Wayne County, NC and Joel Elmore of Wayne and Lenoir Counties, NC. Copied from the original in 1974 and now in the possession of Rev. Bailey Kinsey Elmore of Mt. Airy, NC. A copy in the Elmore Papers, Manuscript Collection, Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. The following entries are found scattered on pages other than the designated family record pages. They are listed here in the order that they are found in the Bible. The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments, New York, American Bible Society, 1849, 11th Edition First inside page: Joel Elmore LaGrange On front Flyleaf: Joel Elmore His Book Holy Bibel January 25th 1855 NOTE: the year written here could be interpreted as 1853; the 1855 date seems more likely, as it is the marriage date of Joel and Martha, as shown in the family record of their son Joel Hardy Elmore, a copy of which is also in the Elmore Collection. Joel Elmore His Book Holy Bibel June 9th 1867 On reverse of title page: Joel Elmore LaGrange N.C. His Book Holley [sic] At end of Old Testament: Grandmother Sutton died April the 15 1881 Alon [sic] FIRST FAMILY RECORD SHEET Major Parks son of Henry Parks and Elizabeth his wife was born in the year of our Lord 1824 Martha Parks wife of Major Parks was born May the 20th 1829 Elizabeth Parks Daughter of Major Parks and Martha his wife was born August the 2nd 1848 Dempsey W. Parks son of Major Parks and Martha his wife was born Jany the 25th day 1850 Martha J. Parks Daughter of Major Parks and Martha his wife as born Jan the 31st 1852 SECOND FAMILY RECORD SHEET Martha Elmore wife of Joel Elmore was Born May 20th in the year of our Lord 1829 Joel Elmore son of Everitt Elmore was Born september 15th in the year of our Lord 1831 THIRD FAMILY RECORD SHEET 1855 [at top of page] Thomass Averitt Elmore son of Joel Elmore and Martha his Wife was born December the 11th A.D. 1855 Mary Odore (marked through) Mary Odorey Elmore Daughter of Joel Elmore and Martha his wife was born (torn) mber 18 AD 1857 NOTE: her gravestone and Death Certificate both state she was born in November Joel H. Ellmore son of Joel Elmore and Martha Elmore his [no wife] was born October the 18th the AD 1859 Loisa O [?? Very faded] Ellmore Daughter of Joel Ellmore and Martha his [ his marked through] Elmore his wif was born January the 4th 1862 ?? FOURTH FAMILY RECORD SHEET Esdras and Attie Elmore sone and Daughter of Joel Elmore and Martha his wife was born August the 8th AD 1866 Aepulo Elmore Daughter of Joel Elmore and Martha his wife was born December 24 AD 1868 Jermiah onestras Elmore son of Joel Elmore and Martha his wife was Born July July [both July's marked through] July 20th AD 1871 On Title page of New Testament: Grandmother died April 22 [the 2nd 2 also has a one as in 21 superimposed] 1881 Written below was April [a hole] 81 Grandmother died April the 15 1881 On reverse of same Title Page Alonzo H. Sutton Died October the 30th 1875 October the 30 1875 was born 1852 Grandmother died April the 15 1881 On back Flyleaf Margaret was born September th 3 ?? 1857 June was Born Febuary the 6 - 1859 [month not completely legible] Ruffess ?? was Born July the [blotted out] 1859 Jem red was Borned May the 6 1863 Jeremiah Onestus ?? Elmore son of Joel Elmore and martha his wife was born July th 20 AD 1871 On second flyleaf in back For Diphtherra Take the bark or berries of sumac white oak bark white or common elm bark common high land blackberry root of each two parts snake root one part boiling well train [sic] and sweeten with honey add a lump of alum On back of second flyleaf in back Alonzo H. Sutton was born in 1852 Died Saturday the 30th of October 1875 Grandmother died April 15, 1881 Aepulo The Bible also contains a couple of newspaper clippings about diphtheria, one probably from a Raleigh newspaper.