Bibles: Benjamin F. EDWARDS Family Bible: Charleston, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
   
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   Benjamin F. Edwards Family Bible
   
   [Additional Comments: In 1995 the Bible was presented by Helen Edwards 
   Davies to her first cousin once removed, Maurine Powell Hattaway. In 
   2002 the title page and family record pages were given to Maurine's 
   daughter, Nancy Hattaway Miller. The rest of the Bible was 
   deteriorated by mold and mildew following a flood and was not saved.]
   
   [page 1]
   Presented to Mary H. Edwards by Your Mother, 1887
   
   [page 2: printed title page, no family information]
   Holman's Edition.
   The Holy Bible, containing The Authorized Edition of the New 
   Testament, A.D. 1611, and The Revised Version of A.D. 1881, Arranged 
   in Parallel Columns; with Complete Concordance, Embracing Every 
   Passage of Scripture in the Largest Editions, Apocrypha and Psalms.
   Philadelphia: A. J. Holman & Co. No. 1222 Arch Street. 1887
   
   [page 3]
   Births
   Benjamin F. Edwards   Nov. 5, 1861
     Charleston, Tioga County, Penn.
   Mary Howell Edwards   Sept. 21, 1863
     New Philadelphia, Schuylkill County, Pa.
   Minnie M. Edwards     May 20, 1886
     Charleston, Tioga County, Penn.
   Mildred B. Edwards    Nov. 28, 1893
     Charleston, Tioga County, Penn.
   Helen L. Edwards     June 29, 1903
     Charleston, Tioga County, Penn.

   [The last two records written in a different pen and hand.]
   Ruth P. Wiest     Mar. 3, 1910
     Scranton, Penna.
   Edward Wiest     June 8, 1911
     Old Edwards Homestead near Wellsboro, Pa.
   
   [page 4]
   Marriages
   Benjamin F. Edwards and Mary H. Howell married June 11, 1885. 
   Charleston, Pa.
   Minnie M. Edwards and Charles S. Wiest married May 6, 1909. 
   Charleston, Pa.

   [The last record written in a different pen and hand, but similar to 
   the last two birth records.]
   Helen L. Edwards and David Davies June 21, 1953, Wash. D.C.
   
   [page 5]
   Deaths
   [The first four records are written in a pen and hand similar to the 
   last records on the preceding pages. The last record written in a 
   similar handwriting, but larger. The transcriber notes that Helen 
   Edwards Davies was affected by the macular degeneration in her later 
   years and had possession of the Bible in 1988.]

   Benjamin F. Edwards Jan., 1933 following surgery
   Mary Howell Edwards Dec. 1, 1940 auto accident
   Minnie Edwards Wiest Mar. 25, 1966 in Denver, Colo.
   Edward Wiest 1929 in Lincoln, Neb. (typhoid)
   Mildred B. Edwards Nov. 25, 1988