Westmoreland County PA Archives Bibles ..... MOORE-MARKLE-CAROTHERS Bibles: Selected entries from the Journals of Josiah V Thompson ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Beatty ************************************************ of Belle Markle, Mill Grove, Sewickly Tp, Westmoreland Co, Pa Aug 10, 1922 The first is the Robert Moore (father of Belle's mother) Bible & was printed in 1836 at Hartford Conn by Andrus & Judd, Lee Street. It is a big leather covered volume, 27 by 34 lines & the covers are loose & the family record is laying in it detached. I copy as follows: V7 Page 518 Marriages Robert Moore & Mary Kerr was married Oct 27, 1808 Robert Moore & Dorcas Lecky, formerly Dorcas Allen was married Sept 22, 1840. Shepard B. Markle was married to Isabella Carothers June 11, 1874. I got sleepy & went to bed at 12:30 AM & it is now 5:50 AM Aug 11, 1922 Deaths of the Carothers Family John Carothers Senr died Dec 2nd 1858 aged 79 years James P. Carothers died Feby 5, 1879 aged 73 yrs. Jane K. Carothers died Aug 7, 1896 of Bronchial trouble aged 71 yrs James Carothers Jr died Mar 21, 1862 Mary F. Carothers Boyd died July 16, 1906 aged 58 years married Nov 7, 1900 Family Register Births Robert Moore was born Feby 9, 1784 [Footnote says: " See Book 18, p. 20"] Mary Kerr was born Jany 15, 1790 Their children: 1. Eliza Moore was born Oct 14, 1809 2. David Moore was born June 17, 1811 3. Louisa Moore was born Mch 11, 1813 4. Obadiah Moore was born Sept 13, 1815 5. Ard Moore was born March 8, 1817 6. Robert Moore Jr was born Oct 14, 1819 7. Maria Moore was born April 28, 1822 8. Jane Moore was born Oct 11, 1824 9. James Moore was born April 29, 1827 10. Frances Moore was born April 26, 1829 11. John Power Moore was born March 28, 1835 V7 Page 519 Dorcas Allen was born April 8, 1796 Births of the Carothers family James P. Carothers was born Sept 18, 1806 Jane Carothers was born Oct 11, 1824 Their children: 1. John Carothers was born April 14, 1845 2. Mary Frances Carothers was born June 6, 1848 3. Isabella Carothers was born Oct 18, 1851 4. James Carothers Jr was born Jany 14, 1862 Deaths Obadiah Moore died June 8, 1817 Mary Moore died Oct 19, 1838 Robert Moore Sen died June 8, 1850 of Pleurisy & congestion of right lung aged 66 yrs 3 mos & 29 days John Power Moore died at the house of D. Moore in Carrol Tp, Wash Co Pa of Scrofulous Inflamation of the lungs on the morning of the 23d day of October 1850 aged 20 yrs 6 mos 25 days. James P. Moore died April A.D. 1858 of consumption in his own dwelling in Monongahela City Pa Francis [sic] F. Sampson, formerly Moore died at the residence of her husband in Mon City Pa Saturday June 29th, 1861 at her first confinement having been delivered of one boy & one girl which buried in the same grave. The next is a large family bible 25 by 31 lines presented to S.B. Markle Jr by his father in 1876 printed in London by George E. Elyer & William Spottiswoode, but without date. In New Testament part is date of 1869. I copy: V7 Page 520 Births S.B. Markle Jr was born May 15, 1844 Isabella Carothers was born Oct 18, 1851 Their children: 1. Sarah Ann Markle was born June 5, 1875 2. Jane Carothers Markle was born Jany 29, 1877 3. Maggie McMasters Markle was born Dec 30, 1878 4. Mary Emily Markle was born Feby 23, 1880 5. Cyrus Painter Markle was born April 7, 1882 6. Shephard Brown Markle was born May 24, 1884 7. Joseph Markle was born Aug 29, 1886 8. Grace Dick Markle was born Feby 20, 1889 9. Cornelia Tinstman Markle was born April 6, 1891 [Footnote reads: " Sept 6, 1923, Cornelia Tinstman Markle died Aug 27, 1923 of Pneumonia, JVT"] 10. James Carothers Markle was born July 27, 1894 Deaths James Carothers Markle died Jany 25, 1895 S.B. Markle died May 5, 1900 Grace or Cornelia handed me a sheet of paper on which she had written the record of the "Marriages of the children of B.C. & S.B. Markle" viz: Sara A. Markle & Edgar T. Mills June 15, 1905 Jean C. Markle & Charles W. Fallen June 12, 1906 Cyrus P. Markle & Annie Miller Nov 8, 1906 Emilie L. Markle & Thomas J. Parker June 27, 1907 Shepard B. Markle & Dora E. Sutton Apr 7, 1915 Margaret M. Markle & Albert R. Trevaskis June 21, 1916 On another antiquated piece of paper in the Bible were written the following marriages of former generations in pencil viz: V7 Page 521 Cyrus P. Markle & Sarah A. Lippincott May 5, 1835 Thomas McMasters & Margaret A. Markle Nov 15, 1860 Cassius C. Markle & Mary A. Overholt, Feby 1865 John M. Larimer & Mary Emily Markle May 23, 1868 Shepherd B. Markle & Isabella Carothers June 11, 1874 Abraham O. Tinstman & Harriet Cornelia Markle July 1, 1875 The above is evidently copied from the Bible of cousin Cyrus P. Markle which the girls say Mrs Tinstman no doubt has as it was taken they think by her or Emily Larimer. From three other penciled sheets similar to above are taken the following also probably taken from the above Bible or that of Uncle Joseph Markle Joseph Markle was born Feby 15, 1777 Joseph Markle die March 15, 1867 First Wife Elizabeth Painter Markle was born May 14, 1782 Elizabeth Painter Markle died Dec 6, 1815 Second wife Elizabeth Lloyd Markle was born May 2, 1801 Elizabeth Lloyd Markle died Dec 29, 1868 Joseph Markle & Elizabeth Painter married Jany 18, 1805 Joseph Markle & Elizabeth Lloyd married Sept 27, 1825 Their children: By first wife 4 children: Shepherd B Markle Elias R. Markle Cyrus P. Markle Mary E. Markle By second wife 12 children: Lafayette Markle V7 Page 522 Two infants Joseph Markle Roxanna Markle Sidnie Markle Adnie Markle Twins, infants Markle Hannah Markle George W. Markle Margaret L. Markle Deaths Sarah A. Markle died Nov 26, 1868 Jesse H. Markle died June 10, 1843 Mary Elizabeth Markle died June 14, 1843 Joseph L. Markle died July 4, 1843 Cyrus P. Markle died Jany 8, 1845 Amanda Markle died Nov 18, 1850 Winfield Scott Markle died Jany 1853 ----------