Giles County TN Archives Bible Records.....Alonzo & Martha Ann Collins Finley Family Bible Copyright Date 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Amanda Cook amanda_c93@yahoo.com October 31, 2006, 10:40 am Finely Family Bible Transcribed 23 October 2006 by Amanda J. Cook 1173 Matthews Place Macon, GA 31210 Bible in possession of Amanda J. Cook Note that I have standardized the capitalization. The original text uses “finley” and “Born.” The family pages are loose and in the front of the Bible. Apparently they were folded into eights at one point. On 8 July 1953 a copy of the “Births” family page was made, apparently at the time it was taped together. The tape, being acidic, has made the writing underneath almost illegible. Therefore, for this transcription I have used the copy of the page as well as the original page. I assume that there was a copy of the “Marriage” and “Deaths” page as well, but it is no longer with the Bible. Title Page: Altemus’ Edition The Holy Bible Henry Altemus Philadelphia 507, 509, 511, 513 Cherry 1893 Note that the copyright date could be 1803. The page is torn. However, 1893 would be more appropriate for the dates inscribed in the Bible. Births Gilbert Clinton Finley was born October the 11 1890 Linie Era Finley was born July the 23 1892 Jossie Clatie Belle Finley was born December the 5 1894 Homer Liston Finley was born February the 20 1897 Ella Katherin Finley was born August the 1, 1899 James Robert [Berdon*] Finley was born October the 14 1901 *Difficult to read. Other family members report the name as “Purdom” Mary Louis Finley was born Mar. the 31, 1905 Mattie Blanche Finley was born Sep. 30, 1908 Marriages Alonzo Finley was born September the 13 187[3, 5 or 0] Martha Ann Finley wife of Alonzo Finley was born December the 15 1866 Homer Finely and Mamie Commings was married June 25, 1919 Alonzo Finley and Martha Ann Collins Married October the 20 1889 Luther Gibbons and [ ------ ] were [-------] 27 1914 Page badly torn. Luther Gibbons married Linie Era Finley according to other family members’ information. Deaths Mary Lois Finley born Mar 31, 1905 died Sept. 27, 1907 [this line has been crossed out] Mary Lois Finley born Mar. 31, 1905 died Sept. 27, 1907 Alonzo Finley died May 23, 1934 Family Tree sheet for Ida Anita Finely and John Eugene Manning found inside the Bible. The Finley line on this sheet is as follows Ida Anita, daughter of Gilbert Clinch Finley and Helen Mae Winstead Gilbert Clinch Finley, son of Alonzo Finley and Martha Ann Collins Alonzo Finley, son of James Robert Finley and Sallie Ann ______ Martha Ann Collins, daughter of William Collins and Martha Ann Wilson William Collins, son of Daniel Collins and Sarah Ann ______ Martha Ann Wilson, daughter of Robert Wilson and Rachel ______ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/giles/bibles/alonzoma5gbb.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/tnfiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb