Lafayette County WI Archives Bible Records.....Howe/Carpenter Bible, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Barbara Archer bcarcher@earthlink.net December 17, 2006, 7:22 am This bible is bound in brown leather, stamped in gold on the cover, which reads, "The Holy Bible and How to Understand It." The title page reads, "Complete Analysis fo the Holy Bible: or, the whole of the Old and New Testaments ...on the basis of Matthew Talbot...." It was published in 1872 by A.J. Johnson, 11 Great Jones Street, New York. The cover is shabby and is coming loose from the book, but there are no missing pages. At the back of the book are pages for recording births, deaths, marriages, and miscellaneous. From the date, I conclude that this bible originally belonged to my gggrandmother, Permelia E. Howe, known as Ellen. The first entries are in her handwriting. The bible was passed along to Permelia's eldest daughter, Lorinda Parthenia Carpenter, and in turn belonged to my grandmother, Goldie Leila Bowhay. There are entires in the handwriting of Permelia, Lorinda, Goldie, my father Kenneth, an unidenfied person, and most lately, me. In Wisconsin, the Howes lived first in Monroe County, where Permelia was born in 1841, and then in Lafayette County, where Permelia married Leander J. Carpenter in 1856. In 1866, the couple moved to Nebraska, settling in Mission Creedk, Pawnee County. Their oldest daughter Lorinda Parthenia married Peter Bowhay in 1882. They moved to Liberty in Gage County, NE, where my grandmother, their fourth child, was born and married. Here is a list of the birth, marriage, and death dates of the Howe and Carpenter families with Wisconsin connections: Page labeled "Births": John Howe, May the 15, 1808 Polly Howe, Jan. the 25, 1811 Sarah E. Howe, June the 15, 1831 David J. Howe, Aug. the 11, 1932 Elizabeth Howe, Feb. 8, 1838 Parthenia Howe, April the 27, 1840 Permelia E. Howe, July the 9, 1841 Harvey Howe, March the 4, 1845 Thomas Howe,Oct. the 11, 1848 Hellen Howe, Mary 17, 1850 [Notes: no marriage date is given for John and Polly Howe; I am assuming they were husband and wife, because the inscribers commonly listed the parents at the top of a page, then list their children. However, since Polly Howe died in 1870, the continuing list of children on this page cannot be hers.} Charles Howe Born May the 8, 1871 Alice (?) Howe, December the 12, 1873 Horace Howe Born May the 4, 1876 Urma Pearl Howe born June the 20, 1881 From another page titled "Births": Leander J. Carpenter Feb the 2, 1884 Permelia E. Carpenter, July the 9, 1841 Lorinda P. Carpenter , Oct the 31, 1857 Lorenzo F. Carpenter, March the 28, 1863 Loretta C. Carpenter, Oct. the 26, 1864 Lucian L. Carpenter, Sep. the 7, 1866 Lura M. Carpenter, Nov. the 4, 1880 [Note: Despite the gap in dates, Lura Myrtle was the child of Leander and Permelia. Source: Andreas's History of the State of Nebraska. The rest of this page goes on to list children of Lordina P. Carpenter Bowhay, all of whom were born in Nebraska.] Marriage [Lafayette County, WI]: Leander J. Carpenter to Permelia E. Howe, Dec. the 31, 1856 Peter Bowhay to Lorinda P. Carpenter, Jan. the 25, 1882 ]in Nebraska] Horace Howe to Hellen Felt,August the 7, 1870 Deaths [from various pages]: Polly Howe, Aug 2, 1870 Royal Carpenter Mary 4, 1880 [Leander's father, died in Lafayette County, WI] Leander J. Carpenter June 10, 1893 Lorinda [Carpenter]Bowhay, Aug 1932 Lorenzo Carpenter May 21, 1866 Loretta Carpenter March 10, 1966 [Notes: There are many other names in the Bible, mostly the descendants of Peter and Lorinda Lorinda Carpenter Bowhay. These are the people with Nebraska roots. There were also a number of clippings in the Bible, placed there by my grandmother, Goldie Leila Bowhay Clark, who kept many scrapbooks full of family memorabilia.] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/lafayette/bibles/howecarp6gbb.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 4.3 Kb