Morris Bible

This Morris Bible was submitted by Betty Latta Kitchen. It is in her possession, having been passed down through her family. The family was from Monroe County, Ohio. Her address is: 3505 E. Aurora Road, Twinsburg, OH, 44087; phone 330 425 2304.

The Bible was originally in possession of:
Henry Gustler (Gusler) Morris (b.3 Dec 1798; d.6 Nov 1875)
+Mary Kinkade (b. 1 Feb 1804; d. 9 Oct 1865)

"The first page of FAMILY RECORD has a column for MARRIAGES and a column for BIRTHS. When the right column of births became filled with Morris children, Mary Jane Morris, who received the Bible from her father, recorded the birth of the children belonging to her and John Copeland Latta in the mostly unused MARRIAGES section. All the notes from the Morris children were entered in the old style ink. Nancy Morris, the only Morris marriage recorded, is noted right across from the birth of Ann Morris. Research has shown them to be the same person--Nancy Ann Morris who married Robert Leek. All of the Latta entries were done in pencil, and some erasures and changes can be noted. Although the birth of Allen F. Latta is in the correct order, the correct year of 1869 was changed to 1874 some place along the line."

SURNAMES:
MORRIS
LATTA
LEAK
KINKADE

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THE

HOLY BIBLE

CONTAINING THE

OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS:

TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES

AND WITH

THE FORMEP TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED.

WITH

CANNE’S MARGINAL NOTES AND REFERENCES

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

AN INDEX;

AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE

OF ALL THE NAMES IN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THEIR SIGNIFICATIONS;

TABLES OF SCRIPTURE WEIGHTS MEASURES, AND COINS, &c.

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PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY JESPER HARDING,

No. 57 SOUTH THIRD STREET

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J. HARDING, PRINTER

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1842

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FAMILY RECORD

[My note: this was the very bottom of the page so the last child of Mary Jane and John Copeland Latta was entered at the top--my grandfather, David W. Latta.]

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On the back of the FAMILY RECORD page the birth of a few of the grandchildren were noted.

FAMILY RECORD

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This Bible submitted by the great, great granddaughter of Henry Gusler Morris: