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Maharry Family Bible, Franklin County, Indiana

Cincinnati: E. Morgan & Co., 1851 [from Old Testament]

Purchased at a farm auction; in possession of anonymous owner.

Images:
Title Page
Parents Record
Births
Marriages
Deaths
Friendship (poem)

Transcription:
MAHARRY FAMILY BIBLE
Fairfield, Franklin County, Indiana

Purchased at a farm auction; in possession of anonymous owner.

Note: The following abstract is for the user's convenience only; consult the actual scanned images for accurate interpretation of family entries.

Title Page: missing
Old Testament Title page: Cincinnati: 1851 Published by E. Morgan & Co.

Front cover loose; back cover missing.
Front Flyleaf: missing

All pages examined for loose items and records; none found except for two hair samples.

Note: Capitalization and punctuation may vary from this transcript to the original text.

Family data begins following page 572.

PARENTS' PAGE
Father [in pencil] William Maharry was born January 24th 1811 Washington Lancaster Co. (Note there is iron-gall ink overwriting which has contains family information.)
Mother [iron-gall ink] Semina Maharry was Born July the 9 AD 1824
[in blue ink] Francis Maharry was born Dec? 13th 1829

BIRTHS
Thomas Jefferson Maharry Born August the. 13 AD 1847 (iron-gall ink)
Isabel Agness Maharry Born July the. 6 AD 1851 (iron-gall ink)
[The following entries are written in blue ink.]
Jenine Maharry was born Sept 17th 1856.
Riso Maharry was born Oct 23d 1859.
Mollie Maharry was born Aug 16th 1863.
Genie I. Maharry was born Aug 7th 1866.

MARRIAGES
William Maharry & Semina Woods Was Married April the 25 AD 1846 [written in iron-gall ink]
William Maharry & Francis Adams Was Married December 18th 1858. [written in blue ink]

DEATHS
Thomas Jefferson Maharry Died July the. 22 AD 1851 [iron-gal ink]
[The following entries are written in blue ink]
William Maharry Died March 1st 1880 Fairfield, Ind
Jerimira Maharry Died Jan 23d 1857.
Jerimira Ann Maharry Died Jan 26th 1864.
Mollie Maharry Died April 30th 1884 [entry written in pencil]

The family is buried in Bath Springs Cemetery, Union County, Indiana, which is just over the county line, north of Fairfield. The following have markers, according to Find A Grave.com:
Gemima Maharry: Jun., 1814 Jan. 22 [Bible record states January 23], 1857 Wife of William Maharry; died at age 32 years, 7 months, 13 days.
Thomas J. Maharry: Aug., 1847 Jul. 22, 1851
Isabel Maharry: Jul., 1851 – 1921