Oklahoma Genealogical Society
Bible
of Joseph R. Boone
From
Oklahoma Genealogical Society Quarterly Vol. 21, No. 1, March 1976
Submitted
by Mrs. Thelma Rowden, LaJunta, Colorado
Transcribed
to Electronic form by Jo White
Published 1837 by
Brattleboro Typographic Co. Title: Comprehensive Commentary of the Holy
Bible. This book does not have all
the books of the
Bible but does have Jeremiah,
Zacariah, Psalms, and others. The book
is freely given to beautiful pictures throughout. It is now in the possession of
Mrs. Mamie Thomas
Johnson, Muskogee, Oklahoma, great granddaughter of Joseph H. Boone. Mrs. Johnson has many pages of scriptures
and Bible
lessons in Mr. Boone’s handwriting.
FAMILY INCIDENTS
- Henry Boone was born Aug. 6, 1793
- Mary Boone was born March 1, 1795
- Sarah L. Boone was born July 2, 1824
- William (H?) Boone was born July 12, 1827
- Mary Boone died Nov. 9, 1864
(cannot read too dim
but we think)
- Sarah L. Boone died May 17, 1866
MARRIAGES
- Joseph R. Boone and Virginia E.M. Crenshaw Aug.
1, AD 1841
- Benjamin F. Blanton and Sarah L. Boone were
married Dec. 3, AD 1861
- Thomas A. Bell and Mary R. 17th July
1864
- George W. Franklin and Isabelle Ann were married
May the 12th 1867
- Henrietta Delphenia Boone to W.F. Matlock 25th
December 1870
- Virginia E.M. (Jane) married Joseph Cooper Jan.
-- 1871
- Emily Pauline Boone married John Samuel Colvin
14th of June 1813
BIRTHS
- Joseph R. Boone was born March 27 AD 1811 Penn.
- Virginia E.M. Boone was born November 1820
- Mary R. Boone was born August AD 1843
- Sarah Lucretia was born March 24, 1846
- Henrietta Delphenia was born Dec. AD 1848
- Isabella Ann was born March AD 1851
- Virginia E.M. (Jane) Boone was born Dec. 23,
1853
- William H. Boone was born March AD 1856
- Josephine Boone was born May 3, 1858
- Emily Pauline Boone was born January 28, 1861
DEATHS
- April 9th 1857 Wm. H. Boone died
- July 21 AD 1869 Josephine Boone died
NOTE: All the above children excepting Mary were
born in Fannin Co., Texas. Mary born
Jackson Co., Missouri.
ADDITIONS/CORECTIONS
The following
information was provided by Ruth Hasten Walsh on December 10, 2002.
A close examination of the
Bible reveals that the following dates/and "name" need to be changed.
Henry Boone was born Aug. 6, 1793 (change from 1796)
Mary Boone died Nov. 9, 1864. (She was buried Nov. 10, 1864.)
The question mark under "births" for the name of Mary ? Boone
should read Mary R Boone. We can't read the name but the initial is
definitely
an "R". If you would make these changes the families
of Joseph R. Boone would be very grateful. The Bible is now in a bank
vault in Oklahoma.
It is owned bythe daughter of Mrs. Mamie Thomas Johnson.
Back in the 1970's these "corrected" dates are the dates that were
"read" by other family members who examined the Bible and those are
the same
dates that have been
published in at least one other
document: "Folks and Facts of Fannin County, Texas". Also,
according to a descendent of
William H. Boone, sibling
of Joseph R. Boone, these "corrected" dates for Henry Boone and Mary Boone match the dates
as written in the Bible
of William H. Boone who died in Illinois. That Bible is in the
hands of one of William H. Boone's g-grandsons but I do not know that person's
name. I'm trying to get a copy of the family history sheet
in that Bible. The relative who has a handwritten copy of the data from
the William H.
Boone Bible lives in Alaska whereas the Bible is
in the hands of a quite elderly relative who lives in Illinois. We
believe there may be information
in the William H. Boone Bible that confirms the fact that Henry Boone was a desc. of
Squire Boone. Squire Boone had 2 or 3 "unidentified sons".
If the William H. Boone
does contain the infor we believe it to have then it would solve one of the great link mysteries
surrounding the Boone
lineage.
Ruth Hasten Walsh
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