Bible Record
Henrietta Mercer Chiles Knight & John A. E. Knight Sr.
Palo Pinto County, Texas

Original owner of the Bible was Henrietta Mercer Chiles Knight (1829-1925), the daughter of Thomas Wallace Mercer and Henrietta Dukes.

The document itself comes from a Bible published in 1846 by the American Bible Society, New York, and contains entries from 1820 to 1880.

The Bible was presented to the Jackson County Historical Society Archives and Library in 1991 by Joanne Albert Miskulin.

Copies for this transcription were provided by Iva Lee Calley Riggs, granddaughter of John Ambrose Ellis Knight Jr.

Marriages

John B. Chiles married to Henrietta Mercer Jan 20th 1848
John A. E. Knight Married to Henrietta Chiles July 19th 1863

Births

John B. Chiles Born Dec 24th 1820
Henrietta Chiles, Born May 14th 1829

Births

John A. E. Knight born August 5th 1828
Henrietta Mercer, born May 14th 1829.
John Thomas Mercer Knight born August 17th 1864
Frank and William Knight born September 19th 1865
John Ambrose Ellis Knight born September 21st 1866
Henrietta Elizabeth Knight Born August 11th 1868
Stephen Laura Knight born Feb 18th 1872

Deaths

John B. Chiles Died May 12th 1862 at three o clock in the morning. Buried at Clakamas Oregon
John Thomas Mercer Knight died October 22nd 1864 aged two months and five days
Frank and William Knight died September 19th 1865
Henrietta Elizabeth Knight died March 19th 1869
Frankie Mercer Died August 12th 1880
(illegible word -- Mrs?) Henrietta Mercer wife of T. W. Mercer died Nov 11th 1883
T. W. Mercer Died Nov 17th 1876

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