07 January 2011

Family Friday: Rose


This is a family Bible that I have had in my possession for several years. This Bible was printed in 1812. It is the family Bible of Timothy Rose that was born 1 Jun 1762 in Granville, Massachusetts. He was a member of the Licking Company that founded Granville, Ohio. He was also a Revolutionary War soldier. The Bible contains the Apocrypha and family records.

I have contacted the Rose Family Association in an attempt to return the Bible to the Rose Family.

ETA: I decided to donate the Timothy Rose Family Bible to the Granville Historical Museum. The museum was very pleased with the donation.

04 January 2011

Wordless Wednesday

My Grandfather, William Herman "Billy" Morris (1933-2004)

Tombstone Tuesday: Thomas Bannister Morris

Thomas Bannister Morris (1809-1886)
Thomas Bannister Morris is the furthest back that I have been able to trace back in my Morris Family Tree. He moved his family from Graves County, Kentucky to Van Zandt County, Texas in 1858. He and his wife, Sarah (1808-1866), had, at least, seven children:

William T. Morris (1829-)
A. Morris (1833-)
Lucy Ann Morris (1835-1885)
Melissa Morris (1838-)
Elijah Newton Morris (1841-1916)
John Polk Morris (1844-1921)
T. B. Morris (1846-)

The Morris Cemetery in the community of China Grove is named after Sarah Morris.