This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.cattaraugus/5011.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Does anyone know if the Thurber/Calkins bible still exists? Benjamin F. Thurber's (b. 1838) states in his civil war pension application that he believed the bible was destroyed in a house fire at the home of his sister, Elizabeth Mason. He seemed uncertain about whether it was really lost or not. In any case, he had a copy of the bible records. I have a copy of the bible records, too, as a descendant of Wm. B. Thurber-Charles Thurber-Maude Thurber.