Received this on the Muskingum Co. mail list; thought it might be of interest to someone. ----- Original Message ----- From: <drdx@neo.rr.com> To: <OHMUSKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 2:47 PM Subject: [OHMUSKIN] Re: German Family Bible found, Hopewell Twp. > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Bible > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QZB.2ACI/1679.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Mary Ann Shreve was nice enough to share the data listed in the bible mentioned in the previous post for those researching the German family of Hopewell Township and Shreve family of Perry County: > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > The following information is listed on the "BIRTHS" page in the Shreve Family Bible that was purchased in September 1886, by Samuel H. Shreve for his wife Penelope Jenette (German) Shreve: > > Mrs. Jenette Shreve Jan. 15, 1835 Hopewell Muskingdom Co., Ohio > > Mr. Samuel H. Shreve Oct. 22nd, 1832 Perry Co., Ohio > > Mary E. Shreve April 5th, 1856 Perry Co., Ohio > > William P. Shreve Nov. 20th, 1862 Tazwell Co., Illinois > > Frank P. Miller Nov. 19th, 1855 Lacell Co., Illinois > > F. William Lines March 23rd, 1872 Tazwell Co., Illinois > > Leroy Miller June 24, 1879 Livingston Co., Illinois > > Florence E. Miller Aug. 16th, 1886 Ford Co., Illinois > > I know that Mary E. and William Perry were the children of Penelope Jenette (German) Shreve, as they are listed as such in the book, The Genealogy and History of the Shreve Family, that was published in 1901. > Also, Mary E. married Frank Miller, and Leroy and Florence are Jenette (German) Shreve's grandchildren. > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > The following information is listed on the "Marriages" page of the family bible for Jenette (German) Shreve and Samuel H. Shreve that was purchased in 1886: > > Samuel H. Shreve - Jenette P. German April 1st, 1854 > > (But on the first page of the Bible, it is written that the Bible was "Presented to "Penelope Jenette Shreve." In other words, Penelope is listed as the first name, not the middle as it is on the "Marriages" page.) > > Frank P. Miller - Mary E. Shreve Sep. 15th, 1878 > > William F. Lines - Etta Stevens July 189_ > > Leroy Miller - Clementine Griffin Dec. 13th, 1900 > > William P. Shreve - Mary Hunt Dec. 23rd, 1885 > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > I have no information on this other than this letter from Mary Ann Shreve. > > Denny Shirer - admin > > > ==== OHMUSKIN Mailing List ==== > Stop by to visit the Muskingum County Genealogical Society pages at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohmuskin/ > >