Below is a transcript of my ggggr. grandmothers bible, Lydia Mariah Moffett/Moffitt- Perkins/Purkins. It has been passed down through the eldest daughters to my sister. Through, Druc(s)illa Elizabeth m. William R. JONES, to daughter Mary Catherine b 1853, Lex Fayette, Ky. m. John WEHRLE b ca 1847 Germany (whose only daughter died young) to the wife of their only son, Leslie Ray WEHRLE b. 1886 Lexington Fayette Ky., Bessie Edith (Elizabeth) ROBINSON b. 9/2/1890 Marion Cty. Iowa to my mother Mary Wehrle Peterson and to my sister Marilyn Peterson Collins. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Information from the Bible belonging to Lydia Mariah Moffitt Purkins. Inside Cover(handwritten) D.E.P. Grandma Wehrle�s Mothers family Bible Purkins __________________________________________________ The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments Translated out of Original Tongues and the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Translated _____________________________________ Stereotype Edition _____________________________________ Stereotyped for the Bible Society at Philadelphia by Rutt, Shacklewell, London ________ 1812 ________________________________________________ (Inside middle of Bible - handwritten) Births James Purkins was born August the 26th 1789. Son of William Purkins Lydia Mariah Moffett, daughter of Walter Moffett was born January 27,1784 James Purkins was married to Lydia Mariah Moffett January the 18th 1810 Susannah Ann Purkins daughter of James Purkins was born December the 18th, 1810 Caroline Matilda Purkins daughter of James Purkins was born December the 31st. 1812 Drusilla Elizabeth Purkins daughter of James Purkins was born November the 7, 1814 Walter Moffett Purkins son of James Purkins was born April the 16th, 1817 William Henry Purkins son of James Purkins was born February the 4th, 1819 Lydia Mariah Purkins daughter of James Purkins was born January the 11th, 1824 Sarah Jane Lewis Purkins daughter of James Purkins was born April the 24th 1829 * Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-Nine (handwritten also) * James Robert Lancaster son of Ellis Lancaster and Susan Ann Lancaster his wife was born the 4th of March 1832 * Henry Lancaster was born the 25th of May 1833 * Deaths One stillborn son of James Purkins May the 6th, 1821 One stillborn daughter of James Purkins December the 26th 1826 _________________________________________________________________ There is a small torn piece of paper in the Bible with the following distinguishable: ...tt died 17th Dec. 1891 ...uried 20th Dec. 1891 ...ie was married the 6th of April 1892 _________________________________________________________________ * Note: the marked entries appear to have been written by another person. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I would love to correspond with anyone who might find a connection with this line. Suzanne Peterson Des Moines, Iowa Suzpete@aolcom.