Dear Listers, I actually came upon the bible by a fluke, After my husbands grandfather died,his grandmother asked us to help clean out the homeplace. This house has been in the family since 1898. One of my husband's ggg Uncles built it and the immediate family acquired it in 1918. Behind the house stood the original washhouse as when it was built there was no inside plumbing. As I was clearing out the washhouse I came upon a large package wrapped in brown paper and tied with string. I asked Grandma who was in her 80's what it was and she said she had never seen it before. I opened the package and it was 2 very old bibles and 3 picture albums. The bibles themselves are dated 1872. The one bible is black and inscribed on the front in gold is the name Jacob Stump jr.. The other bible is also black. They are both very fragile and pretty worn. On the inside of the bible there seems to be scribbling by a child it seem to say,Daniel Thompson, Moorefield Junction Hampshire W.Va., July 14,1886. A Rainy Day.In this bible there is inscribed in quill various births and deaths of relatives. There is a long strand of hair tied that seems to have been used as a marker and dried flowers between the pages of some. The albums have many pictures and I myself have scads of antique pictures. I have no idea who many of them are but you can see family traits in many. If anyone needs information about this line please let me know as I have extensively researched this for over ten years. I told my husband he does not realize how lucky he is to open a book and have almost the entire family tree written down. On my side I have tried for years to find mine as they came over from Ireland with very little education. The Stumps were educated you can see this in their writings.They seem to have followed the Baptist Religion as I recall seeing the words Primitive Baptist before. I also have old market lists and what seems to have been a written agreement between Stump and a Pugh from the area. Please respond If I can help, Deanne Bailey Stump We are now living in the homeplace as I hope my grandchildren will someday