Elizabeth (Harmon) Bible (1805 - abt. 1846)

Born 23 May 1805 in Midway, Greene county,Tennessee

Ancestors

Wife of Isaac Bible — married 3 Sep 1822 in Greene County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died about 1846 at about age 40 in Greene County,Tennessee

Biography

Elizabeth (Harmon) Bible was born on 23 May 1805 in Midway, Greene county, Tennessee, daughter of Jacob Harmon (~1775 - 1843) and Catherine (Messimer) Harmon (1779 - 1855).

Her siblings were:

1. Eve (Harmon) Trobaugh (1801 - 1843)
2. Polly Ann (Harmon) Cutshall (1805 - 1875)
3. John Harmon (1810 - 1890)
4. Catherine (Harmon) Laughner (1812 - 1897)
5. Sally Harmon (1814 - 1856)
6. Jacob Harmon (1818 - 1861)

Elizabeth married Isaac Bible (1800 - 1872) on 3 Sep 1822 in Greene Co, TN. Their children were:

1. Jacob Bible (1824 - 1884)
2. Joel Bible (~1825 - 1897)
3. Levi Bible (1827 - ~1905)
4. John Bible (1832 - 1919)
5. James Gooden Bible (~1836 - )
6. Catherine (Bible) Kinser (~1838 - )
7. Henry Charles Bible (~1843 - )
8. William Harrison Bible (~1844 - )
9. Mary Elizabeth (Bible) Ragan (~1845 - ).

Elizabeth died about 1846 in Greene County,Tennessee aged ~41. ^[1]

Research Notes

Original Details:

Christening: 1 Jun 1805 Sinking Springs Church, Greene, Tennessee, United States ^[2]

1880 Bibles Chapel Cemetery, Midway, Greene, Tennessee, United States. ^[1] She is listed in the 1870 Census. I believe the death date is off 40 years.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Find a Grave", database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168636338/elizabeth-bible: accessed 29 October 2022), memorial page for Elizabeth Harmon Bible (23 May 1805–1880), Find A Grave: Memorial #168636338, citing Bibles Chapel Cemetery, Midway, Greene County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by R and B Cansler (contributor 47412994).
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ8N-G1K

• Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1169&h=5515741&tid=&pid=&queryId=ef89472a07e3b886889132b21564522d&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Cqy4142&_phstart=successSource
• "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ7T-55G : 18 October 2017), Isaac Beble and Elizabeth Harmon, 29 Aug 1822; citing Greene, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 2364, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,148,702.

See also:

• Christening: 1 Jun 1805 in Sinking Springs Church, Greene, Tennessee, United States. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ8N-G1K.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDF-VQ5 : 4 April 2020), Elizabeth Bible in household of Isaac Bible, Greene county, part of, Greene, Tennessee, United States; citing family 455, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TF-99L : 18 March 2020), Elizabeth Bible in entry for Isaac Bible, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDD9-SGD : 19 March 2020), Elizabeth Bible in entry for Isaac Bible, 1870.

Acknowledgements

• Travis Wagner, firsthand knowledge.
• http://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/elizabeth-harmon_45200493