Franklin Co., TX
Shelby Co. & Fayette Co., TN
by Rose-Anne Cunningham
December 20, 1997
Cover & Title Page: “The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of The Original Tongues and with The Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised; Together with Marginal Reference, Apocrypha, Concordance & Psalms. The Text Conformable to the Oxford Edition, and the American Bible Society’s edition of 1816”
“This Certifies that William Martin & Mary Talbott were solemnly united by me in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony at Mt. Vernon on the 24 Day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and 93(unclear word) to the Ordinance of God, and the laws of the State of Texas. In the presence of C. Talbott.” (no minister signature).
“Romulus Talbott was born September 15th 1841″
“Virginia Howell was Born Feb. 1st 1846″
“Emer E. Morgan was Born December the 24″
“T.A. Talbott was Born October 23, 1867″ (very faint)
” Charles A. Talbott was born April 1th 1869″ (very faint)
” Mary E. Talbott was Born January 6th, 1871 (very faint)
“William A. Talbott was born December the 8th, 1872″ (very faint)
” Mattie Bab Talbott was born Oct the 21 1882″
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“Reubie O. Talbott was born Oct the 18, 1884″
“Gertrude Martin was born Feb 6th, 1895″
“Minnie Martin was born Jan 26th, 1897″
“Virginia Alice Sanders was born Oct 29, 1916″
” Douglas Edward Sanders – Mar 6, 1918″
” Lawrence Milton Sanders Nov 29, 1919 (later amended to Nov. 27, 1919 – different handwriting)
” Marie Sanders was born July 18, 1922″
“Florence Sanders was born Aug. 16, 1924″
” Mary Louise Sanders was born Sept 7, 1926″
“Martha Jean Sanders – Dec. 2, 1928″
“Jessie Mae Sanders – May 7, 1930″
“Evelyn Pauline Sanders – Oct 1, 1932″
“Chars Benjamin Sanders – Jan 6, 1935″
“Harry Martin Peterson was born May 4, 1947″
“Charlotte Eileen Peterson – May 5, 1949″
“Paula Jane Haynes – April 23, 1951″
“Gertrude Martin and O.J. Sanders married Feb 2, 1916″
“Martha Jean Sanders and Herman Peterson were married – March 1, 1946″
“Jessie Sanders and James A. Stovall were married June 2, 1950″
“Dec 19, 1887” (no information beside date)
” W.W. Martin and Mary E. Talbott were married Dec 24, 1893″
“Florence Sanders and D. Clifton Haynes were married August 26, 1946″
“Charles B. Sanders & Joanna Maupin – Dec 15/51 (1951)”
“Mary Louise Sanders and David Edward Cunningham were married – August 4, 1947″
“Virginia Talbott departed this life August the 7th, 1871″
” Reubie O. Talbott departed this life Oct the 19, 1885″
“Minnie Martin Departed this life Nov. 13, 1901″
“Marie Sanders – Jan. 2, 1925″
“O.J. Sanders – Mar 23, 1935″
“Mary Ellen Talbott Martin – Mar 8, 1946″
“Douglas Edward Sanders – 1959″
Romulus Talbott and Virginia Howell was married July the 12, 1866″
Romulus Talbott and Emer E. Morgan was married January 20, 1876″
Notes regarding TALBOTT-MARTIN-SANDERS Bible:
This Bible was originally owned by Mary Ellen (Mollie) Talbott Martin (1871-1946) and was bequeathed to her daughter, Gertrude Martin Sanders (1895-1994).
The Bible was the property of Mary Louise Sanders Cunningham (1926-2018), a bequest from her mother, Gertrude Martin Sanders. Upon her death, the Bible passed to her daughter, Rose-Anne Cunningham Bennett.