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Family Bibles in English; title page missing from both, no publishing information.

The Bible pages and photos are now in the possession of the C. G. Brisee Genealogy
Library, Irwin, Iowa.

The pages removed from two Family Bibles belonging to Clarissa Watkins who married,
Nathan Smith, Henry N. Raper and John McMullen. Also has a number of photographs
inserted.

Marriage Certificate
This is to Certify that John McMullen and Clarissa Watkins were united by me in Holy
Matrimony at Newmarket, Ind. on the 20th day of August in the year of our Lord 1839. In
presence of Family and Friends.
Signed Rev. Joseph White, Methodist Minister.

Births
William Watkins 1801.
Elizabeth Kelsey Oct. 14, 1798.

Jonathan Watkins Born Dec. 22nd 1772.

John McMullen May 6th 1819.

Clarissa Watkins Dec. 25th 1822.

James McMullen Aug. 31st 1841.

Nathan S. Smith Mch. 6th 1803.

Jacob H. Smith Aug. 4th 1845.

Mary C. Smith April 27th 1847.

Elizabeth C. Smith Dec. 1st 1849.

Doratha E. Smith Dec. 1st 1849.

Phoebe J. Smith Sep. 30th 1852.

Henry N. Raper Oct. 30th 1815.

Watson C. Raper April 25th 1867.

Lizzie M. Curnutt April 8th 1875.

Mary Doris Raper January 17th 1892.

Jonathan Watkins ?Dec. 24th 1820.

Phoebe Watkins Oct. 31st 1824.

Wm. Watkins Oct. 15th 1826.

Elizabeth A. Van Scoyoc Nov. 14th 1829.

Marriages
Nathan Smith and Clarissa McMullen July 23rd 1844.

James McMullen and Julia A. Hubbard October 3rd 1861.

Henry N. Raper and Clarissa Smith November 3rd 1864.

Jasper C. Booker and Mary C. Smith September 7th 1865.

Henry G. Curnutt and Doratha E. Smith May 28th 1867.

Deaths
William Watkins May 15th 1826.

Elizabeth Watkins July 12th 1863

John McMullen May 11th 1843.

Nathan S. Smith Mch 5th 1861.

Jacob H. Smith Feb. 1st 1865.
He volunteered in the service of his country Nov. 3rd 1864. Received a mortal wound by
accident Jan. 5. 1865. Died at Chattanooga Tenn.

Mary C. Booker Jan'y 19th 1873.

Phoebe J. Smith Mch. 16th 1873.

Elizabeth C. Smith May 5th 1913.

Doratha E. Curnutt June 10th 1875.

Henry N. Raper Jan'y 13th 1884.

Clarissa Raper June 4, 1901.

Watson C. Raper Dec. 2nd 1952.

James McMullen January 11th 1910.

Lizzie M. Curnutt Cameron Feb. 16th 1903.

Births
Nathan S. Smith Was Born March the 6 1803.

Mary Smith Was Born March the 5 1806.

James Smith Was Born March the 5 1827.

Rhoda Smith Was Born January the 22 1830.

Sarah Smith Was Born November the 14th 1832.

Martha Smith Was Born

Martin V Smith Was Born November 22nd 1837.

James William McMullen Was Born August 31st 1841.

Julia McMullen Was Born August the 6 1841.
Died Tues. Dec 15-1936 at 1:30 P.M. Aged 95 yrs 4 months 9 days.

John McMullen Was Born May 6th 1819.

Clarissa Smith Was Born December the 25th 1822.

Jacob H. Smith Was Born August 4th 1845.

Mary C. Smith Was Born Aprile 27th 1847.

Elizabeth C. Smith Was Born December 1 1849.

Doratha E. Smith Was Born December the 1 1849.

Phebe J. Smith Was Born September the 30 1852.

Watson Clark Raper Was born April 25, 1867, Thursday.

Deaths
Mary Smith Died September 18, 1843.

Nathan S Smith Died March 5th 1861.

Jacob H Smith Volunterd in the Service of his country November 3rd 1864 Received A mortal
Wound by accident January 5th Died February 1st 1865 at Chattanuga.

Mary C. Booker Died January 19th 1873.

Phebe J. Smith Died March 16th 1873.

John McMullen Died May 11th 1843.

Insertions
Watkins - Rev. Daniel Watkins was born in Mason co. Ky., June 7, 1795; removed to Ohio
when in his ninth year, settling in Montgomery County, where he lived for many years;
serving some time as a soldier in the war of 1812. He was united in marriage with Miss
Nancy Kelsey, October 10, 1817. In 1818, he made a public profession of saving grace,
and, with his now aged widow, united with the Methodist Episcopal Church; was soon after
licensed to exhort, and then to preach. In 1831, he removed to Montgomery co., Indiana;
and, in 1833, was received on trial in the Indiana Conference, at its session held in
Madison, and was appointed to Crawfordsville Circuit. He had a successful and prosperous
year, but in consequence of the demands of his family, and the meagre support ministers
then received, he believed it to be his duty to retire, and was discontinued at his own
request. He continued, during his long and eventful life, to travel extensively, and preach
as his domestic duties would permit. He was one of the sweet singers of our spiritual
Israel, and when he died, was one of the two oldest ministers in Montgomery County. He
laid down the long borne cross, and received the blood-bought crown, March 11, 1873.
[written by] Joseph White.

Kelsey - At his late residence, in Marion co., Iowa, Dec. 12th, Isaac Kelsey, in his eightieth
year. He was born in Kentucky, and early in life removed to Ohio, and thence to Marion,
Fountain, and Montgomery counties, Ind. In the first settlement of this part of the State of
Iowa, he settled near Indiana Chapel, Attica circuit, where he ended his days. He had been
three times married, and was the father of eighteen children, only six of whom survive him
to mourn, with their mother, their great loss. He had been a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church for sixty years, and served as an exhorter, class-leader, and steward, in
which stations he was useful to the Church. He was a man of more thn ordinary piety and
zeal. Many feel their loss and mourn his death, though it was peaceful and triumphant.
[written by] R. S. Robinson.

Harrison - Elizabeth Harrison, daughter of George Watkins, was born in Ohio, and removed
to Montgomery co., Ind., in 1831, and died March 3d, aged 70. She joined the Cjhurch at
age of 12, and lived in its communion 58 years. She was married to Mr. Harvey Harrison in
1832, and was the mother of eleven children, six of whom preceded her. She leaves a
husband and five children to mourn. Her end was peace. She said to a son just before she
died, "My confidence in God in unshaken; my mission in life is done."
[written by] Richard Hargrave.

Holloway - Rebecca Holloway, wife of Thomas Holloway, and daughter of Daniel Kelsey,
was born in Warren co., Ohio, October 29, 1814, and died in Darlington Montgomery co.,
Ind., February 11th. She was converted and joined the Church in her nineteenth year and
lived a consistent Christian until death. She was the mother of six children, and lived to
see them all happily converted. Her life was consistent and happy, her death calm and
peaceful. [written by] D. P. M'Lain.

Rev. J. White - Joseph White, a pioneer minister of the old Indiana Conference, was born
in Mifflin co., Penn., 1805. His parents came to Greene co. Ohio, 1812. In July 1818, he
was converted and joined the Church, and soon after though only in his fourteenth year
fully consecrated himself to God. He was united in marriage to the companion of his toils
and labors, who still lives, April 25, 1826, and in 1831 they came to Montgomery co., Ind.
to make them a home in the new country. He was received on trial to the Indiana
Conference and its first session in the fall of 1832, and appointed to Rockville Circuit. For
nearly thirty years, with but little intermission he continued in the regular work of the
ministry. The record of his work, is identified with the history of Methodism in Indiana. In
1861 he took a superannuated relation, which he held at the time of his death. He
preached often, and was earnest and faithful in his labors, especially in the temperance
cause, and the Sunday school department to the last. His last sickness was at
Russellville, Ind., at the residence if his son, J. W. White, where he had gone on business.
After a protracted and severe illness of more than four weeks, from typhoid pneumonia,
surrounded with the members of his family, and full of the hope of a blessed immortality,
he sweetly passed away, February 27th, saying, "Come Jesus, take me." The funeral
services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Graham, in the Methodist Episcopal Church, in New
Market, and the remains rest in the cemetery at Findlay Chapel in the neighborhood. His
children have all entered upon the active duties of life some time since, and are all
members of the Church, one of them, William K. White, a local preacher. The widow
remains at the old house, in the midst of many friends. They are passing away.
[written by] J. B. DeMotte.

White - Lucinda White was born in Mason co., Ky., Sept. 21, 1808 and died at the
residence of her son in Missouri, Oct. 28th. She joined the Church when 13 and professed
religion two years afterward. She was united in marriage with Rev. Joseph White, April 25,
1826, with whom she spent much of her life in the itinerant ministry. In the early
settlements of the country the circuits were large and the removals often at long distance,
yet sister White cheerfully submitted to all the hardships and sacrifices that her position
required. A number of her children died and were buried at great distances from each other.
Then her husband took a superannuated relation to the North west Indiana Conference, of
which he was a member. They settled on a farm in Montgomery co., Ind. The husband
dying, she removed to Missouri with her children. Her remains were brought back and
buried by the side of her husband in the beautiful cemetery at Findlay Chapel near the "old
home". She was truly a mother in Israel, and came to her end as one fully "ripe for the
harvest." Her children rise up and call her blessed, and the Church and community feel that
one of peculiar worth has passed from their midst. Her funeral was preached by writer from
the very appropriate text, Rev. xiv, 13, that is engraven on the beautiful monument that
marks the place of rest of the faithful minister and his honored companion. They rest from
their labors. [written by] G. W. S.

Rev. Joseph White, of the North west Indiana Conference, died on the morning of February
27th, at the residence of his son, John W. White, in Russellville, Ind. Rev. J. B. DeMotte
writes: "He came here on business about a month since: was taken sick, and was not able
to return home. He was received on trial in the Indiana Conference at its first session, in
New Albany, in 1831; was in the seventy-first year of his age, and the forty-fourth of his
ministry. His end was peace."

Died - Curnutt - Darrie E. Curnutt passed away blessedly and triumphantly, June 10, 1875,
in Piatt county, Ill. She was the loved of the circles in which she moved - in society, in the
church (of which she had been a member for over 9 years), among the Patrons, who
showed their appreciation, to the "farewell" at the grave, and in her own little family a
model wife and mother - She leaves a husband, H. G. Curnutt, to whom she was married in
1867, two children, and a large circle of friends, both in Illinois and Montgomery co., Ind.,
the place of her nativity, who feel their loss keenly, but say "rest, peaceful sleeper, rest."
Rochester, Ill. W. W. C.

Resolution of Condolence - Whereas, By the death of Dartha E. Curnutt, which occurred at
her residence in Cerro Gordo Township, Piatt County, Illinois, on Thursday, June 10, 1875;
she was a constant member of the M. E. Church, and a very worthy member of the order of
Patrons of Husbandry; also an affectionate mother and wife.
The announcement of her death cast a gloom over the community, but we mourn not as
those whgo have no hope. The committee to whom was referred the subject of reporting
resolutions, would submit the following:
Resolved, That the death of Sister Curnutt our community has lost an estimable citizen,
and the Order a kind and faithful sister - one ever ready to contribute to the wants and
distress of others - always kind and affable to those with whom it was her lot to be
associated in every day intercourse - those that loved her most were those that knew her
best. Being possessed too, as she was, of a genial disposition, that spoke for her a
goodness and kindness of character an indulgent mother, as a dear and loving companion
and sister; characterized as she was with the qualifications that go to make a kind sister
and neighbor, we cannot but mourn her loss as being irreparable to the community in which
she lived, as well as the Order of which she was a member.
Resolved, That these resolutions be put upon the records of the Grange, and that they be
published in the Piatt County Republican, Farmer's Advocate, and a copy be sent to the
family of the deceased.
F. A. Bowdell
J. Momt. Humer
Mrs. S. R, Kimberlin
June 16, 1875.