THOUGHT YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW

Bible of Edward Solomon Yancey, Sr.

“International” Bible Series

Self-Pronouncing Edition

“International”

Printed and Bound at the International Press

Philadelphia, U. S. A.

The John C. Winston Co.

In the back is a fourteen chapter section titled “Aids to Bible Study”.   “With a study series of valuable helps to the study of The Bible.  Including Questions and Answers on the Scriptures.”

This is information about a Bible that Linda, my sister, found and sent to me.  What is so interesting about it, you ask?  Well, it is a Bible that was:

·         Presented To, E S Yancey (our grandfather) by

·         Minnie Smith (our grandmother) on

·         November 15, 1912.  Okaaay! 

·         Don’t you see, this means that this Bible will be at least 99 years old this year!!!

SOME INTERESTING FACTS TO PONDER:

·         Don’t know the exact publication date because there wasn’t any inside that I could see.

·         We can probably assume that Nana didn’t obtain this Bible immediately after it was printed.  She may have purchased it or an organization may have given it to her.

·         Note that the Bible was given by “Minnie Smith” not “Minnie Yancey”. 

·         Nana gave this Bible to Grandpa before they were married.

SOOOOO:

·         They were married May 1, 1916 in Fairmont, WVA, four (4) years after the date shown in the Bible.

·         Edward was  a pumper for Consolidated Coal Company in Fairmont WV and later in Belltown PA.

Well, do you find this as interesting as I did?