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?