CHESTER COUNTY, TENNESSEE
Bible Records

Bishop/Austin Family Bible

These records were found in an old tattered bible several years ago by a junk dealer while going through a box of papers. According to the papers the family lived in Enville, Chester Co., TN and Somerville, Fayette Co., TN.

Births
James Franklin Bishop was borned October 3, 1828
Mary E. Bishop was borned February 2, 1834
Nancy A. C. Bishop was borned Aug 18, 1854
Martha E. Bishop was borned Feb. 23, 1856
Rebecca Allas was borned May 10, 1861
William L. Bishop was borned Mar 10, 1865
Lucy M. Bishop was borned Dec 9, 1867
Susan M. Bishop was borned Dec 31, 1869
Charley E. Bishop was borned Oct 14, 1872
James Franklin Austin was borned Oct 1835
Sarah E. Woodward was borned July 14, 1839
Elvis Carpenter was born Mar 17, 1889
R. C. Austin was born Apr. 1, 1884
Della Bishop was born Oct 13, 1886
I. E. Bishop was born Nov 3, 1858
Dorothy Plunk was born Jul 8, 1899
Birtha Plunk was born Feb 24, 1898
A. A. Austin was born Dec 22, 1889
James Harold Roxbury was born Jan 14, 1908 in Newport, Campbell Co., Kentucky

Sons and Daughters of James Franklin & Sarah (Woodward) Austin
Martha Ann Austin was borned Jan 5, 1858
Sarah Elizabeth Austin was borned May 9, 1860
Delila Jane Austin was borned July 4, 1865
C. L. Austin was borned Oct 4, 1867
Mary Emeline Austin was borned June 4, 1870
Joseph Charley Austin was borned Mar 22, 1872
David Frankin Austin was borned Jan 19, 1875
Henry Lawrence Austin born Jan. 14, 1878
James Auther Austin born Jun 1, 1881

Son of R. C. and Cordelia Austin
Robert Carl Austin was borned Feb. 3, 1905

Son of H. L. and Alice (Fields) Austin
Harmon F. Austin was born Aug 16, 1897

Marriages
R. C. Austin and Cordelia Holley (or Holby) was married Nov. 1, 1903
James Austin and Sarah Woodward was married Mar. 14, 1856
James Reeves and Delila Jane Austin was married Dec. 28, 1885
James Carpenter and Elizabeth Austin was married Jun 6, 1888
I. E. Bishop and Martha Ann Austin was married Jan 21, 1886
H. L. Austin and Alice Fields was married May 16, 1896

Deaths
James Franklin Bishop departed this life Nov 15, 1883
Mary Eliza Crowder Bishop died Apr 1900
H. L. Austin departed this life Sep 22, 1897
I. E. Bishop departed Aug 8, 1900
Sarah E. Austin died Mar. 17, 1912
J. F. Austin died Jan. 26, 1910
Martha Ann Bishop died Aug. 29, 1919
Deed Reeves died Apr. 2, 1920
Henry L. Austin died Sep 22, 1897
Sarah E. Austin departed this life Mar 17, 1912
Delia Jane Austin Reeves died Apr 20, 1920

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