Burrell B. Pugh's Bible

© Kathy Duncan, 2018

Years ago, the Dendys met on a regular basis for a family reunion in DeKalb, Texas. We always met on a Saturday in mid to late October when the Texas heat has mostly burned itself out. A cousin had told me for years that his father owned the old Pugh bible. One year it was brought to the reunion. We were told that sadly there was no family information in it. One of the other researcher cousins suggested that we look between the old and new testament because a lot of people recorded their information there. I did not have a lot of hope, but when my cousin turned to the pages between the old and new testaments, sure enough, there was. The record was brief but thrilling.

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The significant bit of information on this page is that the Bible was published in 1819, so this is a period Bible and not a Bible that was published after the fact with earlier information recorded in it. Evidently, Burrel B. Pugh had purchased the Bible as a newlywed. He had married Barbara Smith, daughter of John and Hannah (McGuire) Smith, in Clarke County, Alabama in December of 1823 and purchased his bible the following month. For some reason, only the birth of their eldest son is recorded in this Bible. It could be that there are pages missing, or that he switched to a different bible. My camera had stopped working at the time, but another cousin photographed the bible and sent me pictures.

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Burrel B Pugh

his Bible bought

January

12th day 1824

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price $1.50

Burrel B Pugh

his Book bought

January ???????????

Price $1.50

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Burrel B. Pugh

Born November 27th day

In the year of our Lord

1800

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Barbara Pugh borned

September 13th day of the year of

1803

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Burrel and Barbara Pugh 

Married December 18th

In the year of our lord

1823

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John S Pugh

Born November 5th in the

year of our lord 1824