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Title
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Finding Aid for the Marks Family Bible
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Type
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Text
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Date
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1849/1950
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Description
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This collection consists of the family Bible for Nellie Oleta Griffitts and Abner Jefferson Marks. The cover and some of the pages of the Bible are missing, but the family records sheets within the Bible are complete. This Bible contains some birth, death and marriage information for parents and grandparents as well as children. Dates were recorded in the family bible as late as the 1950. The names and dates were written at different times and in various handwriting.
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Format
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Book
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri
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Identifier
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MGC 1196
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Collection Summary
Title
Marks Family Bible
Date
1849-1950
Extent
1 archival box
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1196-MFB
Processed by: : Jolene Clark, 2018; finding aid created by Jolene Clark, 2018
Name of Creator
Nellie Oleta (Griffitts) Marks
Biographical History
Nellie Aleta Griffitts, the daughter of Perry Griffitts and Jessie Fende,r was born on October 22, 1908 in
Brighton, Missouri. She married Abner Jefferson Marks in Springfield, Missouri on December 11, 1926.
She later married Joseph Allison Loven. Nellie died on April 12, 1989 and is buried in Brighton Cemetery.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of the family Bible for Nellie Oleta Griffitts and Abner Jefferson Marks. The cover
and some of the pages of the Bible are missing, but the family records sheets within the Bible are
complete. This Bible contains some birth, death and marriage information for parents and grandparents
as well as children. Dates were recorded in the family bible as late as the 1950. The names and dates
were written at different times and in various handwriting.
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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 1 series.
Series 1, Bible
Item 1, Family record sheets [scanned]
Item 2, Bible
Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
The Bible is secured with cotton tying tape and wrapped in acid-free tissue paper.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by the Ozarks Genealogical Society.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com.
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