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William Douglas Family Bible

William Douglas Family Bible

Posted: 3 May 2015 3:07PM GMT
Classification: Bible
Surnames: Douglas
We are descendants from William Douglas who married Ann Mattle. I have found a few excerpts from the Douglas Family Bible online. What I have found is shown below.

Handwritten inscription (ink, faded with age) and dedication from Erskine and Sophia Douglas to their daughter Laura and John Atwood (son-in-law?) is found on front flyleaf.

The inscription reads:

Our Children
Laura and John Atwood.
With God's Blessing and our {...text is illegible...}

Erskine and Sophia Douglas

Bellefontaine Ohio December 25th 1873

Six sheets of ruled paper were taped behind one illustrated middle page. The beautiful penmanship is apparently from the hand of Erskine Douglas.

The last paragraph was signed:

"April 1856. Erskine Douglas"

Extracted from the handwritten pages:

Two Brothers, "William" & "Robert Douglas" emigrated to the newworld in the second voyage of the "Mayflower". (Robert Douglas remained at Plymouth Mass, a few years ago the writer examined a list of voters of that town and found about one fourth were of the name Douglas, no doubt they were his descendants.


One site mentions that this is all the information listed by the ebay seller. Does anyone know what happen to this Bible or have any other excerpts from it?
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