Saturday, March 17, 2007

Willard Thomas - Julia Fox Family Bible 1897 Tennessee

This is a leather-bound family Bible that belonged to the family of Willard THOMAS and Julia FOX of Knoxville and Sevierville, Tennessee. There are a number of clippings and other personal papers stuck inside the cover of the Bible. Several receipts bear the name of Minnie J. FOX. The Bible is embossed W. M. THOMAS.

The genealogy in the Bible is:

Willard THOMAS was born 11 SEP 1897.
Julia (FOX) THOMAS was born 15 OCT 1897.
Willard and Jalia married 15 JUL 1925.

Jalia FOX was born 11 JUN 1894 and died 16 APR 1945.

Lawson FOX died 26 APR ____.
Sarah Elizabeth FOX died 15 FEB 1944.
Herman FOX died 01 JUL 1976.

Biographical information contained in the clippings mentions THOMAS, FOX, STOFFLE, ALLEN, FOXX, TIPTON, TEFFETELLER, BOLING, TUCKER, SCHLANGEN, ADAMS, PARROTT, SINGLEY, QUERY, HUSKEY, LAYMAN, SWEITZER, LOWE, FINCHUM, SMELCHER, DILLEHAY, SAMS, FEEZEL, and BUCKLEY.

Submitted by Lori Walker