Title: Paris family Bible records

Identifier: 0143-b2-fa   (https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/37802)

Description: Pages from a family Bible containing birth and baptism records for Rev. John Paris's nine children (all by his second wife, Maria). John and Maria Paris were married in December of 1849 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, where John was a minister in the Methodist Church. Also included is handwritten information on and an obituary of John's first wife, Sally, who died in May of 1848 at the age of 30. Date approximated. The latest date listed is 1873 and Rev. Paris died in 1883.