MARBAKER/SMITH/HANKINSON/BIBLE

THE MARBAKER/SMITH/HANKINSON/BIBLE

Transcribed by
Carol Hoose Brotzman

THE SPELLING IS AS COPIED, THERE ARE ERRORS BUT I ONLY RECORD HISTORY, NOT REWRITE IT! (ANYTHING ADDED IN PARENTHESIS MEANS I HAVE MADE SOME CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS)

THIS BOOK BELONGS TO MARTHA E. BELL, WHEN I AM GONE FROM HERE, TO MOTHER LEONORA HIBBARD, TO MARTHA E. (ROSENGRANT)

Note: The bible originated with Lenora (Smith) Marbaker Hibbard, who passed it to her daughter Martha Elizabeth (Marbaker) Bell Rosengrant (1885-1926). In 1984, her son, Cecil Bell (1907-1997) had possession of this bible. It is still in Tuscarora Township, Bradford County, PA. Cecil designated that the bible be given to Sandy Yurgatis, daughter of Carl and Jeanne Hibbard Yurgatis. Cecil died in 1997 and is buried in Beaver Meadows Cemetery, as are many of the folks listed in the bible. The photos shown here are from the Marbaker materials in the possession of Martha Walker, except for the local photographs of the Beaver Meadows Cemetery and stones, which are courtesy of Carol Brotzman.

Beaver Meadows Cemetery
Beaver Meadows, PA
Entrance Sign

RECORDED:

TO CERTIFY THAT

SILAS A SMITH, OF WARREN, AND MARTHA J HANKINSON OF WYSOX, WERE

UNITED IN MARRIAGE AT WYSOX, BRADFORD COUNTY 23 DAY OF MAY 1857

IN THE PRESENCE OF MR AND MRS WILLIAM HANKERSON

SIGNED BY ESQ MORGAN

BIRTHS: SPELLING AS COPIED

SILAS A SMITH OCT 19, 1836

MARTHA A HANKINSON FEB 2, 1839

LEONORA SMITH JAN 11, 1858

MARY A SMITH MAY 9, 1859

MELVIN A SMITH MARCH 9, 1861

MARTIN E SMITH APRIL 11, 1862

PHEBE A SMITH MAY 6, 1864

RICHARD T SMITH MAY 26, 1866

ELNOTHAN S SMITH MAY 23, 1869

JESSE R SMITH MAY 20, 1872

CHARTA M SMITH FEB 13, 1877

JOHN W SMITH NOV 1, 1883

MARRIAGES: SPELLING AS COPIED

ELLIS GALUTIA JULY 22, 1897

EFFA JANE GALUTIA NOV 21, 1899

SILAS A SMITH MARRIED MARTHA J HANKINSON MAY 23, 1857

LUTHER B MARBAKER MARRIED LEONORA SMITH DEC 17, 1872

PHEBE A SMITH MARRIED EDGAR N GALUTIA NOV 10, 1891

JESSE R SMITH MARRIED VESTA PITCHER OCT 30, 1892

ELNOTHAN S SMITH MARRIED ROSE B HANKERSON OCT 23, 1895

MARTIN E SMITH MARRIED LEUCA A FARGO JAN 18, 1899

MARTIN E SMITH MARRIED SARAH BROWN MARCH 27, 1907

JOHN W SMITH MARRIED DAISY SIVERS 1910

MRS PHETA A GALUTIA MARRIED GEORGE HALPIN JULY 3, 1915

DEATHS: SPELLING AS COPIED

SILAS A SMITH JULY 15, 1886

MARTHA J SMITH AUGUST 15, 1910

LEONORA A HIBBARD JAN 20, 1924

MARY A SMITH JUNE 18, 1860

MELVIN E SMITH MARCH 20, 1861

LUCY A SMITH JUNE 14, 1901

MORTON SMITH JUNE 1933

PHEBE A HALPIN JAN 10, 1925

RICHARD A SMITH FEB 17, 1920

PERMELIA SMITH MARCH 12, 1933

JESSE R SMITH APRIL 8, 1914

MORTON E SMITH NOV 25, 1926

ELLIS GAUTIA SEPTEMBER 25, 1948

MORRIS E SMITH DEC 15, 1983 (THATS WHAT IT SAYS, obviously wrong)

CARL C SMITH FEB 27, 1984 (THATS WHAT IT SAYS, obviously wrong)

JOHN W SMITH OCT 19, 1956

MARRIAGES:

C W HIBBARD, OF RUSH, MARRIED ETTIE A SMITH OF AUBURN, PA JULY 5, 1873

C W HIBBARD, OF RUSH, MARRIED MARY E MARBAKER OF CLAPPER HILL FEB 2, 1901

C W HIBBARD, OF RUSH, MARRIED LEONORA SMITH OF RUSH, DEC 24, 1910

W. A. HIBBARD, AUBURN, MARRIED MAJORIA MAYLEY AUBURN PA, SEPTEMBER 17, 1910 (He subsequently married Marjorie McBride *)

J WAYNE HIBBARD, OF JESSUP, MARRIED FLORENCE CLINK OF RUSHVILLE, PA JUNE 3, 1918

* Editor's Note: Per Cheryl Hibbard Gourley in February 2010, Worden ("W.A.")Hibbard married Margaret (Marjorie) Mailey, not "McBride". She had come to America from Ireland pregnant and unwed. When she became a widow from Worden, she moved many of the children to Binghamton to be near her sister Mary (Mae) Mailey Barringer. When she died and the children were sent to the orphanage, my Aunt Maisie (the baby she had in America) was given the last name McBride. Aunt Maisie live to be 97 and filled me in with the scandalous details. See the addtional comments below after the list of marriages for more context.

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE:

LUTHER B MARBAKER OF TUSCARORA, AND LEONORA SMITH OF WYALUSING AT STEVENSVILLE, PA. 17 DECEMBER 1882, IN THE PRESENCE OF MRS S C ADAMS BY REV T THOMAS (They lived on the Dale and Carol Brotzman property at Beaver Meadows Tuscarora Township)

MARRIAGES:

LUTHER B MARBAKER MARRIED LEONORA SMITH DEC 17, 1882

MARTIN E MARBAKER MARRIED HATTIE BENNETT AUGUST 23, 1910

MARTHA E MARBAKER MARRIED JUDSON C BELL NOV 5, 1902

CHARLES W HIBBARD MARRIED LEONORA SMITH DEC 24, 1910

LUTHER B MARBAKER MARRIED HARRIET RICKARD NOV 18, 1909

DANIEL ROSENGRANT MARRIED MARTHA E BELL OCT 14, 1914

Cecil Melvin Bell
1907-1997

CECIL M BELL MARRIED BLANCH A MULLINEX OCT 20, 1933

MR JOHN W SMITH OF AUBURN 4 CORNERS MARRIED MRS ROTA M LAKE JAN 19, 1899

CECIL M BELL MARRIED ROSE? SEPTEMBER 27, 1953, ROSE DIED 9/4/1968

CECIL BELL MARRIED IRENE BENNETT BRIGG JUNE 6, 1970

CECIL BELL MARRIED BERTHA V FARGO MARCH 20, 1948 SHE DIED OCT 24, 1950

BIRTHS:

LUTHER B MARBAKER OCT 3, 1855

LEONORA SMITH JAN 11, 1858

MELVIN E MARBAKER OCT 6, 1883

MARTHA E MARBAKER JUNE 21, 1885

LEONORA ALPHARETTA BELL SEPTEMBER 28, 1903

CECIL MELVIN BELL JULY 11 1907

CHARLES W HIBBARD MAY 4, 1851

WORDEN A HIBBARD MARCH 3, 1882

ROSS H HIBBARD AUGUST 10, 1887

JOHN WAYNE HIBBARD DEC 13, 1897

LOUIS M HIBBARD FEB 11, 1909

The next two photos belong to Martha Walker.

This data regarding the photo comes from Norma Hibbard McNeal, wife of George McNeal, daughter of Louis (Dutch) Hibbard (February 11, 1909 - April 20, 1992) and his wife Jean Grow (October 29, 1915 - August 06, 1998). Louis being the son of Worden A. Hibbard (March 03, 1882 - May 26, 1919) and his first wife Arminta Marbaker (April 07, 1876 - May 16, 1910). They married September 11, 1900 in Lestershire (Johnson City) New York. Arminta had been married before on March 24, 1897 to Charles Grant Ellis, he was born October 09, 1869. The divorced appears in the Bradford County Courthouse with a date of Oct. 3, 1901. He died in Riverside, California July 20, 1904. Charles contracted from T.B. from his first wife Ada Mary Martyn who died February 20, 1896. He was going West to see if it would improve his health. Glen Griff Ellis (January 23, 1898 - April 06, 1979) was their son. Charles and his first wife Ada were the parents of Emerson W. (Joseph Waldo Emerson) Ellis born about 1894. He went to California with his father. After his father died he stayed with his fathers sister Frank and Ann Dilts. Arminta stayed behind in Pennsylvania with her children. It appeared she was going to go to California, but a riff grew and they ended up divorcing. No one ever knew if Charles knew he was divorced or not, she filed here in Bradford County.

There were three children by Arminta's second marriage to Worden A. Hibbard: Charles Wallace Hibbard born July 6, 1903 , Etta Hibbard (Mrs. Harry Osborne) born December 20, 1904, and Louis W. Hibbard born February 11, 1909.

After Arminta died Worden married Marjorie McBride [see note above] on September 17, 1910; they had five more children: Carl, Norma, Charles known as Chuck, Clifford known as Kip, and Marjorie.

Charles Worden Hibbard and Etta Smith were the parents of Worden A. Hibbard, Ross Hibbard and John "Wayne" Hibbard in the photo. She was his first wife he married July 05, 1873, he married his second wife, Mary Ellen Marbaker February 02, 1901. Mary Ellen Marbaker, daughter of Edward and Thankful Cottrell Marbaker. He took his third wife December 24, 1910, she was Leonora Smith Marbaker, the ex wife of Mary Ellen Marbaker's brother Luther (Luke) Marbaker. It is Lenora's lineage that had ownership of this bible.

That is Grandpa Charley Hibbard holding me, Norma Hibbard. Leon Osborne is beside us. In back of me is Uncle Wayne Hibbard, Irene Hibbard wife of LeRoy Beeman (she is the daughter of Ross Hibbard). Next is French Hibbard wife of William Whitmiller (she is the daughter of Ross Hibbard), next is Uncle Chuck Hibbard, Uncle Kip (real name Clifford Hibbard), Aunt Etta (Mrs. Harry Osborne) and Dad, Louis Hibbard. Uncle Ross is in the back near Irene. It was taken at Uncle Ross Hibbard's at Rushville. The location would be the dirt road just before the community hall. Uncle Wayne lived a couple house above his brother Ross.

The Marbaker family of Beaver Meadows,

The information on the back of the picture records, assuming the identification is left to right:

On the left front Grandpa Marbaker: This should be Edward Marbaker Sr.
Aunt Nora Marbaker should be next to him, which would be Leonora Smith Marbaker Hibbard. She married Luther Marbaker son of Edward and Thankful Marbaker first, then second to Charles Worden Hibbard.
Aunt Mary Marbaker is the lady behind Grandpa Marbaker: She is Mary Elizabeth Marbaker the daughter of Edward and Thankful Cottrell Marbaker who married Fernando C. Comstock, Milton Suel T (Mit) Warner, Charles Worden Hibbard and was on 1930 census with Owen Nickols as a companion, both widowed. The two youth in back are children of Luther and Leonora Smith Marbaker.
Melvin Marbaker: Melvin married Hattie Bennett, and Martha Marbaker: She married Mrs. Judson C. Bell and later to Daniel Rosengrant.

A tintype photo belonging to Martha Walker

Aunt Emma, Uncle Mort, Aunt Mintie, and Aunt Hettie

They are the children of Edward and Almeda Wage Marbaker

Aunt Emma Marbaker, (April 19, 1880 -?) she married Judson L. Clark

Uncle Mort is Morton Marbaker (February 07, 1874 - October 27, 1958), he married Agnes McHugh

Aunt Mintie is Arminta Marbaker (1877 - May 16, 1910) she is the first wife of Worden A. Hibbard.

Aunt Hettie Marbaker, (December 1881 – February 5, 1964) married Louis Moore

DEATHS:

Martha Elizabeth (Marbaker) Bell Rosengrant
1885-1926

MARTHA E ROSENGRANT DIED 1926 FEBRUARY 16 OR 19, (correct info is February 16, 1926 by headstone in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery)

LUTHER B MARBAKER DIED JAN 18, 1941

JUDSON C BELL DIED JAN 21, 1941

MARTON OR MORTON E SMITH DIED FEB 1927

EDWIN MARBAKER DIED JUNE 9, 1933

MILES MARBAKER DIED JUNE 13, 1940

MARY MARBAKER DIED FEB 1931

MELVIN E MARBAKER DIED FEB OR MARCH 1925

GEORGE ALLIE JONES DIED FEB 27, 1945

MEMORANDA:

AUNT PHEBE VAILS DIED MAY 25, 1889 AGE 65 Y 10M

GRANMA HANKINSON DIED JULY 10, 1889 AGE 73 Y 4M

MOTHER MARBAKER DIED OCT 24, 1889 AGE 67Y 10M 1 DAY

GRANPA HANKINSON DIED MAY 25, 1891 AGE 81 Y 5M 8 DAYS

Baptisms

LUTHER B MARBAKER WAS BAPTIZED AND UNITED TO THE FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH WARREN CENTER, PA MAY 4, 1890

LEONORA MARBAKER BAPTIZED AND UNITED WITH THE FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH AT WARREN, PA NOV 10, 1889

A LOOSE PAGE WITH A MOAB STONE PHOTO

UNCLE EDWIN MARBAKER DIED JUNE 9, 1933 BURIED JUNE 11, 1933 BEAVER MEADOWS CEMETERY

LUTHER B MARBAKER (GRANDFATHER) DIED JAN 18, 1941

MILES MARBAKER DIED JUNE 13, 1940

RAYMOND MARBAKER DIED FEB 25,1944, BURIED FEB 27TH ON SUNDAY AT 2 PM AGE 42 YEARS

KIDNAPPED:

LEONORA A BELL WAS KIDNAPPED FROM MARTHA E BELL JUNE 17, 1912 BY

JOAN SMITH (J.C. BELLS MOTHER.) LEONORA WAS (RETURNED) SENT TO

HER FATHER J C BELL AUGUST 7, 1912

ODD FACTS INCLUDED:

ARTHUR KEIFER SHOT HIMSELF DEC 23, 1932 AGE 17 YEARS

HAROLD WEBSTER BORN NOV 23?

ANOTHER PAGE IN THE BIBLE

APRIL 7, 1909 C W HIBBARD HOUSE BURNT UP,

NOV 18, 1915 FRANK KEIFER HOUSE BURNT UP

SAME PAGE ON THE BACK

BORN TO MR AND MRS M E SMITH, LUCINA SMITH JUNE 3, 1911

CLARENCE B SMITH FEB 24, 1913

GLADYS ALTHEA SMITH FEB 22, 1916

BORN TO MR AND MRS J W SMITH

ETHEL GREANE? SMITH MAY 28, 1911

EARL C SMITH JULY 23, 1915

RICHARD SMITH SEPTEMBER 1, 1921

MARRIAGES LUCINA SMITH M/ CHARLES WELTON APRIL 29, 1929

GLADYS SMITH M/ RUSSELL FRISBY DEC 11, 1933

CLARENCE SMITH M/ AUDREY ROGERS JUNE 9, 1939

MORRIS SMITH M/ NANCY COLEGROVE MAY 13, 1940

MARRIAGES:

RICHARD T SMITH M/ DAWN LORD APRIL 19, 1941

CARL C SMITH M/ NINA SISSON SEPTEMBER 1, 1934

LEO JENSON M/ MARTHA SMITH JUNE 15, 1928

MARJORIE WELTON M/ ARTHUR NYE JULY 2, 1948 DIVORCED 1948

MARRIED WENDELL NOBLE 1950

4 CHILDREN: MARLENE 1950, JUNE 17

CINDY 1952, SEPT 30

WINDELL 1954, MARCH 18

CHRISTINE 1957, MARCH 24

DIVORCED 1959, THEN MARRIED LELAND RICE 1960

MICHAEL RICE JULY 31, 1961

LEE RICE MARCH 19, 1963

BIRTHS:

MARJORIE WELTON JAN 9, 1932

SARAH JANE WRISLEY? JAN 13, 1937

MARY ELLEN WRISLEY? APRIL 13, 1942

LEVI CATON WRISLEY? DEC 15, 1944

PATRICIA SMITH JUNE 7, 1940

JANET SMITH JAN 18, 1942

ROBERT MARTIN SMITH NOV 28, 1945

RICHARD RALPH SMITH DEC 4, 1950

ANOTHER LISTS OF BIRTHS:

RICHARD LEE SMITH NOV 19, 1941

RAYMOND WALLACE JENSEN JULY 11, 1929

ANITA LUCILLE JENSEN DEC 20, 1932

EUGENE BOYD JENSEN FEB 28, 1939

RICHARD LEO JENSEN JUNE 23, 1939

CLARENCE MARBAKERS HAND WAS DRAWN ON A PAPER OCT 21, 1917

Beaver Meadows Church and Cemetery
From Across the Lake
2005

ANOTHER PAGE IN THE BIBLE: MARRIAGES:

EFFIE GALUTIA M/ LEWIS COOK AUGUST 22, 1919

ELLIS L GALUTIA M/ ACLA WARD OCT 24, 1919 ACLA WAS 17 YEARS OLD THE 25TH OCTOBER 1919

REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING IS AS COPIED AS WAS FOUND:

MAY 21, 1925, CECIL BELL GOT SHOT, WAS TAKEN TO SAYRE HOSPITAL

THE BILL TO GET CECIL TO THE HOSPITAL TO FIX CECIL WAS $4.00

CECIL CAME HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL JUNE 20, 1925

THE BILL WAS $185.50. HE THEN WENT TO DR F M FREY AT RUSH, HE

WENT 10 TIMES AT $1.00 APIECE WAS THE BILL, ALUM AND ADHESIVE PLASTER WAS $.78.

ANOTHER HOLY MATRIMONY PAGE JUDSON C BELL OF STEVENSVILLE, BRAD-FORD COUNTY, PA TO MISS MARTHA E MARBAKER OF STEVENSVILLE, BRAD-FORD COUNTY, PA. M 5TH DAY DECEMBER 1902 MARRIED BY REV CARL COUNCILMAN

NEXT PAGE: THE KIDNAPPERS, JEROME AND JOAN SMITH KIDNAPPED LEONORA A (ALPHARETTA) BELL FROM HER MOTHER MARTHA E BELL JUNE 17, 1912, HAD HER TO AUGUST 17, 1912, SHE WAS AGE 9 YEARS OLD

(RESOLUTION OF THE KIDNAPPING)

PAUL AND MAY KEIFER TOOK LEONORA BELL TO THE DEPOT AND SENT HER TO JUD BELL (HER FATHER) ON THE TRAIN TO GENEVA.

THE FOLLOWING NAMES ARE LISTED UNDER, WHAT LOOKS LIKE AN ORDERING PAGE FOR THE BIBLE, SOMEONE MUST HAVE BEEN SELLING THESE FAMILY BIBLES TO EARN EXTRA CASH!

MISS HATTIE M BABCOCK STEVENSVILLE ORDERED 1, $6.00

A H STAUFFLER ? OF HERRICKVILLE 2

MERWIN B BROWN OF BROWNTOWN 2

ANOTHER PAGE OF ODD FACTS OF LOCAL FOLKS:

ART BENNETT OF CLAPPER HILL M/ LENNA CULVER OF CLAPPER HILL AUGUST 28, 1885

GEORGE WOOD OF CLAPPER HILL M/ MINNIE CULVER MARCH 29, 1886

NAN COMSTOCK OF CLAPPER HILL M/ JENNIE CULVER AUGUST 14, 1886

JONAH MCLAUD M/ MAMIE COMSTOCK SEPT 22, 1886

WORDEN A HIBBARD M/ MINTA ELLIS SEPT 11, 1900

WORDEN HIBBARD M/ SAPHRONIA? MAILEY SEPT 17, 1910

(HIS FATHER WAS WORDEN AND MOTHER MINTA MARBAKER BY OBIT) (MINTA DAUGHTER OF EDWIN AND ALMEDA WAGE MARBAKER)

SAME PAGE ON THE BACK

EDWARD MARBAKER B/ NOV 6, 1823

THANKFUL MARBAKER B/ DEC 16, 1821

GRAMPA HANKINSON B/ DEC 17, 1810

GRANMA HANKINSON B/ MARCH 19, 1816

C C (CHESTER CHAPEL) WAGE B/ FEB 7, 1813

MARY E WAGE B/ APRIL 3, 1817

BORN TO MR AND MRS HAWLEY DEC 29, 1880 A BOY NAMED JESSIE A HAWLEY WEIGHED 9 1/2 POUNDS, OF SPRING HILL, PA

MRS SUSAN A HYDE B/ AUGUST 9, 1852

HENRY ROSH B/ JULY 25, 1831

ALMIDA WAGE GIBBS B/ AUGUST 1846 (ALMEDA)

MARTIN SMITH B/ OCT 30, 1840

ALBERT HIBBARD B/ APRIL 25, 1845

OBADIE HANKINSON B/ JULY 20, 1844

JACKOF HANKINSON B/ DEC 9, 1845

MARGARET HANKINSON B/ FEB 20, 1848

ELIZABETH HANKINSON B/ MARCH 16, 1855

ESTELLA HANKINSON B/ MARCH 16, 1855

ALFORD HANKINSON B/ APRIL 10, 1857

MORT L MARBAKER B/ FEB 7, 1874

ETTA A HIBBARD B/ DEC 20, 1904

LOUIS W HIBBARD B/ FEB 11, 1909

MARBAKER - BENNETT WEDDING, MELVIN MARBAKER AND MRS HATTIE BENNETT BOTH OF THIS CITY WERE MARRIED BY REV J C LAPPEUS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THEIR FUTURE HOME, NO 293 CHENANGO STREET AUGUST 23, 1916

HIBBARD - SMITH WEDDING

AT THE HOME OF THE BRIDEGROOM DEC 24, C W HIBBARD MARRIED LEONORA SMITH, BOTH OF JESSUP TWP, REV J A HUDGINS OF AUBURN, THIS WAS A COMPLETE SURPRISE TO THE WHOLE FAMILY THAT WAS GATHERED FOR A CHRISTMAS DINNER THAT WAS ALREADY PREPARED BY THE BRIDE

OAKES - BENNETT, AT THE PARSONAGE AUBURN 4 CORNERS, SIMEON A OAKES MARRIED FLORENCE M BENNETT, REV HUDGINS, WITNESS MR BENNETT AND MISS GYLE

CLIPPINGS FOR THE HAWLEY BABY

THIS BOOK BELONGS TO MARTHA E ROSENGRANT AT MY DEATH IT GOES TO MRS LEONORA HIBBARD

A SEPARATE NOTE BOOK PAPER WITH NAMES:

JOHNNY BRADLEY? MISS NELLIES MOTHER

MRS JENKINS DIED APRIL 3, 1910

MISS SARAH ERSKINE DIED JULY 9, 1910

MORT BILES DIED MAY 6, 1910

MRS BUMP, JOES MOTHER DIED MAY 7, 1910

ALL CROSSED OUT FOR SOME REASON

JAMES M DIED MARCH 27 1923

SUSAN M DIED JAN 3, 1903 AGE 72 YEARS

JOSEPH M DIED OCT 22, 1891 AGE 86

MORT L MARBAKER BORN FEB 7, 1874

NOT CROSSED OUT

IDA BLAKESLEE (NEE MARBAKER)

OSCAR OCT 8, 1963 (headstone has 1962 not 1963)

MELVIN MARBAKER AND HATTIE BENNETT MARRIED AUGUST 23, 1910

MINTA (MARBAKER) HIBBARD DIED MAY 16, 1910

CLOIE E (MARBAKER) HAMLEY DIED OCT 6, 1921

ON THE BACK

ALFORD L HANKINSON BORN APRIL 1855

JOHN HANKINSON BORN OCT 1853

CECIL RICHARD COOP BORN APRIL 21, 1920

PHEBE JANE COOP BORN FEB 19, 1922

EVELAND MAY COOP BORN MAY 19, 1927

MARRIAGES

CECIL COOP AND MARY LETTERMAN DEC 3, 1944, SHE WAS BORN NOVEMBER 7,1917

BORN TO THEM WERE:

SEPTEMBER 13, 1945 VELMA JOYCE COOP WEIGHT 9 LB 11OZ

JULY 25, 1946 BARBARA ELAINE COOP WEIGHT 9 LB

MIKE COREY MARRIED EVELAND MAY COOP MAY 23, 1945

BORN TO THEM WERE

MAUREEN PHEBE COREY DEC 6, 1945

RICHARD MICHAEL FEB 17, 1948

MAXINE DARLENE FEB 9, 1950

ANOTHER PAGE

DEATHS IN THE HANKINSON FAMILY

IN MICHIGAN WILLIE HANKINSON OCT 9, 1887 AGE 22 YEARS

GRANMA HANKINSON JULY 10, 1889 73 YEAR 4 MONTHS

GRANPA HANKINSON MAY 25, 1891 AGE 81 Y 5M 8 D

UNCLE JOHN HANKINSON DIED FEB 6, 1892 AGE 38 Y 4M

AUNT ADELINE HANKINSON DIED MAY 6, 1892

ARMINDA HANKINSON DIED JUNE 22, 1901

CHARLES L SCHULTS DIED OCT 31, 1907 70 Y 3 M

SARAH SCHULTS DIED JULY 10, 1908 49Y 7M 2D

MARTHA JANE SMITH GREAT GRANDMA AUGUST 15, 1910

AGE 71 Y 6M 13 D

RICHARD D HANKINSON DIED FEB 8, 1913 72 YEARS

ELIZABETH WESTOVER DIED FEB 26, 1915 AGE 65Y

JACOB HANKINSON DIED 1919 AGE 74Y

ESTELLA WROUGHT (Rought) DIED APRIL 9, 1920 53 Y 8M 22 D

RICHARD T SMITH DIED FEB 16, 1922 AGE 73 Y 11M 16 D

OBADIER HANKINSON DIED MAY 27, 1922 77 Y 10M 7 D

DEATHS OF FRIENDS

PHEBES BOY ARTHUR

PHEBE HIBBARD JAN 30, 1918 AGE 65Y 10M

ARTHUR HIBBARD MAR 22, 1919 AGE

WORDEN A HIBBARD D/ MAY 26, 1919 AGE 37Y 1M 23D

AMELIA HIBBARD ROGERS D/ APRIL 20, 1920 63 Y

HER HUSBAND GEORGE G ROGERS D/ FEB 21, 1921

CARL E HIBBARD D/ APRIL 20, 1921 AGE 9 Y 11M 16D

MARJORIE HIBBARD D/ JUNE 26, 1921 AGE 37

CLOIRE HAMLEY D/ OCT 6, 1921

OLIVE COBB D/ OCT 12, 1921

MAGGIE HIBBARD D/ MAY 22, 1922 AGE 73 YEAR 8M 20D

LEVERNE HIBBARD D/ JAN 12, 1923,

ANDREA HIBBARD D/ JAN 15, 1923 AGE 74Y 10, 24D

EMMER JONES D/ JAN 29, 1923 AGE 63Y 16M 5D (CORRECT SPELLING)

ALBERT HIBBARD D/ MAY 2, 1923 AGE 78Y 7D

ON THE BACK

DONALD PICKERING MARRIED PHEBE COOP SEPT 27, 1946

BORN TO THEM DONALD PICKERING OCT 1, 1947

ANOTHER PAGE PROBABLY WRITTEN BY LEONORA BELL COOPER

RECEIVED THIS BOOK FROM MY BROTHER CECIL BELL JUNE 1954

LEONORA ALPHARETTA BELL M/ GEORGE ANTHONY MARCY

MAY 28, 1921 SEPARATED

CHILDREN: (THE CHILDREN WERE ADOPTED OUT)

RICHARD GLENN MARCY AUGUST 1, 1922

HELEN LOUISE MARCY MAY 14, 1924

BEATRICE KATHRYN MARCY SEPT 19, 1925 (ADOPTED BY OLIN AND HELEN MAE HAWLEY FASSETT)

HARRY SYLVESTER MARCY SEPT 16, 1926

RUTH VIRGIL BELL DEC 9, 1928

LEONORA BELL MARRIED SECOND LESTER COOPER SEPTEMBER 1962

CHILDREN OF LEONORA AND GEORGE MARCY:

MARRIED/ BEATRICE KATHRYN MARCY, SAME AS HELEN FASSETT M/ JAMES R WHITNEY OCT 21, 1945 BORN TO THEM WERE SANDRA LEE WHITNEY 0CT 3, 1946 AND DELL MARIE WHITNEY B/ MAY 1, 1951

HELEN AND JIM DIVORCED AUGUST 1953 SHE MARRIED/ MAY 14, 1955 JAMES WIMBERLY

ANOTHER PAGE

MR HENRY WATSON D/ AUGUST 1, 1879 AGE 27Y 5M

THE LITTLE DAUGHTER OF MR AND MRS HARTLEY STEVENS OF STEVENSVILLE DIED MAY 8, 1881

LITTLE ALICE IS GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN (THIS PROBABLY IS IN REFERENCE TO ALICE BENNETT WHO HAS THIS ON HER MARKER IN THE BEAVER MEADOWS CEMETERY)

MARY E WAGE D/ SEPT 21, 1900 83Y 5M 18D

CC WAGE D/ OCT 5, 1907 AGE 94Y

JOHN O DEVINE D/ MARCH 7, 1913 61Y

? ESSIE LARUE D/ NOV 1915

CHARLES LARUE D/ NOV 17, 1915

ADAM CLINK D/ APRIL 14, 1918

RUSSELL GIBBS D/ FEB 7, 1918 AGE 74

MRS HERB FARGO D/ JAN 29, 1923

MRS EUDORA MAIN D/ FEB 15, 1923 58Y 5M 23D

ANOTHER PAGE

AUGUST 22, 1925 OUR HOUSE BURNED AND A GOOD SHARE OF OUR STUFF,

BEDDING, AND BEDS, CHAIRS, DISHES, STOVES, FRUIT,

OFFERINGS FROM FRIENDS AND RELATIVES:

AUGUST 27, MR MARVIN BENNETT $5.00

AUGUST 28, NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS $27.50

C J O'CONNELL, $1.00

M/M PHILIP LINNABERRY, $1.00

MOTHER AND DAN RENTED CECIL GARRIS FARM, AND WAS MOVING THERE TO TAKE PARTITION IN APRIL. BUT IN FEBRUARY MOTHER HAD A STROKE AND DIED THE 16TH. DAN GOT A SMALLPLACE AND MOVED TO IT DAN DIED _______

DEATHS:

ANOTHER PAGE OLD NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS CLAPPER HILL

MILES BENNETT D/ JAN 25, 1901 72 Y

MRS MARY WEST D/ JAN 25, 1901 70 Y 6M

DIMOCK D BENNETT D/ APRIL 29, 1901 66Y 9M 13D

MILES BENNETT D/ NOV 8, 1901 2 Y 5M 15D

WINCHESTER COBB D/ MARCH 16, 1901 AGE 79Y

MICAL DEVINE D/ APRIL 10, 1901 AGE

THOMAS POTTER D/ JAN 28, 1901 AGE 62Y

MRS MICAL DEVINE D/ OCT 5, 1903

CAROLINE HALL D/ OCT 11, 1903

DAVID FOWLER OF RUSH D/ NOV 25, 1903 88Y

JOHN HIBBARD OF SILVARA D/ NOV 24, 1903 82Y

LEVI CHAMBERLAIN DROWNED HIMSELF IN DEC 1904

IRA TANNER D/ MARCH 15, 1904

FLOID BENNETT D/ MAY 7, 1904 16Y 3D (FLOYD)

CHESTER BENNETT D/ MARCH 1908

NOTE BOOK PAPER

MOTHERS HOUSE BURNED AUG 22, 1925

DANIEL ROSENGRANT MARRIED MARTHA BELL OCT 14, 1914 (SHE IS BURIED IN BEAVER MEADOWS CEMETERY)

CECIL BELL MARRIED BLANCHE MULLINEX OCT 30, 1933 (CECIL IS BURIED IN BEAVER MEADOWS CEMETERY)

LEONORA ALPHARETTA BELL MARRIED GEORGE ANTHONY MARCY MAY 28, 1921

THEIR FATHER WAS BURIED AT REED CORNERS BY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

(LEONORA BELL MARCYS COOPER’S WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 28, 1903 AND DIED MARCH 24, 2001. SHE WAS CREMATED AND BURIED IN THE HALIFX MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY, FLORIDA)

MARRIAGES

HELEN BEATRICE FASSETT OR BEATRICE KATHRYN MARCY AND JAMES WHITNEY, SUNDAY OCT 21, 1945 AT 9.00

BELL FAMILY BIRTHS

LEONORA BELL SEPT 29, 1903

ERNEST THOMAS BELL SEPT 26

ERVIN ALBERT JAN 4

EDSON CHARLES BELL

WILLIAM BURTON BELL

JESSIMA BELL

GERALD BELL

VILIMER BELL

DEATHS CONTINUED

AUNT MARY MARBAKER FEB 1931

GRANDPA EDWARD MARCH 8, 1912 AGE 87Y 4M

JAMES MARBAKER MAR 27, 1923 AGE 72Y

MORT L MARBAKER B/ FEB 7, 1874

BIRTHS

BORN TO M/M MARTIN E SMITH LUCINA JUNE 3, 1911

CLARENCE B FEB 24, 1913

GLADYS ALTHES APRIL 22, 1916

DEATHS

SILAS A SMITH D/ JULY 15, 1886 GREAT GRANDPA

MELVIN E MARBAKER D/ FEB OR MAR 1925

RICHARD HANKERSON D/ FEB 8, 1913F

ADDED INFORMATION I HAVE ADDED FROM LORENA BELL COOPER MAY 7, 1997:

LORENA MARBAKER MARRIED JUD BELL, THEY DIVORCED

In a second letter from LEONORA COOPER MAY 31, 1997

JUDSON BELL IS BURIED AT FAIRDALE, SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, PA. ARMINTA MARBAKER IS THE DAUGHTER OF

EDWARD AND ALMEDA WAGE MARBAKER. (There home was the former Dale and Carol Brotzman home at Beaver Meadows)

Edward and Almeda Wage Marbaker Jr.

I have enjoyed conversing with many relatives of the Marbaker family. The following letters are from Martha Walker, a great granddaughter of Mary Ellen Marbaker, the longest surviving daughter of Edward and Almeda Marbaker. (April 19, 2008)

I am the great granddaughter of Almeda Wage Marbaker Gibbs mentioned in this Bible. She was married to Edmund Marbaker Jr., and then to Russell Gibbs. She spent all of her life in Bradford County until she moved to her daughter's home in Johnson City where she passed. I have a handwritten statement, on lined notebook paper that is their marriage certificate stating they were married August 14, 1898 in Stevensville, Tuscarora by Rev. Bela Cogswell. I came across your Bible while "surfing" and was so excited to see my family there. I have her scrapbook full of clippings, the Marbaker family Bible and lots of old pictures. I would be happy to share information if anyone is interested. Martha

Thank you so much for all of the information you sent on my relatives. It is so exciting to see it. My grandmother (Mary Ellen) was the last surviving child of Edward and Almeda Marbaker. Was it their house you lived in, or Almeda and Russell’s? I was sorry to hear it had burned, but surprised it had been around that long. I have a picture of a house, and on the backside it records the "homestead in Clapper Hill." If that is your house, and if you would like a copy of the picture I would be happy to send it. If I were more computer literate I could send it electronically! You seem to be in touch with lots of my relatives and I ended up with tons of family "stuff" as Almeda lived with her daughter Hettie Moore in Johnson City. Hettie left her house and all of its contents to my grandmother. I have the Marbaker family Bible, two post card albums full of cards from the early 1900s, mostly after she married Russell; many are from her children and Lucy. I also have three tintypes. One is marked Almeda Wage and Edward Marbaker, one Aunt Lucy Tubb and the last one that says Uncle Mort, Aunt Minta (Etta's mother), Aunt Emma, and Aunt Hettie. They are all children in the picture. Also a picture that is marked on the back, Grandpa Marbaker, Aunt Nora (or maybe Nova) Marbaker, Aunt Mary Marbaker, Melvin Marbaker, Martha Marbaker. I have her scrapbook full of newspaper clippings; some appear to be family information and some just poems, etc. I would love to share what I have with anyone who may be interested. From what I read in the attachments you sent, most of the information is on the Northern Marbaker family, which we always called "the New York relatives"! My grandmother lived in Norfolk, Virginia. I guess I've rambled long enough, but I'm glad to meet you!! Martha

Edward and Thankful Cottrell Marbaker

Patriarchs of this family

Rush, PA ca 1907