Wall/Clark Family Bible - originally belonging to Charles John Clark
Contributed by Chuck Bell

Written on inside front cover: FAMILY BIBLE OF CHARLES JOHN CLARK   This bible is also deteriorated and very fragile. It is 12 1/4" x 9 3/4" in size. It has a patterned black cover with "HOLY BIBLE" embossed in gold on the front. There are also several pressed flowers within it's pages as well as the marraige license of Charles J. and Janie M. (Wall) Clark, various wedding invitations and newspaper clippings about their daughter's weddings. Written on inside front cover-sheet: ------------------------------ Bought Mov 11th, 1910 Chas J. Clark ------------------------------ The Title Page: ------------------------------ SELF PRONOUNCING EDITION In which the proper names are divided and accented and the variable vowel and consonant sounds marked, showing how to pronounce them correctly.   THE HOLY BIBLE   Containing The OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, Translated Out Of The Original Tongues; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. The text conformable to that of the edition of 1611, commonly known as the King James' Version. MARGINAL REFERENCES   (Graphic: Shield with Open Book) |------|------| |Let |Be | |There |Light | |------|------|   BUTLER BROTHERS New York. Chicago. St. Louis 20th Century Edition   (Back) Copyright, 1903, By A. J. Holman & Co.   FAMILY RECORD   NAME PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF BIRTH DATE OF MARRAIGE DATE OF DEATH -------------------------- ---------------|---------------------------------------------- Chas J. Clark Victoria Co. |Nov 11th 1864 Nov 25 - 1896 Jan 10 - 1933 Janie Narcissa Wall Tarrant? Co. |Jun 10 1874 Nov 25 - 1896 Dec 14 - 1946 Sallie Tennessee Clark Parker Co. |Apr 2 1898 Apr 7 - 1919 Ruby Ida Clark " " | " 10th 1902 Sept. 16, 1926 Nona Stark Clark " " |Aug 20th 1904 Aug 4, 1929 Chas. J. Clark Jr. (Dick) " " |May 2nd 1907 Feb 10, 1930 Nov 20 - 1947 Janie Grace Clark " " |April 6th 1912 June 4 - 1934   * Nona Stark Clark | 8-20-1904 (someone wrote Nona's full name here and her birthday as her middle name and the "4" in her date of birth were carefully cut out of the bible.)   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (next page)   MEMORANDUM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chas. J. Clark and Janie N. Wall were married at 7 p.m. Nov 25th 1896 at the home of T. S. Wall in Weatherford, Parker Co. Texas   T. S. Wall was born Feb 23rd 1849 State of Ark. (State of Ark. was written in pencil) Mary Tennessee Sheid was born Aug 20 - 1851   T. S. Wall and Mary Tennessee Sheid were married March 8th 1869   T. S. Wall died 8:15 am Sunday (14 Apr 1929)   -mother Miriam Narcisus McElroy father John Conrad Wall