Texas Research Ramblers
Genealogical Society

Preserving history in Bryan-College Station and the Brazos Valley

Bible Transcriptions

Batte Family Bible 1871 Title Page

THE

ILLUSTRATED

POLYGLOT

HOUSEHOLD BIBLE

CONTAINING

THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS,

WITH

THE ORGINAL READINGS AND AN ORIGINAL SELECTION OF REFERENCES TO
 PARALLEL AND ILLUSTRATIVE PASSAGES,

TOGETHER WITH

A CONCORDANCE, A COMPLETE INDEX AND CONCISE DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE; ALSO, A
FAMILY RECORD AND MANY VALUABLE TREATISES AND USEFUL TABLES,
DESIGNED TO PROMOTE AND FACILITATE THE DEVOTIONAL
STUDY OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES.

ILLUSTRATED WITH FINELY EXECUTED MAPS, STEEL PLATES, AND ENGRAVINGS FROM ORIGINAL
DRAWINGS OF PLACES CONNECTED WITH REMARKABLE EVENTS MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE.

ZIEGLER & MCCURDY
PHILADELPHIA, PENN.; CINCINNATI, OHIO;
CHICAGO, ILL.; ST. LOUIS, MO.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.

1871

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On the reverse side of the title page:

H. Hobbs, Electrotyper
Wiley, Waterman & Wexton, Printers
Hartford, Conn.

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Note:  The cover of this Hard Bound Bible has a gilded decoration - in the center is printed “J. H. Batte”

Note: Dorothy Gunter Allen Armstrong, a descendant of the Batte Family, gave the Bibles to Sam Sharp, a Rambler member.  Her mother, Mrs. Gunter, devoted an enormous amount of time to her genealogy and traced one line back to the 1100's in England.


Dorothy celebrated her 90 years just last week.

Note:  Dorothy Gunter Allen is in the 1934 Bible note written by her mother, Louise Batte Gunter (Mrs. Percy Glyndon Gunter).  The 1907 Bible shows the marriage of her mother, Louise Batte and Percy Glyndon Gunter in Nov. 1916.

Note:  These Bibles will be given to The Carnegie Center of Brazos Valley History for safekeeping.  They will be stored in the vault there and anyone wanting to view a Bible must telephone Carnegie to reserve a time.