Bratcher Bible

Newman W. Bratcher Family Bible

Submitted by Bill Freeman
Original in the possession of Mrs. Audrey Townsend, Florence, Alabama.

Marriage Record Page (for principal couple only)
uninscribed.

Births
Charity Bratcher Oct 4th 1820
John Bratcher Jan. 17th 1822
William Bratcher Mar 31 1824
N W Bratcher Apr – 10th 1832
Louisa Bratcher March 25 – 1843
Nancy Bratcher Aug 25 – 1866
Charlie Bratcher July 7, 1869
Starlin Bratcher Sept 19 1873
Loucinda Bratcher July 19 1876
Lee Bratcher Mar. 19- 1879
Eli Bratcher June 19 1881
Leona Bratcher Oct 5 1882
Mack Bratcher May 7 1886

Deaths
N. W. Bratcher Dec 24th 1911
Louisa Bratcher Dec 15th 1905  59 yrs 8 m 23 d
Mack Bratcher Feb 14th 1918 31 yr 8 m 21 day
Leona Bratcher Grimes April 7th 1920
Lee Bratcher June 5th 1929 51 years[?]
Nancy Bratcher Morgan Nov. 16 1946
Starling Bratcher March 26 1947
Charlie Bratcher Died July 3rd 1953
Lucinda Bratcher Died Feb 21st 1960
Eli Bratcher Died Nov. 5th 1972
[last three entries on Deaths page appear to be in a different handwriting]

[End of Record]

Several pages of photographs in back of Bible.

[Note: This Bible Record only lists Newman’s three siblings – the first three entries on the Births page; and his children by his second wife, Louisa Fowler. His children by his first wife, Jane (Whitten?) are not listed in the record.]

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