In my post yesterday, I referred to the Henry W. Schmidt/Smith Family Bible. My mother has copies of the Birth, Marriage, and Death pages which I have scanned. Mom told me who she believes has the actual Bible, but it slips my mind at the moment. Hope to have that info soon. Also, I got some interesting emails in response to the post, which provide some personal insights on Henry William. I need to check with the authors of those notes, to see if they mind having their insights shared with the rest of you. Please feel free to use the comment line beneath the post to share your thoughts with others. But if you wish your comments to remain personal, just shoot me an email. I promise not to "put it out there" unless you are agreeable.

Here is my transcription of the Bible. I believe the Bible to be the Word of God without error, but that obviously doesn't apply to the Birth, Marriage and Death Records that have been written in. There are some obvious errors. Perhaps you will notice others that I have missed. Off to the side I will add comments in brackets. Again, please feel free to comment on any aspect of this.

p. 1 “Family Record, Marriages:

Frank M. Schmidt & Catharine A. Schmidt, Nov. 4th, 1869"

p. 2 “Family Record, Births: [of Frank and Catarine Schmidt's sons and daughters-in-law]

Hattie M. Smith, b. 11/27/1879; d. 2/10/1960, 80y 2m 13d [Hattie Maud Jack, wife of Henry W. Smith]

Callie Smith, b. 4/27/1868; d. 5/29/1944, 76y 1m 2d [Carolyn "Callie" Englebrecht, wife of Charles Michael Smith]

Louis Simon Pfenning, b. 10/28/1886, d. 10/3/1967, 86y 11m 5d [husband of Anna "Annie" M. Smith]

Emma E. Smith, b. 10/30/1885, d. 7/24/1971, 85y 8m" [Emma Elizabeth Brautigam, wife of Francis Frederick Smith]

p. 3 “Family Record, Deaths: [Frank M. & Catharine A. Schmidt and their children and Frank's father]

Christena A. Schmidt, June 22, 1875

Margata M. Schmidt, July 23, 1878

Mr. Michael Schmidt Sen., May 14, 1878 [Frank's father]

Dory Schmidt, Feb 20, 1886

Lucinda Schmith [as it was actually spelled], Jan 4, 1888 [her birth and death year have both been overwritten, either changed from 1888 to 1889 or (as it appears to me) from 1889 to 1888--see below]

Cathern(sic) A. Smith, April 23, 1917 [mother "Catharine" Amarella Wilson Schmidt]

Frank M. Smith, June 24, 1918 [father]

Mrs. Athur (Amelia) Bechdolt, March 5, 1913

Charles M. Smith, Dec. 14, 1946

Henry W. Smith, Mar. 25, 1959

Fred F. Smith, June 10, 1952[(sic)] [Headstone at Greenlawn Cemetery gives the year as 1956]

(Rosa) Mrs. Raymond Synder[(sic)], March 9, 1960 [Rosa married Raymond "Snyder"]

Mrs. Louis Pfenning (Anna), Feb 9, 1975"

p. 4 “Family Record, Births: [parents and ten children]

Frank M. Schmidt, Aug. 26, 1847

Catharine A. Schmidt, Feb. 4, 1847

Charles M. Schmidt, Sep. 16, 1870

Christena A. Schmidt, Jul. 29, 1872 [died age 2]

Margrata M. Schmidt, Feb. 3, 1875 [died age 3]

William Henry Schmidt, Jan. 2, 1877 [actually Henry William]

Frank Frederic Schmidt, Feb. 1, 1879

Anna M. Schmidt, August 5, 1880

Amelia Elizibeth Schmidt, Nov. 5, 1882

Feb. 4, Rose Schmidt, 1885 [also given as Rosa, elsewhere; she and Dory were twins]

Feb 4, Dory Schmidt, 1885 [died age 16 days]

Jan. 4, Lucinda Schmidt, 1888" [died same day]

[Pages 5-8 follow Henry William (son of Frank M. & Catharine A. Schmidt), wife Hattie and his five children]

p. 5 “Family Register, Parents’ Names:

Husband: Henry W. Smith, Born Jan. 2, 1877, Son of Frank M. Smith and Catherine A. Wilson Smith

Wife: Hattie M. Jack Smith, Born Nov. 27, 1879 at Babcock Mills Penn., Daughter of John Jack and Clementine Rimmel Jack"

p. 6 “Deaths:

H. W. Smith died March 25, 1959

Hattie M. Smith passed away Feb 10, 1960"

p. 7 “Marriages:

Henry W. Smith and Hattie M. Jack married June 3, 1903

William Henry Smith and Ethel Jane Barrett were married Nov. 27, 1929

Leland Elbert Smith and Lucille Levada Valentine were married June 18, 1930

Mary Marguerite Smith and Ray Dwight Kantner were married July 29, 1931

[no marriage record was recorded for Luella Marie Smith]

Kathaleen Clementine Smith and Bryan Rogers Hefner were married March 17, 1938" [actually April 17, 1938]

p. 8 “Births:

William Henry Smith was born Monday Aug. 19, 1907

Leland Elbert Smith was born Sat. Oct 16, 1909

Mary Marguerite Smith was born Sun. July 30, 1911

Luella Marie Smith was born Mon. June 14, 1915

Kathaleen Clementine Smith was born Mon. Aug. 26, 1918”

Here are the birth and death records for Lucinda. What do you think, should it be 1888 or 1889?

Birth:

Death: