Family Records in the American Bible Collection

Dunham, Albert (1804-1845) and Sylvia Cowles (1803-1893)

Description

1830 Bible published by Samuel T. Armstrong, and Crocker and Brewster, Boston, MA – six-volume set

Bible 2022.9

Marriages

  • Albert Dunham to Sylvia Cowles. February 24, 1825.
  • George S. Woodruff to Sylvia Jane Dunham. July 4, 1847.
  • Samuel Cowles Dunham to Augusta H. Recor. August 29, 1847.
  • Junius Wheeler Woodruff to Flora Belle Paine.
  • Fred Junius Woodruff to Jessie B. Woodruff.

Births

Children of Albert Dunham (b. August 20, 1804) and Sylvia Cowles (b. February 22, 1803):

  • Samuel Cowles Dunham. December 9, 1825.
  • Henry Dunham. October 5, 1827.
  • Sylvia Jane Dunham. February 15, 1830.
  • Sarah Dunham. April 24, 1832.
  • Martha Maria Dunham. December 28, 1833.
  • Mary Leonard Dunham. Mary 18, 1836.
  • Phineas Leonard Dunham. December 1, 1840.

Children of George S. Woodruff (b. October 7, 1825) and Sylvia J. Dunham:

  • Jane Elizabeth Woodruff. March 4, 1848.
  • Albert Dunham Woodruff. September 3, 1849.
  • May Jane Woodruff. February 26, 1853.
  • Junius Whaler Woodruff. September 16, 1854.
  • Edgar Woodruff. July 16, 1858.
  • George Woodruff. January 24, 1860.
  • Frank Henry Woodruff. February 6, 1863.
  • John Clearland Woodruff. October 24, 1865.
  • Francis Cowles. July 4, 1871.

Birth records from page inserts:

  • Junius Wheeler Woodruff. 1854. Location: Connecticut.
  • Flora Belle Paine. 1860. Location: Albany, New York.
  • Daughter of Junius and Flora [Paine] Woodruff. August 6, 1884.
  • Fred Junius Woodruff. January 21, 1890. Location: Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. Son of Junius and Flora [Paine] Woodruff.

Deaths

  • Albert Dunham. October 31, 1845. Location: Currituck County, North Carolina.
  • Sylvia Dunham. December 3, 1893.

Children of Albert and Sylvia Dunham:

  • Sarah Dunham. February 15, 1833.
  • Martha Maria. May 5, 1835.
  • Mary Leonard. January 27, 1837.
  • Phinehas L. Dunham. Wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2 and died July 17, 1863. He was a member of the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment.

Children of George S. and Sylvia J. Woodruff:

  • Jane Elizabeth. March 21, 1848.
  • May Jane. October 23, 1864.
  • Albert Dunham. December 20, 1867.
  • Francis Cowles. December 6, 1897.
  • Frank Henry. November 7, 1864.

Death records from page inserts:

  • June Woodruff. August 26, 1920.
  • Fred J. Woodruff. January 26, 1965. Location: 659 Dakota N., Huron, South Dakota. Aged 75 years. Arteriosclerotic heart disease with congestive heart failure; auricular fibrillation.

Notes

  • (On inside page) “This sett of Family bibles is sent to Sylvia Dunham during our pleasure by her parents, Rufus and Rachel Cowles.”
  • (Quarter Century page insert) “This Certifies, that Luke(?) Woodruff is a contributor to the million dollar anniversary reunion fund of the Presbyterian Church, through the Sunday School of the 1st Presbyterian Church of Faribault, Minn.” Signed by “Anna Smallidge, October 6, 1895.”