Whitley Bible
Contributed by Martha Marble
Copy of the original Bible, without a front page, was found in the Benjamin
Best folder at NSDAR Library, Washington, DC
The 3rd Generation has been deleted from the Bible for privacy reasons. This
family appears to have lived in Stantonsburg, Wilson County, NC by 1930.
The Bible has pages for places for the Grand Parents, Parents and Children
GRAND PARENTS - written in front is the word Mother's
Father's Father Williams Sherard died Dec 1857
Father's Mother Susan Holmes Sherard died July 1884
Mother's Father Benjamin Best died April 1889
Mother's Mother Loumisa Exum Best died July 1863
GRAND PARENTS
Father's Father Daniel Whitley b March 27, 1852, Princeton d June 7, 1900
Father's Mother Olivia Lane Whitley b Sept 19, 1853 d Apr 4, 1890
Mother's Father Henry Calhoun Sherard b Nov. 22nd 1850 d Feby 23, 1923
Mother's Mother Carrie Best Sherard b Nov. 9th 1851
PARENTS
Father Robert Macon Whitley b Apr. 15, 1885
Mother Anna Sherard Whitley b Feb. 9th 1892
They were married Nov. 25th 1913 Stantonsburg by H. E. Lance
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