Bible of Benjamine Zirkle, Sr. & Wife, Deceased
Who Lived at Mt. Horeb
From transcriptions prepared by W. A. Lyle, of Jefferson County, and subsequently typed and published by the Works Progress Administration under the title Jefferson County Bible Records.
Transcribed for this site from the WPA volume by Doris Kinser Fountain. We are extremely grateful to her.
Researchers Note: this is a transcription of a transcription of a transcription. Therefore, every item must be verified through separate sources.
Possession: John Zirkle, Dandridge, TN, RFD #1
Transcription: July 8, 1937
Births:
Benjamine Zirkle, Sr, was born Aug. 25, 1815
Susannah Penniwitte was born Feb. 18, A. D., 1818
Sarah C. was born Sept. 5, 1839
Mary S. was born Jan. 26, 1841
Lydia J. was born Feb. 5, 1844
George A. was born March 12, 1846
Hannah R. was born Jan. 31, 1851
Eleanor L. was born Jan. 31, 1851
Barbara E. was born Nov. 6, 1853
Nancy V. was born April 28, 1856
Emily Ann was born Jan. 1, 1859
John P. was born Oct. 25, 1862
Deaths:
Eleanor Louisa departed this life May 22, 1860
Nancy Virginia departed this life March 9, 1866
Sarah C. Funkhouser died March 25, 1875
John W. Funkhouser departed this life Aug. 3, 1880
Marriages:
Benjamine Zirkle and Susanna Pennywitts (sic) were married September
5, 1838
Sarah C. was married to John H. Funkhouser 13th of Feb. 1868
Hannah R. married to Charles F. Allen 12th of Nov. (sic)
Lydia Jane was married to James H. Bell the 12th of November 1873, died
Nov. 3, 1883
George Adam was married to Florence O. Wisdom Jan. 27, 1876
Emma Ann was married March 28, 1883, to W. C. Bryan
B. E. was married to J. H. Bell, Dec. 10, 1884
J. P. married March 25, 1885, to Allie Hinkel
Deaths:
Lydia Jane Bell departed this life Nov. 3, 1899
Mary S. Zirkle departed this life March 3, 1898
H. A. Zirkle departed this life Sept. 3, 1910
Florence O. Zirkle departed this life Dec. 29, 1916
Susan Zirkle Dec. 26, 1893
Charles F. Allen departed this life March 29, 1907
Barbara E. Bell departed this life Dec. 1, 1920
W. C. Bryan departed this life July 13, 1928
Marriages:
J. P. Zirkle to A. C. Hinkle March 25, 1885
Laura Crimora was married to Robert J. Leeper Dec. 13th 1909
Benjamine Henry was married to Margret Tomlinson Feb. 11, 1917
Minnie Elizabeth was married to Wrex Dockrey June 26, 1921
Births:
Laura Cimora born Oct. 29, 1886
Henry Benjamine was born June 26, 1894
Minnie Elizabeth born June 8, 1898