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Sawyer Family Bible.
The bible used in the Congregationalist Church, built 1841, was published in 1804. The Museum holds various family bibles dating from the early to the late 1800s, including a Norwegian bible brought by the Lister family from Norway to Canada in 1868, a People's Standard Edition of the Holy Bible (1872), a Gaelic Bible (1888). a Self-Explanatory Family Bible (1859), and the Sawyer family bible pictured here and showing genealogical entries. Josiah Sawyer was one of the first settlers in the area in 1793.
(Compton County Museum Collection / Photo - Jackie Hyman)
The bible used in the Congregationalist Church, built 1841, was published in 1804. The Museum holds various family bibles dating from the early to the late 1800s, including a Norwegian bible brought by the Lister family from Norway to Canada in 1868, a People's Standard Edition of the Holy Bible (1872), a Gaelic Bible (1888). a Self-Explanatory Family Bible (1859), and the Sawyer family bible pictured here and showing genealogical entries. Josiah Sawyer was one of the first settlers in the area in 1793.
(Compton County Museum Collection / Photo - Jackie Hyman)