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From: "Marie L. Scott" <>
Subject: [OHMAHONI-L] Re: FAMILY BIBLE NEEDS TO FIND HOME
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1998 12:51:23 -0500

>
> > Hi,
> > Got this in my e-mail and thought you might want to pass it along to
> > someone who might be the family member who would love to have this.
> > Hope
> > someone finds the owner...
> > ..
> > Forwarded from another list.
> > >>Subject: Bible needs a family:Stough,Welk,Wantz
> > just passing this along.......article clipped from a newspaper:
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > "VIRGINIAN REVIEW - Sat 15 Aug 1998." It had the heading "VA
> > >MAN TRYING TO FIND FAMILY TO RETURN BIBLE.'
> > The article reads "YORK, Pa. - A Virginia man is trying to return a 100
> > year old Bible to the descendants of a York County, PA family.
> > But finding them has not been an easy matter.
> >
> > Julian Gordon of Newport News, VA.
> > > Came into possession of the Bible last year, when his father-in-law
> > died.
> > His father-in-law had purchased the Bible in 1973 at an auction
> > in Delta.
> > But trying to find the family, Gordon doesn't have much to go on
> > -- just a few names written inside and eight photographs. The name
> > that occurs frequently is Stough.
> > The York County telephone lists about 145 numbers for homes and
> > businesses under that name. Gordon tried calling some of the Stoughs.
> > A few were openly skeptical, apparently think the call was some kind of
> > hoax..............."
> > Inscriptions, photographs, and papers inside the bible tell: "it was
> > given to Harry Isaiah Stough by his mother, Savannah on 25 Dec
> > 1885.
> > Harry had a brother named Ammon, who married Minnie F Welk.
> > They had at least three children: Marie Florence; Laroy George; and
> > Raymond Welk.
> > Other papers mention Sevannia Wantz Stough and Lydia Wantz. The
> > pictures were taken at Jeffres Art Studio in York.
> > Mr Julian Gordon, according to the newspaper article has said he
> > will send the bible and contents to anybody who can tie their family
> > to Ammon and Harry Stough.
> > The newspaper quotes him "It's there. I'll send it to them. I'll pay
> > the postage,"
> >
> > This will be quite a find if the right family can be located.
> >
> > Please pass this message on to other lists. We would all appreciate
> > finding it if it was our family bible.
> >
> > [my guess is you contact tje Virginia Review, or the York PA newspapers
> > if this is your family -elin]
> >
> > ________________________________________________________________

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