Recycling Memories

THE ISAAC TRUMBULL BIBLE 

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The Bible of Isaac Trumble (1808-1849) of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, was obtained in 1994 from Marty Wade of Monroe, Michigan. Her father, a lover of old books employed by a paper company in the Detroit area, rescued the ancient volume from a consignment about to be pulped and recycled into corrugated carton. There is no known connection between Isaac and any Michigan Trumble families nor is it known how the Bible might have gotten to Michigan. The Bible contains valuable genealogical information about a little-known branch of the family. The inscriptions on the flyleaf might be interpreted to mean that Isaac Trumble's Bible was passed to his daughter Sarah and then in turn to Sarah's niece, Anna Young, who may have lived in Midland, Michigan. 

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The book measures 8 cm x 17.5 cm, with a well-worn leather binding. A few magazine clippings, one hand dated 1875, and a small piece of needlepoint are inserted in the book. [FLYLEAF] [in ink] Isaac Trumble's Book May the 5th 1830- [in ink, very faint,different hand] Sarah M. Trumble Book* A. [illeg.] [in pencil, child's hand] Mis Anna Youngs Midland 

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[TITLE PAGE]

THE HOLY BIBLE,

CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS:

TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES,

AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED.

STEREOTYPED BY J. HOWE, PHILADELPHIA. HARTFORD: PUBLISHED BY SILAS ANDRUS. SOLD ALSO BY BOOKSELLERS GENERALLY.

1827. 

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[BLANK PAGES PASTED BETWEEN THE TESTAMENTS all in the same hand, probably written in one or two sittings]