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Surnames in this Bible: Gossom, Morgan, Warder

Handwritten inside the front cover:

Thompson Gossoms Book
June 10 1858

Newspaper clipping and a lock of hair found between the pages in Psalms.

Clipping reads:

Captain Elmore D. WARDER is the A.A.G. to General John H. MORGAN, and we have seen paroles given to captured Federal officers, in hi hand-writing, and drawn during the recent raid into Ohio.

Handwritten around some photos of Jesus and Moses in the Bible:

Alice Ann GOSSOM was born July 8 1857.

Thomas B. GOSSOM Jr. was born Feb 27 1861.

Newman GOSSOM was born Nov. ?? ????.

Handwritten on a blank page before the Title page of the Bible:

Alice GOSSOM died the 4 of Oct 1858.

Lucinda P. GOSSOM died Aug 4 1881.
She was 47 years old 24 of the following month.
(editor note: Does this mean she would have been 47 on the 24th of September?)

Footnotes: One of the family records pages from this Bible is very blurry. I have done my best to transcribe it. There is always the possibility of errors no matter how legible. The pages from this Bible have been scanned and can be viewed at Gossom Bible Images.

The following census records for this family were easy to locate quickly using the Census Records at Ancestry.com

1880 Federal Census records show:
Cave City, Barren County, Kentucky, Page 82B.
Thompson GOSSOM, age 57, born KY, farmer, father born VA, mother born KY.
Lucinda GOSSOM, wife, age 45, born KY, father born VA, mother born KY.
Elizabeth GOSSOM, dau, age 25, born KY, parents born KY.
Neuman GOSSOM, son, age 15, born KY, parents born KY.
Marlin PARRISH, black, age 17m born KY, laborer, parents born KY.
Narcissa THOMPSON, black, age 50, born KY, domestic service, parents born KY.
Lena THOMPSON, mulatto, age 8, born KY, domestic service, parents born KY.
Anaka SHANNON, black, age 24, born KY, domestic service, parents born KY.

1900 Federal Census Records show:
Osage Township, Bates County, Missouri
Thompson GOSSOM, born May 1829, age 71, born KY, father born VA, mother born KY.
Elizabeth GOSSOM, daughter, born Aug 1855, age 44, born KY, parents born KY.
Newman GOSSOM, son, born Sept 1868, age 31, Advertising Agent, born KY, parents born KY.