James Ransom Worrell Family Bible


Hand lettered inside front cover of Bible: JR Worrell's Book, Feb 8, 1878.

Copied exactly as written in Bible.  Items in (  ) are my additions.

Births:

Davis Worrell            Dec. 15, 1822                      Grandfather of all
Mary Jane Worrell        April 7, 1822 (line thru date)     Grandmother of all
James Ransom Worrell was born Jan. 12, 1845     (Son of Davis & Mary Jane Worrell)
Amanda Jane Worrell was born Oct 7, 1840        (Wife of JR & Daughter of Gabriel & Millie White Robertson)
Noah Turner Worrell was born Dec 12, 1866       (Son of JR and Amanda Robertson Worrell)
Mary Caroline Worrell was born Nov. 1, 1869     (Daughter of JR & Amanda -  called Mollie)
Maria Jane Worrell was born June 1, 1879        (Daughter of JR & Amanda - called Jennie)
Twin, brother to M.J. was born June 1, 1879     (Son of JR & Amanda Worrell, died at birth)
Jimmie Worrell was born Dec. 23, 1885           (Daughter of JR & Amanda Worrell)
Hershel Hill Burnett  Jan. 22, 1898             (Son of Samuel Henry & Mary Catherine Worrell)
Dallas Bradford Burnett April 16, 1901          (Son of Samuel Henry & Mary Catherine Worrell)
Samuel Henry Fentress Burnett Feb. 19, 1903     (Son of Samuel Henry & Mary Catherine Worrell)
James Leon Burnett  Sept 19, 1905               (Son of Samuel Henry & Mary Catherine Worrell)
Macy Amanda Burnett April 16, 1907              (Daughter of Samuel Henry & Mary Catherine Worrell)
Dorsey Oscar Burnett Aug. 31, 1910              (Son of Samuel Henry & Mary Catherine Worrell)
Janie Mae Eason May 4, 1903                     (Daughter of WB & Maria Jane (Jennie) Worrell Eason)
Jimmie Eason  Sept 4, 1905                      (Daughter of WB & Maria Jane (Jennie) Worrell Eason)
Nellie Glen Eason  Oct 1, 1910                  (Daughter of WB & Maria Jane (Jennie) Worrell Eason)
Caroline Rose Burnett Oct 25, 1920              (Daughter of Hershel & Ina Henderson Burnett)
Bettye Jean Burnett  Feb 25, 1926               (Daughter of Hershel & Ina Henderson Burnett)
Lillian Cornell Burnett  Sept 16, 1928          (Daughter of Dallas & Opha English Burnett)
Little Mollie Christine Burnett  May 22, 1936   (Daughter of Leon & Velma Burnett)
Little Samuel Frank Burnett, Sunday April 18, 1937     (Son of Dorsey & Francis Ryan Burnett)
Lettie Jane Luckman                             (Daughter of Arthur & Janie Mae Eason Luckman)
WF Perry Feb 15, 1873                      *Bible sates that "William Perry & Eva Hall were no 
Mrs. WF Perry nee Eva Hall July            relation to the family. They lived & worked with the  
	Worrell's & Burnett's.

Family record:

J.T. Burnett and Macy Jones were married in the A.D. 1865 29th day of August.

John Wiley Burnett, son of Thomas & Macy Burnett was born July the 19th, 1866.  
     Departed this life  ____ the in the A.D. 1872. Age 5 years, 9 months, 15 days old.

Samuel Henry Burnett, son of Thomas and Macy Burnett was born June the 8th, A.D. 1871.

Mollie Burnett was born Nov 1, 1869.


Deaths:

Noah Turner Worrell            May 29, 1870		
Little Twin                    June 1, 1879
Little Infant                  Sept 24, 1884    (Child of JR & Amanda Worrell)
Jimmie Worrell                 Nov. 6, 1905	
JR Worrell                     May 31, 1916
Amanda Jane Worrell            June 21, 1922
Samuel Henry Fentress          Sept 7 (or 8) 
Macy Amanda Burnett            Oct 3, 1909
Mrs. Janie (Jennie) Eason      Feb. 13, 1931    Maria Jane Worrell
Mrs. Macy R. Burnett           Feb 10,  (1928)  (wife of JT Burnett)
Davis Worrell                  April 13, 1893
Mary Jane Seal ?Worrell        Dec 9, 1857
Mary Caroline Worrell Burnett  May 7, 1940
Samuel Henry Burnett           March 9, 1848
Dallas Bradford Burnett        May 22, 1974
Hershel Hill Burnett           Jan 4, 1978


Marriages:

Mary Caroline Worrell to S. H. (Samuel Henry) Burnett     Feb 18, 1897
Maria Jane Worrell to Dr. W.B. (William Bergman) Eason    (December 21, 1898)
Hershel Hill Burnett to Ina Henderson                 Oct. 11, 1918
Dallas Bradford Burnett to Opha English               April 11, 1923
Janie Mae Eason to Arthur Luckman                     (1925)
WF Perry to Eva Thompson Hall                         Dec 28, 1924
Leon Burnett to Velma Jones                           May 25, 1931
Dorsey Oscar Burnett to Francis Ryan                  Aug. 25, 1934
Mollie Christine Burnett to Wm. Trump Bird            March 21, 1959


Certificate page in Bible:
This certifies that the Rite of Holy Matrimony was celebrated between JR Worrell of Johnson's Grove and
Amanda J. Robertson of Johnson's Grove on January 2, 1866 at 5 p.m. by Esquire H.H. Fife. 
H.C. Winburn Tucker, Witnesses.

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