Bible Records:
Berrian (Dixon) Dickson's Bible
The People's Standard Edition of the HOLY BIBLE, Containing the Old and New Testaments, and the Apocryphal Writings, translated from the Hebrew and Greek, and carefully compared with former Translations;
Text Conformable with the Standard of the American Bible Society: …………………. …
Entered according to Act of congress, in the year 1872, by Ziegler & McCurdy,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C.

Most of the records entered into the Bible appear to have been entered prior to Berry's marriage to Ella Morgan in 1887. The way the records are entered indicates that the Bible belonged to Berry and Nancy.

Marriages

Berryan Dickson and Nancy May were married January 4th 1844.
 
Berry Dixon and Ella Morgan were Married April 26th 1887
 
Arthur A. Largilliere and Minnie Lee Dixon were Married February 3rd 1910

Births

Berrian Dickson         Born September 25th 1823
Nancy May                  Born May 3rd 1819.

            Children born to them as follows
Laura Ellen Dickson,                 Born November 19th 1844.
Martha Florence Dickson,          Born December 13th 1846
Caroline Mandeville Dickson,     Born December 22, 1848
Evander Dickson,                         Born May 16th 1851
Fisher Alonzo Dickson,              Born October 20th 1853
Francis Marian Dickson,             Born July 27th 1856
Nancy Elizebeth Dickson,             Born May 23, 1859
Berry Isaiah Dickson,                 Born February 27th 1862

Added to list of births and is different ink and different handwriting.
Minnie Lee Dixon was Born May 23rd Wed. 1888.

Deaths

Nancy May, Wife of Berryan Dickson Died september 11th, 1886
Berrian Dixon Died December 4th 1898
Caroline Mandeville Dickson, daughter of the above Died July 10th 1859
Martha Florence Dixon Morgan Died Feb 11, 1905
Ella Dixon wife of Berrian Dixon Died January 30th 1919 Thrusday 2:10P.M.

(A folded piece of paper found in the bible contains the information that was probally used to make the entries into the bible record. Changes in the color of the ink indicates that the paper was probably started before Berry Isaiah Dickson was born in 1862.)

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