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Bonta/Banta Family Bible
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These are copies from pages in the Lyons/Bonta Family Bible. I am currently in possession of this Bible (it is not in very good condition).
I don’t know when this Family Bible began it’s journey down through the Lyons/Bonta generations, but I am assuming it began with Abraham & Barbara Jane (Moore) Lyons, who were married November 1st, 1854. I assume it then went to either their daughter, Sarrena ‘Alice’ Lyons or Phillip D. Lyons (both my great-great grandparents in a weird way!) Alice’s daughter, Florence Eden Bonta married Phillip’s son (yes… they were first cousins), Marcus Sherman Lyons, who were my great-grandparents, and this is who my mom got this Family Bible from. Marcus Sherman & Florence Eden (Bonta) Lyons (see photo on HOME page) had several children who died as infants, but two sons who lived to adulthood; one being my maternal grandfather, Marcus Thomas Sherman Lyons (1919-1985).
I remember my great-grandmother (Florence Eden Bonta-Lyons) very well, but unfortunately, I never knew my great-grandfather (Marcus Sherman Lyons). |
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