Mason County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 103 Shelton, WA 98584-0103 The Mason Log Volume 11 Issue 5 December 30, 2013 January meeting • Thursday, Jan 2nd • 7:00 p.m. Start time • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 12th & Connection • Membership dues - single: $15.00 Couple: $20.00 • Find us on the web at http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wamcgs/ The inside scoop • My Mail Bag • What’s in a name • My Middle Names • Member’s Corner - DNA News • Letters from the editor Stan’s Mail Call (Part 2) Last month I told you about the Merrick Family Bible. On Thursday December 19th , Susie and I went to Portland to meet my cousin Kirk and his wife Olivia for dinner and the change of ownership of the Merrick Family Bible took place. Before dinner he gave me the bible and I gave him copies of letters from his mother and grandmother. Turns out he had very few letters from either one of them and was glad to have them. When we got home I looked at the bible. It was old, copyrighted in 1851. Edward Clinton (EC) Merrick and his wife Maria were married in 1846 so this probably was their second bible. The information that started me on my quest to find it hadn’t changed. Rats. I suppose I was hoping for secret information written in invisible ink that in time had suddenly turned visible. This bible has seen a lot of use and I believe it was probably used by EC when he was a circuit preacher in Ohio and later used in Washington D.C. when he was the preacher at Waugh Methodist-Episcopal church. When my Mom told me that the word of God carried weight, she was talking about this bible. It weighs six pounds and is lavishly illustrated. EC also did several stints as a professor in several Methodist-Episcopal Colleges in Ohio and Illinois. He taught mathematics and natural history. His math skills were such that he was recruited by the Lincoln administration in 1862 to come work in D.C. at the IRS. Yes, they’ve been around that long. He was transferred to various departments, General Land Office and Department of Agriculture to help straighten out their financial records. He finally settled in at Agriculture as Second Clerk where he worked till he passed away. , OCR Text: Mason County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 103 Shelton, WA 98584-0103 The Mason Log Volume 11 Issue 5 December 30, 2013 January meeting • Thursday, Jan 2nd • 7:00 p.m. Start time • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 12th & Connection • Membership dues - single: $15.00 Couple: $20.00 • Find us on the web at http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wamcgs/ The inside scoop • My Mail Bag • What’s in a name • My Middle Names • Member’s Corner - DNA News • Letters from the editor Stan’s Mail Call (Part 2) Last month I told you about the Merrick Family Bible. On Thursday December 19th , Susie and I went to Portland to meet my cousin Kirk and his wife Olivia for dinner and the change of ownership of the Merrick Family Bible took place. Before dinner he gave me the bible and I gave him copies of letters from his mother and grandmother. Turns out he had very few letters from either one of them and was glad to have them. When we got home I looked at the bible. It was old, copyrighted in 1851. Edward Clinton (EC) Merrick and his wife Maria were married in 1846 so this probably was their second bible. The information that started me on my quest to find it hadn’t changed. Rats. I suppose I was hoping for secret information written in invisible ink that in time had suddenly turned visible. This bible has seen a lot of use and I believe it was probably used by EC when he was a circuit preacher in Ohio and later used in Washington D.C. when he was the preacher at Waugh Methodist-Episcopal church. When my Mom told me that the word of God carried weight, she was talking about this bible. It weighs six pounds and is lavishly illustrated. EC also did several stints as a professor in several Methodist-Episcopal Colleges in Ohio and Illinois. He taught mathematics and natural history. His math skills were such that he was recruited by the Lincoln administration in 1862 to come work in D.C. at the IRS. Yes, they’ve been around that long. He was transferred to various departments, General Land Office and Department of Agriculture to help straighten out their financial records. He finally settled in at Agriculture as Second Clerk where he worked till he passed away. , Mason County Genealogical Society,Mason Logs,Mason Logs,2014,V11 I5 MCGS Jan 2014 newsletter.pdf,V11 I5 MCGS Jan 2014 newsletter.pdf Page 1, V11 I5 MCGS Jan 2014 newsletter.pdf Page 1