Baskin Bible,
Philadelphia, Jesper Harding & Son 1859
Cover:
Presented to B.F. Baskin by the West Greenville Presbyterian Church Sabbath School as a token of regard for his service as superintendent
Inside Cover:
Obituary of Mrs. Elizabeth Baskin nee Yeager wife of
B.F. Baskin reads:
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Baskin.
Died at her home in Mercer, on Saturday, November 29, 1884, Mrs. Elizabeth E.
Baskin, aged 62 years.
Mrs. Baskin's last sickness lasted about three weeks, her sufferings during that time being intense, but they were borne with the same Christian patience and fortitude that were marked characteristics of her life. She clung to the Cross and looked up to her Redeemer, and when at last the angel summoned her, and she was joined with the shining ones above, it was as a tired child who had found repose. Death came "as a thief in the night" and stole her away, but he found her not unprepared. Her last words before she peacefully slept away were, "Not my will, but Thine be done"
Mrs. Baskin was a lady of many excellent qualities of the heart and mind, qualities that endeared her to those with whom she walked in daily life. She was gentle and patient, loving and kind. During a life full of more than ordinary vicissitudes she was ever patient, submissive and cheerful, and she always lived more for others than for herself. She early gave her heart to God, and for years had been a consistent member of the First Presbyterian church of Mercer.
Mrs. Baskin was a daughter of the late Michael and Cynthia
Yeager, of Mercer, and was born October 10, 1822. She leaves two children to mourn to loss of a loving mother, and they have the sympathy of all in their great affliction. Two sisters,
Mrs. Josiah McJunkin, of this place, and Mrs. James C.
Eyster, of Philadelphia, and one brother, Dr. G.W.
Yeager, of Mercer, also survive her. She was united in marriage to the late
B.F. Baskin, December 30, 1852. She long survived her husband. With the exception of a few years of her married life, she passed her life in the place where she was born,
among many of the friends and schoolmates of her early years, some of whom survive her, and they will long mourn the death of one whom they loved and respected from their childhood.
The funeral services were held on Monday forenoon by Rev. J.V.
Stockton, assisted Rev. G. W. Zahniser, when her mortal remains were consigned to their last
resting place.
Newspaper: unknown
Date: week of Sunday Nov. 30, 1884
Inside:
On card:
Lillian Baskin Decr 25th 74
On ruled paper :
James Franklin Baskin July 8 1852 (maybe 1850)
Thomas Baskin
Jane Yeager Baskin was born Dec 26, 1853
Elizabeth Emeline Baskin (Lillian Thorn) born Feb 7, 1856
Alice Baskin was born July 20 (?) 1857
Roselie Baskin was born July 17 1858
John Benjamin Baskin was born May 16 1860
James Franklin Baskin was born July 14 1850 (this entry was crossed out)
Deaths
Benjamin Franklin Baskin died July 8th 1862 aged 43 years
Jane Yeager Baskin died July 18th 1854 aged 7 months
Alice Baskin, died Aug 17, 1857 aged 1 month
Rosalie Baskin died Sept 1st 1858, aged 6 weeks
Lillian (E.E. Baskin) Thorn died Jany 13 1893
On unlined paper dated 1862 :
A lengthy letter from the Mercer Co. Bar regarding the death of B.F.
Baskin.
A pressed flower (lily)
On the record pages in the bible:
Mrs. Lillian Thorne died Jan 13th 1892
Mrs. William Thorne died Feb 21 1891 (very faint)
Newspaper clipping ca. 1873:
Poem of the Soverigns of England
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