Mordecai Bible was a school director in the old school district 13th of Cocke County,TN . Mr Bible grew up in the eastern Appalachian smoky mountains on the family farm in Del Rio, TN where he enjoyed teaching and playing blue grass music, the Bibles were self made people, they were very skilled carpenters and craftsmen during their time with carpentry construction and wood carving , the Bibles could hand build construct just about anything from their houses, barns , churches, schools, mercantile stores, water gris mill and horse drawn wagons. Mordecai Bible,s family were the Original Pioneers of Del Rio, Tennessee who built the small mountain town, an 1880s train used to make a stop near Del Rio,TN along the French Broad river and the Bibles would ride the train to near by big city Newport, TN for it,s time and the old Bible home place was featured in country music video produced by actor, musician and song writer Billy Bob Thorton and was featured on CMT country music videos, the name of the video is called "That Mountain" and can be viewed on YOU TUBE VIDEOS , sadly the Bible old home place no longer stands today, but can be remembered in the film. Mordecai Bible was a hard worker who wanted to make a better life for everyone.

Information provided by uncles,aunts,parents,and grandparents and local Tennessee historians.Special thanks to CMT Television and Bible ancestors that still live in the area working to preserve the history.If you are directly related to Mort and would like to contribute with family information or photos,please let us know asap.
(( Our Great Great Grandfather ))

Bible / Biebel Family

Family 1st wife of Mort Bible Mary Griffith
Married About 1869, Cocke, TN
Children
1. James Andrew Bible, born in 1872 , Cocke County, TN
2. Jacob C. Bible born 1876 , Cocke County, TN

Family 2nd wife Sarah E. Teague born in 31 Jan, 1859
Married 27 Apr 1879 Cocke county, TN
Children
1. John Reuben Bible born. 13 Apr 1880, Del Rio, Cocke, TN
2. William Allen Bible born.10 Apr 1882, Del Rio,Cocke, TN
3. Edward Bible born. 25 Aug 1884, Del Rio, Cocke, TN
4. Lloyd Bible born. 1885, Cocke, TN
5. Zachariah Bible born. 21 Apr 1887, Del Rio, Cocke, TN
6. Mary Caroline Bible born. 28 Aug 1889, Cocke, TN
7. Arbella Bible born. 5 Jul 1896, Del Rio, Cocke, TN
8. Tillman Bible born. 22 Nov 1899, Del Rio, Cocke, TN

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Child # 2 William Allen Bible find a grave # 32791316
Child # 8 Tillman Bible find a grave # 32791278
Child # 3 Edward Bible find a grave # 21766587
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Possible Family 3 to Mary Clark
Marriage 6 Jul 1912 Cocke county, Tennessee

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