Contributions to the Historical Society of Montana . land to Ireland; fromIreland to the United States in 1726. Its home was tirst inChester County, Pennsylvania, then in Virginia, Kentucky,,Illinois, Iowa, and now in the far western state of Montana. This Bible is by some called the Rutherford Bible as theWalkers are descendants of the Rutherfords of Scotland. In the family register given in the Bible is the name ofJohn McKnight, born in 1627. The old names written in theBible, more than two centuries ago, are as distinct as if writ-ten yesterday. The Bible was entailed to the oldest child.*T
Contributions to the Historical Society of Montana . land to Ireland; fromIreland to the United States in 1726. Its home was tirst inChester County, Pennsylvania, then in Virginia, Kentucky,,Illinois, Iowa, and now in the far western state of Montana. This Bible is by some called the Rutherford Bible as theWalkers are descendants of the Rutherfords of Scotland. In the family register given in the Bible is the name ofJohn McKnight, born in 1627. The old names written in theBible, more than two centuries ago, are as distinct as if writ-ten yesterday. The Bible was entailed to the oldest child.*Tlie first record in the Bible of the ones inheriting it is vim HISTORICAl. SOCIETY OF MONTANA. as follows: James Rutherford died April 26, 1768, and leftthe Bible to his eldest daughter, Jean Walker Hudson, whodied October 15. 1777, and left the Bible to her eldest daugh-ter, ]\Iargaret Hudson, who married John Widker. Marga-ret Hudson Walker died October 23d, 1782, and left theBible to her eldest daughter, Jean Walker, who marriedJoseph JOSEPH C. WALKER. Jean Walker Patterson died December 23, 1810, and leftthe Bible to her eldest son, John Patterson; at his death heleft the Bible to his brother, Col. William Patterson. Hedied October 23, 1888, and left the Bible to his eldestdaughter, Mary Ann Creel Patterson, of Keokuk, Iowa. Shedied August 15, 1898, and left the old Bible to her eldestliving daughter, Abba Beatrice Creel Walker (Mrs. A. ) of Anaconda, Montana. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HISTORY. 365 Her son, David Creel Walker, will inherit the Bible. Hewas the first child baptized in the First Presbyterian Churchof Helena, his mother being one of the charter members ofthat church. The old Bible has been in many lands and many names, itis now back in the Walker name, but in all of its wanderings,it has never strayed from the Presbyterian fold. (Mr. Joseph C. Walker, a brother of Mr. A. M. Walker,now of Lewistown, Montana, was also a charter member ofthe Helena
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