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The only Mottice Family Bible I know to be currently in existence is one originally owned by John Mottice and Catharine Gross, so it probably dates from around 1860. It was in the possession of Robert N. Mottice (John's grandson), and before that, of his son Grant Mottice and his wife, Frances Dieringer.
I only saw this Bible one time before my father (Robert Neil) passed away in 2003. I speculate that it might have come into his possession after his sister, Ruth Mottice Garster, died. Frances Dieringer lived with her for a number of years prior to her death, and family items like this Bible may well have been kept by Ruth.
I found the Bible as I went through my father's (Robert Neil Mottice) things after he died. I found it stowed away in an unlikely corner of the basement in a box of unrelated items. I had been looking for it for some time and was delighted to find it, although it wasn't quite the treasure trove of data I had hoped.
The Bible contains pertinent information on essentially 2 generations of Mottices -- 3 if you count John and Catharine. Their children and grandchildren are identified here, but nothing of John and Catharine's siblings or parents. There are, however, some death dates for John and Catharine's generation.
The information is written in several hands, but I have no indication as to whose. The odds are, however, that the only contributors were John, Catharine, Grant, and Frances.
The Bible itself is in pretty bad shape, with the cover largely rotted off and a number of pages rotted or torn. The written family information comes from the center section of the Bible, and there are only a handful of pages. In addiion to family data there are a few other pages, including a photo which I do not recognize. The signature underneath is undecipherable to me.
