Bible's Cover: The cover is tooled leather with gold embossing and measures 10 inches by 12 inches, is three inches thick and weighs 8.5 pounds.
The leading page is outlined in a red border and has the words "Holy Bible" and the lines "Apocrypa, Concordance, and Psalms of David in Metre" and " beautifully illustrated" printed in red.
Bible's Flyleaf
Bible Marriage Record: Charles David Poythress marriage to Indiana Twisdale on December 8, 1870 at the home of Mr. James H. Twisdale, Indiana's father.
Bible Family Record
Charles David Poythress Family Picture. Left to right: father Charles David Poythress, Charles Vance Poythress, James Sneed Poythress, John Alexander Poythress, mother Indiana Peru (nee Twisdale) Poythress, Benjamin Edison Poythress (toddler), and in front seated is Effie Poythress.
John Alexander Poythress, Sr. family portrait taken about 1915. John Alexander is the son of Charles David (pictured as a young man in the previous family portrait) Left to right in the background: Effie Eason Poythress, Willis Eason Poythress, John Alexander Poythress, Jr. Foreground is Cecil Adams Poythress and John Alexander Poythress, Sr.