Capt. John O. Bible, a prominent farmer, was born in Greene County, on his present farm, March 21, 1840, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Wilson) Bible, the former born in 1797. Philip, the next ancestor, was born in Virginia, September 5, 1763,’ and came to Tennessee October 17, 1791, settling on the Little Chucky. The father was a prominent farmer, and a hold Unionist. He died in July, 1861, a member of the Presbyterian Church. The mother, born near Greeneville, March 27, 1798, was the daughter of John Wilson, a Greene County farmer. She was a Presbyterian also, and died March 7, 1867. Our subject grew up with rural advantages, and on June 11, 1868, joined Company A, Fifth Federal Tennessee Cavalry, afterward the Eighth Tennessee Cavalry, of which he became sergeant, and afterward second lieutenant. About March 20,1865, he was made captain of Company G, and was engaged in the second siege of Knoxville, at Morristown, Bull’s Gap, Blountville, Salt Works, Va., Salisbury, N. C., Morgantown, N. C., Marion, Va., and numerous skirmishes. On September 20, 1865, he was mustered out at Knoxville. He h as since been farming, is Dow owner of about 450 acres in Chucky Valley, and has always declined the solicitations of public offices. On November 14,1866, he married Eleanor, a daughter of Samuel Steele, one of the most prominent farmers of Chucky Valley. She was born in Greene County, May 16, 1841. Their children are Alvin, born December 21, 1868; Flora, born May 31, 1871; Edgar, born April 3, 1873; Jesse, born October 15, 1877; Hubert, born November 26, 1879, and Murphy, born June 8, 1883. Both are Presbyterians.
