Family lore holds that Minerva Ann Keeling Bible, my paternal Great Grandmother, was full blood Cherokee. She was born in 1871. Minerva married Christopher Newton Bible on month day 1890, at age 19 at marriage place, Tennessee. Christopher was born on July 19 1861, in Marion, Tennessee, USA.They had 9 children: James Henry Bible, Curry Van Bible and 7 other children. Minerva passed away in 1937, at age 66.