Info from Francis Postelle

Mrs Ora E Smith 400 Wilson Street, Brownwood Texas has a bible which belonged to her grandmother Elana Frances Knowles Cook Jones Olds.  The bible is fairly old, having been printed in London, England by G.E. Eyre and W Spottiswoode Warehouse 189 Fleet Street, London in the year M,DCCC,LIV (1844) 

Inside the cover is written in ink "James E Cook" "Elana Frances Cook her book" and "Mary E. A. Jones was born Aug 22, 1864"  In pencil is written thereon "William H Jones was bornd July 1st AD 1862.  The pencil is a different hand from either the recording of birth of Mary E. A. Jones or the notation about James E and Elana Frances Cook.

A. On the next page  is inscribed:
     1.  "James E Cook and Elana F Knowles was married July the 17 1856" (in ink)
     2.  "James E Cook departed this life May 17 1860" (in ink)
     3.  "Richard H Cook was born Aug 1 1858" (in ink same handwriting as #2)
     4.  "William H Jones was bornd July the 1th AD 1862"  (in pencil)

B.  On the next page was inscribed:
     1.  "James E Cook was born A D April 30 1827"  (in ink)
     2.  "Elany F Cook was born June 11, 1834"  (in ink)
     3.  "Richard Hiram was AD August the 1, 1858"  (in ink same handwriting as #1)

C.  Inside the next to last page is in ink  "M E A Jon "

D.  On the last page is inscribed in pencil  "James E Cook and Elana Francis was md in the year of our lord
      1856"

E.  Inside the back cover was written something in ink at one time.  It appears to have been rubbed out.  I
     can make out only "Mary E A Jones"

There is on other writing in this bible except the printed word placed there originally.

The inscription "James E Cook" and "Elana Frances Cook her book" were written by the same person but they are different from any other.

The next inscription "William H Jones was bornd July 1st AD 1862" is hand printed therefore , no clue as to whether it was written bu the same person as any of the other writing.

The next inscription "Mary E. A. Jones was Born Aug 22d 1864" was written by a different person from any of the others in this bible.

A1 and D were written by the same person.
A2 and A# were probably written bu the same person who wrote B2
A3 was written by a different person than any of the others.

B1 and B3 appear to have been written by the same person
B2 and A2 and A3 were written by the same person

Thus we seem to have at least 7 different persons handwriting.