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Bessie Bertha Abbott 1901–1997 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 NOV 1901

Birth Location: Oconee County, South Carolina

Death Date: 24 JUN 1997

Death Location: Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Father: John Abbott

Mother: Rachel White

Spouse(s): Herbert Whitten

Children(s): Dorothy Whitten

Bessie Bertha Abbott was born in 1901 in Oconee County, South Carolina, the child of John Wilburn Abbott And Rachel Valula White. Bessie Bertha Abbott married Herbert Clifton Whitten, and had children including Anna Abbott Whitten, Dorothy Elizabeth Whitten. Bessie Bertha Abbott passed away in 1997 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

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Biography

  • Bessie Bertha Abbott was born in 1901 in Oconee County, South Carolina, the child of John Wilburn Abbott And Rachel Valula White.
  • Bessie Bertha Abbott married Herbert Clifton Whitten, and had children including Anna Abbott Whitten, Dorothy Elizabeth Whitten.
  • Bessie Bertha Abbott passed away in 1997 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

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Bessie Abbott's Ancestors

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Bessie Abbott
1901–1997
Birth Place: Oconee County, South Carolina
Parents
John Wilburn Abbott
1857–1913
Oconee County, South Carolina
Rachel (Valula) White
1857–1915
Anderson County, South Carolina
Grandparents
Jeptha (George) Abbott
1826–1904
Verity (Jane) Dowis
1840–1857
Pickens District, South Carolina
Great-Grandparents
William Abbott
1773–1858
Juda Davis
1786–
John Dowis
1799–1882
Cintha Taylor
–1852
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Abbott
–1808
Mary Dennard
–1820

Bessie Abbott's Descendants

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Bessie (Bertha) Abbott (16 NOV 1901–24 JUN 1997) m. Herbert (Clifton) Whitten (8 MAR 1902–)
  1. 1. Dorothy (Elizabeth) Whitten 1923–

Bessie Abbott's Timeline

2 Records

1901
16 NOV 1901
Birth of Bessie Bertha Abbott in Oconee County, South Carolina
Oconee County, South Carolina
1997
24 JUN 1997
Age 96
Death of Bessie Bertha Abbott in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 NOV 1901
    Event Place: Oconee County, South Carolina

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 JUN 1997
    Event Place: Spartanburg County, South Carolina

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