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Bessie Ione Chandler 1908–1986 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Aug 1908

Birth Location: Van Zandt County, Texas, USA

Death Date: 24 May 1986

Death Location: Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA

Father: Bethel Chandler

Mother: Martha Huddleston

Spouse(s): Wade Bush, William Parks

Children(s): Melvin Bush, Margaret Bush, Frances Bush

Bessie Ione Chandler was born in 1908 in Van Zandt County, Texas, USA, the child of Bethel Franklin Chandler And Martha Ann Huddleston. Bessie Ione Chandler married Wade Davis Bush, William Bill Parks, and had children including Frances Colene Bush, Margaret Enla Bush, Melvin Davis Bush. Bessie Ione Chandler passed away in 1986 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA.

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Biography

  • Bessie Ione Chandler was born in 1908 in Van Zandt County, Texas, USA, the child of Bethel Franklin Chandler And Martha Ann Huddleston.
  • Bessie Ione Chandler married Wade Davis Bush, William Bill Parks, and had children including Frances Colene Bush, Margaret Enla Bush, Melvin Davis Bush.
  • Bessie Ione Chandler passed away in 1986 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Bethel Chandler
1866–1963
Birth Location: Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
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Martha Huddleston
1872–1943
Birth Location: Itawamba, Mississippi, United States
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Spouses(s)

Wade Bush
1903–1969
Birth Location: Corsicana, Navarro County, United States of America
WB
William Parks
1912–1972
Birth Location: Hunt County, Texas
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Children(s)

Melvin Bush
1925–2015
Birth Location: Wills Point, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA
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Margaret Bush
1926–1960
Birth Location: Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas, USA
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Frances Bush
1929–2019
Birth Location: Canton, Van Zandt, Texas, USA
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Bessie Chandler's Ancestors

Self
Bessie Chandler
1908–1986
Birth Place: Van Zandt County, Texas, USA
Parents
Bethel Franklin Chandler
1866–1963
Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
Martha (Ann) Huddleston
1872–1943
Itawamba, Mississippi, United States
Grandparents
William (John) Chandler
1838–1900
Rogersville, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Hannah (Catherine) Wallace
1837–1885
Lincoln, Tennessee, USA
Great-Grandparents
Garret Chandler
1814–1900
Sarah Stapler
1816–1898
William Wallace
1802–1887
Mahala Satterfield
1807–1858
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Chandler
1790–1861
Rhoda Sandridge
1794–1870
William Stapler
1788–1868
Nancy Calahan
1793–1860
Josiah Wallace
1745–1811
Susannah Hannah
1752–1822
Thomas Satterfield
1770–1823
Elizabeth Landers
1764–1847

Bessie Chandler's Descendants

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Bessie (Ione) Chandler (3 Aug 1908–24 May 1986) m. Wade (Davis) Bush (29 August 1903–10 December 1969) m. William (Bill) Parks (10 Nov 1912–28 May 1972)
  1. 1. Melvin (Davis) Bush 1925–2015
  2. 2. Margaret (Enla) Bush 1926–1960 m. Robert (Arch) Cockerell 1922–1989
  3. 3. Frances (Colene) Bush 1929–2019

Bessie Chandler's Timeline

2 Records

1908
3 Aug 1908
Birth of Bessie Ione Chandler in Van Zandt County, Texas, USA
Van Zandt County, Texas, USA
1986
24 May 1986
Age 78
Death of Bessie Ione Chandler in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA
Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Aug 1908
    Event Place: Van Zandt County, Texas, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 May 1986
    Event Place: Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA
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