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Bessie Ellen Ellis 1903–1968 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1903

Birth Location: Tennessee

Death Date: 1968

Death Location: Chaulk Hill Cemetery, Benton Co., Tennessee

Father: John Ellis

Mother: Rosena Thomas

Spouse(s): Earl Melton

Children(s):

Bessie Ellen Ellis was born in 1903 in Tennessee, the child of John Lee Ellis And Rosena Forence Thomas. Bessie Ellen Ellis married Earl Scott Melton, Tom Hall. Bessie Ellen Ellis passed away in 1968 in Chaulk Hill Cemetery, Benton Co., Tennessee.

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Biography

  • Bessie Ellen Ellis was born in 1903 in Tennessee, the child of John Lee Ellis And Rosena Forence Thomas.
  • Bessie Ellen Ellis married Earl Scott Melton, Tom Hall.
  • Bessie Ellen Ellis passed away in 1968 in Chaulk Hill Cemetery, Benton Co., Tennessee.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Bessie Ellis's Ancestors

Self
Bessie Ellis
1903–1968
Birth Place: Tennessee
Parents
John Lee Ellis
1868–1937
Holladay, Benton Co., Tennessee
Rosena (Forence) Thomas
1870–1951
Grandparents
William (Wyly III) Ellis
1840–1927
Camden, Benton Co., Tennessee
Dollie (Ann) King
1846–1901
Benton Co., Tennesse
Great-Grandparents
William Ellis
1810–1874
Nancy Riley
1818–1896
Alvin King
1789–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Ellis
1775–1843
Nancy Brown
1777–

Bessie Ellis's Timeline

2 Records

1903
1903
Birth of Bessie Ellen Ellis in Tennessee
Tennessee
1968
1968
Age 65
Death of Bessie Ellen Ellis in Benton Co., Tennesse
Benton Co., Tennesse

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1903
    Event Place: Tennessee

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1968
    Event Place: Benton Co., Tennesse

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Chaulk Hill Cemetery, Benton Co., Tennessee

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