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Bessie May Hopkins 1891–1919 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Sep 1891

Birth Location: Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 21 Feb 1919

Death Location: Waxahatchie, Ellis County, Texas, USA

Father: Thomas Hopkins

Mother: Mary Smith

Spouse(s): Calvin Sr

Children(s): John Franklin, Robert Franklin, Hiarm Franklin

Bessie May Hopkins was born in 1891 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA, the child of Thomas Bailey Hopkins And Mary Louisa Smith. Bessie May Hopkins married Calvin David Franklin Sr, and had children including Hiarm Lee Franklin, John Thomas Franklin, Robert Houston Franklin. Bessie May Hopkins passed away in 1919 in Waxahatchie, Ellis County, Texas, USA.

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Biography

  • Bessie May Hopkins was born in 1891 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA, the child of Thomas Bailey Hopkins And Mary Louisa Smith.
  • Bessie May Hopkins married Calvin David Franklin Sr, and had children including Hiarm Lee Franklin, John Thomas Franklin, Robert Houston Franklin.
  • Bessie May Hopkins passed away in 1919 in Waxahatchie, Ellis County, Texas, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Hopkins
1860–1920
Birth Location: Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
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Mary Smith
1869–1917
Birth Location: Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
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Spouses(s)

Calvin Sr
1883–1968
Birth Location: Flintville, Lincoln, Tennessee, USA
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Children(s)

John Franklin
1913–1967
Birth Location: Ellis County, Texas, USA
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Robert Franklin
1906–1986
Birth Location: Flintville, Lincoln, Tennessee, USA
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Hiarm Franklin
1909–1995
Birth Location: Johnson County, Texas, USA
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Bessie Hopkins's Ancestors

Self
Bessie Hopkins
1891–1919
Birth Place: Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
Parents
Thomas Bailey Hopkins
1860–1920
Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
Mary (Louisa) Smith
1869–1917
Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Bessie Hopkins's Descendants

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Bessie (May) Hopkins (27 Sep 1891–21 Feb 1919) m. Calvin (David Franklin) Sr (10 Jul 1883–19 Dec 1968)
  1. 1. John (Thomas) Franklin 1913–1967
  2. 2. Robert (Houston) Franklin 1906–1986 m. Willie (May) Farmer 1906–1906
    1. 1. Leslie (Andrain) Franklin 1929–2015 m. Wanda (Durelle) Nelson 1933–2020 m. Demple (Macede Evlyn) Woods 1928–2008
    2. 2. Wayne (Bernard) Franklin 1932–1973
    3. 3. Billie (Charles) Franklin 1939–2010
    4. 4. Robert (Earl) Franklin 1934–2019
    5. 5. Sandra (Kay) Franklin 1944–2014
  3. 3. Hiarm (Lee) Franklin 1909–1995

Bessie Hopkins's Timeline

2 Records

1891
27 Sep 1891
Birth of Bessie May Hopkins in Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
1919
21 Feb 1919
Age 28
Death of Bessie May Hopkins in Waxahatchie, Ellis County, Texas, USA
Waxahatchie, Ellis County, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Sep 1891
    Event Place: Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Feb 1919
    Event Place: Waxahatchie, Ellis County, Texas, USA
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