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Bessie Bee James 1896–1932 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Apr 1896

Birth Location: Rives, Obion, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 15 Mar 1932

Death Location: McCrory, Woodruff, Arkansas, USA

Father: Samuel James

Mother: Manerva Laster

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Bessie Bee James was born in 1896 in Rives, Obion, Tennessee, USA, the child of Samuel Jackson James And Manerva Jane Laster. Bessie Bee James passed away in 1932 in McCrory, Woodruff, Arkansas, USA.

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Biography

  • Bessie Bee James was born in 1896 in Rives, Obion, Tennessee, USA, the child of Samuel Jackson James And Manerva Jane Laster.
  • Bessie Bee James passed away in 1932 in McCrory, Woodruff, Arkansas, USA.

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Bessie James's Ancestors

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Bessie James
1896–1932
Birth Place: Rives, Obion, Tennessee, USA
Parents
Samuel Jackson James
1858–1936
Lynchburg, Franklin Co., Tennessee
Manerva (Jane) Laster
1860–1948
Rives, Obion Co., Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
Riley James
1819–1895
Tennessee
Sarah (A) Newman
1832–1905
Tennessee
Great-Grandparents
Isham Newman
1814–1876
Margaret O'Rear
1814–1893
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William O'Rear
1777–1851
Esther Kelly
1770–1823

Bessie James's Timeline

2 Records

1896
20 Apr 1896
Birth of Bessie Bee James in Rives, Obion, Tennessee, USA
Rives, Obion, Tennessee, USA
1932
15 Mar 1932
Age 36
Death of Bessie Bee James in McCrory, Woodruff, Arkansas, USA
McCrory, Woodruff, Arkansas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Apr 1896
    Event Place: Rives, Obion, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Mar 1932
    Event Place: McCrory, Woodruff, Arkansas, USA

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