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Bessie Johns 1884–1955 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1884

Birth Location: Warren Co., Ky

Death Date: 01 Sep 1955

Death Location: Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, USA

Father: Benjamin Johns

Mother: Emma Johns

Spouse(s): F Dillard

Children(s): Charlie Dillard, Maurice Dillard, Robert Dillard, Windle Dillard

Bessie Johns was born in 1884 in Warren Co., Ky, the child of Benjamin Tolliver Johns And Emma Johns. Bessie Johns married F Lacy Dillard, and had children including Charlie D Dillard, Maurice J Dillard, Robert B Dillard, Windle W Dillard. Bessie Johns passed away in 1955 in Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • Bessie Johns was born in 1884 in Warren Co., Ky, the child of Benjamin Tolliver Johns And Emma Johns.
  • Bessie Johns married F Lacy Dillard, and had children including Charlie D Dillard, Maurice J Dillard, Robert B Dillard, Windle W Dillard.
  • Bessie Johns passed away in 1955 in Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Bessie Johns's Ancestors

Self
Bessie Johns
1884–1955
Birth Place: Warren Co., Ky
Parents
Benjamin Tolliver Johns
1850–1920
Kentucky, USA
Emma Johns
1842–1942
Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
B (J) Johns
1802–1886
Kentucky, USA
Matilda Johns
1813–1912
Kentucky, USA
J. Gibson
1818–1912
Jackson, Tennessee, USA
Sally Gibson
1825–1900
Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Johns
1782–1880
Mercy Spencer
1780–1860
Michael Barr
1792–1870
Lettice Isbell
1788–1860
B. Gibson
1802–
Woolright
1798–
1805–1870
1807–1870
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johns
1760–
Charles Spencer
1750–1803
Judith David
1750–1803
Peter Barr
1756–1829
Edith Edy
1768–
Thomas Isbell
1760–1816
Phoebe Unknown
1753–1820
James Smith
1777–1850
Laura Moore
1780–1850
John Sr.
1772–1839

Bessie Johns's Descendants

1.
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Bessie Johns (1884–01 Sep 1955) m. F (Lacy) Dillard (1891–Sep 1967)
  1. 1. Charlie (D) Dillard 1926–2002 m. Marjorie Reed 1925–2012
  2. 2. Maurice (J) Dillard 1918–1975 m. Hallie Harvey 1920–2015
    1. 1. Donald (M) Dillard 1945–2012
  3. 3. Robert (B) Dillard 1914–1964 m. May Thomas 1917–2007
    1. 1. Jackie (Ralph) Dillard 1939–1993
    2. 2. Hugh (Robert) Dillard 1937–1992 m. Suella Sledge 1939–2004
  4. 4. Windle (W.) Dillard 1917–1917

Bessie Johns's Timeline

26 Records

1884
1884
Birth of Bessie Johns
None
1892
Feb 1892
Age 8
Birth of Bessie Johns in Kentucky, USA
Kentucky, USA
1892
28 Dec 1892
Age 8
Birth of Bessie Johns in Kentucky, USA
Kentucky, USA
1892
Feb 1892
Age 8
Birth of Bessie Johns in Kentucky, USA
Kentucky, USA
1892
28 Dec 1892
Age 8
Birth of Bessie Johns
None
1893
1893
Age 9
Birth of Bessie Johns in Kentucky, USA
Kentucky, USA
1893
1893
Age 9
Birth of Bessie Johns in Kentucky, USA
Kentucky, USA
1893
1893
Age 9
Birth of Bessie Johns
None
1893
1893
Age 9
Birth of Bessie Johns
None
1894
1894
Age 10
Birth of Bessie Johns in Kentucky, USA
Kentucky, USA
1894
1894
Age 10
Birth of Bessie Johns in Kentucky, USA
Kentucky, USA
1894
Feb 1894
Age 10
Birth of Bessie Johns in Kentucky, USA
Kentucky, USA
1894
1894
Age 10
Birth of Bessie Johns in Kentucky, USA
Kentucky, USA
1900
1900
Age 16
Bessie Johns resided here in Drake Town, Warren, Kentucky
Drake Town, Warren, Kentucky
1900
1900
Age 16
Bessie Johns resided here in Goshen, Warren, Kentucky
Goshen, Warren, Kentucky
1900
1900
Age 16
Bessie Johns resided here in Goshen, Warren, Kentucky, USA
Goshen, Warren, Kentucky, USA
1900
1900
Age 16
Bessie Johns resided here in Warren
Warren
1910
1910
Age 26
Bessie Johns resided here in Madisons Mill, Warren, Kentucky
Madisons Mill, Warren, Kentucky
1920
1920
Age 36
Bessie Johns resided here in Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, USA
Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, USA
1930
1930
Age 46
Bessie Johns resided here in Goshen, Warren, Kentucky
Goshen, Warren, Kentucky
1935
1935
Age 51
Bessie Johns resided here in Rural, Warren
Rural, Warren
1940
1940
Age 56
Bessie Johns resided here in Magisterial Dist #3 Hickory Flat, Warren, Kentucky, USA
Magisterial Dist #3 Hickory Flat, Warren, Kentucky, USA
1954
1954
Age 70
Bessie Johns resided here in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
1955
01 Sep 1955
Age 71
Death of Bessie Johns in Christian, Kentucky
Christian, Kentucky
1957
01 Sep 1957
Age 73
Death of Bessie Johns in Christian, Kentucky, USA
Christian, Kentucky, USA
1975
08 May 1975
Age 91
Death of Bessie Johns in Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, USA
Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Feb 1892
    Event Place: Kentucky, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees
    [2] Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives; Frankfort, Kentucky
    [3] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Warren, Kentucky; Roll: m-t0627-01360; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 114-16
    [4] 1910 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Madisons Mill, Warren, Kentucky; Roll: T624_505; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 127; Image: 520.
    [5] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [6] Public Member Trees, Database online.
    [7] Public Member Trees, Database online.
    [8] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.
    [9] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.
    [10] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.
    [11] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree, database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 15 May 2016, 19:47), entry for Bessie Johns(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID K8Q2-JP4

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1894
    Event Place: Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1893
    Event Place: Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1894
    Event Place: Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1893
    Event Place: Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Dec 1892
    Event Place: Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Feb 1894
    Event Place: Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Feb 1892
    Event Place: Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Goshen, Warren, Kentucky; Roll: T623_553; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 108.

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1893
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Goshen, Warren, Kentucky; Roll: 779; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 19; Image: 1025.0.

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1893
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Goshen, Warren, Kentucky; Roll: 779; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 19; Image: 1025.0.

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1894
    Event Place: Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky; Roll: T625_600; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 131; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Dec 1892
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1884
    Record Source: Kentucky Death Index, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Place: Warren Co., Ky

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Drake Town, Warren, Kentucky
    Record Source: Public Member Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Goshen, Warren, Kentucky
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Goshen, Warren, Kentucky; Roll: T623_553; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 108.

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Goshen, Warren, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Warren
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Madisons Mill, Warren, Kentucky
    Record Source:
    [1] Kentucky Death Index, Database online.
    [2] 1910 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Madisons Mill, Warren, Kentucky; Roll: T624_505; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 127; Image: 520.
    [3] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.
    [4] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky; Roll: T625_600; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 131; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 21
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Goshen, Warren, Kentucky
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Goshen, Warren, Kentucky; Roll: 779; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 19; Image: 1025.0.

    Genealogy Event 22
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Rural, Warren
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Warren, Kentucky; Roll: m-t0627-01360; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 114-16

    Genealogy Event 23
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: Magisterial Dist #3 Hickory Flat, Warren, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Warren, Kentucky; Roll: m-t0627-01360; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 114-16

    Genealogy Event 24
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1 May 1941
    Event Place: Bowling Green, Kentucky
    Record Source: Newspapers.com - The Park City Daily News - 1 May 1941 - Page 3, America E Gibson Johns birthday

    Genealogy Event 25
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 9 Mar 1942
    Event Place: Nashville, Tennessee
    Record Source: Newspapers.com - Nashville Banner - 9 Mar 1942 - Page 14, Obituary for America Gibson Johns (Aged 91)

    Genealogy Event 26
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1954
    Event Place: Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

    Genealogy Event 27
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 2 Jun 1965
    Event Place: Bowling Green, Kentucky
    Record Source: Newspapers.com - The Park City Daily News - 2 Jun 1965 - Page 13, Obituary for MAGGIE Lindley Whit-key

    Genealogy Event 28
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 09 May 1975
    Event Place: Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Newspapers.com - The Courier-Journal - 9 May 1975 - Page 9, Besse Johns Dillard Obituary 9 May 1975

    Genealogy Event 29
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Record Source: Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965

    Genealogy Event 30
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 08 May 1975
    Event Place: Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree, database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 15 May 2016, 19:47), entry for Bessie Johns(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID K8Q2-JP4

    Genealogy Event 31
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 01 Sep 1957
    Event Place: Christian, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 32
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 01 Sep 1955
    Event Place: Christian, Kentucky
    Record Source: Kentucky Death Index, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 33
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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