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Bessie Lee Johnson 1889 – 1974 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Jul 1889

Birth Location: Mecklenburg Co., Va

Death Date: March 28, 1974

Death Location: Petersburg, Virginia, USA

Father: Joseph Johnson

Mother: Mary Langford

Spouse(s): Willie Seymour

Children(s): Bernice Seymour, Leslie Seymour, Mary Seymour, Blanche Seymore, Bessie Seymour, Florence Farthing

The birth of Bessie Lee Johnson took place in 1889 in Mecklenburg Co., Va, to Joseph Johnson and Mary Lou Langford. Bessie Lee Johnson married Willie Edward Seymour, and together they had Bernice W Seymour, Leslie E Seymour, Mary Tempie Seymour, Blanche Seymore, Bessie Seymour and Florence Seymour Hogwood Farthing. Bessie Lee Johnson's death occurred in 1974 in Petersburg, Virginia, USA.

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Parents

Joseph Johnson
1861 – 1919
Birth Location: Mecklenburg
JJ
Mary Langford
1865 – 1939
Birth Location: Greensville County, Virginia, USA
ML

Spouses(s)

Willie Seymour
1884 – 1961
Birth Location: Dinwiddie, Virginia, USA
WS

Children(s)

Bernice Seymour
1909 – 1997
Birth Location: Virginia
BS
Leslie Seymour
1911 – 1982
Birth Location: Church Road, Dinwiddie, Virginia, USA
LS
Mary Seymour
1913 – 2008
Birth Location: Virginia
MS
Blanche Seymore
1915 – 2009
Birth Location: Virginia
BS
Bessie Seymour
1915 –
Birth Location: Virginia
BS
Florence Farthing
1916 – 1984
Birth Location: Namozine, Dinwiddie, Virginia
FF

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 25 Jul 1889
    Event Place: Mecklenburg Co., Va

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: March 28, 1974
    Event Place: Petersburg, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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