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Bessie Lela Jones 1913–2001 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Mar 1913

Birth Location: Trenton Grundy, Missouri

Death Date: 13 Sep 2001

Death Location: Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA

Father: Sterling Jones

Mother: Alice Berry

Spouse(s): Louis Swisher

Children(s):

Bessie Lela Jones was born in 1913 in Trenton Grundy, Missouri, the child of Sterling Price Jones And Alice May Berry. In 1930, Bessie Lela Jones resided in Lincoln, Grundy, Missouri, USA. Bessie Lela Jones married Louis Stanley Swisher, and had children including Barbara Ann Swisher, Cara Alice Swisher, Dorothy Jean Swisher. Bessie Lela Jones passed away in 2001 in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA.

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Biography

  • Bessie Lela Jones was born in 1913 in Trenton Grundy, Missouri, the child of Sterling Price Jones And Alice May Berry.
  • In 1930, Bessie Lela Jones resided in Lincoln, Grundy, Missouri, USA.
  • Bessie Lela Jones married Louis Stanley Swisher, and had children including Barbara Ann Swisher, Cara Alice Swisher, Dorothy Jean Swisher.
  • Bessie Lela Jones passed away in 2001 in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Bessie Jones's Ancestors

Self
Bessie Jones
1913–2001
Birth Place: Trenton Grundy, Missouri
Parents
Sterling Price Jones
1877–1962
Daviess County, Missouri, USA
Alice (May) Berry
1881–1944
Camden Co, MO
Grandparents
Jasper (Newton) Jones
1853–1932
Harrison Co., KY
Martha (E) Guilliams
1859–1883
Iowa
Moses (W) Berry
1808–1903
North Carolina
Sarah Berry
1844–
Illinois
Great-Grandparents
Lewis Jones
1819–1889
Catherine Boggs
1822–1892
Elliott Guilliams
1835–1922
Margaret Dixon
1838–1880
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lewis Jones
1780–1853
Elizabeth Schooler
1784–1863
John Guilliams
1813–1905
Jane Bowman
1816–1909

Bessie Jones's Timeline

3 Records

1913
26 Mar 1913
Birth of Bessie Lela Jones in Trenton Grundy, Missouri
Trenton Grundy, Missouri
1930
1930
Age 17
Bessie Lela Jones resided here in Lincoln, Grundy, Missouri, USA
Lincoln, Grundy, Missouri, USA
2001
13 Sep 2001
Age 88
Death of Bessie Lela Jones in Springfield, Greene Co, MO
Springfield, Greene Co, MO

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 Mar 1913
    Event Place: Trenton Grundy, Missouri
    Record Source:
    [1] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Lincoln, Grundy, Missouri; Roll: 1190; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0009; Image: 86.0; FHL microfilm: 2340925
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Lincoln, Grundy, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Lincoln, Grundy, Missouri; Roll: 1190; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0009; Image: 86.0; FHL microfilm: 2340925

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Sep 2001
    Event Place: Springfield, Greene Co, MO
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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