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Bessie Leah Moss 1891–1972 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Dec 1891

Birth Location: Texas

Death Date: 4 February 1972

Death Location: Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA

Father: Lorenzo Moss

Mother: Hester Bradley

Spouse(s): Lee Johnson

Children(s): Lonnie Johnson, Gerlie Johnson, Gladys Johnson, Wilma Johnson, Wilbur Johnson, William Johnson

Bessie Leah Moss was born in 1891 in Texas, the child of Lorenzo Dow Moss And Hester Ann Bradley. Bessie Leah Moss married Lee Roy Johnson, and had children including Gerlie Roylene Johnson, Gladys Nadyne Johnson, Lonnie Ross Johnson, Wilbur Clois Johnson, William Herman Johnson, Wilma Joyce Johnson. Bessie Leah Moss passed away in 1972 in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA.

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Biography

  • Bessie Leah Moss was born in 1891 in Texas, the child of Lorenzo Dow Moss And Hester Ann Bradley.
  • Bessie Leah Moss married Lee Roy Johnson, and had children including Gerlie Roylene Johnson, Gladys Nadyne Johnson, Lonnie Ross Johnson, Wilbur Clois Johnson, William Herman Johnson, Wilma Joyce Johnson.
  • Bessie Leah Moss passed away in 1972 in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lorenzo Moss
1851–1908
Birth Location: Pickens County, Georgia, USA
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Hester Bradley
1858–1921
Birth Location: South Carolina, United States of America
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Spouses(s)

Lee Johnson
1887–1969
Birth Location: Upper Peachtree, Murphy, North Carolina, USA
LJ

Children(s)

Lonnie Johnson
1937–1995
Birth Location: Olton, Lamb, Texas, United States
LJ
Gerlie Johnson
1928–2014
Birth Location: Olustee, Jackson, Oklahoma, United States
GJ
Gladys Johnson
1920–1998
Birth Location: Olustee, Jackson, Oklahoma, United States
GJ
Wilma Johnson
1914–1996
Birth Location: Olustee, Jackson, Oklahoma, United States
WJ
Wilbur Johnson
1914–2002
Birth Location: Olustee, Jackson, Oklahoma, United States
WJ
William Johnson
1911–2003
Birth Location: Olustee, Jackson, Oklahoma, United States
WJ

Bessie Moss's Ancestors

Self
Bessie Moss
1891–1972
Birth Place: Texas
Parents
Lorenzo Dow Moss
1851–1908
Pickens County, Georgia, USA
Hester (Ann) Bradley
1858–1921
South Carolina, United States of America
Grandparents
John (Jones) MOSS
1820–1904
Cherokee, Cherokee, South Carolina, United States
Martha Elizabeth
1825–1896
York County, South Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Abraham Sr
1770–1842
Hanna Roper
1776–1842
Zephaniah Jr
1796–1850
Nancy Carroll
1802–1860
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Bessie Moss's Descendants

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Bessie (Leah) Moss (Dec 1891–4 February 1972) m. Lee (Roy) Johnson (11 July 1887–4 November 1969)
  1. 1. Lonnie (Ross) Johnson 1937–1995
  2. 2. Gerlie (Roylene) Johnson 1928–2014
  3. 3. Gladys (Nadyne) Johnson 1920–1998
  4. 4. Wilma (Joyce) Johnson 1914–1996
  5. 5. Wilbur (Clois) Johnson 1914–2002
  6. 6. William (Herman) Johnson 1911–2003

Bessie Moss's Timeline

2 Records

1891
Dec 1891
Birth of Bessie Leah Moss in Texas
Texas
1972
4 February 1972
Age 81
Death of Bessie Leah Moss in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA
Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Dec 1891
    Event Place: Texas

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 February 1972
    Event Place: Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA
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