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Bessie Lee Walls 1895–1976 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Sep 1895

Birth Location: Tennessee

Death Date: 15 Sep 1976

Death Location: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

Father: John Walls

Mother: Eliza Shelton

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Bessie Lee Walls was born in 1895 in Tennessee, the child of John Holly Walls And Eliza Jane Shelton. Bessie Lee Walls passed away in 1976 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • Bessie Lee Walls was born in 1895 in Tennessee, the child of John Holly Walls And Eliza Jane Shelton.
  • Bessie Lee Walls passed away in 1976 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Walls
1858–1940
Birth Location: Giles County, Tennessee, USA
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Eliza Shelton
1859–1921
Birth Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Bessie Walls's Ancestors

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Bessie Walls
1895–1976
Birth Place: Tennessee
Parents
John Holly Walls
1858–1940
Giles County, Tennessee, USA
Eliza (Jane) Shelton
1859–1921
Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
Grandparents
John Shelton
1824–1880
Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
Sarah (Jane) Howard
1824–1916
Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Great-Grandparents
Mark Shelton
1784–1853
Susannah Luttrell
1784–1825
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Michael Luttrell
1751–1844
Susanna Shelton
1760–1840

Bessie Walls's Timeline

2 Records

1895
15 Sep 1895
Birth of Bessie Lee Walls in Tennessee
Tennessee
1976
15 Sep 1976
Age 81
Death of Bessie Lee Walls in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Sep 1895
    Event Place: Tennessee

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Sep 1976
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
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