Bertie Bliss, daughter of Jonathan Wiley Fletcher & Margaret Abigail Daughtery, was born Dec 30, 1891 Fayette Co TN, died Feb 9, 1976 Portland, Multnomah Co OR & buried at Portland Memorial Funeral Home & Mausoleum, Multnomah Co OR.
Married: (1) George Boothe Oct 10, 1907 Fayette Co TN. He was born about 1887 Somerville, Fayette Co TN, died date unknown. Divorced before 1922 Fayette Co TN.
Married: (2) Jonathan Jahue Arrowood Aug 28, 1922 Somerville, Fayette Co TN. He is the son of Mathias Arrowood & Sarah Honeycutt & was born 1856 Burns NC, died Nov 9, 1944 Fayette Co TN & buried at Asbury Cemetery, Fayette Co TN.
Occupation: Justice of Peace
Religion: Methodist

Children of George & Bertie:
1. Annie Lee born Jul 11, 1909 Somerville, Fayette Co TN, died Jan 1, 1992 Tulsa OK.
Married: Delmar Chester Dale before 1940. He was born 1914 Tulsa OK, died Aug 2001.
Children: Patricia Louise & Eugene Dale
2. Herbert Laverne born Aug 18, 1911 Somerville, Fayette Co TN, died Feb 1912 Somerville, Fayette Co TN.
3. Benjamin Franklin born Mar 22, 1913 Somerville, Fayette Co TN, died Mar 13, 2001 Sacramento CA & buried Mar 15, 2001 at Hillcrest Memorial Garden Cemetery in Bakersfield, Kern Co CA.
Married: Vena Laverne Arnold 1933 MS. She was born Sep 7, 1920, died Oct 25, 1999 Sacramento CA & buried at Hillcrest Memorial Garden Cemetery in Bakersfield, Kern Co CA.
Children: Gene Arnold

Children of Jonathan & Bertie:
1. John Wilson born Apr 9, 1925 Somerville, Fayette Co TN, died Dec 5, 1963 St. Louis, St. Louis Co MO.
Married: Doris Marie Hampton Sep 1948 MS. She was born Oct 18, 1927 Fayette Co TN.
Children: Deborah
2. Margaret Mae born Aug 18, 1923 Somerville, Fayette Co TN.
Married: (1) Charles Monroe Winfield. He died Apr 1, 1986.
Married: (2) Virgil Miller Hancock Aug 2, 1997. He is the son of Riley Hancock & Lola Miller & was born Jan 7, 1918 Garfield, Jefferson Co ID.
Children: John Edward, Charlene Ann & Charles Monroe.
3. Laura Gertrude born Oct 27, 1926 Somerville, Fayette Co TN, died Apr 17, 2002 Neptune, Monmouth Co NJ.
Married: Daniel C. Vernotico Jan 1946 Bradley Beach NJ. He was born June 20, 1923 NJ.
Children: Daniel Eric Jr., Laura Elizabeth, Janet Darlene, Jonathan, Anthony, Alice May, Karen Mary, Debra Anne & Mary Elizabeth
4. Annie Edna born Sep 21, 1928 Somerville, Fayette Co TN, died Oct 10, 1980 Portland, Multnomah Co OR.
5. Edward McClain born Apr 29, 1932 Somerville, Fayette Co TN, died Apr 6, 1982 St. Louis, St. Louis Co MO & buried at St. Matthews Cemetery Apr 12.

Notes:
1. June 9, 1900 Hardeman Co TN census record shows John Wiley Fletcher age 45, Mittie age 40, Bessie age 12, Mattie age 9 and Bertie age 8 on their farm in District 3, New Castle. (pg 45b, #89)
2. Oct 10, 1907 - Bertie Fletcher & George Boothe were married in Fayette Co TN.
3. May 9, 1910 Fayette Co TN census record shows George Boothe age 23, Bertie age 18 & daughter Annie age 1 on their farm in District 3. It is noted that they had been married 3 years, had 1 child still living. (pg 58a, #254)
4. Jan 9, 1920 Fayette Co TN census record shows Bertie age 28 & son Franklin age 7 are living with her parents on their farm in District 14 on the Bolivar-Macon Road. Bertie is listed as divorced. (pg 246b, #19)
5. Aug 28, 1922 Bertie & Jonathan Arrowood are married in Somerville TN.
6. Apr 23, 1930 Fayette Co TN census record shows John Arrowood age 74, Bertie age 38, Margaret age 6, John W. age 4yrs, 11mo, Laura age 3yrs, 5mo, Annie age 1yr, 6mo & Bertie's son Franklin Boothe age 17 on their farm in District 15. (pg 302a, #201)
7. 1944 - John J. Arrowood died at the age of 88 in Fayette Co TN. (Obituary in Fayette Falcon newspaper)
8. 1956 Bertie Fletcher-Arrowood moved to Oregon.
9. April 2002 - Laura Gertrude Arrowood-Vernotico died at the age of 75 in New Jersey. (Obituary in Asbury Park Press)
10. Birth/death dates & places for Bertie Fletcher-Arrowood are from SSDI. Last residence was Portland OR & no address given for last benefit paid. The ssn was issued in Oregon.
11. "In the 1920 census Franklin was going by his father's name "Boothe", in 1930 he was going by "Fletcher", his mother's maiden name. Franklin's half sister Margie told me Franklin had his name changed to "Fletcher". He was raised by his grandfather, Jonathan Fletcher, and wanted his last name." (Info from Carrol Heath)
12. Bertie Fletcher-Arrowood is my 3C2R.

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