Bessie Blanche, daughter of Jonathan Wiley Fletcher & Margaret Abigail Daughtery, was born Apr 9, 1888 TN, died Feb 12, 1942 Fayette Co TN & buried at Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, Fayette Co TN.
Occupation: Agent for Commercial Appeal newspaper.
Married: John William Steele May 2, 1909 Fayette Co TN. He was born Jan 23, 1888 Somerville, Fayette Co TN, died Feb 23, 1924 Fayette Co TN & buried at Somerville Cemetery, Fayette Co TN.
Occupation: Miller & Manager at Somerville Water Mill.
Cause of Death: Died in a house fire.

Children of John & Bessie:
1. Vernon I. born Jan 30, 1910 Somerville, Fayette Co TN, died Oct 14, 1992 & buried at Hood Cemetery, Warren, Fayette Co TN.
2. John Olaf born 1911 TN, died Feb 22, 1924 in a house fire Somerville, Fayette Co TN & buried at Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, Fayette Co TN.
3. Ercel H. born Sep 26, 1913 MO, died Dec 24, 1973 VA.
4. Fay born 1917 TN, died 2000 TN.

Notes:
1. June 9, 1900 Hardeman Co TN census record shows Bessie Fletcher age 12 living with his parents & siblings on their farm in District 3, New Castle. (pg 45b, #89)
2. May 5, 1910 Fayette Co TN census record shows John W. Steele age 22, Bessie age 22, Vernon age 3 months living in District 1, P.O. Somerville. They had been married 1 year, had 1 child still living. John is a farmer. (pg 14a, #251)
3. Jun 5, 1917 WWI Draft registration card shows J.W. Steele to be of medium height, slender, blue eyes, dark brown hair working as a miller in Somerville TN.
4. Jan 29, 1920 Fayette Co TN census record shows John W. Steele age 32, Bessie age 32, Vernon age 9, John age 8, Ercel age 6 & Fay age 3 8/12 living in District 1, Somerville town on West Street. Ercel was born in Missouri & all others in Tennessee. John is a Water Mill Miller. (pg 239b, #320)
5. 1924 - J.W. Steele, Olaf Steele & C.P. Boothe died in a house fire. (J.W. Steele obit)
6. 1942 - Bessie Blanche Fletcher-Steele died at age 53. (Bessie Steele obit)
7. Last residence for Ercel H. Steele was Virginia. The ssn was issued in Tennessee. (SSDI)
8. Bessie Fletcher-Steele is my 3C2R.

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