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Bessie Marsela BROWN

F, b. 6 January 1879, d. 17 April 1973
Bessie Marsela BROWN|b. 6 Jan 1879\nd. 17 Apr 1973|p135.htm|Waymon Leggett BROWN|b. 24 Aug 1837\nd. 23 Jan 1923|p22.htm|Fereby Jane CHISM|b. 7 Jan 1842\nd. 18 Sep 1912|p23.htm|Jesse A. BROWN Jr.|b. 20 Jul 1810\nd. b 1880|p115.htm|Mary CAMP|b. 1810\nd. b 1880|p116.htm|John CHISM|b. 1810\nd. b 1889||Dorinda TERRY|b. 1810\nd. 16 Dec 1889||

Relationship=Grandaunt of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Bessie Marsela Brown
     
     Bessie Marsela BROWN was born on 6 January 1879 in Bibb County, Alabama, daughter of Waymon Leggett BROWN and Fereby Jane CHISM.
     Bessie Marsela BROWN appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1880, in the household of Waymon BROWN and Jane CHISM in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama.1
     Bessie Marsela BROWN appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1900, in the household of Waymon Leggett BROWN and Fereby Jane CHISM in Benson, Chilton County, Alabama.2
     Bessie married James D. HAGGARD on 6 March 1907 in Clanton, Chilton County, Alabama. The service was performed by L. H. Reynolds, judge of probate.3
     Bessie Marsela BROWN and James D. HAGGARD appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 15 April 1910 in Maplesville, Chilton County, Alabama. The household was listed as James D. Haggard, age 35, Farmer, born Kentucky, parents born Tennessee; wife Bessie M., age 30, born Alabama; and son Charlie P; age one year and 9 months. They had been married three years and had one child. They lived on the Montgomery Road near Francis H. Brown.4
     Bessie Marsela BROWN died on 17 April 1973 in Maplesville, Chilton County, Alabama, at age 94.5,6 She was buried in Maplesville City Cemetery.

Last Edited=22 Jul 2007

Children of Bessie Marsela BROWN and James D. HAGGARD

Citations

  1. [S258] 1880 U. S. Census, Bibb County, Alabama, Wamon Brown household #383, Beat 5, Centreville P. O., pg. 320-B.
  2. [S103] 1900 U. S. Census, Chilton County, Alabama, Waymon Brown household #102, Benson, Precinct 3, ED 26, Sheet 6, Line 18.
  3. [S496] Chilton County Marriages: Bk. 6, pg. 321.
  4. [S262] 1910 U. S. Census, Chilton County, Alabama, James D. Haggard household #106, Vol. 16, ED 48, Sheet 6.
  5. [S5] Howard F. McCord, Cemeteries of Bibb County, Alabama 1817-1974.
  6. [S320] "SSDI," online http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com, for Bessie Haggard 416-64-2223.

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