Born in Franklin, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Mordecai Dempsey Boone
and Mary Ellen (Montgomery) Boone
Sister of
William Albert Boone, Curtis Eigene Boone, Thomas Cabel Boone, India Blanche (Boone) Angle, Joel Price Boone, John Mordecai Boone Sr, Bertha May Boone, Dexter Benjamin Boone, Robert Lee Boone, Irvin Cline Boone, Harry Ernest Boone and Macy Vernon Boone
Wife of
Walter Lee Magalis Sr
— married
about 1904 [location unknown]
Wife of
Charles Edward Ritchie
— married
about 1942 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Isla (Magalis) Mowbray
Died
at age 90
in Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Sep 2017
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Biography
Bessie was born in 1883. She passed away in 1974.
Sources
- Family History
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76974040/bessie-ellen-ritchie: accessed 05 March 2023), memorial page for Bessie Ellen Boone Ritchie (20 Aug 1883–10 Mar 1974), Find a Grave Memorial ID 76974040, citing Woodbine Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Gathering Roots (contributor 47213048).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bessie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bessie:
-
~3.12%
Shannon (Keeter) Denbow
:
23andMe, GEDmatch A233313 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A233313 [compare], Ancestry member skdenbow
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