Bessie (Clark) Burris (1895)

Born 1895 in North Carolina, USA

Wife of Ephriam T Burris — married 11 Nov 1916 in Stanly County, North Carolina, USA

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Biography

Research Notes

1916 Marriage Register entry - FamilySearch Register Image - reliability good^[1]

• Date of Issue: Nov 11, 1916
• Name & Residence of Man, Age, and Color: Burris, Ephriam T, Concord, N. C. 21 "[to white]
• Name & Residence of Woman, Age, and Color: Clark, Bessie, Oakboro, N.C. 21 "[to white]
• Name & Title of Minister or Officer Celebrating Marriage: Rufus A Almond, J. P.
• Date of Marriage: Nov. 11, 1916
• Place of Marriage: R. A. Almond's
• Names of witnesses present at marriage: J. B. Hathcock, A. P. Clark, I. B. Brooks

1916 Marriage - FamilySearch Index abstract - reliability uncertain^[2]

• Groom: Ephriam T. Burris, male, age 21, white
  • Parents: Adam Burris and Massey
• Bride: Bessie Clark, female, age 21, white
  • Parents: T. F. Clark and Rosanna
• Event: 12 Nov 1916, Almond Township, Stanly, North Carolina, United States

1920 Census^[3]

• Residence: Mt Pleasant Road, Big Lick, Stanly, North Carolina, United States
• Marital Status: Married; Age: 25
• Household members: Ephriam T (25, head), Bruce (1, son)

Feb 1921 Social Column, The Concord Time^[4]

• "Mrs. Bessie Burris spent the weekend with her sister, Mrs. Titus Lambert"

1930 Census^[5]

• Bessie Burris, wife, age 34, born North Carolina, parents born North Carolina
• Residence: Big Lick, Stanly, North Carolina, United States
• Marital Status Married, at age 20
• Household members: H Ephram Bessie Burris (35, head), Bruce Burris (11, son), Lizzie Burris (9, daughter), Pauline Burris (7, daughter), Mary L Burris (5, daughter), Rosie B Burris (4, daughter), Auta L Burris (1, son)

1940 Census^[6]

• Bessie Burris, head, age 44, born in North Carolina,
• Marital Status Widowed
• Residence: Furr Township, Stanly, North Carolina, United States; lived in the same place in 1935
• Household members: Bruce Burris (21, son, laborer sawmill), Pauline Burris (17, daughter, housekeeper private home), Mary Lou Burris (15, daughter), Rosa Burris (14, daughter), Otie Burris (11, son)

1942 Marriage of son Bruce Ethan Burris^[7]

• Mother: Bessie R Clark Burris, living, resident of Stanfield

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ81-M3HK : 4 November 2017), Ephriam T Burris and Bessie Clark, 11 Nov 1916; citing Stanly, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 590,237.
2. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8Z7-1Y3 : 22 December 2016, accessed 28 March 2018), Ephriam T. Burris and Bessie Clark, 12 Nov 1916; citing Almond Township, Stanly, North Carolina, United States, p. CN273, Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 590,240.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZJP-SJF : accessed 27 March 2018), Bessie Burris in household of Ephriam T Burris, Big Lick, Stanly, North Carolina, United States; citing ED 136, sheet 9A, line 4, family 129, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1323; FHL microfilm 1,821,323.
4. ↑ "Mt Pleasant Route One ... Mrs Bessie Burris," Concord Times, The (Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA), 14 Feb 1921, pg 3, column 1, item 5:2
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X37W-K7R : accessed 28 March 2018), Bessie Burris in household of H Ephram Burris, Big Lick, Stanly, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 12B, line 88, family 232, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1721; FHL microfilm 2,341,455.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWQW-BBF : accessed 28 March 2018), Bessie Burris, Furr Township, Stanly, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 84-10, sheet 8B, line 71, family 83, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2975.
7. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9VJ-FSPZ : 19 July 2016, accessed 27 March 2018), Stanly > Marriage licenses, 1867-1967, vol B, part 1 > image 908 of 959 > Bruce Ethan Burris and Nora Estell Efird, 8 August 1942; Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and Stanly County Register of Deeds.