Bessie (Huddleston) Haynes was born in Appalachia, in Virginia.
Biography
Bessie Lee Huddleston was born August 1, 1879, in Callaghan, Alleghany county, Virginia. On December 12, 1906, in Greenbrier, West Virginia, "Bessie L. Huddlestien" of Alleghany, Virginia, married E.M. [Edward Milton] Haynes, of Mason county. [1]
Children of Bessie and Edward include:
Sheldon E. Haynes, born November 17, 1909, in West Sulpher Springs, West Virginia, [2] died December 3, 2002, in Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia. [3]
Bessie and E.M. Haynes are found on the United States Census of 1910, living in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier, West Virginia, with their sons Edward H. Haynes (age 1) and Shelden E. Haynes, (newborn) [4]
Bessie and E.M. Haynes are found on the United States Census of 1930, living in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier, West Virginia, with their sons Edward H. Haynes (age 22) and Shelden E. Haynes, (age 20) [5]
Bessie died June 2, 1966, in Charles Town, Jefferson county, West Virginia and is buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. [6]
Sources
↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRXQ-YLC : 4 December 2014), E. M. Haynes and Bessie L. Huddlestien, 12 Dec 1906; citing Greenbrier, West Virginia, P. 173, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 595,040.
↑ "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5RZ-JG7 : 12 December 2014), Edward M. Haynes in entry for Sheldon E. Haynes, 17 Nov 1909; citing W. Sulpher, Greenbrier, West Virginia, reference pg. 125 no. 12; FHL microfilm 595,034
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VMBG-5ZJ : 19 May 2014), Sheldon E Haynes, 03 Dec 2002; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPN4-16S : accessed 21 September 2017), Sheldon E Haines in household of Edward M Haines, White Sulphur, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 42, sheet 10A, family 148, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1681; FHL microfilm 1,375,694
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM4K-XGW : accessed 21 September 2017), Bessie Lee Haynes in household of E M Haynes, White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 23, sheet 6B, line 74, family 135, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2533; FHL microfilm 2,342,267
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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: