Born in Graves County, Kentucky, United States
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Charles Robert McClain
and Caldonia Elizabeth Adams
Sister of
Ada Elizabeth (McClain) McCuan, Edward Adolph McClain, Lulu Ann (McClain) Smith, Hattie May (McClain) Cochran, Robert Walter McClain, Minnie Bird (McClain) Pierce, Berthal McClain and Cecil Irene (McClain) Forrest
Wife of
Alvis J. Denham
— married
28 Oct 1905 in Henry County, Tennessee, United States
Mother of
Reba Mae (Denham) Fuqua
Died
at age 78
in Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Apr 2018
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Biography
Bessie McClain was born on May 10, 1890[1] in Kentucky to Charles McClain and Caledonia Adams.[2]
According to the 1900 census, Bessie lived with her parents and siblings in Lynnville, Kentucky.[2]
On October 28, 1905, Bessie married Alvis Denham in Henry County, Tennessee.[3]
Bessie died on December 26, 1968 in Mayfield, Kentucky.[4]
She is buried in the Highland Park Cemetery in Mayfield, Kentucky.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Find a Grave; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85822506/bessie-alma-denham
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "United States Census, 1900," database with images, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M94W-GQ3 : accessed 28 March 2021), Bessie Mcclain in household of Charley Mcclain, Magisterial District 2 Lynnville village, Graves, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 88, sheet 2A, family 14, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,522.
- ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHM-G1KK : 10 March 2021), A J Denham and Bessie McClain, 28 Oct 1905; citing Henry, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,031,717.
- ↑ Bessie McClain's obituary, The Paducah Sun, Paducah, Kentucky, 27 Dec 1968, Fri • Page 18; https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74595004/bessie-mcclains-obituary/
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