Bessie Belle (Beardsley) Conklin (1887 - 1965)

Born 11 Dec 1887 in Coldwater Township, Isabella, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Clark Jason Conklin — married 29 Jun 1910 in Shepherd, Isabella, Michigan, United States

Died 26 Jun 1965 at age 77 in Mount Pleasant, Isabella, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Bessie (Beardsley) Conklin was a Michigander.

Bessie was born in 1887. She is the daughter of James Beardsley and Zylpha Rulapaugh. She used her stepfather’s name, Higgins.

Sources

"Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ8Z-NY5 : 20 February 2021), Bessie Bell Beardsley, 11 Dec 1887; citing item 2 p 130 rn 631, Coldwater, Isabella, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,320,848.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSMK-6TP : accessed 2 March 2023), Bessie B Higgens in household of Isac Higgens, Coe township Shepherd village, Isabella, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65, sheet 22A, family 484, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,718.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML5N-68K : accessed 2 March 2023), Bessie B Beardsley in household of Isaac N Higgins, Coe, Isabella, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 86, sheet 2B, family 38, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 652; FHL microfilm 1,374,665.

"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N32H-VSJ : 18 February 2021), Clark J. Conkhiv and Bessie B. Beardsley, 29 Jun 1910; citing Marriage, Shepherd, Isabella, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4209142.

"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ3Z-CBF : 2 February 2021), Bessie Conklin in entry for Clark J Conklin, 1920.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQBQ-YVQ : accessed 2 March 2023), Bessie D Conklin in household of Clark J Conklin, Coe, Isabella, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 2A, line 29, family 27, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 994; FHL microfilm 2,340,729.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4LK-FRF : 29 June 2021), Bessie Conklin in household of Clark Conklin, Coe Township, Isabella, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 37-5, sheet 1B, line 60, family 16, 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 1766.

"United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FSD-3ZYZ : Mon Jan 30 01:22:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Clark J Conklin and Bessie B Conklin, 10 April 1950.

Obituary: "U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current"
Lansing State Journal; Publication Date: 27 Jul 1965; Publication Place: Lansing, Michigan, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/208693316/?article=e8c819be-7a46-442b-9b14-2e29fdd9264a&focus=0.38631055,0.8429942,0.503802,0.9107503&xid=3355
Ancestry Record 61843 #525801032 (accessed 18 March 2024)
Name: Bessie B. Conklin; Gender: Female; Death Age: 78; Birth Date: abt 1887; Residence Place: Shepherd; Death Date: Abt 1965; Death Place: Mount Pleasant; Obituary Date: 27 Jul 1965; Obituary Place: Lansing, Michigan, USA; Newspaper Title: Lansing State Journal; Spouse: Clark; Child: Gladys.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72943385/bessie-belle-conklin: accessed 02 March 2023), memorial page for Bessie Belle Beardsley Conklin (10 Jul 1887–26 Jul 1965), Find a Grave Memorial ID 72943385, citing Salt River Cemetery, Shepherd, Isabella County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Jeannieology (contributor 47015818).