Susannah Bess (abt. 1839 - 1865)

Born about 1839 in Steuben County, New York

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Died 11 Jan 1865 at about age 26 in Licking County, Ohio

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Biography

Susannah "Susan" Bess is found with her parents, John and Margaret (Richey) Bess, in the 1850 census and with her widowed mother in 1860. In 1860, Susan was still unmarried but had with her 3-year-old daughter Josephine, who in 1879 gave her name at marriage as Florence Josephine Karr ...

1850 Census, Utica, Washington Tshp., Licking Co., OH, p. 415

John Bess, age 47, b. in NY, Farmer

Mary Bess, age 54, b. in NY

Daniel Bess, age 21, b. in NY

Jane M. Bess, age 18, b. in NY

Richard Bess, age 15, b. in NY

Susan Bess, age 11, b. in NY^[1]

1860 Census, Fredonia P.O., Washington Tshp., Licking Co., OH, p. 23/480

Richard Bess, age 30, b. in OH, Farmer

Elizabeth Bess, age 24, b. in OH, House Keeper

James Bess, age 5, b. in OH

Margaret Bess, age 3, b. in b OH

Joseph Bess, age 6/12, b. in OH

Jane Bess, age 60, b. in NY, House Keeper

Susannah Bess, age 23, b. in OH, House Keeper

Josephine Bess, age 3, b. in OH^[2]

Susannah "Susan" Bess died on 11 January 1865.

Sources

1. ↑ "US Census, 1850" : p. 415 missing from FamilySearch
2. ↑ "US Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCGK-VSK : 13 December 2017)