Born in Gordonsville, Orange, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Fielding Hartsook
and Laura Rebecca (Brown) Hartsook
Sister of
George H. Hartsook, Catherine Ann (Hartsook) West, John Daniel Hartsook, Charles Cleveland Hartsook, Esther Virginia (Hartsook) Dibble, James Marion Hartsook, Sarah M Hartsook and Richard Adolph Hartsook
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 78
in Batesburg, Saluda, South Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Laura was born in 1899. She was the daughter of James Hartsook and Laura Brown.[1][2]
Bessie married George Mas on 27 Dec 1915 at Rockville, Maryland.[3] Bessie was granted a divorce 23 December 1929 at Richmond, Virginia, on the grounds of desertion.[3]
Bessie Lee Mas, nee Hartsook, married Louis V Bradshaw on 3 July 1930 at Richmond, Virginia.[4] Bessie was granted a divorce on 18 September 1940 at Richmond, Virginia.[5]
Bessie Lee Hartsook Bradshaw married George Leroy Ward on 6 November 1942 at Hampton, Virginia.[6]
She passed away in 1978. [7]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMN5-G6Z : 9 March 2022), Laura B Hartsook in entry for Jas F Hartsook, 1900.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPLZ-1JW : accessed 24 July 2022), Bessie L Hartsook in household of James F Hartsook, Madison, Orange, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 88, sheet 14B, family 291, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1640; FHL microfilm 1,375,653.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRV-2YDH : 3 March 2021), Bessie Lee Hartsook Mas and George N Mas, 23 Dec 1929; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Richmond, Virginia, United States, certificate #29-002350, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
- ↑ "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8MQ9-N9ZM : 1 July 2022), Bessie Lee Mas in entry for Louis V Bradshaw, 3 Jul 1930; citing Marriage Registration, Richmond, Virginia, United States, Virginia State Library and Archives, Richmond.
- ↑ "Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRK-QSBX : 3 March 2021), Bessie Lee Hartsook Bradshaw and Lewis Vernard Bradshaw, 18 Sep 1940; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Richmond, Virginia, United States, certificate #40-002733, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
- ↑ "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9F-3N89 : 20 February 2021), George Leroy Ward and Bessie Lee Hartsook Bradshaw, 06 Nov 1942; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Hampton, , Virginia, United States, certificate 35823, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
- ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Kevin Caudell.
See Also:
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22657790/bessie-ward: accessed 24 July 2022), memorial page for Bessie Hartsook Ward (1899–1978), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22657790, citing Maplewood Cemetery, Gordonsville, Orange County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Be❤Polite (contributor 46938330).
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Hartsook-162 and Hartsook-39 appear to represent the same person because: same name. same dates, same parents
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