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Bessie Martha (Jacobs) Whitecotton (1883 - 1960)

Bessie Martha Whitecotton formerly Jacobs
Born in Marion, Iowa, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , , , , and
Wife of — married 25 Jul 1901 (to 25 Mar 1960) in Mount Ayr, Ringgold, Iowa, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , and
Died at age 76 in Quesnel, British Columbia, Canadamap
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Biography

Bessie Martha Jacobs was born July 3, 1883 and is the daughter of Daniel Jacobs and Sarah Willis. Bessie grew up in Mount Ayr Township, Iowa[1] along with ten siblings; Mary Ann Jacobs, James William Jacobs, Jacob Alva Jacobs, Clara Ellen Jacobs, Clarence Augusta Jacobs, Bertha Jacobs, Daisy Addie Jacobs, Lamoin Norman Jacobs, Ethel Mae Jacobs and Alta Pearl Jacobs.

Bessie married Royden Whitecotton[2] July 25, 1901[3][4] and they made their home in Dunn, North Dakota[5] and Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada until her death March 25, 1960.[6] Together they raised three children; Ora Eldin Whitecotton, Freida Whitecotton and Lynn Ray Whitecotton. Her place of burial is unknown at this time.

Sources

  1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9LX-FQY : accessed 3 July 2020), Bessie M Jacobs in household of Daniel Jacobs, Mt. Ayr Township Mt. Ayr city, Ringgold, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 110, sheet 4A, family 73, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,457.
  2. ↑ '"British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL1M-ZLQ : 8 November 2017), Bessie Jacobs in entry for Roy Whitecotton, 1979.
  3. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ88-VVL : 4 November 2017), Roy Whiticotton and Bessie Martha Jacobs, 25 Jul 1901, Mount Ayr, Ringgold, Iowa, United States; citing reference v 3454 p 89, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,035,020.
  4. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJKP-C3L : 10 February 2018), Roy Whitecotton and Bessie M. Jacobs, 25 Jul 1901, Mt. Ayr, Ringgold, Iowa, United States; citing reference cn3454, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,035,021.
  5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC8Q-BPV : accessed 3 July 2020), Bessie Whitecotten in household of Roy Whitecotten, Township 145, Dunn, North Dakota, United States; citing ED 53, sheet 6A, line 19, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1333; FHL microfilm 1,821,333.
  6. ↑ "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLRY-HBM : 8 November 2017), Bessie Martha Whitecotton, 1960.

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