"South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2014," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKD8-VP56 : accessed 9 March 2016), Bessie Kirby, 20 Oct 1894; citing Birth, Clark, South Dakota, United States, South Dakota Department of Health, Pierre; FHL microfilm.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMR9-J49 : accessed 9 March 2016), Bessie Kirby in household of Mirrel L Kirby, Blaine, Cottonwood & Thorp Townships, Clark, South Dakota, United States; citing sheet 7B, family 135, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,548.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPXJ-P4P : accessed 9 March 2016), Bessie K Kirby in household of Merritt L Kirby, Bradley Ward 3, Clark, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 104, sheet 4A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,491.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6J8-8B4 : accessed 7 May 2016), Bessie Kirby in household of Merritt L Kirby, Bradley, Clark, South Dakota, United States; citing sheet 2A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,717.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V196-4C2 : accessed 9 March 2016), Bessie Brown in household of Robert Brown, Bradley Town, Bradley, Clark, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13-3, sheet 4B, family 87, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3851.
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