Bessie Lee (Kirkland) Bohnke (1900 - 1975)

Born 11 Oct 1900 in Monroe, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 14 Mar 1975 at age 74 in Knox, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

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Bessie Lee Kirkland was born in October of 1900. She was the daughter of James Kirkland and Delilah Chiles. She is listed with her parents on the 1910 Census^[1] in Monroe, Tennessee. She was first married to John A. Frye on January 3, 1920.^[2] They are listed together on the 1930 Census^[3] and the 1940 Census.^[4] Sometime after the death of her first husband in 1968; she was remarried to Verne Wilson Bohnke (1901–1988). She passed away in March of 1975 at the age of 74 and is buried in Grandview Cemetery in Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGXF-JMF : accessed 1 March 2021), Bessie Kirkland in household of James Kirkland, Civil District 17, Greene, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 154, sheet 5B, family 96, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1514; FHL microfilm 1,375,527.
2. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN6D-11P : 4 December 2014), John A Frye and Bessie Kirkland, 03 Jan 1920; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 414, Monroe, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPWM-1KJ : accessed 1 March 2021), Bessie L Frye in household of John A Frye, Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 6A, line 28, family 147, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2234; FHL microfilm 2,341,968.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K447-5FG : 11 January 2021), Bessie Frye in household of John A Frye, Civil District 9, Blount, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-21, sheet 23B, line 60, family 463, 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 3874.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 March 2021), memorial page for Bessie Kirkland Bohnke (11 Oct 1900–14 Mar 1975), Find a Grave Memorial no. 161233914, citing Grandview Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Bekah Myers (contributor 48929459) .