Born in Duplin, North Carolina, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Raleigh Nelson Fountain
— married
3 Nov 1937 in Duplin, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Timothy Johnson Fountain
Died
at age 67
in Chinquapin, Jones, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Bessie Eliza Lanier was born on 3 May 1908 in Duplin, North Carolina. She was the daughter of John A Lanier and Adeliza "Addie" Brinson.[1][2][3]
She married Raleigh Nelson Fountain on 3 November 1937 in Duplin, North Carolina.[4][5]
She passed away on 7 December 1975.[6] She is buried beside her beloved Raleigh at Hosea Fountain Cemetery in Cypress Creek, Duplin, North Carolina.[7]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML9Z-3WS : accessed 2 April 2021), Bessie Lanier in household of John A Lanier, Cypress Creek, Duplin, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 30, sheet 2A, family 16, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1108; FHL microfilm 1,375,121.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZKB-TD5 : 2 February 2021), Bessie Lanier in entry for John A Lanier, 1920.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3SK-97D : accessed 2 April 2021), Bessie E Lanier in household of John A Lanier, Cypress Creek, Duplin, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 15B, line 69, family 303, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1686; FHL microfilm 2,341,420.
- ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KL7H-TLT : 9 March 2021), Raleigh N Fountain and Bessie Lanier, 03 Nov 1937; citing Duplin, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 296,613.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWSD-7MP : 9 January 2021), Bessie L Fountain in household of Raleigh N Fountain, Cypress Creek Township, Duplin, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-3, sheet 8B, line 58, family 143, 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 2901.
- ↑ "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H4RT-XYZM : 21 January 2020), Bessie Eliza Fountain, 1975.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 April 2021), memorial page for Bessie Eliza Lanier Fountain (3 May 1908–7 Dec 1975), Find a Grave Memorial no. 57161134, citing Hosea Fountain Cemetery, Cypress Creek, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by John Evans (contributor 47071981) . https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57161134/bessie-eliza-fountain
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