Bessie Christeen Montgomery was born December 23, 1908 in Pansey (Now Barry), Navarro County, Texas, to father C C Montgomery and mother Lena Woodard.[1]
↑ "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VX93-X91 : accessed 16 March 2015), Bessie Christeen Montgomery, 23 Dec 1908; citing Pansey(Now Barry), Navarro, Texas, United States, certificate 116238, Bureau of Vital Statistics. State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,371,394.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/3NRG-53Z : accessed 16 March 2015), Bessie Montgomery in household of Cecil C Montgomery, Precinct 57, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0217, sheet 14A, family 300, line 35, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 33; FHL microfilm 2,339,768.
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"United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MK79-ST7 : accessed 16 March 2015), Bessie Montgomery in household of Andrew J Nichols, Precinct 49, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 135, sheet 12A, family 201, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,031.
"Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VZVF-JDX : accessed 16 March 2015), Seaborn Lee Tillery and Bessie Christine Montgomery, 02 Feb 1945; citing Jefferson, Alabama, United States, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm 2,405,730.
"Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JXG2-NLZ : accessed 16 March 2015), Bessie M. Tillery in entry for Seaborn Lee Tillery, 12 Oct 1963; citing reference 24641, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,909,058.
"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JLD7-5JM : accessed 16 March 2015), Bessie Tillery, 30 Jul 2001; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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