"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM1Z-SD3 : accessed 2 June 2019), Bessie Perkins in household of Franklin Boots, Center Township (middle part excl. Greenfield city), Hancock, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 42, sheet 6A, family 113, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,375.
"Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFDQ-5PN : 10 March 2018), Davis in entry for Jesse E. Bussell and Bessie Perkins, 21 Aug 1904; citing reference 31; FHL microfilm 569,391.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKGY-9GS : accessed 16 September 2019), Dortha M Bussell in household of Jesse Bussell, Brown, Hancock, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 58, sheet 9B, family 221, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 353; FHL microfilm 1,374,366.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF7F-GMY : accessed 16 September 2019), Dorthea Bussell in household of Jesse Bussell, Brown, Hancock, Indiana, United States; citing ED 40, sheet 7A, line 12, family 158, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 436; FHL microfilm 1,820,436.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHMG-47G : accessed 16 September 2019), Pauline M Bussell in household of Jesse E Bussell, Brown, Hancock, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 2B, line 78, family 46, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 591; FHL microfilm 2,340,326.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1T7-NBM : 19 August 2019), Charles O Crist in household of Jesse Bussell, Brown Township, Hancock, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-5, sheet 11A, line 11, family 241, 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 1050.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bessie: