Born 1920s.
Ancestors 
Daughter of Byron Herbert Pinkham
and Louisa May (Gray) Smallidge
Descendants 
Mother of
Cherry (Harth) Baumbusch and [private son (1950s - unknown)]
Died 1980s.
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Biography
Bessie Edna Pinkham was born in Ellsworth ME on September 29, 1927, one of four children of Louisa Mae Gray and Byron Herbert Pinkham. She passed away June 1989. Bess graduated from Ellsworth High School and moved to Washington DC to work at the Pentagon as a secretary. She later worked for the GAO and then as a legal secretary for Harry James Harth, whom she married. They lived in Fairfax County with their three children, and Harry died of lung cancer at home in November 1963. They are both buried in Arlington National Cemetary at Harry’s gravestone. <ref. > Family records
Sources
- U.S.Social Security Death Index 1935-2014
- Family records.
- Virginia Marriage Records
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bess 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 Bess:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bess 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 Bess:
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50.00%
50.00%
Cherry (Harth) Baumbusch 
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23andMe, GEDmatch M871736 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M871736 [compare], Ancestry member cherrybaumbusch
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch M871736 [compare]
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~0.78%
Bob (Day Sr.) Day :
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