Bessie Lee Jones was the daughter of Ellen Murphy (b. Craven Co., NC, Feb 1862) and Perry (or Curry) Jones (b. Jones Co., NC, Aug 1859). [Note that her death place was Cypress, Nansemond County, Virginia, now a part of Suffolk Co., Virginia.]
She was listed in the 1920 US Census in Craven Co., NC, with her parents and siblings as: Perry Jones, head, 60, Farmer; Ellen, wife, 50; Janie, dau, 28; Roy, son, 23; Edward, son, 21; *Bessie, dau, 19; William, son, 19; all born in NC.
She married in Craven Co., NC, November 24, 1928, William Jesse (or W. Jay) Jones, son of Mollie L. and Willie Jones.
She died at age 29 yrs, 4 mos, 26 days, married, of Typhoid Fever.
From gravemarker inscription, LDS Family Search, and findagrave contributors Jim Dugan, # 47026362, and Robin Rountree-Key, #49798724.
She was listed in the 1920 US Census in Craven Co., NC, with her parents and siblings as: Perry Jones, head, 60, Farmer; Ellen, wife, 50; Janie, dau, 28; Roy, son, 23; Edward, son, 21; *Bessie, dau, 19; William, son, 19; all born in NC.
She married in Craven Co., NC, November 24, 1928, William Jesse (or W. Jay) Jones, son of Mollie L. and Willie Jones.
She died at age 29 yrs, 4 mos, 26 days, married, of Typhoid Fever.
From gravemarker inscription, LDS Family Search, and findagrave contributors Jim Dugan, # 47026362, and Robin Rountree-Key, #49798724.
Bessie Lee Jones was the daughter of Ellen Murphy (b. Craven Co., NC, Feb 1862) and Perry (or Curry) Jones (b. Jones Co., NC, Aug 1859). [Note that her death place was Cypress, Nansemond County, Virginia, now a part of Suffolk Co., Virginia.]
She was listed in the 1920 US Census in Craven Co., NC, with her parents and siblings as: Perry Jones, head, 60, Farmer; Ellen, wife, 50; Janie, dau, 28; Roy, son, 23; Edward, son, 21; *Bessie, dau, 19; William, son, 19; all born in NC.
She married in Craven Co., NC, November 24, 1928, William Jesse (or W. Jay) Jones, son of Mollie L. and Willie Jones.
She died at age 29 yrs, 4 mos, 26 days, married, of Typhoid Fever.
From gravemarker inscription, LDS Family Search, and findagrave contributors Jim Dugan, # 47026362, and Robin Rountree-Key, #49798724.
She was listed in the 1920 US Census in Craven Co., NC, with her parents and siblings as: Perry Jones, head, 60, Farmer; Ellen, wife, 50; Janie, dau, 28; Roy, son, 23; Edward, son, 21; *Bessie, dau, 19; William, son, 19; all born in NC.
She married in Craven Co., NC, November 24, 1928, William Jesse (or W. Jay) Jones, son of Mollie L. and Willie Jones.
She died at age 29 yrs, 4 mos, 26 days, married, of Typhoid Fever.
From gravemarker inscription, LDS Family Search, and findagrave contributors Jim Dugan, # 47026362, and Robin Rountree-Key, #49798724.
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