Sunday, March 15, 2015

Bessie LYNN PHILLIPS MAJORS

Bessie Lynn
Your 2nd great grandmother
Birth 14 May 1892 in Onton, Kentucky, USA
Death 19 Feb 1993 in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana


Bessie Lynn (1892 - 1993)
is your 2nd great grandmother
son of Bessie Lynn
daughter of Essel Lee Phillips Sr
son of Cordia Elizabeth Phillips
You are the daughter of William Carl Davis JR

Essel Lee PHILLIPS Sr., Andrew Jackson PHILLIPS, and Bessie LYNN





Name:
Bessie Lynn
Age:
8
Birth Date:
May 1892
Birthplace:
Kentucky
Home in 1900:
Dixon, Webster, Kentucky
Race:
White
Gender:
Female
Relation to Head of House:
Daughter
Marital Status:
Single
Father's name:
David W Lynn
Father's Birthplace:
Kentucky
Mother's name:
Sarah Lynn
Mother's Birthplace:
Kentucky
Occupation:
Neighbors:
Household Members:


Name:
Bessie Phillip
[Beasie Phillip] 
Age in 1910:
17
Birth Year:
abt 1893
Birthplace:
Kentucky
Home in 1910:
Onton, Webster, Kentucky
Race:
White
Gender:
Female
Relation to Head of House:
Wife
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Andrew Phillip
Father's Birthplace:
Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace:
Kentucky
Neighbors:
Household Members:


Name:
Bessie Phillips
Age:
26
Birth Year:
abt 1894
Birthplace:
Kentucky
Home in 1920:
Slaughtersville, Webster, Kentucky
House Number:
Farm
Race:
White
Gender:
Female
Relation to Head of House:
Wife
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Jack Phillips
Father's Birthplace:
Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace:
Kentucky
Able to Speak English:
Yes
Neighbors:
Household Members:


Arthur Chamberlain has NONE listed in the relationship column and NONE listed in the occupation column, so I don't know who he was or why he was living with them during this census year.  Henry Corbet has NONE listed in the relationship column, and laborer listed in the occupation column.  I don't know if he was a laborer for this family or why he was living there.

Name:
Bessie Phillips
Birth Year:
abt 1893
Gender:
Female
Race:
White
Birthplace:
Kentucky
Marital Status:
Married
Relation to Head of House:
Wife
Homemaker?:
Yes
Home in 1930:
Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana
Map of Home:
Street address:
Harriett Street
Ward of City:
No 5 Part
House Number in Cities or Towns:
1221
Dwelling Number:
530
Family Number:
541
Age at First Marriage:
16
Attended School:
No
Able to Read and Write:
Yes
Father's Birthplace:
Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace:
Kentucky
Able to Speak English:
Yes
Neighbors:
Household Members:


Name:
Bessie Phillips
Respondent:
Yes
Age:
47
Estimated birth year:
abt 1893
Gender:
Female
Race:
White
Birthplace:
Kentucky
Marital Status:
Married
Relation to Head of House:
Wife
Home in 1940:
Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana
Map of Home in 1940:
House Number:
525
Inferred Residence in 1935:
Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana
Residence in 1935:
Same Place
Resident on farm in 1935:
No
Sheet Number:
61A
Attended School or College:
No
Highest Grade Completed:
Elementary school, 8th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939:
0
Income:
0
Income Other Sources:
No
Neighbors:
Household Members:



Name:
Bessie Majors
SSN:
309-24-0261
Last Residence:
47710 Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA
BORN:
14 May 1892
Died:
Feb 1993
State (Year) SSN issued:
Indiana (Before 1951)



Name:
Bessie Lynn Phillips
Birth Date:
14 May 1892
Death Date:
19 Feb 1993
Cemetery:
Springdale Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place:
Sebree, Webster County, Kentucky, USA
Has Bio?:
Y
Spouse:
Children:
URL:


From site:
Birth: 
May 14, 1892
Death: 
Feb. 19, 1993
Name at time of death was Bessie Lynn Phillips Majors

Known Male Children:
Essel Phillips b. 1909
Cecil Roscoe Phillips b.24 Nov 1910 d.14 Jan 1977
James Phillips b. abt 1914 d. 28 Dec 1971
David A. Phillips b. abt 1916 d. 28 Nov 1992
McCoy Phillips b. abt 1920
Eugene Phillips b. 1924 d. 12 Sep 2004

Above information provided by Julia Burlison


Family links: 
 Spouse:

 Children:

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Sebree
Webster County
Kentucky, USA


Created by: Lynn Fischer
Record added: Aug 24, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 75452348



Apparently she married Robert Herman Majors sometime after Andrew Jackson Phillips' death, according to other member trees on ancestry.com. 


This is all I have on Bessie Lynn Phillips Majors.  Next up on the ancestry trail is her father, David William Lynn.

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