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Facts and Events
Source: Bessie Perrilla Spears Wall. She was living in Yuma, Colorado in 1975. Married Mr. Wall. Death date: note of Viola Call. *Bessie Wall letter Aug 8, 1975: "I was 3 months old when they came to Kansas in covered wagon. Was back to Clay county once while Uncle Geo & Aunt Nellie lived there." Children: 1. Veda Vern Wall b. Jan 14 died May 30 had pneumonia then a baby boy born dead. A girl Minnie May died with measels and another boy still born. Then Mr. Wall of heart attack out in field. My married son Claude Avery Wall and Daughter Nora Elizabeth and Carl Eldon died at age 17. I have Willis Eldred Wall Santa Rosa Calif living also Family and Marvin Loy Wall and Family living at Denver Coloradeo & sons Wesley William & Josh living here in Yuma.
"Mother told how cold and snow was nder the carpet till would screach every step. My Dad named me Bessie Perrilla. Most people call me Pearl."
OI had the wrong birthplace (, Sullvn, Missouri), but all other info is explicitly correct
References
- ↑ Social Security Death Record
Bessie Wall, born 29 Dec 1886, died Apr 1981, issued 1965 Colorado. - ↑ Correspondence from Bessie (Perilla or Pearl) Spears Wall daughter of Sarah Elizabeth, to Viola Clifton Call..
- ↑ 1900 Census, Burntwood, Rawlins, Kansas
P. Bessie, dau, age 13, born Dec 1886, Nebraska, at school.
- ↑ Social Security Death Record
Bessie Wall, born 29 Dec 1886, died Apr 1981, issued 1965 Colorado.
- ↑ Article by Lester E. Spears. "The History of Rawlins Kansas.".
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