Bessie M PottengerAge: 79 years1900–1980
- Name
- Bessie M Pottenger
- Given names
- Bessie M
- Surname
- Pottenger
- Married name
- Bessie M Manley
 Birth | July 30, 1900 39 30 |
 Birth of a brother | Roy Elmer Pottenger May 11, 1905 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a brother | James W Pottenger before 1910 (Age 9 years) |
 Census | May 4, 1910 (Age 9 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 15 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 16 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 17 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 24, 1920 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Clarkson William Manley July 9, 1921 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Joseph Benjamin Manley January 29, 1923 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Ann “Polly” Kittrell March 13, 1927 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 29 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Norma Jean Manley February 22, 1930 (Age 29 years) |
| Census | April 8, 1930 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Robert Jay “Bobby” Manley May 28, 1935 (Age 34 years) |
| Census | April 3, 1940 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a mother | Marinda Powers January 18, 1945 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a father | Clarkson Pottenger September 2, 1946 (Age 46 years) |
| Census | April 29, 1950 (Age 49 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Joseph Benjamin Manley — Vella Violet Reynolds — View this family after 1950 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 49 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Jonathan William Biasca June 9, 1955 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a sister | Gracie Ann Pottenger January 27, 1965 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a husband | Joseph “Joe” Manley September 9, 1971 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a brother | Albert Llewellyn Pottenger May 2, 1978 (Age 77 years) |
 Death | May 29, 1980 (Age 79 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Helena Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Clarkson Pottenger Birth: July 11, 1861 — Ohio, United States Death: September 2, 1946 — Atkins, Pope, Arkansas, United States |
| mother |
Marinda Powers Birth: December 20, 1869 36 32 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: January 18, 1945 — Pope, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: September 15, 1889 — |
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22 months elder brother |
James W Pottenger Birth: July 1891 29 21 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: before 1910 |
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1 year elder sister |
Gracie Ann Pottenger Birth: July 14, 1892 31 22 — Missouri, United States Death: January 27, 1965 — Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Albert Llewellyn Pottenger Birth: July 14, 1895 34 25 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: May 2, 1978 — Contra Costa, California, United States |
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5 years herself |
Bessie M Pottenger Birth: July 30, 1900 39 30 — Missouri, United States Death: May 29, 1980 — St. Helena, Napa, California, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Roy Elmer Pottenger Birth: May 11, 1905 43 35 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: January 31, 1984 — Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States |
| Family with Joseph “Joe” Manley |
| husband |
Joseph “Joe” Manley Birth: October 8, 1893 36 27 — Lead Hill, Boone, Arkansas, United States Death: September 9, 1971 — Contra Costa, California, United States |
| herself |
Bessie M Pottenger Birth: July 30, 1900 39 30 — Missouri, United States Death: May 29, 1980 — St. Helena, Napa, California, United States |
| son |
Clarkson William Manley Birth: July 9, 1921 27 20 — Arkansas, United States Death: September 28, 2006 — Saint Helena, Napa, California, United States |
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19 months son |
Joseph Benjamin Manley Birth: January 29, 1923 29 22 — Arkansas, United States Death: August 29, 2002 — Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
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7 years daughter |
Norma Jean Manley Birth: February 22, 1930 36 29 — Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States Death: July 7, 2009 — Coos Bay, Coos, Oregon, United States |
| son |
Private |
| son |
Robert Jay “Bobby” Manley Birth: May 28, 1935 41 34 — Arkansas, United States Death: May 2, 2001 — Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Clarkson Pottenger - Household
Bird, Jackson, Arkansas
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Clarkson Pottenger - Household
Sugar Loaf, Boone, Arkansas
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Joseph “Joe” Manley - Household
Highway 124 Illinois, Pope, Arkansas
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