Bessie Lee FitzhughAge: 62 years1908–1971
- Name
- Bessie Lee Fitzhugh
- Given names
- Bessie Lee
- Surname
- Fitzhugh
- Married name
- Bessie Lee Sargent
 Birth | June 5, 1908 32 27 |
 Census | April 29, 1910 (Age 22 months) |
 Birth of a sister | Clarice Faye Fitzhugh August 29, 1910 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Dorothy Elizabeth Fitzhugh February 20, 1913 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Lorie “Myrt” Fitzhugh September 3, 1915 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Jane Sikes January 21, 1916 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a father | Henry Vermon Fitzhugh August 14, 1916 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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 | March 16, 1920 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 21 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 |
| Census | April 19, 1930 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John Randolph Cherry September 3, 1932 (Age 24 years) |
| Census | May 6, 1940 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 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 |
| Death of a sister | Modenia Fitzhugh April 12, 1966 (Age 57 years) Cause: Pancreatic Cancer |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 | January 25, 1971 (Age 62 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tolar Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Henry Vermon Fitzhugh Birth: December 7, 1875 — Tennessee, United States Death: August 14, 1916 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
| mother |
Mattie Mae “Monni” Cherry Birth: April 17, 1881 39 36 — Thorp Spring, Hood, Texas, United States Death: September 15, 1974 — Glen Rose, Somervell, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: June 22, 1898 — Hood, Texas, United States |
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11 months elder sister |
Lilllie May Fitzhugh Birth: June 2, 1899 23 18 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: January 31, 1987 — Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States |
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20 months elder sister |
Floy Inez Fitzhugh Birth: February 3, 1901 25 19 — Texas, United States Death: July 7, 1990 — Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Gretchen Fitzhugh Birth: May 4, 1904 28 23 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: July 1, 1999 — Glen Rose, Somervell, Texas, United States |
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23 months elder sister |
Modenia Fitzhugh Birth: March 24, 1906 30 24 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: April 12, 1966 — Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States |
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2 years herself |
Bessie Lee Fitzhugh Birth: June 5, 1908 32 27 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: January 25, 1971 — Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Clarice Faye Fitzhugh Birth: August 29, 1910 34 29 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: June 21, 1995 — Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Dorothy Elizabeth Fitzhugh Birth: February 20, 1913 37 31 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: June 29, 2003 — Fort Worth, Denton, Texas, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Mary Lorie “Myrt” Fitzhugh Birth: September 3, 1915 39 34 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: November 8, 2008 — Tarrant, Texas, United States |
| Family with James Daniel Sargent |
| husband |
James Daniel Sargent Birth: May 5, 1907 — Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States Death: September 9, 2005 — Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States |
| herself |
Bessie Lee Fitzhugh Birth: June 5, 1908 32 27 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: January 25, 1971 — Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| daughter |
Private |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Henry Vermon Fitzhugh - Household
Hood, Texas
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John Randolph Cherry - Household
Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Leyorn J Turner - Household
Tarrant, Texas
Leyorn J Turner Household |