Bessie Blanche GrahamAge: 91 years1902–1994
- Name
- Bessie Blanche Graham
- Given names
- Bessie Blanche
- Surname
- Graham
 Birth | August 5, 1902 29 22 |
 Birth of a sister | Marie “Pid” Graham December 17, 1904 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Jessie Mae Graham July 8, 1908 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | May 12, 1910 (Age 7 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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 7, 1920 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | James Andrew Tomerlin July 15, 1920 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Ruth Ellen “Ruthie” Shemwell February 23, 1926 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a sister | Jessie Mae Graham January 17, 1927 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 27 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 15, 1930 (Age 27 years) |
| Census | April 10, 1940 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ruth Mable Graham July 15, 1940 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 |
| Census | April 5, 1950 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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 father | Thomas Henry Graham July 17, 1954 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a mother | Martha Bell “Mattie” Tomerlin May 19, 1960 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 sister | Marie “Pid” Graham December 21, 1980 (Age 78 years) |
 Death | July 2, 1994 (Age 91 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pond Run Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas Henry Graham Birth: November 8, 1872 — Mississippi, United States Death: July 17, 1954 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Martha Bell “Mattie” Tomerlin Birth: January 4, 1880 38 28 — Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 19, 1960 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: about 1896 — |
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16 months elder sister |
Ruth Mable Graham Birth: April 18, 1897 24 17 — Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: July 15, 1940 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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22 months elder brother |
Durward L Graham Birth: February 8, 1899 26 19 — Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: June 6, 1900 — Ohio, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years herself |
Bessie Blanche Graham Birth: August 5, 1902 29 22 — Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: July 2, 1994 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Marie “Pid” Graham Birth: December 17, 1904 32 24 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 21, 1980 — Daviess, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Jessie Mae Graham Birth: July 8, 1908 35 28 — Rockport, Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: January 17, 1927 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
Bessie Blanche Graham has 3 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (3)
Parents William Herbert Tomerlin + Lou Ann Fulkerson
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Henry Graham - Household
Rockport, Ohio, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Henry Graham - Household
Rockport & Cromwell Road Rockport, Ohio, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Henry Graham - Household
1006 Hadley Avenue Davidson, Tennessee
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Henry Graham - Household
South side of Cleaton Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Henry Graham - Household
Unnamed Road Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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