Bessie B (Beardslee) Barrows (1881 - 1965)

Born 8 Sep 1881 in Hamburg, Hardyston Township, Sussex, New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Fred William Barrows — married Jul 1906 in Ness, Kansas, United States

Died 12 Sep 1965 at age 84 in Pueblo, Colorado, United States

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Bessie (Beardslee) Barrows is a descendant of the immigrants William Beardsley and Mary Harvie.

Biography

Bessie B (Beardslee) Barrows was born on 8 Sep 1881 in Hamburg, Hardyston Township, Sussex, New Jersey, United States, daughter of Samuel A Beardslee (1840 - 1881) and Anna (Ogden) Beardslee (1841 - ).

Her siblings were:

1. Cora O (Beardslee) Hunt (1870 - 1942)
2. Harry O Beardslee (1872 - )
3. Charles H Beardslee (1874 - 1941)
4. Samuel Frederick Beardslee (1877 - 1966)

Bessie married Fred William Barrows (1879 - 1965) in Jul 1906 in Ness, Kansas, United States.

Bessie died on 12 Sep 1965 in Pueblo, Colorado aged 84.

Sources

• 1885 Census: "New Jersey, U.S., State Census, 1885"
  New Jersey State Archive; Trenton, New Jersey, United States; State Census of New Jersey, 1885; Film Number: 41; Page number: 47
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61556 #214264 (accessed 17 July 2022)
  Bessie B Beardslee (5 Years of Age and Under) in Hardyston, Sussex, New Jersey, USA.
• 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1900; Census Place: Center, Ness, Kansas; Roll: 493; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0160; FHL microfilm: 1240493
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #16997374 (accessed 17 July 2022)
  Bessie B Beardslee (18), single daughter, At School, in household of Anna A Beardslee (58) in Center, Ness, Kansas. Born in New Jersey, USA.
• 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1910; Census Place: Forrester, Ness, Kansas; Roll: T624_448; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0116; FHL microfilm: 1374461
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #166782742 (accessed 17 July 2022)
  Bess Barrows (28), wife, in household of Fred Barrows (31) in Forrester, Ness, Kansas, USA. Born in New Jersey.
• 1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1920; Census Place: Center, Ness, Kansas; Roll: T625_543; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 128
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #50732770 (accessed 17 July 2022)
  Beas B Barrows (38), wife, in household of Fred W Barrows (40) in Center, Ness, Kansas. Born in New Jersey.
• 1925 Census: "Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855-1925"
  Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1925 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: KS1925_106; Line: 7
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1088 #8373209 (accessed 17 July 2022)
  Bessie B Barrows (43), wife, in household of Fred W Barrows (45) in Forrester, Ness, Kansas. Born in New Jersey.
• 1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1930; Census Place: Forrester, Ness, Kansas; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0006; FHL microfilm: 2340448
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #33398692 (accessed 17 July 2022)
  Bessie B Barrows (48), wife, in household of Fred W Barrows (50) in Forrester, Ness, Kansas, USA. Born in New Jersey.
• 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1940; Census Place: Franklin, Ness, Kansas; Roll: m-t0627-01249; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 68-6
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #66883024 (accessed 17 July 2022)
  Bess B Barrows (58), wife, in household of Fred W Barrows (60) in Franklin, Ness, Kansas. Born in New Jersey.
• 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
  United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Ness, Ness, Kansas; Roll: 3836; Sheet Number: 19; Enumeration District: 68-3
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #27169490 (accessed 17 July 2022)
  Bess Barrows (68), wife, in household of Fred Barrows (71) in Ness, Ness, Kansas, USA. Born in New Jersey.
• Child Death: "Idaho, U.S., Death Records, 1890-1969"
  Idaho Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Boise, Idaho; Death Index and Images, 1911–1969
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60566 #782154 (accessed 17 July 2022)
  Bessie Beardsl in death record for child Howard D. Barrows, 1 Sep 1966 in Orofino, Clearwater, Idaho, USA.
• Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current"
  Find a Grave. Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
  Ancestry Record 60525 #70546491 (accessed 17 July 2022)
  Bess Barrows burial (died on 12 Sep 1965) in Ness City, Ness County, Kansas, United States of America.
• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #113231201 (accessed 15 February 2024)
  Memorial page for Bess Beardsley Barrows (8 Sep 1881-12 Sep 1965), citing Ness City Cemetery, Ness City, Ness County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by KCwxman (contributor 48444877).
• Marriage: "U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current"
  Ness County News; Publication Date: 21/ Jul/ 1906; Publication Place: Ness City, Kansas, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/313864659/?article=dd58eed8-1c5b-4b15-9fcd-2d51b355f93c&focus=0.58117425,0.55724645,0.7158866,0.7129596&xid=3398
  Ancestry Record 62116 #32649435 (accessed 17 July 2022)
  Bessie B Beardelee marriage to Fred W. Barrows in Jul 1906 in Kinsley , Kansas.
• Social Security: "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007"
  Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007
  Ancestry Record 60901 #783271533 (accessed 17 July 2022)
  Name: Bess Beardslee; Gender: Female; Spouse: Frederick William Barrows; Child: Chester Beardslee Barrows.