Some sources say she was born in Ohio; other sources say she was born in Kentucky. So it is clear that she was born in the United States; it’s just not clear from sources which state.
Sources
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128210070/bessie-l-vanhorn : accessed 02 April 2022), memorial page for Bessie L Vanhorn (8 Jul 1874–12 Aug 1913), Find a Grave Memorial ID 128210070, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Neapolis, Lucas County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Keith Shetzer (contributor 47252033) .
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDLJ-F6N : 29 September 2021), Bessie Brown in entry for William Edward Shoemaker and Bessiem Cleo Rauch, 1914.
"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8X4-WPY : 8 March 2021), Bessie Van Horn, 12 Aug 1913; citing Washington Twp., Henry, Ohio, reference fn 46855; FHL microfilm 1,953,756.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML87-QHR : accessed 3 April 2022), Bessie L Van Horn in household of William N Van Horn, Washington, Henry, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 43, sheet 1B, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1198; FHL microfilm 1,375,211.
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