Bessie Isabel NUTTER

1896 - 1999  (102 years)

• Name	Bessie Isabel NUTTER
  Birth	6 Dec 1896	Bluestone Estates, Doddridge Co, WV   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1920	West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
  Census	1930, 1940	Lansing, Ingham Co, MI
  Occupation	teacher  [1, 3]
  Residence	Spring Hill, Hernando Co, FL   [4]
  Residence	1959	Lansing, Ingham Co, MI   [5]
  Death	10 Oct 1999  [1, 2]
  Notes	After graduating from West Union H.S., attended WV Wesleyan College, Berea College, KY, and DePaul College, IN. At WV Wesleyan, she played center on the women's basketball team. While teaching in her home town of West Union, WV, Bessie, with her nine sisters, was active in the women's suffrage movement. After voting rights were granted, she became secretary of Doddridge County's first Republican Women's Organization. She also taught at Charleston, WV, Muskegon Heights, MI, and Lansing, MI.
  Person ID	I13411	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Eli Marion NUTTER,   b. 16 Jul 1853, Doddridge Co, (W)VA d. 30 Apr 1938, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Mary Frances MAXWELL,   b. 29 Jan 1858   d. 24 Mar 1937, Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F2117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Morris J. "Pop" GREEN,   b. CA 1892, Custer Co, NE d. 1962 (Age ~ 70 years)  [6, 7]
  Marriage	CA 1923  [8]
  Children	+ 1. Martha Isobel GREEN,   b. 25 Jul 1927   d. 17 Feb 2005 (Age 77 years)   2. Edward M. GREEN,   b. 1930, Michigan
  Family ID	F4783	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

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• Sources

  [S14] Obituary. [S15] Social Security Death Index. [S2027] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). [S1928] Social Security Death Index. [S691] West Union Herald, 6/11/1959. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 216. [S692] Obituary of wife. [S1898] 1930 Census.