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Bessie Mae PEARSON

Bessie Mae PEARSON

Female 1896 - 1981  (85 years)


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  • Name Bessie Mae PEARSON
    Birth 21 Jun 1896  South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1920  Reidville, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Oct 1981  [1] 
    Burial Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I36471  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Jan 2011

    Family William Belton GASTON,   b. CA 1884, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1936 (Age ~ 52 years)  [3, 4]
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Spartanburg Co, SC (Reidville Twp), enumerated on Jan 21 1920:
      Lucy Gaston, 64, widowed; son Belton, 36, farmer; dau-in-law Mae, 23; grandson William, 6; granddau Mary, 3 yr 6 mo; grandson George, 2 yr 5 mo; boarder Mattie Wade, 19. All born in South Carolina.

      1930 Census, Spartansburg Co, SC (Beech Springs Twp), enumerated on Apr 24 1930:
      Belton Gaston, 44, laborer, age 28 at time of first marriage; wife May, 35, age 18 at first marriage; dau Louellen, 13; dau Georgia, 12; dau Dolly May, 7; dau Myrtle, 6; son John Henry, 4 yr 2 mo; dau Virginia, 2 yr 7 mo.
    Children 
    >1. William Crawford GASTON,   b. CA 1914, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Jan 2005 (Age ~ 90 years)
    >2. Mary Lou GASTON,   b. CA 1917, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Jan 2005 (Age ~ 87 years)
     3. Georgia Leona GASTON,   b. 3 Oct 1918, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1985 (Age 67 years)
    +4. Dollie May GASTON,   b. 24 Apr 1922, Reidville, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 2005, Shelby, Cleveland Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    >5. Myrtle Geneva GASTON,   b. 24 Jan 1924, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 2000 (Age 76 years)
     6. John Henry GASTON,   b. 12 Jan 1926, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1984 (Age 58 years)
     7. Virginia Dare "Ginny" GASTON,   b. 16 Aug 1927, Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jan 2011, Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     8. White Oneal GASTON   d. Bef Jan 2005
    +9. Rachel GASTON,   b. 1 May 1930, Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 2011, Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F14468  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    2. [S1898] 1930 Census.

    3. [S1868] Mary Gaston Gee (1899-1987), The Ancestry and Descendants of Amzi Williford Gaston II (1841-1911) of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, (Charlottesville, VA, 1944), p. 14.

    4. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.