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William L. Cunningham
(1836-1901)
Catharine Elizabeth Cross
(1848-1930)
Robert R. Ferrell
(1841-1912)
Adelia Margaret Fast
(1843-1886)
Van Sanford Cunningham
(1865-1937)
Laura Frances Ferrell
(1866-1937)
Bessie Cunningham
(1889-1974)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Gilbert Moore Keith

Bessie Cunningham 1 2 3

  • Born: June 1889, West Virginia 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Gilbert Moore Keith on 5 June 1915
  • Died: 1974 at age 85
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Sherman Magisterial District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States on 23 June 1900. 1

1900 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 25, Family 167
Sherman District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States
Farm owned, with mortgage
Bessie Cunningham..Daughter..Jun 1889..10..West Virginia..At School

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Sherman Magisterial District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States on 23 April 1910. 2

1910 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 22, Family 68, Roll 1677
Sherman Managerial District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Bessie Cunningham..Daughter..20..West Virginia

(Living with parents.)
.

• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Center District, Calhoun, WV on 26 April 1930. 3

1930 US Census
Sheet 12B, District 7-2, Family 222, Roll 2530
Center Magisterial District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States
Home rented
Bessie Keith..Daughter..41..Widowed..West Virginia..Servant, Private Home..Widowed

(Living with daughter at the home of her parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in June 1889, then her age should have been 40 instead of 41.
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Bessie married Gilbert Moore Keith on 5 June 1915. (Gilbert Moore Keith was born in 1889 and died in 1933.)
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Sources

1 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Sherman District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States, enumeration district (ED) 25, sheet 10B, family 167, Van Sanford Cunningham and Laura Frances Ferrell; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 24 July 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

2 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Sherman Managerial District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States, enumeration district (ED) 22, sheet 4B, family 68, Van Sanford Cunningham and Laura Frances Ferrell; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 24 July 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 1677.

3 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Center Magisterial District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States, enumeration district (ED) 7-2, sheet 12B, family 222, Van Sanford Cunningham and Laura Frances Ferrell; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 29 July 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 2530.

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