Bessie F. Clark b. 23 Nov 1893 Missouri, USA d. 1983: Our Family History

1893 - 1983 (89 years)

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Name	Bessie F. Clark [1]
Born	23 Nov 1893	Missouri, USA [1, 2, 3]
Gender	Female
Census	18 Jun 1900	Benton township, Howell County, MIssouri, USA [4]
	1. Clark, John C., head, white, male, March 1850, 50, married 26 years, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule 121 2. _____, Corine [Caroline], wife, white, female, January 1854, 41, married 26 years, 9 children 8 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write 3. _____, Edd, son, son, white, male, September 1884, 15, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, farm labor, attended school 3 months, can read and write 4. _____, Ida M., daughter, white, female, June 1886, 13, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, attended school 4 months, can read and write 5. _____, John, son, white, male, June1888, 12, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, farm labor, attended school 4 months, can read and write 6. _____, Marvin, son, white, male, May 1891, 9, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee 7. _____, Bessie, daughter, white, female, November 1893, 7, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee 8. _____, Leroy, son, white, male, July 1897, 2, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee
Census	16 Apr 1910	Benton township, Howell County, MIssouri, USA [5]
	1. Clark, John C., head, male, white, 61, widowed, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, general farm, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 30 2. _____, William A. M., son, male, white, 19, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, farm laborer, home farm, can read and write 3. _____, Bessie F., daughter, female, white, 16, single, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, can read and write, not attending school 3. Black, Bessie May, granddaughter, female, white, 11, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, can read and write, attending school
Census	5 Apr 1930	Lincoln township, Atchison County, Missouri, USA [6]
	1. Nicholis [Nicholas], Toy, head, renting, $15, owns radio set, farm, male, white, 39, married, first married age 21, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, hired manager, ranch 2. _____, Bessie, wife, female, white, 36, married, first married age 17, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 3. _____, Loyd [Lloyd?], son, male, white, 17, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 4. _____, Carl, son, male, white, 14, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 5. _____, Cecil, son, male, white, 12, attending school, can read and write, Iowa, Missouri, Missouri 6. _____, Opal, daughter, female,w hate, 6, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 7. Chaney, H. Bert, hired man, male, white, 54, married, first married age 22, Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, laborer, ranch 8. Adams, Herbert, hired man, male, white, 25, single, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, laborer, ranch
Census	3 Apr 1940	Atchison township, Nodaway County, Missouri, USA [7]
	1. Nicholas, toy, head, male, white, renting value $8, farm, 50, married, completed grade 7, Missouri, Atchison County (1935), farmer, farm, farm schedule 23 2. _____, Bessie, wife, female, white, 46, married, completed grade 7, Missouri 3. _____, Carl, son, male, white, 24, single, completed grade 8, Missouri. farm labor 4. _____, Cecil, son, male, white, 22, single, completed grade 7, Missouri, farm labor 5. _____, Vera, daughter, 7, completed first grade, Missouri
Obituary	24 Mar 1969	Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri, USA [8]
	Obit of husband, Maryville Daily Forum: \"Thomas Nicholas Dies in Hospital Thomas Toy Nicholas, 70, Hopkins, died at 2:10 a. m. Sunday at St. Francis Hospital, where he had been a patient for four weeks following a long illness. He was born Jan. 28, 1890, in Howell County, Mo., and was the son of the late James and Laura Jane Smith Nicholas. He was married Apr. 2, 1911, at Arditta, to Miss Bessie F. Clark, who survives. He was a retired farmer. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 pm Wednesday at the Price Funeral Home. The Rev. Howard Judah, will officiate and burial will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Fairfax. Besides his wife of the home he is survived by two sons, James L. Nicholas, Tucson, Ariz., and Cecil Nicholas, Clearmont; one daughter, Mrs. Wayne Snodderley, Tucson, Ariz.; two brothers, John Nicholas, Northboro, Ia., and Gordon Nicholas, Bedford, Ia.; two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Pierson, Stanton, Ia., and Mrs. Maudie Maupin, Red Oak, Ia., and six grandchildren.\"
Newspaper Article	31 Mar 1970	Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri, USA [9]
	\"Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Nicholas, Hopkins, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday with open house at their home west of Hopkins. They will receive friends, relatives and neighbors between 1 and 4 p.m. The couple was married Apr. 2, 1911, near West Plains, Mo., and have resided at the present home for the past seven years. Their children are a daughter, Mrs. Wayne Snodderly, Tucson, Ariz., and three sons, Lloyd and Carl Nicholas, Tucson, Ariz., and Cecil Nicholas, of the home. They also have five grandchildren, Peggy and Gary Snodderly and Ronald and Kathy Nicholas, all of Tucson, and Paula Kay Nicholas, Council Bluffs, Ia.\"
Died	1983 [3]
Buried	Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Fairfax, Atchison County, Missouri, USA [2]
Person ID	I2811	Full
Last Modified	16 Dec 2017

Father	John C. Clark, b. 3 Mar 1849, Osage County, Missouri, USA , d. 6 Jul 1933, Benton Township, Howell County, Missouri (Age 84 years)
Mother	Susan Caroline Clark, b. 14 Jan 1854, Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA , d. 28 Sep 1908, Howell County, Missouri, USA (Age 54 years)
Married	11 Apr 1875	Osage County, Missouri, USA [10, 11, 12, 13]
Family ID	F916	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Thomas Toy "Toy" Nicholas, b. 1890, Missouri, USA , d. 1969 (Age 79 years)

Married 1 Apr 1911 Howell County, Missouri, USA

Entry in Ancestry's Missouri marriages reflects marriage of Bessie F. Clark to Toy Nichols [sic]. However, the digital image doesn't give their names--probably they were on the inside of the jacket that was filmed. The inside of the jacket either was not filmed or was not put on Ancestry. A number of databases reflect this marriage date, which is compatible with the birth of their first child and with Bessie's statement that she was 17 at her first marriage (1930 census).

Children

	1. James Lloyd Nicholas
	2. Carl Nicholas, b. 16 Apr 1915, Missouri, USA , d. 12 Jan 1969, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA (Age 53 years)
+	3. Cecil Nicholas
	4. Opal Nicholas, b. 11 Feb 1924, Tarkio, Atchison County, Missouri, USA , d. 3 Jan 1936, Sunny Slope Hospital, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA (Age 11 years)
	5. Vera Nicholas

Last Modified 16 Dec 2017

Family ID F2425 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Sources

[S7] Missouri, Howell - census 1900, (1900 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule), Benton township, Howell County, Missouri, ED 50, Sheet 7B, Dwelling 129, Family 129, John C. Clark household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3).
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[The census data for the John C. Clark family in 1900 Howell County, MO, is difficult to interpret, due to a poor digital image, taken from a poor original. As an aid to interpretation, I downloaded the census page from another source on rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/howell/howecen.htm. The digital image on rootsweb is better than the ancestry image, and with photoshop enhancement, the data was available for transcription.]«/i»
[S5262] FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : 16 Dec 2017), database and image of marker, Memorial ID 95485458, for Bessie Nicholas (1893-1983), citing Pleasant Ridge Cemetery (Fairfax, Atchison County, Missouri, USA).
[S5263] Social Security Administration, \"U.S., Social Security Death Index,\" database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 December 2017), entry for Bessie Nicholas, August 1983, SSN 488-56-6551.
[S5197] 1900 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Benton township, enumeration district (ED) 50, sheet 7B (penned), p. 7b (stamped), dwelling 130, family 130, John C. Clark household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 November 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 860.
[S5198] 1910 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, North Benton township, enumeration district (ED) 75, sheet 2A (penned), p. 57a (stamped), dwelling 26, family 26, John C. Clark household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 November 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 784.
[S5260] 1930 U.S. census, Atchison County, Missouri, population schedule, Lincoln township, enumeration district (ED) 3-10, sheet 2B (penned), p 80b [stamped], dwelling 38, family 40, Toy Nicholis [Nicholas] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 December 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1175.
[S5261] 1940 U.S. census, Nodaway County, Missouri, population schedule, Atchison township, enumeration district (ED) 74-2, sheet 2A, (penned), p. 6a (stamped) , visited no. 23, Toy Nicholas household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 December 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 2134.
[S5266] \"Thomas Nicholas Dies in Hospital,\" The Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Mo.), 24 March 1969, p. 2, col. 2; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 16 December 2017).
[S5268] \"Hopkins Couple Plans Anniversary Event,\" Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Mo.), 31 March 1961, p. 3, col. 2; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 16 December 2017).
[S271] FamilySearch.org - IGI, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((), "International Genealogical Index"), "Clark, John C. to Caroline Clark 11 April 1875, Osage Co MO" Batch # M515531, serial sheet 3010 (Reliability: 3).
[S7] Missouri, Howell - census 1900, (1900 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule), Benton township, Howell County, Missouri, ED 50, Sheet 7B, Dwelling 129, Family 129, John C. Clark household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3).

[The census data for the John C. Clark family in 1900 Howell County, MO, is difficult to interpret, due to a poor digital image, taken from a poor original. As an aid to interpretation, I downloaded the census page from another source on rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/howell/howecen.htm. The digital image on rootsweb is better than the ancestry image, and with photoshop enhancement, the data was available for transcription.]
[S272] Clark, John C. - marriage, Caroline Clark (1875), (Osage County, Missouri, Circuit Clerk (Charlene Eisterhold, PO Box 825, Linn, MO 65051), entry for John C. Clark and Miss Caroline Clark, 11 April 1875 [marriage book and page number not included by clerk with the copies]; copy received from Circuit Clerk May 2007.).
[S273] Missouri, Howell - Cemetery, Mt. Zion, Mt. Zion Cemetery (Howell County, Missouri; 3 miles south of South Fork on State Road EE, in Section 7, Township 22, Range 9).