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Last Updated: 30. August 2022

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1781 - Jacob Bess married 1790 - Lucinda Kimberlin they had the following children:

1804 - Basil Bess :

1812 - Eli Bess married 1816 - Lear Florence Killian they had the following children:

1833 - Mary Bess :

1836 - Nancy Bess :

1838 - Robert B. Bess :

1840 - John J. Bess :

1842 - Daniel Russell Bess :

1843 - Alice Bess :

1845 - J. Wiley Bess :

1847 - Sarah Jane Bess :

1848 - Martha Ann Bess :

1849 - Caroline Medley Bess :

1850 - Rufus Dock Bess married 1864 - Margaret Green they had the following children:

1882 - Emma Bess :

1884 - Esther Bess :

1886 - William Willie R. Bess :

1888 - Harvey Bess :

1889 - Jackson Jack Thomas Bess :

1892 - Johnathan Johnnie Lee Bess married 1890 - Hallie Emma Whitman they had the following children:

1915 - Clifford I. Bess :

1919 - Shelvil Shelvy Bess :

1922 - Basil Rufus Bess married Year ? Mary Elizabeth Lockhart they had the following children:

1955 - Bodie Bess married 1955 - Dianne Meeks they had the following children:

1979 - David Wayne Bess :

1985 - Christopher Brian Bess :

1987 - Scott Cody Bess :

1932 - Joyce Avis Bess :

1894 - Ira Gordon Clayborne Bess :

1896 - Infant Boy Twin Bess : 1896 – 1896

1896 - Infant Girl Twin Bess : 1896 – 1896

1850 - Rufus Dock Bess married 1863 - Mary Jane Hobbsthey had the following children:

1898 - Briant Bess :

1900 - Eoda Bess :

1852 - Euphemia Bess :

1857 - Andrew Jackson Bess :

1860 - Cora J. Bess :

1815 - Rosa Ann Bess :

1815 - John Bess :

1817 - Wiley R. Bess :