Mary Elizabeth "Bessie" White

1877 - 1962  (85 years)

• Name	Mary Elizabeth "Bessie" White  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Nickname	Bessie
  Birth	6 Jan 1877	Summit, Pike County, Mississippi   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	18 Aug 1962	Rapides Parish, Louisiana   [3, 4]
  Burial	Greenwood Memorial Park, Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana   [4]
  Notes	Rachel Habig emailed, in February 2019, that she knew for a fact that her "2nd great grandmother was names Ary White, after Ary Felder Moore, Mary's aunt. Ary White had a twin sister named Elizabeth "Bessie" White. (My aunt is named "Ary Elizabeth" after them). Due to whatever circumstances, they weren't always in the same household growing up making it tough to research." On the 1880 census, Ary and Bessie, both shown as age 3, where living with W. W. Moore and Ary A. Moore in Pike County, Mississippi. They were listed as Nieces of Ary Moore. Two of their cousins, also lived with WW and Ary Moore, 15 year old Ida Felder, and 7 year old WIll Gardner On the 1900 Federal Census enumeration, Bessie, age 23, as living with her parents in McComb, Mississippi. She was shown as being born in Jan 1877 in Mississippi. In the next household, Ary Martin, the wife of Albert, was also shown as born in Jan 1877 in Mississippi. She and Albert had been married for one year. Shown in Louisiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1775-1984, Succession File No. 2322-2380, 1914-1915, for Mary C. White, as one of eight surviving children of her parents, viz "Mrs. Bessie McMichael, wife of A. W. McMichael, residents of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana." On the Louisiana Statewide Death Index, Elizabeth White McMichael was shown as born ca 1877. The US Social Security Applications index shows her exact date of birth as 6 Jan 1877 in Summit Pipe (sic), Mississippi, and her parents as William T. White and Mary C. Felder.
  Person ID	I47341	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	William Thompson White,   b. 15 Jun 1838, Amite County, Mississippi d. 9 Dec 1927, Rapides Parish, Louisiana (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Mary Cornelia Felder,   b. 1 Nov 1847, Mississippi d. 16 Feb 1914, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	21 Jan 1867	Amite County, Mississippi   [5, 6]
  	Ancestry.com. Mississippi, Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004, complied from information in Hunting for Beart, Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1835, shows him as marrying Cornelia M. FELDER on 21 Jan 1867 in Amite County, Mississippi.
  Photos		White, Mrs. William and Babies From a grouping of four White family photos inherited from Ruth White McLemore of Sabine County, Texas. One of the photos had a mark of a New Orleans Photographer on the back. The four photos were labeled William White, Mrs. William White, Mrs. William White and Babies (Twins?), and Dr. Henry White 1878 (infancy photo). Rachel Habig confirmed these photos related to the family of Cornelia Felder and William T. White. Her direct ancestor is one of the twin girls, Ary White Martin. She and her sister Bessie were born in January 1877.
  Family ID	F3999	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Artie W. McMichael,   b. 22 Oct 1874   d. 20 Jul 1937 (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F14162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 18 Aug 1962 - Rapides Parish, Louisiana  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Twins Ary and Bessie, with their mother Cornelia Felder White. Circa 1877 or 1878, Summit, Pike County, Mississippi.

  
  

• Sources

  [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Mississippi, Pike County, Beath 4 (part) McComb City Town SD 7 ED 112 Sheet 7A Stamped page 167 Enumerated 6 Jun 1900 105-120 (Reliability: 3). [S1832] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. [S1957] . [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), Memorial ID 156494586 (Reliability: 3). [S282] Pickett, Tony--Family Researcher (abpickett@aol.com). [S57] Ancestry.com - Mississippi, Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935 [database online].