First Husband - JOHN G MOORE (1868-1912)
Second Husband - HERMAN MALCOLM MURKEN (1875-1923)
SHE LIVED AT 519 WEST OGLETHORPE AVE, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WHICH IS LOCATED VERY NEAR THE CORNER OF WEST OGLETHORPE AVE. AND WEST BROAD STREET.
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BESSIE JULIA WILLIAMS, born 14 OCT 1876 in Bulloch County, Georgia, died 27 MAR 1924 in Savannah, Chatham County Georgia. She was the third child, second daughter, born to Aaron Cone Williams (b. 28 NOV 1847, d. 21 OCT 1902), a CSA Veteran, and Mary Jane DeLoach (b. 06 SEP 1852, d. 22 OCT 1946). Bessie married 1st John G. Moore, born AUG 1868, died 25 JUL 1912. After the death of her first husband, Bessie married Herman Malcolm Murken, born 06 OCT 1869, died 17 DEC 1923, son of a German immigrant, Leo Murken. Bessie and her first husband had two children, listed below, in birth order:

First born child a son, GEORGE FRIERSON MOORE, born 30 MAY 1896, died 10 AUG 1954, A U. S. Navy Veteran of World War I, serving as a Pharmacists Mate 2 Class when discharged. He was raised in Savannah, Georgia, at 519 West Oglethorpe Avenue, which is at the corner of East Broad Street at that time. He is interred in Hillcrest Abbey East Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. He and his WIFE (NAME UNKNOWN) had one son: GEORGE FRIERSON MOORE, JR., (b. 14 JUN 1923, d. 26 DEC 1995) . This only son married MARION A. MORGAN (b. 18 JUN 1930, d. 29 MAY 1997). Both George, Junior, and his wife, Marion, are interred in Greenwich Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia.

Second born child, a daughter, EDNA L. MOORE, born 29 JUL 1898, died 28 AUG 1906, burial in Lot# 2743 of LAUREL GROVE NORTH CEMETERY, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. She died at age 8 years, 30 days. She is now in the loving hands of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She was the granddaughter of Aaron Cone Williams. a CSA Veteran, and Mary Jane DeLoach. Through her DeLoach blood, she is descended from the French Huguenots who fled first to Ireland to escape persecution and death by the Catholics. From Ireland, they made their way to the North American continent through Virginia and then on down to the Southern parts of the English colonies and eventually to Georgia after the American Revolution against King George III, King of England & Ireland.

SIBLINGS. Known Siblings of Bessie Julia Williams, Daughter of Aaron Cone Williams (1847 - 1902) and Mary Jane DeLoach Williams (1852 - 1946), are listed below, including her, in birth order:

1. Ann Elizabeth Williams (AKA "Annie Eliza"), age 12 in 1880 (Source 1880 US Federal Census). She was born 09 OCT 1867, died 21 AUG 1931, in Bulloch County, Georgia. At age 15 years, 2 months, 26 days, she married Alfred Jackson Bowen, born 31 MAY 1858, died 06 DEC 1929. Both are interred side-by-side in Ephesus Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Bulloch County, Georgia. They had 13 children with 12 surviving to adulthood. This writer is her grandson.

2. William H. Williams, age 9 in 1880 US Federal Census (Source: 1880 US Federal Census). (Born about 1871). Searching for information about his life and his burial location.

3. Bessie Julia Williams, age 5 in 1880 US Federal Census (Source: 1880 US Federal Census). born 14 OCT 1876 in Bulloch County, Georgia, died 27 MAR 1924 in Savannah, Chatham County Georgia. Interred in Lot# 2743, Laurel Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, WITHOUT A MARKER, with her 1st husband, John G. Moore (1869-1912), with an average size Headstone Marker, mounted on a stone base, and her 2nd husband Herman Malcolm Murken (1869-1923), is interred here also, without a Marker). Perhaps her descendants or kinfolk will remedy this, we’ll see . . . . And the kinfolks did remedy this - see paragraph after the sixth sibling below.

4. Alice Williams, age 3 In 1880 (Source: 1880 US Federal Census). (Born about 1877). Searching
for information about her life and his burial location.

5. John Isom Williams, age 8 months in 1880 US Federal Census (Source: 1880 US Federal Census). (Born about 1879. Searching for information about his life and burial location.

6. James Frary Williams, born 20 JUL 1882, died 24 OCT 1944, at age 62 years, 3 months, and 4 days. He as born two years after the 1880 US Federal Census. He was called Frary by all his extended Family. He was employed by one of the Railroad companies operating in Savannah, Georgia where he was headquartered and worked till his death in Savannah, Georgia. Burial in, Lot# 2525, Laurel Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia (Source of Dates: Headstone in the Cemetery). He was the victim of a Train accident and lost one leg. He learned to walk with the use of a wooden prosthetic leg the remainder of his life. When he died, his niece Nita Bowen, daughter of his older sister, Ann Elizabeth Williams Bowen, took custody of the prosthetic leg.
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A REMEDY MADE. In late July of 2016, this writer first learned of the burial location of Bessie Julia Williams, his grandmother's sister, and visited her burial site, Plot# 2743, Space 4, in LAUREL GROVE NORTH CEMETERY, Savannah, Georgia and was surprised to discover there was NO HEADSTONE OR OTHER MARKER on her gravesite. Cemetery records confirmed her 1st husband, John G. Moore, had purchased the plot prior to his death and only two headstones were there, one for his 8-year old daughter at SPACE #1 and one for her father, John G. Moore, both having prominent HEADSTONES. Evidently, after great aunt Bessie's 2nd husband died, she did not have time to make arrangements for a headstone marking his burial in that same plot, in SPACE #3, most probably because she, great aunt Bessie may have been sick for she died exactly 100 days after her 2nd husband, HERMAN MALCOLM MURKEN, died and no one stepped up to make arrangements for and pay for his and later her headstone markers. These two graves lay unmarked for another 92 years, 6 months when stone markers with identifying information were placed on these two (2) unmarked graves by descendants of great aunt Bessie Julia Williams' eldest sister, Ann Elizabeth "Annie Eliza" Williams Bowen. Three of great aunt Bessie's great nephews witnessed the placement of these two (2) new headstone markers on Tuesday, September 27, 2016, 3:30 PM to 4:00 PM: (1) Charles Elliott Bowen, age 80; (2) Ralph Bowen Jones, age 82; and William Kenneth Bowen, age 83.

This family information obtained from my family’s knowledge and the able assistance of Find A Graver, Robert Thompson, the 1880 US Federal Census, Cemetery Records, and findagrave.com memorial records, and was prepared on August 01, 2016 by William Kenneth Bowen, great nephew of Bessie Julia Williams and grandson of Ann Elizabeth "Annie Eliza" Williams Bowen, eldest sister of Bessie Julia Williams. This biography will be updated as new information is identified and thoroughly authenticated. FIRST UPDATE: 02 OCT 2016, and last update: 10 JAN 2017.
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BELOW IS INFORMATION FROM BESSIE JULIA WILLIAMS MERKEN'S DEATH CERTIFICATE (NOTE THE MISSPELLING IN HER MARRIED NAME):

Title Muoken [sic], Bessie Moore
Birth Date 1876-10-14
Age at Death 49 years 5 months
City of Death Savannah
County of Death Chatham
Date of Death 1924-03-27
Year of Death 1924
Father's Name Aaron Williams
First Name Bessie Moore
Last Name Muoken [sic]
Race or Ethnic Origin Caucasian
Certificate Number 7019
Sex Female
Spouse's Name Herman M. Muoken [sic]
Format Document
Cite as Death Certificates, Vital Records, Public Health, RG 26-5-95, Georgia Archives
Digital Collection Georgia Death Certificates
Filename 004179257_00146.jpg

Name: MURKEN, BESSIE MOORE
Cemetery: LAUREL GROVE NORTH
Section: 0
Block: 0
Lot: 2743
Death Date: 03/27/1924
Burial Date: 03/29/1924
Age: 49 YRS 5 MOS

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