Bessie's actual birth location is unknown but she was not likely born at Sayre. Bessie was likely born at home and at the time it would have been in Greer (now Beckham) County, Oklahoma Territory.

1910 - US Census - Delhi Township, Beckham, Oklahoma
Household .....Role .......Sex ......Age Birthplace
Joseph York ...Head ......Male ....43 ..Tennessee
Mertle York ....Wife ........Female 28 ..Texas
Blanchie York Daughter Female 17 ..Texas
Willie York ......Son .........Male ....13 ..Texas
Buron York .....Son .........Male ....11 ..Texas
Bessie York .....Daughter Female 4 ....Oklahoma
Earnest York ...Son ..........Male ....1 ....Oklahoma

1920 - US Census - Sayre Township, Beckham, Oklahoma.
Household .....Role .........Sex ......Age Birthplace
Joseph P York Head ........Male ....53 ..Tennessee
Myrtle J York ..Wife .........Female 38 ..Texas
Buren A York ..Son ..........Male ....21 ..Texas
Bessie L York ..Daughter Female 13 ..Oklahoma
Ernest J York ..Son ..........Male ....11 ..Oklahoma
Andy B York ....Son ..........Male ....8 ....Oklahoma
Oland A York ..Son ..........Male ....5 ....Oklahoma
Otha L York ....Son ..........Male ....2 ....Oklahoma

Husbands were:

William "Bill" Roper
Floyd Huntsinger
Earl Stowe
Monte Foster

On September 27, 1924 Bessie was married to William Roper in Erick, Oklahoma.

1930 - US Census -

1940 - US Census - Justice Precinct 3, Dallam, Texas
Household ........Role .......Sex ......Age Birthplace
William Roper ...Head ......Male ....38 ..Texas
Bessie L Roper ..Wife ........Female 33 ..Oklahoma
Lucille W Roper Daughter Female 14 ..Oklahoma
Inez M Roger .....Daughter Female 11 ..Oklahoma
Robert W Roper Son ..........Male ....5 ....Texas

Amarillo Daily News, Amarillo, Texas · Friday, September 07, 1945 pg 4
WEDDINGS

ROPER-HUNTSINOER(sic)
DALHART, Sept. 6-Announcement has just been made of the last Monday morning marriage of a Dalhart couple in Raton. The contracting parties were Mrs. Bessie Roper and Floya E. Huntsinger. They honeymooned briefly in Colorado.

1950 - US Census - Dalhart, Dallam, Texas
Household ................Role .Sex ......Age Birthplace
F E Huntsinger ..........Head Male ....52 ..Kansas
Bessie W Huntsinger Wife ..Female 44 ..Oklahoma

Wichita Falls Times, Wichita Falls, Texas · Wednesday, February 25, 1976 pg 4A
Foster rites
are conducted1

HENRIETTA, Tex. (Special) Services and burial were Tuesday afternoon in Dalhart, Tex. for Mrs. Bessie Lee Foster, 69,a former resident of Clay County. She died Saturday.

Born June 6, 1906, at Sayre,(sic) Okla., she had been a resident of Dalhart 50 years.

Survivors include a son, R.W. of Tulsa, Okla.; three daughters, Mrs. Howard Best of Wichita Falls, Mrs. Ross Fry of Henrietta and Mrs. Wendell Lowry of Dalhart; a sister, two brothers, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.