Pvt Charles Hamilton Bess (1843-1912)

Pvt Charles Hamilton Bess Veteran

Birth

22 Dec 1843

Montgomery County, Virginia, USA

Death

1 Dec 1912 (aged 68)

USA

Burial

Bess Cemetery

Dunbar, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map

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Word is Charles Bess had lost an eye from a fight with a couple of confederate soilders. He then join 2nd West Virginia Calvery Company D. No direct notes are made about him in the calvery, but the unit did see lots of action.

Family Members

Spouse

Mary Ann Mitchell Bess

1846–1901

Children

Phillip George Bess

1867–1943
Lydia Long Bess Spradling

1870–1936
Mary Frances Bess Atherton

1872–1940
Charles Mitchell Bess

1874–1945
Ada Gertrude "Gertie" Bess Glass

1878–1940
Anna R Bess Burford

1880–1969
Emma Ella Bess Stover

1882–1961
Rufus Custer Bess

1886–1976
Archie H. Bess

1889–1959

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Geneanet Community Trees Index
1880 United States Federal Census
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
1860 United States Federal Census
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

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Mary Ann Mitchell Bess

Phillip George Bess

Lydia Long Bess Spradling

Mary Frances Bess Atherton

Charles Mitchell Bess

Ada Gertrude "Gertie" Bess Glass

Anna R Bess Burford

Emma Ella Bess Stover

Rufus Custer Bess

Archie H. Bess

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