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Bessie Catherine <I>Grubaugh</I> Putney

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Bessie Catherine Grubaugh Putney

Birth
Christian County, Missouri, USA
Death
30 Oct 1938 (aged 47)
Burial
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.1677694, Longitude: -93.2654444
Plot
Lot 797 grave 37
Memorial ID
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Bessie Putney 10/30/1938, 47 YOF, Lot 797 Grave 37, single grave space owned by Robert Putney.
Above information from Cemetery records, office staff.

Source Citation Ancestry
Year: 1920; Census Place: Campbell, Greene, Missouri; Roll: T625_915; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 22
Robert F Putney 41 MO carpenter
Bessie K Putney 28 MO
Vida J Putney 11 MO
Clyde S Putney 9 MO
Lula B Putney 7 MO
Daniel A Putney 3 7/12 MO
Ada L Putney 1 MO

Year: 1930; Census Place: Springfield, Greene, Missouri; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 2340923.
Robert T Putney 52 MO carpenter, house
Bessie Putney 39 MO
Clyde Putney 19 MO
Daniel Putney 13 MO
Ada Putney 11 MO
Charles Putney 8 MO
Using the 47 yr. old figure from office records, deduct age of 47 yrs. brings birth year of 1891. Using toombstone calculator site the calculation comes to Sept 8, 1891 for 47y 01m 23d. It seems this stone is most likely wrong. I do not know who ordered, where it was purchased. The person that sent the e mail with provided info believes the monument must have been placed long after her death and incorrect birth year was given.

E-mail info provided.
Hi Judy,
I am an active Grubaugh researcher and I'm working on a project to improve Grubaugh memorials in Find-a-Grave. Bessie was born a Grubaugh.

I recently posted a copy of Bessie's death certificate to this memorial. It is clear that the dates are different - far different in the case of Bessie's birth. The census records of 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 and the abbreviated obituary fully support the death certificate birth dates and leads me to suspect that the tombstone was purchased after the fact, perhaps when Bessie's husband, Robert died. My dates agree with the death certificate.

Name - Bessie Catherine Putney (Maiden name = Grubaugh)
Born - 7 Sep 1891 in Nixa, Christian, Missouri, USA
Died - 30 Oct 1938 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA

Bessie Catherine Grubaugh was born in 1891 to Charles Marion Grubaugh and Clara Belle McWilliams. She was the first of their 4 children. Her mother, Clara Belle, abandoned the family in 1900 and ran away with Alee B. Costlow. They eventually married, although it is suspected Clara Belle never divorced Charles. Bessie married Robert Floyd Putney on 2 May 1907 in Nixa, Christian County when she was only 15+ years old. They had 6 children together - Genevieve Vida Putney Hunter (1908-1928), Clyde Stanley Putney (1910-1986), Lula Blanch Putney (1912-1927), Daniel Arthur Putney (1916-1936), Ada L. Putney (1918-??) and Charles Putney (1922-??). Bessie died in 1938 and Robert died 12 years later. He never remarried.

Here is an abbreviated obituary provided by Stanley Grubaugh:
The Thieme Funeral Home Records, 1929-1942 is as follows:
"Putney, Bessie 47yrs 1mo 23days b. 7 Sep 1891 d 31 Oct 1938 at res, 1529 N. Boulevard Cancer of the womb svc at Thieme Funeral home bur Hazelwood Cem religion-Methodist res in state 33 yrs chg to and ord by husb, Robert F. Putney, 1529 N. Boulevard mother Clara Anderson"
Bessie Putney 10/30/1938, 47 YOF, Lot 797 Grave 37, single grave space owned by Robert Putney.
Above information from Cemetery records, office staff.

Source Citation Ancestry
Year: 1920; Census Place: Campbell, Greene, Missouri; Roll: T625_915; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 22
Robert F Putney 41 MO carpenter
Bessie K Putney 28 MO
Vida J Putney 11 MO
Clyde S Putney 9 MO
Lula B Putney 7 MO
Daniel A Putney 3 7/12 MO
Ada L Putney 1 MO

Year: 1930; Census Place: Springfield, Greene, Missouri; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 2340923.
Robert T Putney 52 MO carpenter, house
Bessie Putney 39 MO
Clyde Putney 19 MO
Daniel Putney 13 MO
Ada Putney 11 MO
Charles Putney 8 MO
Using the 47 yr. old figure from office records, deduct age of 47 yrs. brings birth year of 1891. Using toombstone calculator site the calculation comes to Sept 8, 1891 for 47y 01m 23d. It seems this stone is most likely wrong. I do not know who ordered, where it was purchased. The person that sent the e mail with provided info believes the monument must have been placed long after her death and incorrect birth year was given.

E-mail info provided.
Hi Judy,
I am an active Grubaugh researcher and I'm working on a project to improve Grubaugh memorials in Find-a-Grave. Bessie was born a Grubaugh.

I recently posted a copy of Bessie's death certificate to this memorial. It is clear that the dates are different - far different in the case of Bessie's birth. The census records of 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 and the abbreviated obituary fully support the death certificate birth dates and leads me to suspect that the tombstone was purchased after the fact, perhaps when Bessie's husband, Robert died. My dates agree with the death certificate.

Name - Bessie Catherine Putney (Maiden name = Grubaugh)
Born - 7 Sep 1891 in Nixa, Christian, Missouri, USA
Died - 30 Oct 1938 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA

Bessie Catherine Grubaugh was born in 1891 to Charles Marion Grubaugh and Clara Belle McWilliams. She was the first of their 4 children. Her mother, Clara Belle, abandoned the family in 1900 and ran away with Alee B. Costlow. They eventually married, although it is suspected Clara Belle never divorced Charles. Bessie married Robert Floyd Putney on 2 May 1907 in Nixa, Christian County when she was only 15+ years old. They had 6 children together - Genevieve Vida Putney Hunter (1908-1928), Clyde Stanley Putney (1910-1986), Lula Blanch Putney (1912-1927), Daniel Arthur Putney (1916-1936), Ada L. Putney (1918-??) and Charles Putney (1922-??). Bessie died in 1938 and Robert died 12 years later. He never remarried.

Here is an abbreviated obituary provided by Stanley Grubaugh:
The Thieme Funeral Home Records, 1929-1942 is as follows:
"Putney, Bessie 47yrs 1mo 23days b. 7 Sep 1891 d 31 Oct 1938 at res, 1529 N. Boulevard Cancer of the womb svc at Thieme Funeral home bur Hazelwood Cem religion-Methodist res in state 33 yrs chg to and ord by husb, Robert F. Putney, 1529 N. Boulevard mother Clara Anderson"

Inscription

BESSIE C. PUTNEY
SEPT 6, 1882
OCT. 29, 1938

Gravesite Details

Lot well maintained all year round. Monument in very good shape.



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