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Elizabeth Louisa “Bessie” Sartor

Birth: 7 Nov 1890
Wilcox County, Alabama, USA
Death: 4 Jul 1896 (aged 5)
Crockett, Houston County, Texas, USA
Burial: New Energy Cemetery

Belott, Houston County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 51745977 View Source

She and a friend were upstairs playing in her mothers bedroom. Her father always kept a pistol under his pillow. Bessie found it, and they were playing with it, when Bessie said, lets shoot me. Being only six, not realizing the gun was loaded, she shot herself.

She and a friend were upstairs playing in her mothers bedroom. Her father always kept a pistol under his pillow. Bessie found it, and they were playing with it, when Bessie said, lets shoot me. Being only six, not realizing the gun was loaded, she shot herself.

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d/o J. Y. & L. C.

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Source: Charles Gene Johnson

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Maintained by: Carol Hoch
Originally Created by: Petty & Pickens
Added: Apr 28, 2010
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51745977/elizabeth_louisa-sartor: accessed ), memorial page for Elizabeth Louisa “Bessie” Sartor (7 Nov 1890–4 Jul 1896), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51745977, citing New Energy Cemetery, Belott, Houston County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Carol Hoch (contributor 47059088).

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