age: 27 yrs. 8 mo. 15 days
On February 27th, 1899, John & Bessie married, as John lay dying of pneumonia. Twelve hours later, John passed away. They had planned to marry in April.
-source: New York Herald - Wednesday, March 1, 1899
Written by John on a little scrap of paper, and found by his sister Marie in her desk, after John's death.
"Oh, come away to the greenwood tree!"
-source: War Letters of an American Woman
by Marie Van Vorst (Author)
widow: Bessie McGinnis Van Vorst, an author, who married Hughes Le Roux, Editor at Le Matin, in Paris on December 26, 1914.
On February 27th, 1899, John & Bessie married, as John lay dying of pneumonia. Twelve hours later, John passed away. They had planned to marry in April.
-source: New York Herald - Wednesday, March 1, 1899
Written by John on a little scrap of paper, and found by his sister Marie in her desk, after John's death.
"Oh, come away to the greenwood tree!"
-source: War Letters of an American Woman
by Marie Van Vorst (Author)
widow: Bessie McGinnis Van Vorst, an author, who married Hughes Le Roux, Editor at Le Matin, in Paris on December 26, 1914.
age: 27 yrs. 8 mo. 15 days
On February 27th, 1899, John & Bessie married, as John lay dying of pneumonia. Twelve hours later, John passed away. They had planned to marry in April.
-source: New York Herald - Wednesday, March 1, 1899
Written by John on a little scrap of paper, and found by his sister Marie in her desk, after John's death.
"Oh, come away to the greenwood tree!"
-source: War Letters of an American Woman
by Marie Van Vorst (Author)
widow: Bessie McGinnis Van Vorst, an author, who married Hughes Le Roux, Editor at Le Matin, in Paris on December 26, 1914.
On February 27th, 1899, John & Bessie married, as John lay dying of pneumonia. Twelve hours later, John passed away. They had planned to marry in April.
-source: New York Herald - Wednesday, March 1, 1899
Written by John on a little scrap of paper, and found by his sister Marie in her desk, after John's death.
"Oh, come away to the greenwood tree!"
-source: War Letters of an American Woman
by Marie Van Vorst (Author)
widow: Bessie McGinnis Van Vorst, an author, who married Hughes Le Roux, Editor at Le Matin, in Paris on December 26, 1914.
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