Elizabeth Walter “Bessie” Dye

1878 - 1939  (60 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Walter Dye
  Nickname	Bessie
  Birth	Dec 1878	Memphis Co, TN
  Gender	Female
  Census	14 Jun 1880	Memphis Co, TN
  	Bessie, age 2, born MS, living with parents
  Census	30 Jun 1885	Sumter Co, FL
  	J.W., age 7, born TN, living with parents
  Census	1 Jun 1900	Memphis, Shelby, TN
  	age 21, born Dec 1878 in TN, living with parents
  Census	20 Apr 1910	Memphis, Shelby, TN
  	Bessie, age 28, born TX, public teacher, living with father
  Census	2 Jan 1920	Memphis, Shelby, TN
  	age 37, born TN, school principal, living with father & sister
  Death	7 Nov 1939	Memphis, Shelby, TN
  Burial	9 Nov 1939	Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, TN
  Person ID	I1419	Family Tree
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	Erathus Blanton “Erythus or Erithus” Dye,   b. Aug 1849, Cass Co., TX d. 4 Jun 1926, Memphis, Shelby, TN (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth “Bettie” Hill,   b. 2 May 1852, Trenton, TN d. 9 Aug 1909, Memphis, Shelby, TN (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	19 Nov 1872	Gibson Co., TN
  Histories		Descendants of Captain Samuel Church of Churchville
  Family ID	F315	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  from "Teneessee Death Records, 1908-1958" (Ancestry.com) Bessie Walter Dye, a single high school teacher, age 58, born to E.B. Day died on 7 Nov 1939 in Memphis TN of mitral insufficiency. Burial on 9 Nov 1939 in Elmwood Cemetery. Informant Miss Anna Dye.