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.