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John Lawson Bess

Birth: 13 Sep 1877
Brownwood, Stoddard County, Missouri, USA
Death: 24 Aug 1939 (aged 61)
Sturdivant, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA
Burial: Sturdivant Cemetery

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Son of Peter Bess and Sabry (?) Bess.
Married Rebecca Shrout in Bollinger Co., MO.

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Rebecca Ann Shrout Bess

1881–1968 (m. 1899)

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Clinton B. "Clint" Bess

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