Bessie Blackketter, 1879–
- Name
- Bessie /Blackketter/
- Also known as
- Bessie /Cover/
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Birth
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Note: Bessie was six months old when the census was taken on 11 June 1880 |
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Census
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Source: 1880 Federal Census
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Birth of a sister
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Birth of a sister
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Source: Find a Grave
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Death of a sister
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Source: Find a Grave
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Burial of a sister
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Source: Find a Grave
Note: Spring Creek Christian Cemetery; Find A Grave Memorial# 20042522 |
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Birth of a brother
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Birth of a daughter
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Source: 1900 US Federal Census
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Census
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Source: 1900 US Federal Census
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Birth of a son
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Source: 1910 US Federal Census
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Census
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Source: 1910 US Federal Census
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Death of a father
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Burial of a father
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Note: Spring Creek Christian Cemetery; Find A Grave Memorial# 20042523 |
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Death of a mother
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Burial of a mother
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Note: Spring Creek Christian Cemetery; Find A Grave Memorial# 20042521 |
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Census
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Source: 1920 US Federal Census
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Census
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Source: 1930 US Federal Census
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Death of a brother
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Source: Find a Grave
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Burial of a brother
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Source: Find a Grave
Note: Spring Creek Christian Cemetery; Find A Grave Memorial# 20042524 |
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Death of a sister
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Source: Find a Grave
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Burial of a sister
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Source: Find a Grave
Note: Spring Creek Christian Cemetery; Find A Grave Memorial# 29764030 |
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Death of a sister
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Note: Josephine is listed in the 1949 Logansport, Cass, Indiana City Directory |
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Burial of a sister
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Note: Spring Creek Christian Cemetery; Find A Grave Memorial# 29760710 |
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Death of a husband
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Note: Not verified |
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Death of a sister
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Source: S5075
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Burial of a sister
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Note: Spring Creek Christian Cemetery, Find A Grave Memorial# 29763977 |
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Death of a daughter
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Death
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yes
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| father |
1847–1917
Birth: August 10, 1847
— Elizabethtown, Bartholomew, Indiana Death: December 1, 1917 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana |
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| mother |
1856–1919
Birth: April 2, 1856
33
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— Indiana Death: November 14, 1919 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana |
| Marriage | Marriage — March 12, 1874 — Bartholomew, Indiana |
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15 months
elder sister |
1875–1949
Birth: May 26, 1875
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— Indiana Death: after 1949 |
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3 years
elder sister |
1878–1949
Birth: January 1, 1878
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— Indiana Death: November 8, 1949 |
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23 months
herself |
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3 years
younger sister |
1883–1957
Birth: February 19, 1883
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— Bartholomew, Indiana Death: August 25, 1957 — South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana |
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2 years
younger sister |
1885–1893
Birth: April 23, 1885
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— Indiana Death: November 2, 1893 |
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11 years
younger brother |
1895–1937
Birth: December 7, 1895
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— Indiana Death: January 6, 1937 — South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana |
| husband |
1876–1952
Birth: August 25, 1876
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27
— Fulton, Indiana Death: 1952 |
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| herself | |
| daughter |
1898–1968
Birth: September 29, 1898
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18
— Logansport, Cass, Indiana Death: March 25, 1968 — Gary, Lake, Indiana |
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4 years
son |
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| daughter |
Private
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| Birth |
Source: 1880 Federal Census
Source: 1900 US Federal Census
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| Census |
Source: 1880 Federal Census
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| Census |
Source: 1900 US Federal Census
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| Census |
Source: 1910 US Federal Census
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| Census |
Source: 1920 US Federal Census
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| Census |
Source: 1930 US Federal Census
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| Birth |
Bessie was six months old when the census was taken on 11 June 1880 |
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Shared note
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In the 1880 US Federal Census for Columbus, Cass, Indiana, 32-year-old Indiana-born farmer J [Jacob] Blackketter and his 24-year-old Indiana-born wife Nancy I (keeping house) have in their household their Indiana-born daughters, 5-year-old Josie, 2-year-old Linnie and 6-month old Bessie, and Nancys sister L C [Lucy C] Mc Coslin [McCaslin]. Living next door is Nancys brother, 29-year-old Indiana-born farmer J R Mc Coslin [McCaslin], his 26-year-old Indiana-born wife Hattie F and their daughter 4-year-old Indiana-born daughter, Mabel. Logansport Daily Reporter, Monday Afternoon, March 28, 1898, p. 8 In the 1900 US Federal Census for Logansport, Eel Township, Cass, Indiana, 23-year-old Indiana-born Hollis C Cover and his 20-year-old Indiana-born wife Bessie [Blackketter] Cover have been married three years. Bessie has born one child, 2-year-old Indiana-born Lucile H. The family is living in a rented house at 1520 Spear Street. Hollis is a clerk in the Post Office. Hollis and Bessie are literate and speak English. Everyone's parents were born in Indiana. In the 1910 US Federal Census for Noble, Cass, Indiana, 33-year-old Indiana-born Hollis C Cover and his 30-year-old Indiana-born wife Bessie [Blackketter] Cover have been married thirteen years. Bessie has born three children, all are living. These three Indiana-born children are 11-year-old Lucile, 8-year-old Wade and 6-year-old Immogene. All three children have attended school in the past year. Hollis is a public school instructor and has had no months out of work in the past year. The family is living in a house on Pleasant Grove Pike, which Hollis owns, but with a mortgage. Everyone is literate and speaks English. Everyone's parents were born in Indiana. In the 1920 US Federal Census for Logansport, Eel Township, Cass, Indiana, 40-year-old Indiana-born Mrs Bessie Cover is head of a household which contains two of her three Indiana-born children, 18-year-old Wade, and 16-year-old Imogine [sic]. Neither child has attended school in the past year as both are employed, Wade as a railroad electrician and Immogine as a dry goods clerk. Bessie has no occupation. In the 1930 US Federal Census for South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, 53-year-old Indiana-born Hollis C Cover and his 50-year-old Indiana-born wife Bessie [Blackketter] Cover were married when he was 21- and she was 18-years-old. They are living in a house that Hollis owns, worth $7,500, at 768 Portage Ave. They have a radio. Hollis is a parochial school teacher and has worked on the last regularly scheduled work day. He has not served in the military. Hollis and Bessie are literate and speak English. Their parents were born in Indiana. |