Individual Details
Bessie West
(Mar 1885 - 26 Dec 1943)
Bessie and Charles had children: Guy Fredrick, Bennie Joe, Charles Lucas, and Gladys who married Tony Henry (This does NOT agree at all with the following census records... however, the 1920 census is missing which might add to the list.) History in Headstones, the Crawford Co cemetery book states that buried in Stevenson-West Cemetery are Guy Fredrick Presley, Bennie Joe Presley, Charles Lucas Presley and an infant daughter - children of Charles and Bessie Presley.
1910 Census. Van Buren, Crawford, AR, Hh 217
Charles F. Presley, 26, married once for 5 years
Bessie, wife, 25, 2 children, neither living
There is an Arkansas record for Charles Presley, Jr. age 7, who died in Fort Smith, 22 Dec 1921, son of C. F. Presley and Bessie West, and buried in Crawford County.
1930 Census. Braden, LeFlore Co, OK, Hh 125
Charles F. Presley, 46, married at 22 - family all born in AR, farmer
Bessie, wife, 45, married at 21
James C., son, 18
Mable C., dau, 15
Ema L., dau, 12.
Mary R., dau, 10
Lafayet Presley, boarder, 61, widowed
1940 Census. PawPaw Twp, Sequoyah Co, OK, Hh 78
In 1935 they lived in LeFlore County
C. F. Presley, 56, farm operator
Bessie, wife, 55
Mary, dau, 20
James A., so, 18
Pauline, dau-in-law, 26
Events
Birth | Mar 1885 | Arkansas | |||
Marriage | 25 Jun 1905 | Crawford County, Arkansas - Charles Frederick Presley | |||
Death | 26 Dec 1943 | Sebastian County, Arkansas |
Families
Spouse | Charles Frederick Presley (1883 - 1946) |
Child | Living |
Child | Charles Presley Jr. (1914 - 1921) |
Child | Living |
Child | Living |
Child | Mary Rebecca Presley (1919 - 2014) |
Father | Rev. John Quincy West (1843 - 1908) |
Mother | Mary E. Campbell (1843 - 1921) |
Sibling | Mary E. West (1869 - 1884) |
Sibling | James William West (1870 - 1926) |
Sibling | Louella West (1874 - 1874) |
Sibling | Nettie West (1875 - ) |
Sibling | Florence Isabel West (1877 - 1951) |
Sibling | Nora West (1879 - 1880) |
Sibling | Etta West (1880 - 1951) |
Sibling | Nannie West (1883 - ) |
Sibling | Fannie West (1887 - 1969) |
Endnotes
1. US Census 1900 AR, Crawford Co. (LDS Microfilm #1240056), Oliver Springs Twp; p.211a, Household 215.
2. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge.