Individual Details

Bessie Groom

(December 24, 1904 - )

DEATH PLACE: Corr. with Jeffrey Scull 104 Quinsey Rd, Yorkville, ILL 60560 in 6 May 1996: "William Henry Johns died in California. His wife Bessie Green Groom-they were divorced. She died Sandwich, ILL." [From his note I cannot tell if Green was her middle name, or if she remarried to a Green.]; Corr. Jeffrey Scull 9 June 1996, "My Dad said Bessie Johns never remarried after she & William Henry Johns divorced. We thought her maiden name was Groom. Green is the maiden name of Mrs. Arvil (Emily) Johns. Arvil was Hanks brother. Bessie Johns spent her last couple years in a nursing home. Dad thinks she died in Sandwich, ILL (DeKab Co) thats where the local hospital is located."

DEATH: Social Security Death Index--NIL (checked Bessie, Elizabeth, Green, Johns.)

Events

BirthDecember 24, 1904Buckamen, Tennessee
MarriageSeptember 28, 1929Aurora, Kane County, Illinois - William Henry Johns
DivorceWilliam Henry Johns
DeathSandwich, DeKalb County, Illinois

Families

SpouseWilliam Henry Johns (1909 - 1970)
ChildDora Lou Johns (1932 - )
ChildEllis William Johns (1934 - )
ChildClarence Ralph Johns (1936 - )
ChildArthur Laurance Johns (1937 - )