Henry Bess, Wife Sarah & Children

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Henry BESS, wife Sarah & Children
Submitted by: Beverly (HIMES) BARGER
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This is a abt 1897 Fayette Co, Illinois photo of the red haired-young family of my great-grandfather Henry BESS & family. Not sure if I have all the girls straight can someone confirm which girl is which for sure?
Left to family
Back row
Clifford Niles, Hiram Buell, Amanda Ethel, Myrtle Elsie,
front row
Great-grandfather Henry BESS, Baby on his lap was my grandmother Morna Evalene,
May Eloise, Great-grandmother Sarah Elizabeth (ELMORE) BESS and baby on her lap is
Mabel Edna BESS
My great-grandparents lived in Fayette Co, IL near the Montgomery Co, IL line.
My ancestry from me Beverly Jane (HIMES) BARGER going back to earlier ancestry with names, surnames, dates and localities is in the HIMES link of our homepage.

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