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Bessie Irene "Bess" Dunham Jeffres

3 Jul 1900 – 13 Apr 1984

Birth3 Jul 1900
Death13 Apr 1984
CemeteryOak Grove Cemetery
Tampa , Hillsborough County , Florida , USA
Added byPugg on 07 Jun 2004
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1910 - US Census - Logan Election Precinct, Greeley, Nebraska Household .......Role .........Sex ......Age Birthplace Charles E Tolin Head ........Male ....34 ..Sweden Margarita Tolin Wife .........Female 28 ..Ohio Bessie Tolin .....*Daughter Female 9 ....Nebraska Harry Tolin .......*Son .........Male ....7 ....Nebraska Theodore Tolin *Son ........ Male ....5 ....Nebraska Carl Tolin .........Son ...........Male ....0 ....Nebraska *Note: Bessie was actually a step-daughter to Charles (really Karl or Carl) and not a daughter. Her real father died when she was about 6. No information has been found that there was a legal adoption and name change and appears to have just bene raised like a daughter. Same applies to Harry & Theodore. None of the Dunham siblings used the Tolin surname as adults. In February 1917 Lynn Jeffres and Miss Bessie Tolin escorted the groom Alfred Beck and, Lynn's sister, bride to be Nellie Jeffres to the altar. Two months later Lynn and Bessie would marry on April 18, 1917. 24 January 1920 - US Census - Wallace Creek Election Precinct, Greeley, Nebraska Household .........Role ..Sex .....Age Birthplace Lynn C Jeffres ....Head Male ....25 ..Nebraska Bessie Jeffres ....Wife ..Female 19 ..Nebraska Lauren H Jeffres Son ...Male ....1 ....Nebraska 11 April 1930 - US Census - Wallace Creek Election Precinct, Greeley, Nebraska Household ........Role ........Sex ......Age Birthplace Lynn Jeffres ......Head .......Male ....35 ..Nebraska Bessie Jeffres ...Wife .........Female 29 ..Iowa(sic) Loren Jeffres ....Son ..........Male ....11 ..Nebraska Eleen Jeffres .....Daughter Female 9 ....Nebraska Kenneth Jeffres Son ..........Male ....3 ....Nebraska 15 April 1940 - Wallace Creek Election Precinct, Greeley, Nebraska Household .........Role ........Sex ......Age Birthplace Len Jeffres .........Head .......Male ....45 ..Nebraska Bessie Jeffres ....Wife .........Female 38 ..Nebraska Lauren Jeffres ...Son ..........Male ....22 ..Nebraska Irine Jeffres .......Daughter Female 19 ..Nebraska Kenneth Jeffres Son ..........Male ....13 ..Nebraska 3 April 1950 - US Census - Jackson, Dakota, Nebraska Household ........Role .Sex ......Age Birthplace Lynn Jeffres ......Head Male ....54 ..Nebraska Bessie Jeffres ....Wife .Female 48 ..Nebraska Dakota County Herald, Dakota City, Nebraska · Thursday, November 11, 1954 pg 1 Jackson Woman Files $22,053 Suit Bessie Jeffres Sues Over Highway 20 Accident Last February A Jackson woman has filed suit in Dakota County District Court for $22,503.03 as a result of an automobile accident February 14, 1954, four miles west of South Sioux on Highway 20. Bessie Jeffres is the plaintiff and Robert Johnson the defendant. Mrs. Jeffres was riding in a car driven by her husband, Lynn Jeffres. According to the suit, the Jeffres auto was traveling 40 miles per hour toward South Sioux. A car driven by Johnson was traveling in the same direction. The suit charges Johnson started to pass the Jeffres vehicle but an approaching auto from the east prevented the passing and Johnson attempted to pull back in behind the Jeffres car when he struck the left rear portion of the auto. THE SUIT says Johnson was traveling at a high rate of speed and in a careless and reckless manner. Mrs. Jeffres was knocked unconscious, suffered a brain concussion, wrenched shoulders and back, sprained ankle and permanent and partial disability, according to the suit, and asks $20,000. In a second cause of action, Mr. Jeffres charges the business operation of their cafe in Jackson was injured to the extent of $1,800 by reason of loss of services of Mrs. Jeffres. In addition, the suit asks $110 for damage to the Jeffres auto and $593.03 for doctor, hospital and drug bills to date. The Scotia Register, Scotia, Nebraska · Thursday, April 07, 1960 pg 4 Letters to the Register . . . Lynn Jeffres Better Jackson, Nebr. Hi, folks: Hope the weather is better there. We have an awful lot of snow here and plenty of cold weather. Am sending the money for the Register as we hate to miss the news. Lynn is much better. Hasn't been out yet but think he will be soon. He is getting tired of being sick. Has been ill two months. Lauren has been snowed in for several months. David has missed quite a lot of school. Lynn and Bessie Jeffres . . . In Dec 1967 Bessie received a 5-year award for her employment with the St. Vincent hospital in Sioux City, Iowa. The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida · Sunday, April 15, 1984 pg 11-B Obituaries BESSIE IRENE JEFFRES, 83, of Tampa died Friday. since 1972 she had lived in the area. She was a housewife and attended Calvary Church of the Nazarene. She is survived by her sons, Lauren of Sioux City, Iowa, and Kenneth of Tampa; daughter, Eileen Naeve of Tampa; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Jennings Funeral Home. Sioux City Journal, Sioux City, Iowa · Thursday, April 26, 1984 pg B 8 Obituaries . . . Area obituaries Mrs. Lynn (Bessie) Jeffres JACKSON, Neb. - Mrs. Lynn (Bessie) Jeffres, 83, Tampa, Fla., formerly of Jackson, died April 13 at Tampa after a one-month illness. Services were April 16 in the Jennings Funeral Home in Tampa.

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