Life History

Notes

• Colorado Marriage Records
  Phillips, Clyde Robert, age 24
  Hansen, Bessie Mae, age 24
  Married 28 December 1924 in Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado
  Ceremony performed by J Willis Hamblin, Minister, of Canon City
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  Newton, Kansas, City Directory, 1948
  Phillips Clyde R (Bessie M) clk US PO h 608 SE 4th 1603W
  
  One genealogy reports that Bessie Mae died in Newton, Kansas, but is buried in Canon City.  Bessie's stone has only the year of her birth and death.
  
  Bessie Mae Hansen
  Birth 1901 Colorado
  Death 10 Jan 1952 Newton, Harvey, Kansas, USA
  Burial Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
  --  FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5NP-Q5T
  
  Her husband Clyde has a memorial on find a Grave reporting he is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Newton, Kansas.  He has a memorial on Find a Grave, but i had not been able to find one for Bessie.
  
  The genealogy above reports that Bessie links to an FAG memorial for her in the Lakeside Cemetery in Canon City, Fremont County, where they both were from and married.  FAG reports her full date of death as 10 January 1952.  Photo of the stone on the FAG memorial taken 25 June 2014 by .JLH (FAG contributor #46948712) .  The grave memorial in Canon City is a joint stone, but Clyde's side has only the birth date.
  
  Bessie Mae Phillips
  Birth 1901
  Death Date 10 Jan 1952
  Date is burial date, not actual date of death. Lakeside Cemetery Register, courtesy of Royal Gorge Regional Museum & History, P. O. Box 1460, Canon City, CO 81215-1460 e-mail: historycentercanoncity.org
  Burial 1952 Lakeside Cemetery, Canon City, Fremont, Colorado, United States of America
  --  Find a Grave Memorial #111676934, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111676934

Sources

• 1. Colorado Marriage Records
• 2. FamilySearch Trees
• 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 4. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Newton, Kansas, City Directory, 1948