1836 Birth:1981 Birth year of 1836 estimated based on age (44 years) in 1920 census enumeration; birth place of Ohio taken from same source.

1920 U.S. Census:1981 Bessie enumerated in the household of her father-in-law Jacob Patterson in Oroville, Butte County, California as a daughter-in-law, female, white, age 44, married, can read and write, born in Ohio, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Ohio, can speak English, housewife. Her husband Ray, age 47, also resided in the household.