Bessie Vivian McAlpine

b. March 1895
  • Bessie Vivian McAlpine was born in March 1895 in Texas.
  • Willie Cabeen Cameron appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Bessie Vivian McAlpine, John Gwyn McAlpine, Marcus Randolph McAlpine, Willie Sterrett McAlpine, Robert Bruce McAlpine and Ellen Ethridge McAlpine.
  • Willie Cabeen Cameron appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Bessie Vivian McAlpine, Alexander Duncan McAlpine, Marcus Randolph McAlpine and Ellen Ethridge McAlpine.
  • In 15 November 1974, Bessie Vivian McAlpine was living in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, cited in obituary of sister Lela McAlpine.
  • The following appeared on 21 November 1974 in the Navasota Examiner: Funeral services for Mrs. Lela McAlpine Wood Fahey, 94, of 2209 Portsmouth, Houston, were held at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 18, from St. Anne's Catholic Church, Houston. Mrs. Fahey died Friday, Nov. 15, at a Houston nursing home. She was born Nov. 21, 1879, in White Hall, the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. John A. McAlpine, pioneer Texans. Her early education was in private schools and she later graduated from the Old Chappel Hill Female College. Her first marriage was to the late Green A. Wood, who died in 1909. She remarried on June 8, 1914, to Pat N. Fahey, attorney, who preceded her in death Dec. 20, 1973. She was past regent of Samuel Sorrell chapter, D.A.R., past president of the Colonial Dames of America, Chapter VIII, member of the Magna Charter Cames, the Newman Circle, and a member of St. Anne's Catholic Church. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Neill F. (Edith Wood) Amsler, Sr. of Houston; three grandchildren, Neill F. Amsler, Jr. and Mrs. George W. Hansen, both of Houston, and Mrs. Melvin X. Hobbs, Jr. of Laguna Niguel, Calif; ten great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Maude McAlpine Siddall of Navasota, Mrs. Sterrett McAlpine Terry of Alexandria, La., and Mrs. Bess McAlpine Braunig of Lafayette, La; plus numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Neill F. Amsler, Jr., George W. Hansen, Melvin X. Hobbs, Jr., Truman S. Thomas, Jr., Stewart Perry and Phillip M. Pappas. Honorary pallbearers were Neill F. Amsler, III, George W. Hansen, Jr., Mark Amsler, Melvin X. Hobbbs, III, Patrick Wood Hobbs, Col. James F. Kerr, Lanson F. Demming, and Karl Seiling. In lieu of usual remembrances, friends may contribute to the Larry Amsler Memorial Fund, c-o Hermann Hospital, Houston.
  • Last Edited: 2 Jan 2012