Bessie Ward
b. 3 April 1896, d. 18 September 1996
- Father: James Olander Ward b. 15 April 1855, d. 11 May 1940
- Mother: Charlotte Atchison b. 31 October 1859, d. 9 January 1952
- Bessie Ward was born on 3 April 1896 in Prairie Hill, Ellis County, Texas, or possibly Alabama.
- James Olander Ward and Charlotte Atchison appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Ellis County, Texas. Other members of the household included Bessie Ward, Young Robert Ward, Roxie Ward, James Neal Ward, Carl Ward, Ethredge Ward and Leslie Ward.
- James Olander Ward and Charlotte Atchison appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Jones County, Texas. Other members of the household included Bessie Ward, Olen Ward, James Neal Ward, Carl Ward, Ethredge Ward and Leslie Ward.
- She married Hiram Henry Horton, son of John Gilbert Horton and Melissa Ann Spicer Edwards, on 2 January 1918 in Wellington, Collingsworth County, Texas.
- Bessie Ward became a widow at the 8 January 1976 death of her husband Hiram Henry Horton.
- Bessie Ward died on 18 September 1996 at age 100 in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
- Last Edited: 16 Jul 2014
Family: Hiram Henry Horton b. 20 March 1893, d. 8 January 1976
- Gladys Marie Horton+ b. 1 January 1923, d. 11 March 1997