Lenoir County NcArchives Obituaries.....Bess, Miss 1820 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Ardrey n/a December 9, 2007, 8:28 pm The Star 20 Oct 1820 Died On Bear creek in Lenoir County on the 3d ult., an African woman named Bess, aged 121 years; the greater part of her life was spent in a part of the county said to be very unhealthy and what is remarkable, her great grand daughter has a grand child 9 or 10 years old. She dwindled away by degrees until her life ended apparently for want of strength in her vital organs. Her youngest son is now helpless owing to the infinities of age. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/lenoir/obits/b/bess1223gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb