King County WA Archives Photo Person.....Behen, Joseph And Christopher Dabbs 1882
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Source:             Family Photo Album
Name:               Joseph And Christopher Dabbs Behen

Date Of Photograph: 1882
Photo can be seen at:
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Miss Mary Elizabeth Dabbs daughter of  Dr. Christophr Hunt Dabbs and Julia 
Washington Bourgeat Muse Dabbs was born 17 Feb 1853 and died in King County 
Washington on 29 Nov 1911.  She married Joseph S. Behen 12 Jan 1876 in 
Ouachita Parish, Monroe, Lousiana St. Matthews Catholic Church. Joseph came 
over to this country from Ireland with his brothers  Tom, Willie and Denis.


Mary Elizabeth had  one daughter  Mary Elizabeth Behen born 14 Oct 1876, 
married  an Orth ,  died 20 Dec 1970.  In a letter to her cousin Samuel Scott 
in Louisiana  dated January 9 1968, Mary Orth  says she had 2  daughters, 
Geraldine who lived in Star Lake and Winifred and two sons  Harold from 
Anacortes, Wa.  and Joe who lived in Arco, Idaho. Mary says her sons are 62 
and 52  and the girls 59 and 61.    Mary herself was 91 years old at the time 
the letter was written and living in a nursing home on Pacific Highway 
South.   She signs her letters Lizzie.   Her memories have been a big help in 
researching the Dabbs family.   She proudly says she has 20  grandchildren and 
that one of her granddaughters has  the Behen family Bible with all the family 
records in it written by her Father who was a beautiful writer.
 
Mary Elizabeth Behen and Joseph Behen had three sons  Joseph E., James W. and 
Christopher Dabbs.   The family moved to St. Louis, Mo.  after the death of 
her Mother Julia Washington Bourgeat Muse Dabbs in 1890.  They later migrated 
to the Seattle, Washington, King County area. 

Christopher Dabbs Behen shown in this picture was born  8 Oct 1880.  His 
Sister Mary Elizabeth Behen Orth says in her letters  that Christopher had
a Daughter Lucille.

A letter from her Daughter Mary Elizabeth indicates her Mother had  11 
children and only the oldest 4  survived to adulthood. Seven little ones she 
says died with childhood diseases under 3 1/2 years and are buried in St. 
Matthews Catholic Cemetery in Monroe, Louisianal.







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