Brainard, Bessie May (1925 - 1998): Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies

1925 - 1998 (73 years)

Name	Brainard, Bessie May
Name		Pettyjohn Gathering Left to right: Bessie Brainard; Baby Brainard; Lou Pettyjohn; Nellie Wilder; Danny Wilder; Mary Bricker; Iva Pettyjohn; Lewis Pettyjohn; George Brainard; John Pettyjohn Contributed by Paul Wilder
Birth	26 Apr 1925	Clay City, Clay County, Illinois [1, 2, 3]
Gender	Female
Occupation	Homemaker [1]
Reference Number	BRAI.B001
_FGRAVE	5057491
Funeral	24 Oct 1998	Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois [1]
Death	19 Oct 1998	Olney, Richland County, Illinois [1, 4]
Death	Cause: Cancer
Burial	24 Oct 1998	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois [2]
		Headstone, Gardner, Bessie Brainard Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
		Headstone, Gardner, Bessie Brainard
Person ID	I12087	Carl Wayne Gray Research
Last Modified	21 Aug 2023

Father	Brainard, George, b. 1893, Illinois d. 12 Oct 1967 (Age 74 years)
Mother	Pettyjohn, Louisa 'Lou', b. 2 Mar 1892, Illinois d. 28 May 1977 (Age 85 years)
Marriage	1914 [3, 5, 6, 7]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 21 years - She : ~ 21 years and 9 months.
Family ID	F4941	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Gardner, Chester Roscoe, b. 28 Jul 1917, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana d. 20 May 1963, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana (Age 45 years)

Children

Family ID F5722 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 31 Jan 2023

Family 2	Auler, Glenn Isham Jr., b. 17 Apr 1924, Illinois d. 27 Jul 2002, Indiana (Age 78 years)
Marriage	1968
Age at Marriage	She : ~ 42 years and 8 months - He : ~ 43 years and 8 months.
Family ID	F19277	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes
She was a member of Immanuel United Methodist Church, Olney, Richland County, Illinois.

[S3196] Obituary, Gardner, Bessie M. (Reliability: 2).
[S3197] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Gardner, Bessie Brainard, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5057491/bessie-may-gardner), none. (Reliability: 2).
[S2764] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 0003) (Village), image 12, page 6b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6224/4584337_00604?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fd), none. (Reliability: 2).
[S3197] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Gardner, Bessie Brainard, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5057491/bessie-may-gardner), none.
[S2765] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Brainard, Ray Norman, 85, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121174160/ray-norman-brainard), none. (Reliability: 2).
[S2763] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Brainard, Louisa and George, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24196261/louisa-brainard), none. (Reliability: 2).
[S1784] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-3) (Village), image 27, page 13b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00052?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 3).