Bessie L. SEAGRAVES

1897 -

• Name	Bessie L. SEAGRAVES
  	The Seagraves surname presented for this person is based on the dominant spelling found in the various records researched, but primarily on the name carved on the person's gravestone. HOWEVER, for the common variations of the Seagraves family name of which there are over 20, such as Cegrave(s) Segrave(s), Seagreave(s), Seegrave(s), Segrove(s), Seagrove(s), etc. all of which have been given the Seagraves spelling for clarity and ease of analysis. Certain variations are used so consistently within a family that they have been retained in this analysis, specifically, SAGRAVES (which also includes Sagrove(s)) and SEAGRAVE. Sagraves was adopted by the early settlers of eastern Kentucky about 1800. Seagrave was the version brought to Massachusetts by the John & Sarah Seagrave family who settled there about 1725. The Seagraves version is the most common found (about 39%) of all those found on the 1940 census. A discussion of the name spelling variations can be found on the Home Page of this website.
  Birth	May 1897	Madison County, Georgia
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I5077	Seagraves Database
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Emeriah David SEAGRAVES,   b. 3 Jan 1872, Madison County, Georgia d. 15 Aug 1967, Madison County, Georgia (Age 95 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Maude M. STREETMAN,   b. Apr 1877, Georgia d. 1961 (Age ~ 83 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	15 Sep 1895	Madison County, Georgia   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F1683	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - May 1897 - Madison County, Georgia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S235] Myra C. Manley Watkins, Segraves/Seagraves and Related Families of Northeast Georgia, (self). [S503] Georgia Marriage Records, 1828-1978, (Ancestry.com).