Bessie V Rutherford

1906 - 1983  (76 years)

• Name	Bessie V Rutherford  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	17 Dec 1906	Tippah County, Mississippi, USA   [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Public School Teacher  [4, 8]
  Residence	1910	Tippah County, Mississippi, USA   [6]
  	Beat 2
  Residence	1920	Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, USA   [7]
  Residence	1930	Tippah County, Mississippi, USA   [8]
  	Beat 5
  Residence	1940	Chalybeate, Tippah, Mississippi, USA   [4]
  	Beat 1
  Burial	1983	Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, USA   [1]
  Death	Oct 1983	Walnut, Tippah, Mississippi, USA   [1, 5]
  Person ID	I12041	MontyHistNotes_2014
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Luther Burton Rutherford,   b. 5 Nov 1880, Tippah County, Mississippi, USA d. Aug 1971, Tippah County, Mississippi, USA (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Martha Belle Hopper,   b. 1883, Mississippi, USA d. 1963 (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F9671	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Cecil Witt,   b. 4 Nov 1908, Tippah County, Mississippi, USA d. 10 Nov 1938, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA (Age 30 years)
  Children	1. John Burton Witt,   b. 12 May 1938, Booneville, Prentiss, Mississippi, USA d. Sep 1978 (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F39226	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Dec 1906 - Tippah County, Mississippi, USA Residence - Beat 2 - 1910 - Tippah County, Mississippi, USA Residence - 1920 - Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, USA Residence - Beat 5 - 1930 - Tippah County, Mississippi, USA Residence - Beat 1 - 1940 - Chalybeate, Tippah, Mississippi, USA Burial - 1983 - Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, USA Death - Oct 1983 - Walnut, Tippah, Mississippi, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3453] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Bessie Witt http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=17959224&indiv=try [S3723] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). Record for John Burton Witt http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60901&h=41774142&indiv=try [S3288] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Roy Cecil Or Johnnie Witt http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2546&h=703524&indiv=try [S3849] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Chalybeate, Tippah, Mississippi; Roll: m-t0627-02070; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 70-1. Record for Luther B Rutherford http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=120126506&indiv=try [S3478] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Number: 426-62-8348; Issue State: Mississippi; Issue Date: 1952. Record for Bessie Witt http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=3693&h=68409946&indiv=try [S3398] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Beat 2, Tippah, Mississippi; Roll: T624_757; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0096; FHL microfilm: 1374770. Record for Luther B Rutherford http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7884&h=150012947&indiv=try [S4206] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi; Roll: T625_896; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 106. Record for Luther B Rutherford http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6061&h=51333841&indiv=try [S4007] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Beat 5, Tippah, Mississippi; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0012. Record for Bessie V Rutherford http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6224&h=37871750&indiv=try