Bessie Florence ROHRER ⁶⁵

  General Notes:

I'm guessing this was read at her wedding or funeral:
A letter from Olive Hazel (Byerly) Rohrer to Bob & Wanda Negley. 10/24/1963 "School Days in Oklahoma" by Olive Hazel (Byerly) Rohrer

  Death Notes:

From The Gospel Messenger, January 25, 1936

Markley, Bessie Floy, daughter of Frederick and Lydia Rohrer, born Sept. 18, 1887 near Onward, Ind., and died at her home near Plymouth, Ind. Dec. 20, 1935. Being reared in a Christian home she accepted Christ as her Savior and at an early age united with the Church of the Brethren. Oct. 4, 1904 she married Harvey S. Markley. To this union were born three children; these survive with her husband and three grandchildren, three brothers and two sisters. She served with her husband in the office of deacon since Oct. 7, 1923. She was active in the work of the church as long as health would permit. Funeral services in the church by the pastor, assisted by Eld. Clyde Joseph. Interment in the Oak Hill cemetery. -- G. G. Canfield, Plymouth, Indiana

  Burial Notes:

I think this cemetery is in Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census, 1900, Walnut Twp, Marshall, Indiana. ⁶³ Bessie was living 6 houses away from her future husband Harvey Markley.

2. Census, 1910, Walnut Twp, Marshall, Indiana. ⁶⁷ She had 2 children all living.

3. Residence, 12 Sep 1918, Argos, Marshall, Indiana, USA. ⁶⁸

4. Census, 1920, Polk, Marshall, Indiana, USA. ⁶⁹

5. Census, 1930, Center Twp, Marshall, Indiana. ⁷⁰

6. Alt. Death, 24 Dec 1935, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, USA.

Bessie married Harvey Silvester MARKLEY on 4 Oct 1904 in Argos, Marshall, Indiana, USA.⁶⁴ (Harvey Silvester MARKLEY was born on 3 Apr 1879 in Tyner, Marshall, Indiana, USA,⁷¹ died on 3 Feb 1951 in Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, USA ⁷² and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.)