Bessie Lillian FREEMAN^[1]

1881 - 1918  (36 years)

• Name	Bessie Lillian FREEMAN
  Birth	29 May 1881	Manchester, Kennebec, Maine, United States   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1900	Manchester, Kennebec, Maine, United States   [1]
  Death	18 May 1918	Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States   [3, 4]
  Obituary	20 May 1918  [5]
  	Daily Kennebec Journal
  News	21 May 1918  [6]
  	Funeral announcement
  	Funeral (sic) of Mrs. Walter E. Campbell Funeral services for the late Mrs. Walter E. Campbell were held at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon from the home of her sister, Mrs. Albert E. Hall. 6 Federal street and were private. Rev. A. Francis Watch officiated and the interment was made in Manchester. The bearers were A. E. Hall, W. H. Grant, R. Pease and H. H. [Barker?].
  Burial	Manchester, Kennebec, Maine, United States   [4]
  Person ID	I1757	Stanwood Family
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Everett Rowland FREEMAN,   b. 17 Mar 1851, Manchester, Kennebec, Maine, United States d. 1921 (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Marilla A. BRIGGS,   b. 1857   d. 1916 (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1876
  Family ID	F410	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Charles W. ARNOLD,   b. Abt 1877, Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	3 Dec 1898	Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States   [7]
  	Divorce record provides marriage date at 23 December 1898, 20 days after extracted record posted on Ancestry.
  Divorce	27 Jan 1903	Kennebec, Maine   [8]
  Family ID	F246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Walter E. CAMPBELL,   b. Abt 1879, Maine, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1903  [9]
  	1910 census states married eight years, but Bessie and first husband did not divorce until January 1903.
  Family ID	F737	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S1274] CENSUS: U.S., 1900 Maine, Kennebec, Manchester; 115; sheet 2B; dwelling 40, family 44; Bessie L. Arnold in household of Mary Wing; 2016. 1900 United States Federal Census [S793] Manchester, Maine, transcribed town records, database online Manchester Town Clerk’s Office (http://, Bessie Lillian Freeman, b. 05/29/1881. [S1652] DB: Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922, 4 October 2016; entry for Bessie L. Campbell, d. 18 May 1918. FREEMAN_Bessie_L_b1881_death_001 [S1166] Find A Grave, 4 October 2016; memorial page for Bessie Campbell with joint gravestone for Everett R. Freeman (1851-1921) and Marilla A. His Wife (1857-1916), and Bessie L. Freeman (1881-1918), wife of Walter E. Campbell, Find A Grave memorial no. 94,737,920. Citing Manchester Forks Cemetery, Manchester, Kennebec, Maine; the accompanying photograph by user Stone Finders provides a legible image of the inscribed data FREEMAN_Bessie_L_b1881_grave_001.jpg [S1076] NEWS: Daily Kennebec Journal, Mrs. Bessie L. Campbell; obituary; 20 May 1918; Mrs. Bessie L. Campbell, p. 5, c. 5; 4 October 2016. FREEMAN_Bessie_L_b1881_obit_001 [S1076] NEWS: Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta Locals; obituary; 21 May 1918; Mrs. Walter E. Campbell, p. 4, c. 1; 4 October 2016. FREEMAN_Bessie_L_b1881_funeral_anouncement_001 [S1656] DB: Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937, 2 October 2016; entry for Charles W. Arnold and Bessie L. Freeman, m. 3 December 1898, citing Maine State Archives, 1892-1907 Vital Records, roll no. 2. ARNOLD_Charles_b1877_marr_001 [S1648] DB: Maine Divorce Records, 1799-1903, 4 October 2016; entry for Charles W. Arnold and Bessie L. Arnold, m. 23 Dec. 1898, div. 27 Jan. 1903. [S1291] CENSUS: U.S., 1910 Massachusetts, Essex, Lynn, Ward 5; 393; dwelling 129, family 230; 28 Sullin St., dwelling 129, family 230; Walter and Bessie Campbell; 17 October 2021.