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Bessie Lee (née Williams) Clarkson was the second child of John McCauley Williams and Florence Hester (née Craig) Williams. She married Vernon W. Clarkson and they had two daughters, Anona Florence and Sarah Wanda. Bessie contracted tuberculosis and went to Arizona to try to recover. She died at age 29 in 1910, six months after the death of her youngest child Sarah Wanda. Bessie was the maternal grandmother of contributor Molly Benscoter. Names: Clarkson, Bessie Lee (née Williams); 1881-1910</div>
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<li>DPLA identifier: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dp.la/item/62c0ed249261e28f87e6e48fe68f5a5c">62c0ed249261e28f87e6e48fe68f5a5c</a></li>
<li>Staley Museum identifier: WCLRW616</li></ul></span>