Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameBessie Ruth Graves 
Birth8 Nov 1914, Missouri
Census2 Apr 1940, Castor, Stoddard Co, Mo
Memoroll#2159, pg 1
Death9 Sep 1984, Huntington Beach, Orange Co, CA
BurialNorth Antioch Cem, Bloomfield, Stoddard Co, MO
Misc. Notes
Daughter of Perry Lee Graves and Grace Clara Byrne
First married to Daniel Riley on 5 Sep 1934 in Arkansas, and had 2 daughters and a son before showing as divorced in the 1940 census.
Listed in 1940 as Ruth Riley (25, MO) with children Barbara Lee Riley (5), Ray Deane Riley (3) and Lois Ann Riley (4 mo).
She then married John Edgar Chapman and had two sons and a daughter with him.
First married to Daniel Riley on 5 Sep 1934 in Arkansas, and had 2 daughters and a son before showing as divorced in the 1940 census.
Listed in 1940 as Ruth Riley (25, MO) with children Barbara Lee Riley (5), Ray Deane Riley (3) and Lois Ann Riley (4 mo).
She then married John Edgar Chapman and had two sons and a daughter with him.
Spouses
Birth24 Nov 1887, Advance, Bollinger Co, MO
Death19 Oct 1975, Westminster, Orange Co, CA
BurialBloomfield Cem, Bloomfield, Stoddard Co, MO
OccupationCarpenter
Misc. Notes
Son of Gideon Abner Chapman (1852-1927) & Martha Viola Wiggens (1865-1889).
First married to Nancy Corbin (1890-1936) on 20 Jan 1912 in Jackson, Cape Girardeau Co, MO; with whom he had a son and two daughters - Evert Leon, Nancy Lucille, and Betty Jo Chapman who died as an infant.
He is listed in 1950 as a carpenter (66, MO) working in construction with his wife Bessie R. (35, MO) and children Lois Ann Riley. (10), John E. Chapman (7), Donald G. Chapman (5) and Mary J. Chapman (1).
First married to Nancy Corbin (1890-1936) on 20 Jan 1912 in Jackson, Cape Girardeau Co, MO; with whom he had a son and two daughters - Evert Leon, Nancy Lucille, and Betty Jo Chapman who died as an infant.
He is listed in 1950 as a carpenter (66, MO) working in construction with his wife Bessie R. (35, MO) and children Lois Ann Riley. (10), John E. Chapman (7), Donald G. Chapman (5) and Mary J. Chapman (1).