Seventh Generation

4628. Bessie Lawhorne was born on 2 January 1887 in Amherst Co., VA.¹⁴⁸⁵⁰

Bessie Lawhorne and Henry Clay Farmer were married on 15 May 1907 in Lynchburg, Independent City, VA.¹⁴⁸⁵¹ Henry Clay Farmer was born circa 1886 in Prince Edward Co., VA. Henry died in Lynchburg, Independent City, VA on 15 October 1907 of typhoid fever Presbyterian Cemetery in Lynchburg, Independent City, VA in October 1907 .^14852,14853

Death Notice, Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond VA, Wed., Oct. 16, 1907, Page 9

H. C. Farmer

(Special to the Times-Dispatch)
Lynchburg, VA., October 15.-Mr. H. C. Farmer, a well known young man, aged twenty-one years, died early this morning at his home after an illness of three weeks of typhoid fever. The deceased was a native of Prince Edward county, and he was a well known young business man. He was a popular member of the Lynchburg Home Guards and a detachment from that command will attend the funeral and act as pall-bearers.

The deceased, in addition to his young wife of a few months, who was Miss Bessie Lawhorne, of Amherst county, is survived by his mother, Mrs. Sarah Jane Farmer of Prince Edward county, and five sisters and four brothers.

Bessie Lawhorne and Walter Linwood Hensley were married on 3 April 1916 in Richmond, Independent City, VA.¹⁴⁸⁵⁴ Walter Linwood Hensley was born on 30 June 1875 in Augusta Co., VA. Walter died in Florida on 24 October 1945 and was buried at Myrtle Hill Memorial Park in Tampa, Hillsborough Co., FL in October 1945 .¹⁴⁸⁵⁵