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Bessie Mead

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Bessie Mead

Birth
Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
25 Oct 1954 (aged 85)
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA
Burial
Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Source: Greenwich Time, Greenwich CT. October 27, 1954. Page 2, col. 1.
Miss Bessie Mead, 85, a former resident of Greenwich who had been an Episcopal missionary to Japan from 1904 until 1934, died Tuesday in Tacoma, Wash., where she had made her home since returning from Japan. A native of Stamford, Miss Mead was born on Dec. 3, 1868, daughter of the late Henry W. and Emily C. Brush Mead. She is survived by three cousins, Mrs. Sarah E. Close, (scratched microfiche here-unreadable), and Helen _____ of Millerton, N.Y. While in Japan Miss Mead was stationed in Akita and Yamagata. Notice of the funeral will be given later. Burial will be in New Burial Ground in Greenwich.
Information supplied by Jeffrey of the Mead Family Burying Grounds Association of Greenwich, CT
At the time of her demise, Bessie's guardian was Reverend Wilbur Charles "Bill" Woodhams (memorial number 14182764).
Source: Greenwich Time, Greenwich CT. October 27, 1954. Page 2, col. 1.
Miss Bessie Mead, 85, a former resident of Greenwich who had been an Episcopal missionary to Japan from 1904 until 1934, died Tuesday in Tacoma, Wash., where she had made her home since returning from Japan. A native of Stamford, Miss Mead was born on Dec. 3, 1868, daughter of the late Henry W. and Emily C. Brush Mead. She is survived by three cousins, Mrs. Sarah E. Close, (scratched microfiche here-unreadable), and Helen _____ of Millerton, N.Y. While in Japan Miss Mead was stationed in Akita and Yamagata. Notice of the funeral will be given later. Burial will be in New Burial Ground in Greenwich.
Information supplied by Jeffrey of the Mead Family Burying Grounds Association of Greenwich, CT
At the time of her demise, Bessie's guardian was Reverend Wilbur Charles "Bill" Woodhams (memorial number 14182764).


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