bess, otis

Name variants

Otis Bess; Otis Bess - Informant (cert of Kelly Ward Clodfetter)

Record count

4

Sources

death_certs,life_events

Places seen

Advance; Stoddard Co. Mo.; T27N R10E, Stoddard County, Missouri

First event date

1916-02-27

Last event date

1930

Timeline — 3 events

• 1916-03-03 Advance. Marriage license issued to Otis Bess of Advance and Bertha Fowler of Bloomfield [date from clip_id] Co-mentioned: Bertha Fowler. Quote: "Otis Bess, Advance to Bertha Fowler, Bloomfield" marriage · life_events|Dexter Statesman 1916-03-03 clip ds-1911-1930-jpg-ds-19160303-p3 + life_events|Dexter Statesman 1916-03-03 clip ds-1911-1930-jpg-ds-19160303-p4
• 1917-03-02 40 acres, ne ne 8-27-10; $1000 Co-mentioned: J. W. and Isabelle Bess. Quote: "J. W. and Isabelle Bess to Otis Bess" land · life_events|Dexter Statesman 1917-03-02 clip ds-1911-1930-jpg-ds-19170302-p4
• 1930 T27N R10E, Stoddard County, Missouri. Landowner listed in the 1930 Hixson plat book, Page 18 - T27N R10E, section(s) 8. Entry from the index spreadsheet Aj uploaded 2026-09-23; transcription not yet spot-checked against the plat images Quote: "Bess, Otis — Page 18 - T27N R10E, sec 8" land · life_events|Plat Book of Stoddard County, Missouri (W.W. Hixson & Co., 1930) 1930 clip PLAT1930-0247

Dates and spellings are preserved as found in the source records; contradictions are kept, not smoothed over. See the methodology for how this archive handles uncertainty.