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Spouse: Mary Augusta WHITCHER. Levi BENSON and Mary Augusta WHITCHER were married on 7 MAY 1875 in Bow, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Children were: Nellie Maria BENSON, Eva Gertrude BENSON.
Luanna Frances BENSON was born on 20 AUG 1852 in Bow, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. She appeared in the census in 1860 in Bow, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. (living at home with father and mother.) SOURCE: "A Genealogy of the Descendants of Abraham Colby and Elizabeth Blaisdell, his wife Who settled in Bow in 1768" By one of them, Concord, NH Printed by the Republican Press Association 1895. Parents: James BENSON and Nancy COLBY.
Nancy J. BENSON was born on 25 JAN 1836 in Bow, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. She appeared in the census in 1860 in Bow, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. (living at home with father and mother.) SOURCE: "A Genealogy of the Descendants of Abraham Colby and Elizabeth Blaisdell, his wife Who settled in Bow in 1768" By one of them, Concord, NH Printed by the Republican Press Association 1895. Parents: James BENSON and Nancy COLBY.
Nellie Maria BENSON was born on 2 JUL 1875 in Andover, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. SOURCE: "A Genealogy of the Descendants of Abraham Colby and Elizabeth Blaisdell, his wife Who settled in Bow in 1768" By one of them, Concord, NH Printed by the Republican Press Association 1895. Parents: Levi BENSON and Mary Augusta WHITCHER.
Rhoda BENTLEY was born on 12 MAY 1771 in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut. She died on 2 JAN 1837 at Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan.
Spouse: Jacob TEEPLES. Jacob TEEPLES and Rhoda BENTLEY were married in 1793 in Elmira, Chemung County, New York. Children were: George Bentley TEEPLES, Elvira TEEPLES.
William Augustus BENTON was born on 21 DEC 1833 in Stewartstown, Coos County, New Hampshire. William had lived in Campton seven years before settling in Sanbornton, on the farm of her father, where they still lived (1878).
Spouse: Maria Otis COLBY. William Augustus BENTON and Maria Otis COLBY were married on 13 DEC 1860 in Sanbornton, Belknap County, New Hampshire.
Dorothy Katherine BERG was born about 1944 in Minnesota.
Spouse: Willard George COLBY. Willard George COLBY and Dorothy Katherine BERG were married on 22 FEB 1975 in Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota. Children were: Timothy Joseph COLBY.
Elvira Loretta BERGMAN was born about 1912.
Spouse: Archie Elbridge COLBY. Archie Elbridge COLBY and Elvira Loretta BERGMAN were married on 2 APR 1938 in Marshall County, South Dakota. Children were: Ra Letta Matil COLBY, Arvid Elroy COLBY, Lenore Joann COLBY, Eldren Eugene COLBY.
Marie Bernice BERGMAN was born on 17 JUN 1905 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois. She died on 18 DEC 1988 at Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. She was buried on 22 DEC 1988 in Sisseton Cemetery, Sisseton, Roberts County, South Dakota.
Spouse: Clifford Kenneth MCPHERSON. Clifford Kenneth MCPHERSON and Marie Bernice BERGMAN were married on 14 JUL 1930 in Elbow Lake, Grant County, Minnesota. Children were: Daniel William MCPHERSON, June Marie MCPHERSON.
Candyce BERGQUIST was born about 1957.
Spouse: David Wayne COLBY. David Wayne COLBY and Candyce BERGQUIST were married on 9 JUL 1977 in Gwinner, Sargent County, North Dakota. Children were: Jessie Michael COLBY, Dannielle Jo COLBY.
Hulda BERGSTROM was born in OCT 1883. She appeared in the census in 1920 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan. She died on 5 AUG 1969.
Spouse: Jesse Elmer COLBY. Jesse Elmer COLBY and Hulda BERGSTROM were
married on 13 JUN 1903 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
Groom's name: Jesse Elmer Colby
Groom's race or color (on document):
Groom's age: 23 years
Groom's birth year: 1880
Groom's birthplace: Lake County, Michigan
Bride's name: Hulda E. Bergstun
Bride's race or color (on document):
Bride's age: 19 years
Bride's birth year: 1884
Bride's birthplace: Sweden
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Marriage date: 13 Jun 1903
Marriage place: Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan
Groom's father's name: Francis M. Colby
Groom's mother's name: Elmira Mcclusky
Father of bride's name: August Bergstun
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Film number: 2342663
Frame number:
Digital GS number: 4033033
Image number: 561
Reference number: v 2 p 93 rn 101
Collection: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925
Children were: Lester COLBY, Florence E. COLBY, Chester COLBY, Jesse COLBY.
Anna Belle BERKENKAMP was born on 7 JAN 1873 in Clarksburg, Yolo County, California. She appeared in the census on 1 JUN 1900 in Clarksburg, Yolo County, California. She died on 22 FEB 1971 at Elk Grove, Sacramento County, California. She was buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
Spouse: Walter Baldwin COLBY. Walter Baldwin COLBY and Anna Belle BERKENKAMP were married on 4 OCT 1895 in California. Children were: Rexford Graham COLBY, John Henry COLBY, Georgia Mary COLBY, Laura Evelyn COLBY.
Charles A. BERNARD was born about 1873.
Spouse: Dora Gertrude DURFEY. Charles A. BERNARD and Dora Gertrude DURFEY were married on 18 JUN 1893.
Alice L. BERRY was born in 1912 in Vermont. She appeared in the census in 1930 in Northfield, Washington County, Vermont. (living at home with father and mother.) Parents: Clifford BERRY and Lodema Alice COLBY.
Betsey BERRY was born on 15 APR 1773 in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. She died about 1810 at Corinth, Orange County, Vermont. Parents: Jonathan BERRY and Betty SMITH.
Spouse: Jonathan COLBY. Jonathan COLBY and Betsey BERRY were married on 23 FEB 1800 in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. SOURCE: FHL Number 1000976; COLBY, Jonathan, Marriage: Betsey BERRY, Date: 23 Feb 1800; Recorded in: Birth and Marriage Index for New Hampshire. Children were: Nancy COLBY, Jonathan COLBY.
Clayton L BERRY was born in 1914 in Vermont. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Northfield, Washington County, Vermont. (living at home with father and mother.) Parents: Clifford BERRY and Lodema Alice COLBY.
Clifford BERRY was born in 1887 in New York. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Northfield, Washington County, Vermont.
Spouse: Lodema Alice COLBY. Clifford BERRY and Lodema Alice COLBY were married in 1905. Children were: Edith D. BERRY, Howard R. BERRY, Alice L. BERRY, Clayton L BERRY, Norma I. BERRY.
Edith D. BERRY was born in 1908 in Vermont. She appeared in the census in 1930 in Northfield, Washington County, Vermont. (living at home with father and mother.) Parents: Clifford BERRY and Lodema Alice COLBY.
Ethel L. BERRY was born in 1885 in Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
Spouse: Charles Reynolds COLBY. Charles Reynolds COLBY and Ethel L. BERRY were married about 1906. Children were: Reginald Merton COLBY, Margaret COLBY, Dorothy COLBY, John Herbert "Jack" COLBY, Marion COLBY, Barbara COLBY, Eleanor COLBY.
Frances Hooper BERRY was born on 29 MAR 1864 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Daughter of Thomas Berry and Janet Lowe married 21 Dec 1859. She died in 1936 at Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California.
Spouse:
Frederick Lee COLBY. Frederick Lee
COLBY and Frances Hooper BERRY were married on 11 APR 1899 in Detroit, Wayne
County, Michigan.
Groom's name: Frederick L. Colby
Groom's race or color (on document):
Groom's age: 36 years
Groom's birth year: 1863
Groom's birthplace: Dowagiac
Bride's name: Frances H. Berry
Bride's race or color (on document):
Bride's age: 34 years
Bride's birth year: 1865
Bride's birthplace: Detroit
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Marriage date: 11 Apr 1899
Marriage place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Groom's father's name: H.F. Colby
Groom's mother's name: Lucy Perkins
Father of bride's name: Thomas Berry
Mother of bride's name: Unknown
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Film number: 2342514
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Digital GS number: 4208640
Image number: 604
Reference number: item 4 p 411 rn 27548
Collection: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925
Children were: Thomas Berry COLBY,
Horace Farnham COLBY, Frederick Lee COLBY Jr., Elizabeth
Hooper COLBY, Edward Pendleton COLBY.
Howard R. BERRY was born in 1910 in Vermont. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Northfield, Washington County, Vermont. (living at home with father and mother.) Parents: Clifford BERRY and Lodema Alice COLBY.
Jonathan BERRY was born on 22 NOV 1741 in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
Spouse: Betty SMITH. Jonathan BERRY and Betty SMITH were married about 1772. Children were: Betsey BERRY.
Lucy BERRY was born on 12 JUN 1778 in Middleton, Essex County, Massachusetts. (Daughter of Nathaniel Berry and Susannah Esty.) She appeared in the census in 1850 in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont. (living with son James.) She died on 7 NOV 1854 at St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont. She has Ancestral File Number G06R-4X.
Daughter of Nathaniel and Susannah (Esty) Berry of Middleton; was admitted to be a member in full communion with the Congregational church, Sept. 2, 1810. Nathaniel Berry was born Sept 16, 1736, and died in 1812. Susannah Esty was a daughter of Jonathan and Susannah (Munroe) Esty, and was born Jan 26, 1741, and died May 27, 1827. The Berrys of Middleton were farmers and highly respectable people, reputed to be possessed of considerable means.
Spouse: Isaac COLBY. Isaac COLBY and Lucy BERRY were married on 23 JUN 1801 in Middleton, Essex County, Massachusetts. Children were: Isaac COLBY, Nathaniel Berry COLBY, Jesse Hoyt COLBY, Allen COLBY, Lucy COLBY, James Knight COLBY, George Washington COLBY.
Mary BERRY was born about 1772.
Spouse: Ebenezer TABOR. Ebenezer TABOR and Mary BERRY were married about 1792. Children were: Eben TABOR.
Norma I. BERRY was born in 1915 in Vermont. She appeared in the census in 1930 in Northfield, Washington County, Vermont. (living at home with father and mother.) Parents: Clifford BERRY and Lodema Alice COLBY.
Harley BERT was born in 1894 in New York. He appeared in the census in 1920 in Batavia, Genesee County, New York.
Spouse: Florence COLBY. Harley BERT and Florence COLBY were married about 1916. Children were: Mildred BERT, Milbilla BERT.
Milbilla BERT was born in AUG 1918 in Batavia, Genesee County, New York. She appeared in the census in 1920 in Batavia, Genesee County, New York. (living at home with father and mother.) Parents: Harley BERT and Florence COLBY.
Mildred BERT was born in SEP 1916 in Batavia, Genesee County, New York. She appeared in the census in 1920 in Batavia, Genesee County, New York. (living at home with father and mother.) Parents: Harley BERT and Florence COLBY.
Deborah Louise BESHEARS was born on 31 AUG 1959 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri. She is reference number 1.1C.
Spouse: John Robert FULLER. John Robert FULLER and Deborah Louise BESHEARS were married on 9 SEP 1985 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri.
Jean Barbara BESSEY was born about 1931 in Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine.
Spouse: Erland Lee FOSTER. Erland Lee FOSTER and Jean Barbara BESSEY were married on 29 JUN 1951 in Maine.
Esther BESWICK was born about 1806 in England.
Spouse: Isaac BRADSHAW. Isaac BRADSHAW and Esther BESWICK were married on 25 DEC 1826 in England.
Elizabeth BETH was born date unknown.
Spouse: Jacob BOVEE. Jacob BOVEE and Elizabeth BETH were married about 1776.
Bernice BETTEN was born on 12 JUL 1893 in Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa. (Daughter of Dirk Betten and Mary.) She appeared in the census on 12 JAN 1920 in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa. She died on 2 MAR 1977 at Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida. (SOURCE: Ancestry.com; Florida Death Index, 1877-1998.) She had Social Security Number 159-20-8370.
Social Security Death Index
Name: Bernice Colby
SSN: 159-20-8370
Last Residence: 33707 Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States of America
Born: 12 Jul 1893
Last Benefit: 33707 Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States of America
Died: Mar 1977
State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951 )
Spouse: Paul Whiting COLBY. Paul
Whiting COLBY and Bernice BETTEN were married about 1919. They were
divorced in 1953 in Pinellas County, Florida.
Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001
Name: Paul W Colby
Gender: Male
Spouse's name: Colby
Divorce Date: 1953
County: Pinellas
Certificate Number: 6138
Children were: Charlotte Maria COLBY,
Nancy J. COLBY.
Laura Ann BETTIS was born in 1818 in New Hampshire. She appeared in the census in 1870 in Canaan, Grafton County, New Hampshire. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Canaan, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
Spouse: Er C. COLLINS. Er C. COLLINS and Laura Ann BETTIS were married in 1859 in Contoocook, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
Florence R. BETTS was born in 1865 in Merrimac, Essex County, Massachusetts. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Merrimac, Essex County, Massachusetts. (living with step-father and mother) Parents: William BETTS and Lois A. SARGENT.
Infant BETTS died on 20 SEP 1577. She was born date unknown in Maulden, Bedfordshire, England. Parents: William BETTS and Agnes FYNSON.
Joan BETTS was christened/baptized on 23 MAR 1581 in Maulden, Bedfordshire, England. She is reference number 3485. Parents: William BETTS and Agnes FYNSON.
Spouse: William (Wm.) SMITH. William (Wm.) SMITH and Joan BETTS were married on 1 OCT 1609 in Flitton w/Silsoe, Bedfordshire, England. Children were: Robert SMITH, Elizabeth SMITH, Joan SMITH, Mary SMITH, Thomas SMITH, Margt SMITH.
William BETTS was born about 1551 in Maulden, Bedfordshire, England. He is reference number 6970. He died. @T566@
Spouse: Agnes FYNSON. William BETTS and Agnes FYNSON were married on 15 OCT 1576 in Maulden, Bedfordshire, England. Children were: Joan BETTS, Infant BETTS.
William BETTS was born about 1838. He died before 1880. He was a Merchant.
Spouse: Lois A. SARGENT. William BETTS and Lois A. SARGENT were married on 17 JAN 1863. Children were: Florence R. BETTS.
Charles T. BEULL was born in 1842 in New Hampshire. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Franklin, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
Spouse: Emma G. COLBY. Charles T. BEULL and Emma G. COLBY were married about 1864 in Franklin, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Children were: Etta Gove BEULL.
Etta Gove BEULL was born in 1865 in Franklin, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. She appeared in the census in 1870 in Franklin, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. (living at home with father and mother.) Parents: Charles T. BEULL and Emma G. COLBY.
La Mont Arthur BEUTLER was born on 12 JUN 1906 in Richfield, Sevier County, Utah. He died on 12 DEC 1994 at Richfield, Sevier County, Utah. He had Social Security Number 529-24-9790 .
Spouse: Thelma MEYER. La Mont Arthur BEUTLER and Thelma MEYER were married on 31 MAR 1929 in Manti, Sanpete County, Utah.
Glenn BEVIER was born in 1896. (BOOK SOURCE: The Bevier family : the descendants of Louis Bevier, patentee of New Paltz, New York New Paltz, N.Y.: Huguenot Historical Society, 1970, 307 pgs.) Parents: William Lincoln BEVIER and Martha Crawford COLBY.
Leah H. BEVIER was born in 1904. (BOOK SOURCE: The Bevier family : the descendants of Louis Bevier, patentee of New Paltz, New York New Paltz, N.Y.: Huguenot Historical Society, 1970, 307 pgs.) Parents: William Lincoln BEVIER and Martha Crawford COLBY.
Loyd S. BEVIER was born in 1901. (BOOK SOURCE: The Bevier family : the descendants of Louis Bevier, patentee of New Paltz, New York New Paltz, N.Y.: Huguenot Historical Society, 1970, 307 pgs.) Parents: William Lincoln BEVIER and Martha Crawford COLBY.
Lynn BEVIER was born in 1900. (BOOK SOURCE: The Bevier family : the descendants of Louis Bevier, patentee of New Paltz, New York New Paltz, N.Y.: Huguenot Historical Society, 1970, 307 pgs.) Parents: William Lincoln BEVIER and Martha Crawford COLBY.
William Lincoln BEVIER was born on 27 NOV 1862 in Hawkins, Newaygo County, Michigan. He died on 2 DEC 1904 at Hawkins, Newaygo County, Michigan. (BOOK SOURCE: The Bevier family : the descendants of Louis Bevier, patentee of New Paltz, New York New Paltz, N.Y.: Huguenot Historical Society, 1970, 307 pgs.)
Spouse: Martha Crawford COLBY. William Lincoln BEVIER and Martha Crawford COLBY were married on 14 JUN 1893 in Java, Wyoming County, New York. Children were: Glenn BEVIER, Lynn BEVIER, Loyd S. BEVIER, Leah H. BEVIER.
Clara Dorothy
BEWICK was born on 5 AUG 1846 in Gloucestershire, England. She
died on 7 SEP 1916 at Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California.
Married June 23, 1871 in Madison, Wisconsin by Rev. C. H. Richards; Father:
Thomas Bewick; Mother: Clara Willingham; Burial: 1916 Windsor, Wisconsin. Occupation:
Suffragist, Women's magazine publisher.
CLARA BEWICK COLBY
Clara Bewick Colby, author, lecturer, and Nebraska most prominent suffragist was born in Gloucester, Eng. She came as a child to this country and is a naturalized citizen in her own right. Her father, Thomas Bewick, was related to Thomas Bewick, the naturalist and founder of modern wood engraving. Her mother was Clara Willingham Chilton, niece of Walter Medhurst, D. D., pioneer missionary to China. She was graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Ph.B., and is a Phi Beta Kappa. She belongs to the Federal Suffrage Association of the United States and is corresponding secretary and chairman of the Congressional work, making her home the greater part of the year in Washington, D.C. she is a patron of the National Council of Women of the United States. She is a life member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. From 1883 to 1898 she was president of the Nebraska State Woman Suffrage Association and is now honorary president.
Since 1890 she has been a member of the District of Columbia Woman Suffrage Association which is the oldest woman suffrage association in the world. She is honorary vice-president of the International New Thought Alliance. She is vice-[resident of the League of World Peace. She is an honorary member of the Higher Thought Center, London, England. She is vice-president for Oregon of the National woman's Press Association. She is a member of the State Woman's Press Club of Oregon. For two years she was corresponding secretary of the Nebraska State Historical Society.
She founded the public library of Beatrice, Neb., and maintained it for six years. She has traveled and lectured in most of the states of the union, and for four years has given courses of lectures in Washington, D. C. She spent a year in England, Ireland and France, giving lectures and interpretative readings. Her lectures are on philosophy, history, literature and feminism. Shortly after graduating she taught history and Latin in the University of Wisconsin. In 1883 she founded the Woman's tribune in Nebraska. In 1888 she published the paper in Washington as a daily to report the First International Congress of Women. She continued the publication there until 1904 when she moved it to Portland, Ore., to further the cause of woman suffrage along the Pacific coast. In all she published the paper for twenty-five years.
In 1899 she was a delegate to the International Congress of women in London, Eng.
In 1908 she was delegate to the International Woman Suffrage Alliance in Amsterdam, Holland. She was that same year delegated by Gov. Chamberlain of Ore. To the First International Moral Education Congress held in London. She was also a delegate to the International Peace Congress at the meeting in London.
In 1910-1911 she participated in the woman suffrage movement in England.
In 1913 she was delegated by Gov. West of Oregon to the International Woman Suffrage Alliance at Budapesth, Hungary, and was a delegate to the International Peace Congress at the Hague. In 1915 she was chairman of the Federal Suffrage Congress held in connection with the Panama-Pacific Exposition and of the Federal Suffrage day to the San Diego Exposition. For several years she was appointed by various governors of Nebraska as a delegate to the National Conferences of Charities and Correction. She has addressed the legislatures of Nebraska, Missouri, Michigan, Rhode Island, in behalf of Woman Suffrage. She has written for many magazines and is the author of The Song of the Plains, London Past and Present. History of woman's Suffrage in Nebraska for the History of woman's suffrage written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Perhaps the work in which she is most interested is the effort to secure an act of congress which would enable women to vote for members of congress.
SOURCE: "BLUE BOOK OF NEBRASKA WOMEN;" BY WINONA REEVES (1916); PAGES 7 - 50
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Obituary:
Clara Bewick Colby lived on the edge at a time when women had few rights and plenty of Victorian constraints.
Colby shed the prohibitions of the day to become a leader in women's rights.
Born in England, she came to the United States as a child. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1869 and married a former Civil War general, Leonard Wright Colby.
The couple moved to Beatrice, Neb., in 1872, where her husband set up a law office and promoted real estate ventures. He was elected to the Legislature in 1876 and 1886, followed by his appointment as assistant U.S. Attorney General.
Clara Colby's career bumped along, traditional and low-key at first. She founded a free public library in Beatrice, established a lecture series and brought in public speakers. Among them were Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
In 1881, she helped organize the Nebraska Woman's Suffrage Association and, two years later, founded the Woman's Tribune, the eventual official voice of the Woman's Suffrage Association.
When her husband was appointed to the Attorney General's office in Washington, D.C., she moved with him, packing up the newspaper and continuing to publish. She would keep her readers informed of the suffrage movement for 26 years.
She traveled widely, a delegate to international events espousing women's rights and world peace.
In 1906, the Colbys divorced and although she was then nearly 60 years old, she continued with her commitment to causes now bubbling around the world.
Ultimately, her story ended before she realized her goals of world peace and women's rights, especially the right to vote and own property. She died four years before the ratification of the 19th Amendment.
Clara Bewick Colby
1846-1916
Home: Beatrice
Legacy: Women's rights
Spouse: General Leonard Wright COLBY. General Leonard Wright COLBY and Clara Dorothy BEWICK were married on 23 JUN 1871 in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. They were divorced on 30 MAR 1906. Children were: Ada May COLBY, Clarence Chilton COLBY, Marguerite Elizabeth COLBY.
Minnie M. BEZONA was born on 6 SEP 1873. She died on 27 JAN 1934 at Corfu, Genesee County, New York. Buried at Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Corfu, Genesee County, New York.
Spouse: John L. COLBY. John L. COLBY and Minnie M. BEZONA were married about 1893.
Ozel BHEAR was born date unknown.
Spouse: Melton Cass WARD. Melton Cass WARD and Ozel BHEAR were married date unknown.
