Elmer S. Bessey
Elmer S. Bessey (1865-1948) was born in Sterling, Pennsylvania, and died
in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. In 1897, in Coffeyville, Kansas, he married Anna M. Bessey (b.
Moore). Bessey was a postmaster, a lawyer, and served as United States' commissioner in
Claremore, then classed as Indian Territory, now part of Oklahoma. He was elected judge
of the state court of Oklahoma in 1920. After serving his six year term, he practiced
law in Claremore and Miami, Oklahoma, until his retirement in 1938. In 1886 he wrote to
Mary Baker Eddy from Kingston, Kansas, to order a copy of Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures.
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Elmer S. Bessey
Elmer S. Bessey (1865-1948) was born in Sterling, Pennsylvania, and died
in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. In 1897, in Coffeyville, Kansas, he married Anna M. Bessey (b.
Moore). Bessey was a postmaster, a lawyer, and served as United States' commissioner in
Claremore, then classed as Indian Territory, now part of Oklahoma. He was elected judge
of the state court of Oklahoma in 1920. After serving his six year term, he practiced
law in Claremore and Miami, Oklahoma, until his retirement in 1938. In 1886 he wrote to
Mary Baker Eddy from Kingston, Kansas, to order a copy of Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures.
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