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Bessie Gwillim Law

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Born: Bessie Gwillim

January 6, 1886
Bristol, CT

Died: October 25, 1983

Bristol, CT

Spouse: Harry Nathan Law (m. June 25, 1912)

Child: Reed Gwillim Law

Parents: Thomas Ingraham Gwillim and Emma Augusta Moore Gwillim

Siblings: Stanley Sessions Gwillim, Harland Dennett Gwillim, Harold Evans Gwillim, and Reese Vincent Gwillim


Early Life

Education

  • Bristol High School: 2 years
  • Kents Hill School, Kents Hill, ME: 1 year
  • Shaw's Business College, Portland, ME: 3 months

Career

  • American Silver Co., clerk
  • General Motors, stenographer

Accomplishments

  • Taught Sunday School for 50 years at Asbury Methodist Church

Health

  • Climbed steep staircase at age 97
  • Died of pancreatic cancer

Faith

Active Christian

Oral history given to Gwillim Law

Oral history given to Ruthie Dittman