Bessie H. McNeely

BESSIE H. MCNEELY, daughter of SARAH ANN HOUSTON and WILLIAM MCNEELY, was born October 18, 1875 in Missouri,³⁶⁶¹ and died June 21, 1959 in Seattle, King, Washington.³⁶⁶¹ She is buried in Acacia Memorial Park, Lake Forest Park, King, Washington.³⁶⁶¹

Education
Work History
Obituaries

Census Records

- Samuel Houston Descendant Report

Education

Bessie H. McNeely

graduated from Missouri Valley College, Marshall, Saline, Missouri with a B.A. degree⁹⁰⁰⁵
graduated from Washburn University, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas with a Bachelor of Music degree⁹⁰⁰⁵
graduated from Columbia University, New York, New York, New York with a M. A. degree⁹⁰⁰⁵

Work History

Bessie H. McNeely was a music teacher in Topeka, Kansas and the Seattle public high schools.³⁶⁶¹

Obituaries

Seattle Times, June 22, 1959⁹⁰⁰⁵

Death Takes Bessie H. McNeely

Bessie H. McNeely, a retired piano teacher and former high school music teacher, died in a hospital yesterday after a brief illness.

Funeral services will be held at 1 o'clock Wednesday in the Buterworth chapel. Entombment will be in Acacia.

Miss McNeely was born in Malta Bend, Mo. She received a bachelor of arts degree from Missouri Valley College, Marshall, Mo.; a bachelor of music degree from Washburn University, Topeka, Kas., and a master of arts degree at Columbia University.

She also did graduate work at the Universities of Kansas, Colorado and Washington.

Miss McNeely taught in public schools in Topeka before she came here in 1909. She taught at various high schools here before she retired in 1946.

After her retirement Miss McNeely taught privately. She had studios in the Paramount Theater Building, 907 Pine St., where she resided.

Miss McNeely was a member of the American Association of University Women, the Order of Eastern Star and the Woman's Country Club. She was an associate member of the Ladies' Musical Club and was a member of Phi Beta, music and speech honorary.

Surviving are a brother, Paul Pierre McNeely, Seattle, and two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Kirby, Tillicum, Pierce County, and Mrs. Blanche Ragsdale, San Marino, Calif.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 4, 1880⁸⁹⁵⁷	Grand Pass, Saline, Missouri	William McNeely Sarah Ann Houston Clarence Houston McNeely Bertha Bell McNeely Blanche McNeely Bessie H. McNeely William Dexter McNeely Charles Grosvenor McNeely Elizabeth Rankin McNeely
June 5, 1900¹⁷⁵⁴	Van Buren, Jackson, Missouri	William McNeely Sarah Ann Houston Bessie H. McNeely William Dexter McNeely Paul Pierre McNeely
January 3, 1920⁹⁸⁹	Seattle, King, Washington	Paul Pierre McNeely Bessie H. McNeely
April 3, 1930⁹⁸⁹	Seattle, King, Washington	Paul Pierre McNeely Bessie H. McNeely
April 16, 1940⁵²²⁵	Seattle, King, Washington	Paul Pierre McNeely Bessie H. McNeely