People

: Bess Hodgman; Bess was a student at H Street School in the late 19th century.

: Bessie (Cook) Sedalnick; She was born in Denver, Colorado to Harry and Ida Cook, Jews who had immigrated from Russia. Her father is listed as an engineer in the 1900 US Census and as the owner of a bathhouse in the 1910 census. Her mother was a homemaker. Bessie married Samuel Sedalnick on February 19, 1918. He was a dry goods manufacturer and later involved in the women’s garment business. They moved to Grand Junction in 1930, where together they owned and operated the L Cook Jewelry and Sporting Goods Company.

: Bessie (Kettle) Jens; She was born in Nebraska and married Henry Jens, a German immigrant. US Census records show her living in the Clifton area of Mesa County, Colorado by 1910. Together they settled on land at what is now the intersection of E and 32 Roads in Clifton, on what they called the Locust Ranch. They grew fruit. She was related to Mesa County Oral History Project interviewee Thelma (Kettle) Moore.

: Bessie Bell; Bessie was a student at H Street School in the late 19th century.

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