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Bessie
Garnett Moorhead Brallier
Submitted by Karen Moorhead (second
email address)
Bessie Garnett Moorhead b 31 Jul 1878, Indiana,
Indiana Co., PA d 9 Mar 1941 married 7 Apr 1904 Dr. John
Kinports Brallier b 27 Dec 1876 Cherry Tree, PA.
Bessie's parents were Alexander Thompson Moorhead Jr.
b 23 Aug 1833, Moorhead homestead, White Township, Indiana County, PA d 18 Oct
1912 Indiana, Indiana Co., PA buried 21 Oct 1912 Oakland Cemetery, Indiana Co.,
PA m 2nd Margaret Ann Rankin b 28 Aug 1842 Speedy
homestead, near Livermore, Conemaugh Twp., Indiana Co., PA d 2 Apr 1923
Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA buried Oakland Cemetery, Indiana Co., PA.
Info taken from History of the Moorhead Family From the Latter Part of the
Sixteenth Century to the Present Time, Compiled and Published by A.T.
Moorhead, Indiana, PA August 23, 1901, pg. 40-41 states:
Bessie Garnett Moorhead, daughter of Alexander
Thompson and Margaret A. Rankin Moorhead, was born in Indiana, PA, July
31, 1878. She graduated from the Indiana High Schools in 1895 and from the State
Normal School in 1900. Since then she taught in the graded schools of Dale
borough, Cambria county, and has been elected to fill a similar position in the
Indiana schools.
Marriage notice, dated Apr 7, 1904, from the
Historical and Genealogical Society of Indiana County:
Brailler-Moorhead
At one o'clock on Thursday afternoon at the home of the bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A.T. Moorhead, Miss Bess Garnet Moorhead will be united in
marriage to Dr. John K. Brailler, of Latrobe. The
ceremony will be performed by the bride's pastor, the Rev.
Dr. J. Day Brownlee, of the First United Presbyterian church.
The bride will be attended by Miss Blanche St. Clair,
of town, as bridesmaid, while Mr. Hart Daugherty,
also of Indiana, will be best man. The ushers will be Messrs.
Frank Moorhead and James Braillier. Miss Mary Jones will play the wedding
march. The Moorhead home has been beautifully decorated in pink and green for
the occasion. On last evening the bridal party was entertained by Miss
Blanche St. Clair at her home on Philadelphia St., and tonight Mrs.
W. S. Daugherty will entertain them. After the ceremony and wedding
dinner tomorrow, the bridal pair will leave for Latrobe where Dr.
Brallier has established a lucrative dental practice and where a
furnished home is waiting for them.
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