BESS, William M. – (d. 1935)
Too ‘Frail’ for Confederate Ranks, Non-Combatant, Nearly 101, Dies William M. Bess, rejected as too frail to serve in the Confederate Army in 1861, died Saturday morning just twenty days short of his 101st birthday. He remained in vigor and health until the last and was ill but six days. He had lived for the last thirty-five years at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C.M. Lorhum, near Joelton. Funeral services were conducted for him this afternoon at the Oakland…