Eliza S. Patten ⁴⁹⁹⁴

   Another name for Eliza was Bessie.

After the death of her first husband, Charles, Eliza married Fred Joyce May 2, 1908 in Maine.

  Events

• She appeared on the census in 1900 in Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine. She lived in the household of her husband.

• She appeared on the census in 1910 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin County, Maine. She lived in the household of her second husband, Fred Joyce.

• She appeared on the census in 1920 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin County, Maine. She lived in the household of her second husband, Fred Joyce.

• She owned 1200 acres in Nebraska, which he inherited from her Charles R. Besse, Sr., father of her first husband.

• She appeared on the census in 1930 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin County, Maine. She lived in the household of her second husband, Fred Joyce.

• She appeared on the census in 1940 in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin County, Maine. She lived in the household of her second husband, Fred Joyce.

Eliza married Charles Read Besse Jr., son of Charles Read Besse Sr. and Lydia Jane Boothby, 15 June 1898 in Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine.⁴⁹⁹⁴ (Charles Read Besse Jr. was born about September 1874 in Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine,⁴⁹⁹⁵ died 20 August 1903 in Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine ⁴⁹⁹⁶ and was buried after 20 August 1903 in Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine at Rogers Cemetery ⁴⁹⁹⁷.) The cause of his death was chronic nephritis (kidney problem).