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  1. www.trumanlibrary.gov › dear-bessDear Bess | Harry S. Truman

    The two children met in Sunday School at the First Presbyterian Church on the Independence Square. Harry was six and Bess was five. While Harry frequently said that he fell in love with Bess as soon as he met her, she was not as taken with Harry.

  2. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › harry-trumansHarry Truman’s Adorable Love “List” to His Wife, Bess

    Feb 12, 2013 · In 1910, the two had a chance encounter. Truman was visiting his cousins in Independence, and, as a favor to his aunt, he returned an empty cake dish to her neighbor, Bess' mother. Bess...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bess_TrumanBess Truman - Wikipedia

    She had known Harry since they were children, though she did not return his affections until adulthood. She was strongly affected by the suicide of her father when she was 18, which shaped her opinions about privacy from the public eye and the responsibilities of a spouse.

  4. www.grunge.com › 188668Bess Houdini: The Untold Truth Of Harry Houdini's Wife - Grunge

    Feb 13, 2020 · In the strange case of Harry and Bess Houdini, there were no disappointing children in play, or any children at all, for that matter. There was death. There was plenty of death. But here, we're getting ahead of ourselves. How Houdini met his wife. Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons.

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  5. www.trumanlibrary.gov › education › studentCousin Recalls Courtship of Harry and Bess | Harry S. Truman

    Cousin Harry visited our home often, especially when he began his courtship of the pretty young lady, Miss Bess Wallace, who lived across the street. They had met as children at the First Presbyterian Church and he never forgot her.

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  7. www.nps.gov › hstr › learnBess Truman: Courtship and Marriage - Harry S Truman National ...

    Harry Truman often visited his relatives, the Nolands, who lived across the street from the Gates family. One day in 1910, Aunt Ella Noland asked Harry to return a cake plate that Madge Wallace had sent over. Bess answered Harry’s knock at the door and it began their nine year courtship.

  8. www.trumanlibrary.gov › education › triviaBiographical Sketch of Mrs. Harry S. Truman

    Mrs. Harry S. Truman, wife of the 33rd President of the United States, was born on February 13, 1885, at 117 West Ruby Street in Independence, Missouri. The oldest child of David Willock Wallace and Madge Gates Wallace, she was christened Elizabeth Virginia, but throughout her life was called Bess.

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