Bessie Lee Ditty or Dilty was born on 12 March 1884, in Pennsylvania, United States as the daughter of Peter Mirers Ditty and Rebecca. She married George Hiram Welker on 21 June 1906, in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Conneaut Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940 and Trewigtown, Hatfield Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States in 1950. She died in February 1982, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Overton, Overton Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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