Dear Margaret,
I don't know anything about Martha, but my grandfather was Andrew F. (Franklin?)(Harry) Bess born about 1882-1884 and lived in Colby, Kansas in 1924. He went by Harry, and left my grandmother in 1925. He was not seen again and I have been trying to find any information I can. Your address caught my attention. Are there Besses with Cherokee ancestors that you know of? My mother told me we had native relatives but never knew more that that.Thanks for any information you might have, Connie