55. Sylvester V. "Beck" Bethany (Ophelia C. Mars, James Henry Mars, Sr.) was born in February 1870 in MS. He died in 1961.

Sylvester married Florence Jane Adams, daughter of Ben Adams and Nancy C. ?, about 1891. She was born in September 1874 in MS.

They had the following children:

	235	M	i	Dick Hutson Bethany was born in January 1892 in MS.
+	236	F	ii	Bessie Bethany was born in May 1895.
	237	M	iii	Howard Houston Bethany was born on August 07, 1897 in MS. He died on March 17, 1899 in MS, and is buried in the Spring Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery in DeKalb, Kemper Co., MS.
	238	M	iv	Perry Bethany was born on January 13, 1901 in MS. He died in 1917, and is buried in the Spring Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery in DeKalb, Kemper Co., MS.
	239	M	v	Walter A. Bethany was born about 1905 in MS.
				Walter married Lucile ? about 1928 in AL. She was born about 1900 in AL.
+	240	M	vi	Claudy James Bethany was born on May 13, 1907. He died on March 15, 1993.

Available Records:

Census: 1900 Kemper Co., MS, 1910 Jefferson Davis Co., MS, 1920 Morgan Co., AL, 1930 Morgan Co., AL