Bessie (Richfield) Nousbladt Published April 20, 2012 at 327 × 250 in My Checkered Past Bessie (Richfield) Nousbladt – 1882 – A gaunt and dire woman, Bessie was legendary for her severity and no-nonsense attitude. She died in 1904, insisting that she had invented apple pie! Like this:Like Loading...