Name: xanthin3 -- Bessac/Melson/Wilson/Landon/Lemon/Denny and related families

Updated: 05-15-2019 02:05:22. Owner: sabrina


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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Henry William Bessac: Birth: 29 Jul 1876 in Randolph, Columbia Co., Wisconsin. Death: 14 Jul 1952 in San Joaquin Co., CA

  2. Virginia Grace Bessac: Birth: 19 May 1878 in Minneapolis, Ottawa County, Kansas. Death: 1974

  3. Anah Oreille Bessac: Birth: 3 Apr 1881 in Minneapolis, Ottawa Co., Kansas. Death: 27 Aug 1905 in Hollister, CA

  4. Hamilton Bremner Bessac: Birth: 1 Jan 1883 in New Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington. Death: 13 Nov 1968 in Stockton, CA

  5. Richard De Vore Bessac: Birth: 4 Apr 1884 in Montesano, Chehehalis Co., Washington. Death: 3 Dec 1957 in Oakland, California

  6. Grace Elizabeth Bessac: Birth: 18 Apr 1888 in Long Beach, California. Death: 26 Feb 1965 in San Francisco

  7. Charles Nathanial Bessac: Birth: 11 Sep 1890 in Florence, Los Angeles Co., California. Death: 23 Mar 1973 in Solano

  8. Eugene Paul Bessac: Birth: 14 Jun 1897 in Lincoln, Placer Co., California. Death: 10 Jun 1958 in Riverbank, CA


Notes
a. Note:   r was sent to a Bessac in Louisanna. He was sent to Hudson NY to live with his grandmother Marietta Hammond, whom he had never met. He was sent to a prep school (a very good school) and every attention given him, etc., but he was not happy. At age 16, as soon as he finished the school, he made his way back to Wisconsin to family friend Dr. Satterlee (his stepfather) who apprenticed himout to be a printer, thus the family printing tradition began. Josiphine Bessac Landon In 1920 sold the Brentwood News to Sam Hill named for his grandfather who owned a hardware store in Hudson NY that was started in 1830s when his grandmother died, he was left with a couple thousand dollars, which was a large sum in those days, and that was when they began their westward movement, buying up small town newspaper, building it up, moving on, and having a baby in every state. Henry William Bessac Family Bible in posession of Josephine Bessac Landon November 2008 He missed the Civil War, wanted to run away and be a drummer when he was 16 but the war ended before that
Note:   orphaned at 10, he and siblings were sent off to different Bessac relatives. His older siste

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