Eugene Bessire-Family Group Data

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The following is the family group record or data for Eugene Bessire and Marianne Emily Grimm as best as I have been able to ascertain to this point.  Many sources have been used to reach this stage of research which I am happy to share with the inquirer. I am also open to supported corrections. Some sources I will add to this blog.  I am in the process of adding the detailed sources to each date and event in the family tree available on FamilySearch Internet, http://www.new.familysearch.org/.  Ancestry.com’s Public Trees, http://www.ancestry.com/,  also have data on this family from many contributors. FamilySearch and the public trees on Ancestry are free to search. The descendants of each of his children will be addressed in subsequent blogs.

Eugene Bessire
About 1894, Iowa

Eugene Bessire (My 3^rd great grandfather)
b. 11 June 1823, Pery, Bern, Switzerland
chr. 22 June 1823, Pery, Bern, Switzerland
md. 29 December 1849, Wayne County, Ohio, Marianne Emily Grimm

d. 19 April 1900, Modale, Harrison, Iowa
bur. 1900  Rose Hill Cemetery, Missouri Valley, Iowa
Parents:  Abram Bessire & Marianne Bessire (maiden name)

Note:  Eugene’s birth date is given as 7 November 1823 on his headstone and is calculated the same from the Harrison County, Iowa death record.  The above date is taken from actual christening records and may be more accurate.

Rose Hill Cemetery, Missouri Valley, Harrison, Iowa
Photo by Kris & Stephanie Bessire Mecham, October 1982

Marianne Emily Grimm (aka Mary Ann, Marianna)
b. 7 November 1830, Court, Bern, Switzerland
d. 20 January 1916, Missouri Valley, Harrison, Iowa
bur. Rose Hill Cemetery, Missouri Valley, Iowa
Parents:  Johannes (Jean) Grimm and Emilie Bueche



Marianne Emily Grimm Bessire
About 1894, Iowa



Rose Hill Cemetery, Missouri Valley, Harrison, Iowa
Photo by Kris & Stephanie Mecham, October 1982

Marriage Record of Eugene & Marianne
Ohio. Probate Court (Wayne County).  Marriage Records, 1813-1951.  Salt Lake City, UT:  Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1965, 1994.  Family History Library film #425754.  Marriage Record v. 4A-4B, 1835-1851.

State of Ohio Wayne Co ss:

I hereby certify that on the 29th day of December A.D. 1849 Mr. Eugene Befsire [sic] and Mifs[sic] Marianne Emily Grimm were legally joined in marriage by me a minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church given under my hand this 1st day of Jany [sic] 1850.  W.B. Rally [William B.  Rally]

[It is interesting to note the double s appears as fs in the handwriting or at least a different way of designating the first s of a pair]

Children:

Bertrand Alcide Bessire       

b. 10 May1851, Wayne County, Ohio

d. 10  December 1851, Wayne County, Ohio
bur. 11 December 1851 Paint Twp, Wayne, Ohio

Note:  The abstracts of burial records for Paint Township indicate that Bertrand was 7 months of age at death which calculates to the May birth date.   Two dates are subsequently given:  10 Dec 1851 and 11 December 1851. I assume the later is the burial date.

Alcide Lucian Bessire                      

b. 8 November 1852, Wayne County, Ohio

md.26 February 1874, Allen County, Ohio, America Ann Murray

md. 2 April 1883, Hardin County, Ohio, Hattie A. Riley

d. 6 November 1942, Twin Falls, Idaho
bur. 9 November 1942, Twin Falls Cemetery, Twin Falls, Idaho

Alfred Eugene Bessire         

b. 2 November 1854, Wayne County, Ohio

md. 4 March 1875, Allen County, Ohio, Clara Belle Shaw

d. 17 June 1946, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
bur. 19 June 1946, Frazier Cemetery Missouri Valley, Harrison, Iowa

Charles Edward Bessire (aka C. Edward, Edward, Edward C.)

b. 21 February 1857, Alger, Allen, Ohio

md. 10 January 1878, Allen County, Ohio, Olive A. Austin

d. 1 June 1928, Laurel, Cedar, Nebraska
bur. Laurel Cemetery, Laurel, Cedar, Nebraska

Arnold F. Bessire                 

b. September 1858, Beaver Dam, Allen, Ohio

md. 9 Aug 1877, Allen County, Ohio, Christine Bogart

md. Alice Zimmerman (further verification needed)

md.  Cora Robinson (further verification needed; spouse per Arnold’s death record)

d. 29 September 1941, Delaware, Delaware, Ohio
bur. 1 October 1941, Woodlawn Cemetery, Lima, Allen, Ohio

Albert Bessire                                   

b. 14 January 1860, Beaver Dam, Allen, Ohio

md. 8 Mar 1883, Missouri Valley, Harrison, Iowa, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Scott

d. 9 January 1950, Rifle, Garfield, Colorado
bur. Veteren’s Crown Point Cemetery, Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado

Charles Albert Bessire (My 2^nd great grandfather)          

b. 8 August 1861, Lima, Allen, Ohio

md. 22 March 1882, Missouri Valley, Harrison, Iowa, Jessie Horne

d. 18 January 1936, Sebastopol, Sonoma, California
bur. 22 January 1936 Sebastopol, Sonoma, California

Charles Albert Bessire

Mary Zelima Bessire            

b. 28 February 1863, Beaver Dam, Allen, Ohio

md. 2 Oct 1881, Missouri Valley, Harrison, Iowa, Jasper McCrillis

d. 18 Apr 1913 Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado
bur. Veteren’s Crown Point Cemetery, Grand Junction, Colorado

How You Can Help:  I would love to get more of the story of this family and more pictures are always welcome!