Bessire Family History: Alcide Lucian Bessire & Hattie A. Riley

Alcide L. & Hattie A. Riley Bessire
Photography by Reed in Missouri Valley, Iowa
Photo courtesy of Fred Bohning - date unknown

Alcide Lucian Bessire
b. 8 Nov 1852, Wayne County, Ohio
md.26 Feb 1874, Allen County, Ohio, America Ann Murray (1^st)
md. 2 Apr 1883, Hardin County, Ohio, Hattie A. Riley (2^nd)
d. 6 Nov 1942, Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho
bur. 9 Nov 1942, Twin Falls Cemetery, Twin Falls, Idaho
Parents: Eugene Bessire and Marianne Emily Grimm

Hattie A. Riley (2^nd wife)
b. 1 Sep 1857* Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio
d. 21 April 1941, Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho
bur. 23 Apr 1941, Twin Falls Cemetery, Twin Falls, Idaho
Parents: Joseph Riley?

*Death record gives birth date as 5 September 1857 in Centerburg, Ohio.

Marriage Record:

State of Ohio, Hardin County, ss.
Personally came Alcide L. Bessire applying for License for himself to be married to Miss Hattie Riley who, being sworn, says that the said Alcide L. Bessire is over the age of twenty-one years, and unmarried; that the said Hattie Riley is over the age of eighteen years, and unmarried, resides in Hardin County, and that he knows of no legal impediment to said marriage.
Signed Alcide L. Bessire. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2^nd day of April A.D. 1883. Jas O. L____?, Probate Judge.

State of Ohio Hardin County, ss.
I certify that on the 2^nd day of April A.D. 1883, Alcide L. Bessire and Hattie Riley were legally join in Marriage by me, a minister [name unclear].

(Source: Ohio. Probate Court (Hardin County), Ohio: Marriage Records, 1833-1918; index, 1833-1960. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972, 1980. Family History Library Film 914844. Family History Library, 35 N. West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, USA, )

CHILDREN:

Christie May Bessire
b. 21 August 1886, Missouri Valley Harrison, Iowa
d. 18 Dec 1893, Missouri Valley, Harrison, Iowa
bur. 20 Dec 1893, Rose Hill Cemetery, Missouri Valley, Harrison, Iowa

Christie May Bessire

Photography by Reed, Missouri Valley

Photo courtesy of Fred Bohning, date unknown

On the back of the above original photo is written the scripture reference 2 Kings 4:20: "And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died."

Extract from the Iowa Register of Deaths:

"Christie Bessire, male [sic], white, age 7, died Dec 18, 1893 at 4 p.m. in Modale of pneumonia, single, American, born Modale. Burial: Rose Hill, December 20, 1893."