Alcide Lucian Bessire & America Ann Murray

Alcide is the second child of Eugene and Marianne Bessire.

Alcide Bessire-no date available
Photo from Fred Bohning (1910-2002)

Alcide Lucian Bessire            

b. 8 Nov 1852, Wayne County, Ohio

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

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

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

America Ann Murray
b. 13 Oct 1853*, Jackson Twp, Allen, Ohio
d. 21 Aug 1881, Jackson Twp, Allen, Ohio (cause: labor)
bur. August 1881, Ward Cemetery, Bath Twp, Allen, Ohio

Parents:  Michael M. Murray and Elisabeth Guthrie

*Harrison County, Iowa History for Alcide L. Bessire states America's birthdate as 13 Oct 1853.  Using her death date and age to calculate her birthdate provides 28 June 1854 as the birth date.



America A., wife of A.L. Bessire, died  Aug 21, 1881, aged 27y 1m 23d.
Photo by Mark Gierhart - 8 Oct 2004
Ward Cemetery, Bath Twp, Allen County, Ohio



Marriage Record of Alcide and America

Marriage License dated 20 Feb 1874.  Mr. Alcide L. Bassier (sic) and Miss America Ann Murry [sic].

Marriage Record: The State of Ohio, Allen County.ss. I do hereby certify that on the 26 day of February 1874, I joined in matrimony Mr. Alcide Bassier (sic) and Miss America Ann Murry (sic).Signed:  J.C. Miller, M.G.Date:  Mar 21, 1874.
(Source: Ohio. Probate Court (Allen Co.). Allen County, Ohio Marriage Records, 1871-1882. Salt Lake City:  Filmed by Genealogical Society of Utah.  Family History Library Film 901414, Vol C1-C2.  Repository:  Family History Library, 35 N. West Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84150, USA.)

Children: 

(Photographs courtesy of Fred Bohning (1910-2002)

Emma Bessire & Effie Bessire
No date available

Emma Bessire Bohning and Effie Bessire Watkins
No date available

Effie May Bessire
b. 3 Jul 1875, Liberty Hardin County, Ohio
md. Septimus Watkins, 29 Nov 1899, Snohomish, Snohomish, Washington
d. 20 Dec Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho
bur. 23 Dec 1960 Sunset Memorial Park, Twin Falls, Idaho

Emma Thressie Bessire
b. 21 Oct 1877, Beaver Dam, Allen, Ohio
md. John Bohning, 1 May 1902, Stanhope,,Iowa
d. 21 Apr 1939, Harrold, Hughes, South Dakota
bur. Apr 1939, Harrold, Hughes, South Dakota

Female Bessire (Twin)

b. 10 Aug 1880, Bath Twp, Allen, Ohio (assumed birth date)
d. 10 Aug 1880, Bath Twp, Allen, Ohio (cause: strangulation)

Female Bessire (Twin)
b. 10 August 1880, Bath Twp, Allen, Ohio (assumed birth date)
d. 10 August 1880, Bath Twp, Allen, Ohio (cause: strangulation)

Death Record for twin girls and America Ann Bessire

(Source:  Allen County (Ohio) Probate Judge, Ohio, Allen: Birth and death records, 1867-1940, Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. Family History Library Film 901425, Vol 1-2. Family History Library, 35 N. West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA. Columns L-R: entry no., date of entry, surname, given name, year-month-day of death, place of death, condition, age, place of birth.)