Bassett Family Association Database
Jed Bessette, Jr.
1883 - 1963 (79 years)-
Name Jed Bessette Suffix Jr. Born 18 Aug 1883 St. Albans, Franklin Co., Vermont Gender Male _UID 6CFE803ABAD3934F91DA202EA24F4462E365 Died 27 Jul 1963 Buried Mount Calvary Cemetery, Saint Albans, Franklin Co., Vermont Notes - St. Albans Daily Messenger, July 30, 1963
Jed Bessette
GEORGIA – Jed Bessette, 80, retired farmer, died Sunday morning at a St. Albans hospital after a brief illness.
He was born in St. Albans Aug. 18, 1882, son of the late Gideon and Philomene C. Bessette.
Mr. Bessette is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Alcidas (Olive) Phoenix and Mrs. Clarence (Marguerite) Nichols, both of St. Albans Bay; two sons, Howard and Clarence Bessette, both of Georgia; five grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held this morning at 9 at Holy Angels Church. Interment was in Mount Calvary Cemetery.
T.J. Moran was the funeral directory.
St. Albans Daily Messenger, July 31, 1963
Jed Bessette
A funeral service for Jed Bessette was held Tuesday at 9 a.m. from Holy Angels Church with Rt. Rev. Msgr. Walter F. Charland celebrating a requiem of high Mass.
The bearers Jed Bombard, Gardner Palmer, Leo LaMothe, Dewey Alexander, Francis Bessette and Norman Mayo. Interment was in the family lot in Mount Calvary Cemetery with the Rev. Victor G. Deslauriers reading prayers.
Person ID I1413 14B Jean Besset of Quebec Last Modified 7 Jan 2014
Father Gedeon "Jed" Bessette, b. 2 Aug 1834, Iberville, Iberville Co., Quebec, Canada , d. 12 Nov 1905, St. Albans, Vermont (Age 71 years) Mother Sarah Sweeney, d. 4 Feb 1901, St. Albans, Vermont Family ID F182 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Emely Mayo, b. 21 Sep 1887, d. 17 May 1957 (Age 69 years) Married 3 Oct 1903 Children 1. Olive Mae Bessette, b. 1905, d. 1995 (Age 90 years) 2. Howard Jed Bessette, b. 31 Mar 1907, Georgia, Vermont , d. 1991 (Age 83 years) 3. Marguerite O. Bessette, b. 1912, d. 26 Sep 1986 (Age 74 years) + 4. Clarence Edmond Bessette, b. 5 May 1918, Georgia, Vermont , d. 27 Sep 2002 (Age 84 years) Family ID F544 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- St. Albans Daily Messenger, July 30, 1963