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Francis Edmund Bessette

Male 1904 - 1917  (~ 12 years)


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  • Name Francis Edmund Bessette 
    Born Jul 1904  Richford, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 2514E60146929B469676ABB579536A4FCAA4 
    Died 1917  Richford, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried All Saints Cemetery, Richford, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The Bennington Evening Banner, Friday, October 10, 1919
      Boy Suffocates In Elevator
      Head Forced Between Knees When Caught in Pit by Descending Car

      Richford, Oct. 8 ? Edward Bessette, the 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Bessette, died of suffocation shortly after six o?clock tonight in a very unusual accident, his body being caught between the bottom of an elevator pit and the descending elevator, which forced his head between his knees and shut off his breath.
      The accident happened as the lad went down to the basement of the Sweat Comings building for the purpose of getting some cracked ice to put in ice cream tanks for he Corliss Candy Kitchen where he was emplo9yed after school hours.
      The buckets were filled with ice and it is supposed that the boy pulled the cable starting the elevator down and it pushed him under it. The accident was discovered when the boy failed to show up. H.H. Comings, first selectman, and Dr. R. M. Pelton were summoned and removed the body to the undertaking rooms of Powell & Comings, where and examination was held. No broken bones or even abrasions were discovered on the body and death was found due to suffocation.
    Person ID I9186  14B Jean Besset of Quebec
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2018 

    Father Augustin Seymour Bessette,   b. 1870,   d. 28 Aug 1948  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Marie Louise Poulin 
    Married 29 Jul 1895  Saint-Francois Church, Freligsburg, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1691  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart