Charles Emery Bessette

1864 -

• Name	Charles Emery Bessette
  Birth	20 May 1864
  Gender	Male
  _UID	0F09F34C888D984C924F14E4F44C3503A16E
  Burial	Oakwood Cemetery, North Dakota
  Notes	Charles Bessette Walsh Heritage, ND, 1881-1981 Charles Bessette came to Oakwood, ND in 1889 from St. Remi, Quebec. He worked for Joseph Campbell for a number of years. Field work was with oxen. He went back to St. Remi in 1898 to marry Cecilia Garant. Mr. Bessette and his wife returned to the US and farmed at Stephen, MN. Later he bought 14 acres of land one mile west and half a mile north of Oakwood. Going to Grafton with an ox drawn wagon he would often give Bertha LaMarre (now Bertha LaBerge) a ride to town. Charles and Cecilia had three children: Maria Bessette, moved to Illinois Cecilius Bessette, lived in Oakwood Stanley Bessette, married Adeline Patnaude of Drayton, ND. Charles Bessette, born May 20 1864, Mrs. Charles Bessette, born Oct. 12, 1864. Both are buried in the Oakwood Cemetery, ND.
  Person ID	I1549	14B Jean Besset of Quebec
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	Jerome Bessette
  Mother	Emelie Catherine Picotte
  Marriage	9 Jan 1829	Saint Constant, La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
  Family ID	F227	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cecilia Garand,   b. 12 Oct 1864   bur. Oakwood Cemetery, North Dakota
  Marriage	13 Aug 1899	St. Remi, Napierville, Quebec, Canada
  Children	1. Maria Bessette   2. Cecilius Bessette   3. Stanley Bessette,   b. 11 Apr 1903   d. May 1977 (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F597	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart