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Napoleon Bissett

Male 1846 - 1932  (85 years)


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  • Name Napoleon Bissett 
    Born 20 Sep 1846  Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 0D0D7EC9C3AF9B459A0770B391DDFD04E6C9 
    Died 12 Jan 1932  Pittsford, Rutland Co., Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Pine Hill Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Napoleon Bessett, son of Abraham and Isabelle (Chartier) Bessette, was born 20 Sep 1846 in Quebec, Canada. He died 12 Jan 1932 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. He married Mary Myatt, daughter of Gustave and Mary Myatt, daughter of Gustave and Mary Myatt, on 23 Oct 1865 in Cornwall, Vermont. She was born in 1849 in Ticonderoga, New York. She died 25 Feb 1901 in Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont of TB aged 52 years. They are both buried in Pine Hill Cemetery.
      Napoleon enlisted on 10 Aug 1863 as a private. He enlisted on 7 Oct 1863 in Company M, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Vermont and was mustered out on 25 Aug 1865.

      1880 Federal Census of Whiting, Addison County, Vermont
      Napoleon Bissett 34 M CN CN CN Head Laborer
      Mary M. 31 F CN CN CN Wife House Keeping
      Carrie L. 13 F VT CN CN Daughter At School
      Augustus N. 10 M VT CN CN Son At School
      John J. 7 M VT CN CN Son At School
      Rollin L. 3 M VT CN CN Son At Home
    Person ID I973  14B Jean Besset of Quebec
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2014 

    Father Abraham Bessette,   b. 10 Dec 1796, St. Mathias, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1885, Whiting, Addison Co., Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Isabelle Chartier 
    Married 16 Nov 1830  Iberville, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Myatt,   b. 1849, Ticonderoga, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1901, Brandon, Rutland Co., Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 23 Oct 1865  Cornwall, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Carrie L. Bissette,   b. May 1867, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Augustus N. Bissette,   b. 1869, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1952, Vergennes, Addison Co., Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    +3. John Joseph Bissette,   b. Jun 1875, Whiting, Addison Co., Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1918, Pittsford, Rutland Co., Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 43 years)
    +4. Rollin Louis Bissette,   b. 4 Feb 1877, Whiting, Addison Co., Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 1959, Rutland, Rutland Co. Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +5. Virginia Genevieve Bissette,   b. 30 Sep 1883, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1970, Pittsford, Rutland Co., Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     6. Jess Delia Bissette,   b. 1887,   d. 1927  (Age 40 years)
    Family ID F389  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart