| Charles Besançon (1835-1918) |
| BIRTH: 31 March 1835; Brognard, Departement du Doubs, Franche-Comté, France (Commune de Brognard, Canton d'Audincourt, Arrondisement de Montbéliard, Département du Doubs, France) DEATH: 15 January 1918 BURIAL: French Cemetery, Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio, U.S.A. SPOUSE: Cléméntine Louÿs (1843-1931); married 13 September 1862 |
Charles Peter/Pierre Besançon was born in Brognard, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France, in March of 1835. (His Besançon ancestors moved to Brognard from the city of Besançon in, it is believed, the 1400s or 1500s.)Charles came with his father, Peter Besançon (1807-1895), to the United States in 1852. He served in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War; in civilian life, he operated a family farm. Charles, or "pépé" (Franc-Comtois for "grandpa") as he was known, married Cléméntine Louÿs on September 13, 1862. The couple lived in Stryker, Williams County, Ohio, U.S.A. Charles Besançon died in Stryker on January 15, 1918. He is buried in the French Cemetery along County Road 1950, just outside of Stryker, Ohio. Charles Besançon and Clementine Louÿs had six children:
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| Catherine Suzanne Renaud née Besançon (1826-1920) George Jean Besançon (1827-1909) Pierre Frédéric Besançon (1830-1906) Marie Louisa Beucler née Besançon (1836-1913) Henry George Besançon (1845-1902) |
Harmon D. Besançon (1863-1954) Alice Wickey née Besançon (1865-1945) Lydia Tressler née Besançon (1868-1946) Paul Napoléon Besançon (1870-1951) Eunice Kniffin née Besançon (1873-1956) Timothy Besançon (1877-1955) |
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Jean Pierre "Peter" Besançon (1807-1895) |
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Paternal Grandmother |
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Charles Pierre/Peter Besançon (1835-1918) |
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Pierre Donzé |
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Susanne Donzé (1799-1871) |
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Catherine Marguerite Megnin |
| Find a Grave - Burial at the French Cemetery, Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio, U.S.A. |