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Charles Pierre/Peter 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: Clémentine Louÿs (1843-1931); married 13 September 1862
 
 
Charles Besancon (1835-1918) 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 Clémentine 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 Clémentine Louÿs had six children:
 
 
Siblings:

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) 		    Children:

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)
 
 
Grave of Charles Besancon (1835-1918) French Cemetery in Stryker, Ohio, U.S.A. Various members of the Besancon family in the 1916 Stryker, Ohio, telephone directory. Military grave registration card for Charles Besancon, a veteran of the U.S. Civil War.
 
 
Brognard, France, in the late 1800s. Emigration from France of the Besancon Family in 1852    
 
 
        Paternal Grandfather
    Jean Pierre "Peter" Besançon (1807-1895) <  
        Paternal Grandmother
Charles Pierre/Peter Besançon (1835-1918) <      
        Pierre Donzé
    Susanne Donzé (1799-1871) <  
        Catherine Marguerite Megnin
 
 
Find a Grave - Burial at the French Cemetery, Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio, U.S.A.
 
 
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