Victor Besancon

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c1838

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"Victor Besancon" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00020350, (accessed May 8, 2024).

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Louisville, Kentucky, liquor merchant and tavern keeper. Native of Switzerland. Son of Conrad Besancon and Mary Besancon. Immigrated to the United States on November 14, 1848. Attended school in Erie County, New York, in 1850. Shoemaker in Eerie County in 1855. Liquor merchant in Louisville in 1863. Tavern keeper in Louisville in 1864. Claimed ownership of Daniel King in Louisville in February 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, New York, County, Buffalo, District 4, 328A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 9, p. 234B.
Census of the State of New York (1855), Population Schedules, Eerie County, Buffalo City, District 4.
Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 09, Jefferson County, Kentucky, 1863, p. 149.
New York, U.S. Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1957, Passenger Arrival Lists (1817-1897), NARA Series M237, RG 36, Ship St. Denis, 1848.
"Ran Away," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), February 18, 1864, p. 3.
J.D. Campbell's Louisville Business Directory for 1864, (Louisville: L.A. Civill, 1864), 266.

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