J. Theobold Besancon

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c1839

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1870-09-29

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"J. Theobold Besancon" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00020443, (accessed December 27, 2024).

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Louisville, Kentucky, tavern keeper. Native of Switzerland. Son of Conrad Besancon and Mary Besancon. Married to Maggie Besancon. Immigrated to the United States on November 14, 1848. Attended school in Erie County, New York, in 1850. Tavern keeper in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860. Bar keeper at the William Tell Hotel in Louisville in 1861. Tavern keeper with Martin Miller in Miller & Company in Louisville in 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, New York, Erie County, Buffalo, District 4, p. 328A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 5, p. 199.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 8, 120B.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994041, Jefferson County Deaths.
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.
Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 33.
Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 209, 445.

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