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1852 - 1933 (80 years)

Name	Ferdinand A. Besha [1, 2]
Born	4 Oct 1852	LeRay, Jefferson, New York [3, 4, 5, 6]
Gender	Male
Census	1855	LeRay, Jefferson, New York [7]
Census	New York State
Census	1860	LeRay, Jefferson, New York [8]
Census	1870	LeRay, Jefferson, New York [9]
Census	1870	LeRay, Jefferson, New York [10]
Census	Role: Household Member
Census	Jun 1880	LeRay, Jefferson, New York [11]
Census	12 Jun 1900	Denmark, Lewis County, New York [12]
Property	1904-1905 [13]
Residence	13 Mar 1905	Deer River, Jefferson, New York [14]
Census	1 Jun 1905	Denmark, Jefferson County, New York [15]
Property	10 Feb 1909	Champion, Jefferson Co., New York [16, 17, 18, 19]
	Camp Bell Farm
	Address: RFD 4 Village of Carthage Town of Champion, New York Town of Ch
		Deed from Homer C. Campbell to Ferdinand Besha Homer C. Campbell deeds property to Ferdinand Besha and Anna S. Besha his wife for $1.00.
		FredBeshaAnnaSBeshaDeed02101909b.jpg Homer C. Campbell deeds property to Ferdinand Besha and Anna S. Besha his wife for $1.00.
		FredBeshaAnnaSBeshaDeed02101909c.jpg Homer C. Campbell deeds property to Ferdinand Besha and Anna S. Besha his wife for $1.00.
		Probable location of former home of Ferdinand Besha Map of general location of the property previously owned by Ferdinand Besha. Source: Google Earth mapping system
		Map of property purchased by Ferdinand Besha
Census	1910	Champion, Jefferson Co., New York [20]
Property	1918	Champion, Jefferson Co., New York [21, 22]
Property	owned 86 acres
Occupation	1918	Champion, Jefferson Co., New York [23]
	grain/hay farmer
	Address: Camp Bell Farm Champion, New York
Census	1920	Champion, Jefferson County, New York [24]
Census	1930	Champion, Jefferson Co., New York [25]
Property	4 Nov 1931	Champion, Jefferson County, New York [26]
Buried	1933	Evans Mills, Jefferson County, New York
Mortgage/Deed of Trust	27 Jan 1933	Watertown, Jefferson County, New York [27]
Name	F. A. Bisha [28]
Name	Fred A. [29]
Name	T. A. Besha [30]
Reference Number	123
_TODO	Open
_TODO	1. sent email to Mary asking if copy of death certificate is in her office
_UID	D656D1DA39014AFA92B650954CC10C4AE577
Died	25 Feb 1933	Carthage, Jefferson County, New York [31, 32, 33]
	Cause: heart disease
	Address: Pleasant Lake Road Carthage, New York
Person ID	I123	Paul's Genealogy Tree
Last Modified	16 Aug 2018

Father Joseph Victor Bichet, b. 7 Jun 1815, Ronchamp, Haute-Saone, Franche-Comte, France , d. 24 Nov 1883, LeRay, Jefferson, New York (Age 68 years)

Mother Almira Sixbury, b. 16 Mar 1817, LeRay, Jefferson, New York , d. 9 Mar 1906, LeRay, Jefferson, New York (Age 88 years)

Married 4 Feb 1841 [34, 35, 36]

Children 11 children

	1. Louis J. Besha, d. Yes, date unknown
	2. Mary Victorine Besha, b. 1842, Jefferson County, New York, USA , d. Croghan, New York
	3. Sarah Jane Besha, b. 1844, Jefferson County, New York, USA , d. Evans Mills, Jefferson, New York
	4. Melinda M. Besha, b. 3 Jan 1846, Jefferson County, New York , d. 17 Nov 1920, Jefferson County, New York (Age 74 years)
	5. Joseph L. Besha, b. 1848, Jefferson County, New York, USA , d. Detroit,
	6. Charles Edward Besha, b. 17 Jul 1850, Evans Mills, Jefferson County, New York , d. 11 Aug 1918, Carthage, Jefferson County, New York (Age 68 years)
	7. Ferdinand A. Besha, b. 4 Oct 1852, LeRay, Jefferson, New York , d. 25 Feb 1933, Carthage, Jefferson County, New York (Age 80 years)
	8. Annette J. Besha, b. Nov 1854, Jefferson County, New York, USA , d. 1934 (Age ~ 79 years)
	9. Peter Joseph Bichet, b. Cal 1857, Jefferson County, New York , d. 3 Aug 1893, Detroit, Michigan (Age ~ 36 years)
	10. George A. Besha, b. 7 May 1859, Evans Mills, Jefferson County, New York , d. 1941, Jefferson, Colorado (Age 81 years)
	11. William M. Besha, b. Cal 1862, New York , d. 1937 (Age ~ 75 years)

Family ID F53 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family Anna S. Fitzpatrick, b. Jun 1854, LeRay, Jefferson, New York , d. 3 Sep 1923, Carthage, Jefferson County, New York (Age ~ 69 years)

Married 1878 [37]

Children

1. Mary Lillian Besha, b. 6 Aug 1880, LeRay, Jefferson, New York

, d. 12 Aug 1937, Evans Mills, Jefferson County, New York

(Age 57 years)

Last Modified 11 Feb 2012

Family ID F19 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 4 Oct 1852 - LeRay, Jefferson, New York
	Census - New York State - 1855 - LeRay, Jefferson, New York
	Census - 1860 - LeRay, Jefferson, New York
	Census - 1870 - LeRay, Jefferson, New York
	Census - 1870 - LeRay, Jefferson, New York
	Census - Jun 1880 - LeRay, Jefferson, New York
	Census - 12 Jun 1900 - Denmark, Lewis County, New York
	Census - 1 Jun 1905 - Denmark, Jefferson County, New York
	Property - Camp Bell Farm - 10 Feb 1909 - Champion, Jefferson Co., New York
	Census - 1910 - Champion, Jefferson Co., New York
	Property - owned 86 acres - 1918 - Champion, Jefferson Co., New York
	Occupation - grain/hay farmer - 1918 - Champion, Jefferson Co., New York
	Census - 1920 - Champion, Jefferson County, New York
	Census - 1930 - Champion, Jefferson Co., New York
	Property - 4 Nov 1931 - Champion, Jefferson County, New York
	Buried - 1933 - Evans Mills, Jefferson County, New York
	Mortgage/Deed of Trust - 27 Jan 1933 - Watertown, Jefferson County, New York
	Died - Cause: heart disease - 25 Feb 1933 - Carthage, Jefferson County, New York

= Link to Google Earth

Photos » Slide Show		4 generations Ferdinand Besha (left), Mary L. Besha (right), Gladys M. Fraley (center), and baby (?)
		Ferdinand Besha
		"Grandpa, Uncle Will, Aunt Net, Mamma" Handwriting at bottom of photo reads: "Grandpa, Uncle Will, Aunt Net, Mamma" Grandpa=Ferdinand Besha (seated left) Uncle Will=William Besha (standing right) Aunt Net=Nettie (?) (standing left) Mamma=Mary Lillian Besha (seated right)
		Back side of photo 1 The back side of the other photo in this picture gallery reads "Uncle Will, Aunt Nettie, Gramp Besha, Mother"
		Mortgage executed by Ferdinand Besha and Mary L. Fraley

Notes
1 child in 1918 [38]

(Research):

(Medical):See attached sources. [39]

Sources

[S41] Besha, Ferdinand - Letter, Letter dated Oct. 2 1917 from Wrought Iron Range Company Stamp signature from J.J. Ricks (Reliability: 3).

	Cover page and notary to Deed Homer C. Campbell deeds property to Ferdinand Besha and Anna S. Besha his wife for $1.00.
	Page 1 of deed Homer C. Campbell deeds property to Ferdinand Besha and Anna S. Besha his wife for $1.00.
	Page 2 of deed Homer C. Campbell deeds property to Ferdinand Besha and Anna S. Besha his wife for $1.00.

[S378] US Census 1880 - Jefferson County, NY, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ), NARA Series T9, Roll 839; Family History Film: 1254839; Page: 379.2000; Enumeration District: 129; Image: 0272 (Reliability: 3), 2 Jan 2006.
Dwelling: 116
Family: 127

Biche, F. A.
Age: 27
Occupation: farmer
Place of birth: NY
Place of birth of father: France
Place of birth of mother: NY

Anna
Age: 25
Occupation: keeping house
Place of birth of father: Ireland
Place of birth of mother: Ireland

F. A. Biche
US Federal Census, 1880, Le Ray, Jefferson County, NY

Journal and Republican
[S433] The Journal and Republican, R.A. Van Namee, Local Editor, (M. A. Phillips, Publisher Lowville, N.Y.), March 2, 1933, pg. 7, col. 2 (Reliability: 3), 5 Apr 2006.
FERDINAND BESHA

Expires at the Afe of 80 Years at His Farm Home on the Pleasant Lake Road.

Ferdinand Besha, 80, died suddenly Saturday morning at his farm home on the Pleasant Lake road, four miles from Carthage. Death was due to heart disease. Mr. Besha was born Oct. 4, 1852, in the town of Leray, a son of Joseph and Elmira Sixbury Besha. He had always been a farmer and for the past 24 years had resided on the farm where he died.
He was a communicant of the Evans Mills Catholic Church and also was a member of the Champion Grange.
Mr. Besha leaves a brother, William; sister, Miss Nettie Besha; a daughter, Mrs. Fraley, and three grandchildren, Mrs. Walter Webert, Miss Marion Fraley and Robert Fraley, all of Evans Mills.
The funeral was held Tuesday morning from the Evans Mills Catholic Church, Rev. J. A. O'Brien officiating. Interment in Evans Mills cemetery.

Town of Champion Farm Map 1918
See number 46 on the map.

Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/1918ch.htm

The Journal And Republican

[S51] Obituary for Ferdinand Besha, (Watertown Daily Times?).

	"Line School", Champion, Jefferson County, New York "Line School", Champion, Jefferson County, New York Date: unknown Photographer: unknown Image Source: http://lthorn13619.com/ruralschools/line_school.htm
	Census records for Robert Sixbury

[S1131] 1855 - New York State Census, New York, Jefferson, (Digital images. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. \i FamilySearch\i0 . http://familysearch.org : 2014), Le Ray, dwelling 109, family 112, line 30, F. A. Bisha; (http://familysearch.org : accessed Aug 2, 2016); citing Jefferson County Clerk, Watertown, New York (Reliability: 3), 2 Aug 2016.
Name:

Fred A. Besha
US Census, 1910, Champion, Jefferson County, NY

Joseph Bisha and family, New York State Census, 1855, Le Ray, Jefferson County, New York
Joseph Bisha and family, New York State Census, 1855, Le Ray, Jefferson County, New York
Source: "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-25847-10835-45?cc=1937366 : 22 May 2014), Jefferson > Le Ray, E.D. 1 > image 7 of 32; count clerk offices, New York.

[S102] State Census Jeff Co. NY 1855, (State of New York, 1855 Census Records by town: A-E, reel 0895241 E-P, reel 0895242 P-W, reel 0895243), LDS Microfilm Reel Number: 0895242 (Reliability: 3), 12 Jul 2007.
First Election District
Town of LeRay
Jefferson County
June 18, 1855

Dwelling house numbered in order of visitiation: 109
Type: Stone
Value: 500
Family numbered in the order of visitation: 112

Name: Joseph Bisha
Age: 40
Place of birth: France
Marital status: Married
Years resident in this city or town: 20
Occupation: farmer
Naturalized
Owned land

Name: Almira Bisha
Age: 37
Sex: F
Relationship to head of family: wife
Birthplace: Jefferson Co.
Marital status: married
Years resident in this city or town: 37

Name: Mary Bisha
Age: 13
Sex: F
Relationship to head of family: daugh
Birthplace: Jefferson Co.
Marital status:
Years resident in this city or town: 13

Name: S J Bisha
Age: 11
Sex: F
Relationship to head of family: daugh
Birthplace: Jefferson Co.
Marital status:
Years resident in this city or town: 11

Name: M Bisha
Age: 9
Sex: F
Relationship to head of family: daugh
Birthplace: Jefferson Co.
Marital status:
Years resident in this city or town: 9

Name: Joseph Bisha
Age: 7
Sex: m
Relationship to head of family: son
Birthplace: Jefferson Co.
Marital status:
Years resident in this city or town: 7

Name: C E Bisha
Age: 5
Sex: m
Relationship to head of family: son
Birthplace: Jefferson Co.
Marital status:
Years resident in this city or town: 5

Name: F A Bisha
Age: 3
Sex: m
Relationship to head of family: son
Birthplace: Jefferson Co.
Marital status:
Years resident in this city or town: 3

Name: July Bisha
Age: 7/12
Sex: m
Relationship to head of family: son
Birthplace: Jefferson Co.
Marital status:
Years resident in this city or town: 7/12

Family numbered in the order of visitation: 113
Name: Francis Bisha
Age: 69
Sex: m
Relationship to head of family:
Birthplace: France
Marital status: married
Years resident in this city or town: 20
Occupation: farmer
Naturalized
Owns land

Name: Susan Bisha
Age: 49
Sex: f
Relationship to head of family: wife
Birthplace: France
Marital status: married
Years resident in this city or town: 20
Occupation:

Dwelling numbered in the order of visitation: 110
Family numbered in the order of visitation: 114
Name: P C Lodwick...

Dwelling numbered in the order of visitation: 111
Family numbered in the order of visitation: 115
Type: Logs
Name: Robert Sixbery
Age: 77
Birthplace: Herkimer Co.
Widowed
Years resident in this city or town: 56
Occupation: farmer
Native
Owns land

Dwelling numbered in the order of visitation: 112
Family numbered in the order of visitation: 116
Type: Logs
Name: Jacob Sixbery
Age: 55
Birthplace: Herkimer Co.
Years resident in this city or town: 55
Occupation: farmer
Native
Owns land

Name: Mary Sixbery
Age: 48
Sex: f
Relationship to head of family: wife
Birthplace: Herkimer Co.
Married
Years resident in this city or town: 43

Name: Marthy Sixbery
Age: 22
Sex: f
Relationship to head of family: daugh
Birthplace: Jefferson Co.
Years resident in this city or town: 22

Name: Mar Sixbery
Age: 20
Sex: f
Relationship to head of family: daugh
Birthplace: Jefferson Co.
Years resident in this city or town: 20

Name: Jacob Sixbery
Age: 17
Sex: m
Relationship to head of family: son
Birthplace: Jefferson Co.
Years resident in this city or town: 16
Occupation: farmer

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Name: M Sixbery
Age: 14
Sex: f
Relationship to head of family: daugh
Birthplace: Jefferson Co.
Years resident in this city or town: 14

Name: M Sixbery
Age: 11
Sex: f
Relationship to head of family: daugh
Birthplace: Jefferson Co.
Years resident in this city or town: 11

Name: G Sixbery
Age: 9
Sex: f
Relationship to head of family: daugh
Birthplace: Jefferson Co.
Years resident in this city or town: 9

Name: Alonz? Sixbery
Age: 7
Sex: m
Relationship to head of family: son
Birthplace: Jefferson Co.
Years resident in this city or town: 7

Name: M Sixbery
Age: 3
Sex: m
Relationship to head of family: son
Birthplace: Jefferson Co.
Years resident in this city or town: 3

See dwelling 109

Jacob Sixbery children (cont.)

100th birthday announcement
100th birthday announcement, Robert Sixbury

[S505] US Census 1860, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls.), Year: 1860; Census Place: Le Ray, Jefferson, New York; Roll: M653_761; Page: 353-354; Image: 356. (Reliability: 3), 17 Jan 2007.
House in order of visitation: 1320
Family in order of visitation: 1343
Name: Joseph E. Bischa
Age: 44
Sex: m
Occupation: farmer
Value of real estate: 4,000
Value of personal estate: 900
Place of birth: France

Name: Almira "
Age: 43
Sex: f
Occupation:
Place of birth: New York

Name: Mary V. "
Age: 18
Sex: f
Occupation:
Place of birth: New York

Name: Sarah J. "
Age: 16
Sex: f
Occupation:
Place of birth: New York

[page 76]

Name: Melinda Bischa
Age: 14
Sex: f
Occupation:
Place of birth: New York

Name: Joseph L. "
Age: 12
Sex: m
Occupation:
Place of birth: New York

Name: Charles E. "
Age: 10
Sex: m
Occupation:
Place of birth: New York

Name: Ferdinand "
Age: 8
Sex: m
Occupation:
Place of birth: New York

Name: Annette "
Age: 6
Sex: f
Occupation:
Place of birth: New York

Name: Peter J. "
Age: 4
Sex: m
Occupation:
Place of birth: New York

Name: George A. "
Age: 1
Sex: m
Occupation:
Place of birth: New York

Family in order of visitation: 1344
Name: Susan Bischa
Age: 55
Sex: f
Occupation:
Place of birth: France

Name: Edward Crusoe
Age: 25
Sex: m
Occupation: painter
Place of birth: New York

John Biggers
US Census, 1880, Theresa, Jefferson Co., N.Y.

Joseph Bischa

Joseph Bischa
[S382] US Census 1870 - Jefferson County, NY, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census. [database on-line] Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003-. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1870 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1870 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Original data: Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1870 Federal Population Census. M593, 1,761 rolls; part of Minnesota T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.), NARA Series M593, Roll 945; Page: 433; Image: 43 (Reliability: 3), 2 Jan 2006.
Bisha, Joseph B.
Age: 54
Occupation: farmer
Value of real estate: 14,500
Value of personal estate: 2500
Place of birth: France
Mother and father of foreign birth

Almira
Age: 52
Place of birth: NY
Mother and father of foreign birth

Ferdinand
Age: 17
Annette
Age: 15
Peter
Age: 13
George
Age: 11
William
Age: 9

Joseph Besha
US Federal Census, 1870, Le Ray (Post Office: Philadelphia), Jefferson County, New York,
page 433.
[S661] 1870 Census - Jefferson County, New York, New York, Jefferson, (http://www.familysearch.org: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), M593, roll GS Film number 000552444, LeRay, p. 42 (handwritten), dwelling 350, family 359, Joseph B. Bisha, accessed Jan 28, 2017 (Reliability: 3), 28 Jan 2017.
Name:

Joseph B. Bisha and family, LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, 1870
Joseph B. Bisha and family, LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, 1870
Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8N4-QBF
[S378] US Census 1880 - Jefferson County, NY, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ), NARA Series T9, Roll 839; Family History Film: 1254839; Page: 379.2000; Enumeration District: 129; Image: 0272 (Reliability: 3), 2 Jan 2006.
Dwelling: 116
Family: 127

Biche, F. A.
Age: 27
Occupation: farmer
Place of birth: NY
Place of birth of father: France
Place of birth of mother: NY

Anna
Age: 25
Occupation: keeping house
Place of birth of father: Ireland
Place of birth of mother: Ireland

Manzer, Douglas
Relationship: servant
Age: 18

Bacon, Viola
Relationship: servant
Age: 21

Jefferson County Centennial
see page 369 for reference to Robert Sixbury

F. A. Biche
US Federal Census, 1880, Le Ray, Jefferson County, NY
[S70] US Census 1900 Lewis County, New York, Year: 1900; Census Place: Denmark, Lewis, New York; Roll: T623 1069; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 54. (Reliability: 3), 14 Jan 2007.
Township of Denmark, Lewis COunty, New York
11th and 12th of June 1900
Wallace B. Hill, Enumerator

Name: Besha, Ferd A.
Relationship to head of family: head
Color: w
Sex: m
Month of birth: Oct.
Year of birth: 1857
Age: 47
Marital status: m
Years married: 23
Birthplace: New York
Father's birthplace: France
Mother's birthplace: New York
Occupation: farmer

Name: Besha, Anna
Relationship to head of family: wife
Color: w
Sex: f
Month of birth: June
Year of birth: 1854
Age: 45
Marital status: m
Years married: 23
Mother of how many children: 1
Of those children how many survive: 1
Birthplace: New York
Father's birthplace: Ireland
Mother's birthplace: Ireland
Occupation:

Name: Besha, Matie L.
Relationship to head of family: daughter
Color: w
Sex: f
Month of birth: Aug.
Year of birth: 1880
Age: 19
Marital status: s
Birthplace: New York
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Occupation: at school

Name: Mathews, Charles
Relationship to head of family: servant
Color: w
Sex: m
Month of birth: Mar.
Year of birth: 1885
Age: 15
Marital status: s
Birthplace: New York
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Occupation: farm labor

John Biggers
US Census, 1880, Theresa, Jefferson Co., N.Y.

Ferdinand A Besha
Year: 1900; Census Place: Denmark, Lewis, New York; Roll: T623 1069; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 54.
[S433] The Journal and Republican, R.A. Van Namee, Local Editor, (M. A. Phillips, Publisher Lowville, N.Y.), Thursday, January 5, 1905, page 8, col. 1 (Reliability: 3), 5 Apr 2006.
LEWIS COUNTY TOWNS

DENMARK AND DEER RIVER

Bert Sarvey, who last year took charge of the J. W. Clark farm, has purchased a farm near Cold Brook, Herkimer County, Ferdinand Besha has taken posession of the Clark farm, vacated by Mr. Sarvey.

Journal and Republican
[S431] Watertown Daily Times, (Watertown, N.Y.), Monday Afternoon, March 13, 1905, col. 4, page 5 (Reliability: 3), 5 Apr 2006.
COPENHAGEN

March 13

Ferdinand Besha of Deer River was in town Saturday.

Watertown Daily Times
[S501] New York State Census, (Ancestry.com. New York State Census Collection [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Microfilmed copies of the originals can be found at the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, as well as the Family History Library.), V14_290, page 10 (Reliability: 3), 13 Dec 2006.
Enumeration of the inhabitants living in First Election District, Town of Denmark, County of Lewis, State of New York, on June 1, 1905
Franklin D. Austin, Enumerator

Carthage and Deer River Road

Name: Besha, Fred A.
Relationship to head of family: head
Color: w
Sex: m
Age: 52
Place of birth: United States
Occupation: farmer

Name: Besha, Anna
Relationship to head of family: wife
Color: w
Sex: f
Age: 50
Place of birth: United States
Occupation: housework

Name: Besha, Mattie L.
Relationship to head of family: daughter
Color: w
Sex: f
Age: 24
Place of birth: United States
Occupation: teacher

Fred A Besha
Area of Carthage & Deer River

[S1253] Jefferson County Land Records, New York. Jefferson., 326 : 516, Deed from Homer C. Campbell to Fred A. Besha, February 10, 1909 (Reliability: 3), 13 Jun 2016.
Deed.

Full Covenant.

Homer C. Campbell

To

Fred A. Besha and Anna S. Besha, his wife.

Dated February 9, 1909

State of New York

Jeff. County, ss.

Recorded on the 10 day of Feby 1909, at 9 o'clock a.m., in Book No. 326 of Deeds, at page 516 and examined.
E.R. Johnson, Clerk

This Indenture

Made the ninth day of February in the year One thousand nine hundred and nine.
Between Homer C. Campbell, unmarried, of the Town of Champion, Jefferson County, N.Y.,
of the first part, and
Fred A. Besha and Anna S. Besha, his wife, as joint tenants and not as tenants in common, of the same place,
of the second part,
Witnesseth, That the said party of the first part, in consideration of the sum of One Dollar, ($1.00), to him duly paid, has sold, and by these presents, does grant and convey to the said parties of the second part, their heirs and assigns,
ALL THAT TRACT, PIECE, OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Town of Champion County of Jefferson and State of New York, bounded as follows, viz; -- Beginning at a red cedar stake, a corner of Mr. Henry's land, from thence S. 35 1/2
I have the original deed in my posession. My mother gave it to me after my grandmother (Galdys Mary Fraley) Canell passed away.

	Cover page and notary to Deed Homer C. Campbell deeds property to Ferdinand Besha and Anna S. Besha his wife for $1.00.
	Page 1 of deed Homer C. Campbell deeds property to Ferdinand Besha and Anna S. Besha his wife for $1.00.
	Page 2 of deed Homer C. Campbell deeds property to Ferdinand Besha and Anna S. Besha his wife for $1.00.
	sixlkmap.pdf New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources Lake Map Series Region 6 Sixberry Lake

[S433] The Journal and Republican, R.A. Van Namee, Local Editor, (M. A. Phillips, Publisher Lowville, N.Y.), Wednesday, February 17, 1909, pg. 2, col. 1 (Reliability: 3), 8 Apr 2006.
DENMARK AND DEER RIVER

-Ferd Besha moved his household goods to his new home in Champion the last of the week.

-Mrs. Fraley, formerly Miss Mary Besha, has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Besha.

Journal and Republican
[S106] A Farm Directory and Reference Book, (pub. 1918, by The American Agriculturalist http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/1918exp.htm), http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/1918exp.htm (Reliability: 3), 21 Jan 2005.
NAME: Besha, Fred A.
WIFE: Anna
CHILDREN: 1
OWNER: Own
ACRES: 86
TYPE OF FARM: grain/hay
ADDRESS: RFD 4
TOWN: Carthage
FARM NAME: Camp Bell Farm
LOC: H46 3/8

Watertown Re-Union
Obituary for Robert Sixbury.

Town of Champion Farm Map 1918
See number 46 on the map.

Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/1918ch.htm

[S1417] Champion - Historical web site, (http://lthorn13619.com/townofchampion/townofchampion.html : 2006), accessed Jun 13, 2016), Line School, Champion District 11 (Reliability: 3), 13 Jun 2016.
Champion School District No. 11, a joint district in the towns of Champion and Denmark, encompasses what is commonly known as the "Pleasant Lake" section. Lake Creek, outlet to the lake, bisects the district. About midway through the district, the creek cascades gently into a little valley. The hills of Champion and Demark ring the valley, watching over the little schoolhouse at the intersection of roads. Several houses keep each other company in a small cluster around the school site. Straight as a string, the town line passes through, forming one boundary of the school lot; hence the name "Line School".

When the town of Champion was divided into school districts in 1813, there was no school site below Pleasant Lake. Finally more settlers arrived and on May 16, 1820, joint District No 11 was created. The Champion commissioner's records for 1820 report that there were 36 children of school age (5-15) and that the new district received $15.99 in state aid. On April 25, 1825, most of the territory of District 11 in the town of Denmark was taken away and incorporated into a new district, with its schoolhouse located on one of the corners near the present farm of George Pridell. A note in the clerk's minutes of District 11 informs us that a stone schoolhouse was erected in 1826 on the present site.

At a special meeting on Feb. 11, 1850, it was decided that those who sent children to summer school should board the teacher throughout the term. A budget was made out with $40 allotted for the teacher's wages; $3.12 for wood; 75 cents for a pail and cup; 50 cents for brooms. A district library was established in 1857 with 157 books. In 1855 the district built a backhouse for $16.

The school on George Pridell's corners was closed and the district known as Denmark No. 12, was dissolved Nov. 27, 1857. District 11 then got back more of its territory in the town of Denmark. The District 11 school site was appropriately located on a corner of land belonged to the Campbell homestead. The deed of the farm reserved one-quarter acre of land for a school site. In 1865, the schoolhouse was valued at $300, the lot at $25. Teachers were paid $8 per week for the winter term and $5 for the summer term.

Sometime about 1870, a new school was erected, but why it was needed is not clear; there are indications that there was a fire. On March 23, it was voted to tear down and build a new one on the same foundation The new school was to be a one-room structure with a woodhouse. It was voted to raise $800 and use "as much of the sum as necessary."

A motion was passed in 1875 allowing the use of the schoolhouse for meetings, but not for lectures. A vestibule was added in 1876 for a cost of $40. This entrance was parallel with the road, contrary to the usual practice of having the entrance to a school face the road. It cost $231.41 to run the school in 1885. Fred Parks was hired for $45 to paper and paint the schoolhouse. Inside toilets were installed in the Line school in 1919, against vigorous opposition. Electric lights were installed in 1930. A motion to transport high school students lost in 1932 but four years later the same motion passed. The next year it was voted to also transport seventh and eighth graders to village schools.

On July 1, 1954, District 11 passed from existence in its 134th year. The voters approved the sale of the schoolhouse before the district was discontinued. On Nov. 24, 1956 the Line School was sold at auction to Perley Baxter, who converted it into a dwelling. Mr. Baxter dug a well, something that the school had never had, having obtained its water until the last from neighbors' well.

Teachers' Roll:

About 1857, Harlem Dunlap, Olive Carpenter, Peter Royal; 1858, Ellen M. Powell, Susan Edwards; 1859, J. B. Loomis, Hattie Potter; 1860, Deborah Kimball; 1861, James Hartwell, Eliza Davis; 1862, Susan Herrick, Chester Carter, Ellen Locklin; 1863, John Francis, Elizabeth Phelps; 1864, Thomas Cummins, Augusta Freeman; 1865, 1865, Melvin Campbell, Elvira Osgood; 1866, ___ Humphrey, Carrie Hurd. 1868, R. E. Weaver, Ella M. Plank; 1869, B. Getman; 1870, Aldin Campbell, Mariah Joslyn; 1871, B. F. Brown; 1873, Mary Doud; 1874-75, Marian Cutler, Ada Loomis; 1875-76, Frank Evans, May Martin; 1875-77, Emelina Houghton, Jennie Draper; 1877-78, H. Rea; 1876-79, Frank Vebber, Carrie Cutler; 1879-80, Louisa Beazer, A. B. Westcott, A. Northrup; 1882-83, Letta Douglas, Hattie Peck; 1883-84, Frank Davis, Libbie Hart.

(Between 1884 and 1895, incomplete records indicate only two teachers, Bertha and Jennie Hubbard.) 1894-95, Joanna Fitzpatrick, Ferna Vrooman; 1896-97, Maude Severance. (Between 1897 and 1899, incomplete records list only two teachers, Vivian Pelletier and Lina Pierce) 1899-1900, Ida Slater; 1900-16, Clara Thoma, Julia Conroy, Mrs. George Garrett, Hilda J. Comstock, Veva Davis, Ruby Burnup; 1919-20, Hazel E. Maxim; 1920-21, Jennie M. Mack; 1921-22, Isabelle M. Arnot; 1922-24, Olive Flint; 1924-25, Ruth Zahn; 1925-27, Norma Pridell; 1927-28, Melburn C. Vrooman; 1928-30, Norma Pridell.

1930-31, Merle Swain; 1931-34, Gerald Woodruff; 1934-35, Mrs. Gladys Gilbert; 1935-40, Norma Pridell; 1940-43, Mary A Christman; 1943-44, Emma M. Gricith; 1944-46, Ella Vaughn; 1946-47, Vernita Shampine; 1947-53, Helen Steacy; 1953-54, Mildred Herron.

CRT, Nov. 26, 1959

	See dwelling 111
	Jacob Sixbery children (cont.)
	Robert Sixbury; Joseph Bisha and family, New York State Census, 1855, Le Ray, Jefferson County, New York Robert Sixbury; Joseph Bisha and family, New York State Census, 1855, Le Ray, Jefferson County, New York Source: "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-25847-10835-45?cc=1937366 : 22 May 2014), Jefferson > Le Ray, E.D. 1 > image 7 of 32; count clerk offices, New York.
	"Line School", Champion, Jefferson County, New York "Line School", Champion, Jefferson County, New York Date: unknown Photographer: unknown Image Source: http://lthorn13619.com/ruralschools/line_school.htm

[S701] US Census 1910 - Jefferson County, NY, (National Archives Washington, D.C.), NARA Series: T624; Roll: 953; Page: 228B; Enumeration District: 17; Part: 2; Line: 26 (Reliability: 3), 2 Jan 2006.
Dwelling: 175
Family: 179

Besha, Fred A.
Relationship: head
Age: 57
Number of years of present marriage: 32
Birthplace: New York
Birthplace of father: France
Birthplace of mother: New York
Occupation: farmer, home farm

Anna
Relationship: wife
Age: 55
Number of years of present marriage: 32
Mother of how many children: 1
Birthplace: New York
Birthplace of father: Ireland
Birthplace of mother: Ireland
Year of immigration to the United States: 1881

Fred A. Besha
US Census, 1910, Champion, Jefferson County, NY

[S106] A Farm Directory and Reference Book, (pub. 1918, by The American Agriculturalist http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/1918exp.htm) (Reliability: 3), 23 Jul 2008.
Fred A Besha
Spouse Anna
Children 1
Occupation farmer (hay grain)
Ownership Owns
Acreage 86
Farm Name Camp Bell Farm
Address Rd 4 Carthage
Town / County Champion, Jefferson County
Map Reference H46 3/8

[S106] A Farm Directory and Reference Book, (pub. 1918, by The American Agriculturalist http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/1918exp.htm) (Reliability: 3).
Fred A Besha
Spouse Anna
Children 1
Occupation farmer (hay grain)
Ownership Owns
Acreage 86
Farm Name Camp Bell Farm
Address Rd 4 Carthage
Town / County Champion, Jefferson County
Map Reference H46 3/8

Joseph Bischa

Joseph Bischa

Watertown Daily Times
page 14

Watertown Daily Times
page 12,13

[S106] A Farm Directory and Reference Book, (pub. 1918, by The American Agriculturalist http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/1918exp.htm) (Reliability: 4), 23 Jul 2008.
Fred A Besha
Spouse Anna
Children 1
Occupation farmer (hay grain)
Ownership Owns
Acreage 86
Farm Name Camp Bell Farm
Address Rd 4 Carthage
Town / County Champion, Jefferson County
Map Reference H46 3/8

[S703] US Census 1920, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census. [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1920 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1920 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1920 Federal Population Census. T625, 2,076 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.), NARA Roll: T625_1116; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 15; Image: 334. (Reliability: 3), 17 May 2006.
Street address: Pleasant Lake Road
House no.: 91
Family number: 92

Name: LaRue, Clarence
Relationship to head: Head
Home owned or rented: r
Owned free or mortgaged:
Sex: m
Color: w
Age: 26
Place of birth: NY
Mother tounge:
Father's birth: NY
Mother tounge:
Mother's birth: NY
Mother tounge:
Trade or profession: farmer
Type of business: General farming
Employer, employee or own account: o.a.

Name: LaRue, Clara
Relationship to head: wife
Home owned or rented:
Owned free or mortgaged:
Sex: f
Color: w
Age: 23
Place of birth: NY
Mother tounge:
Father's birth: NY
Mother tounge:
Mother's birth: NY
Mother tounge:
Trade or profession: none
Type of business:
Employer, employee or own account:

Name: Besha, Ferd
Relationship to head: Head
Home owned or rented: r
Owned free or mortgaged:
Sex: m
Color: w
Age: 67
Place of birth: NY
Mother tounge: English
Father's birth: France
Mother tounge: English
Mother's birth: NY
Mother tounge:
Trade or profession: farmer
Type of business: General farming
Employer, employee or own account: o.a.

Name: Besha, Anna
Relationship to head: wife
Home owned or rented:
Owned free or mortgaged:
Sex: f
Color: w
Age: 66
Place of birth: NY
Mother tounge: English
Father's birth: Ireland
Mother tounge: English
Mother's birth: Ireland
Mother tounge: English
Trade or profession: none
Type of business:
Employer, employee or own account:

Joseph Besha
US Federal Census, 1870, Le Ray (Post Office: Philadelphia), Jefferson County, New York,
page 433.

Ferd Besha
US Census 1920, Town of Champion, Jefferson County, NY
[S393] US Census 1930 - Jefferson Co., NY, National Archives and Records Administration, NARA Roll: 1443; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 17; Image: 168.0. (Reliability: 3), 17 May 2006.
Town of Champion

Linburg Forks Road
House no: 182
Family no: 202

Name: Besha, Fred
Rleationship to head: head
Owned, rented: o
Live on farm: yes
Sex: m
Color: w
Age: 77
Marital status: wd
Birthplace: New York
Birthplace of Father: New York
Birthplace of Mother: New York
Occupation: farmer

F. A. Biche
US Federal Census, 1880, Le Ray, Jefferson County, NY

FerdBesha
US Census 1930, Town of Champion, Jefferson County, New York
[S65] Quit-claim Deed from Ferd. A. Besha to Mary L. Fraley, Ferdinand A. Besha, (Dated October 31, 1931, Recorded November 4, 1931, Jefferson County Clerk's Office, Watertown, New York).

Ferdinand A Besha
Year: 1900; Census Place: Denmark, Lewis, New York; Roll: T623 1069; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 54.
[S66] Mortgage by Ferd A. Besha and Mary L. Fraley - 1933, Ferd A. Besha and Mary L. Fraley, (27 Jan 1933).

Philadelphia, NY

Journal and Republican

Robert Sixbury

[S106] A Farm Directory and Reference Book, (pub. 1918, by The American Agriculturalist http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/1918exp.htm) (Reliability: 3), 23 Jul 2008.
Fred A Besha
Spouse Anna
Children 1
Occupation farmer (hay grain)
Ownership Owns
Acreage 86
Farm Name Camp Bell Farm
Address Rd 4 Carthage
Town / County Champion, Jefferson County
Map Reference H46 3/8
[S41] Besha, Ferdinand - Letter, Letter dated Oct. 2 1917 from Wrought Iron Range Company Stamp signature from J.J. Ricks (Reliability: 3).

Syracuse Herald Journal

Jefferson County Journal
[S433] The Journal and Republican, R.A. Van Namee, Local Editor, (M. A. Phillips, Publisher Lowville, N.Y.), March 2, 1933, pg. 7, col. 2 (Reliability: 3), 5 Apr 2006.
FERDINAND BESHA

Expires at the Age of 80 Years at His Farm Home on the Pleasant Lake Road.

Ferdinand Besha, 80, died suddenly Saturday morning at his farm home on the Pleasant Lake road, four miles from Carthage. Death was due to heart disease. Mr. Besha was born Oct. 4, 1852, in the town of Leray, a son of Joseph and Elmira Sixbury Besha. He had always been a farmer and for the past 24 years had resided on the farm where he died.
He was a communicant of the Evans Mills Catholic Church and also was a member of the Champion Grange.
Mr. Besha leaves a brother, William; sister, Miss Nettie Besha; a daughter, Mrs. Fraley, and three grandchildren, Mrs. Walter Webert, Miss Marion Fraley and Robert Fraley, all of Evans Mills.
The funeral was held Tuesday morning from the Evans Mills Catholic Church, Rev. J. A. O'Brien officiating. Interment in Evans Mills cemetery.

The Journal And Republican
[S51] Obituary for Ferdinand Besha, (Watertown Daily Times?) (Reliability: 3), 22 Nov 2004.
[S50] Besha, Ferdinand - prayer card, "Ferdinand Besha Died February 25, 1933" (Reliability: 3).

Ferd Besha
US Census 1920, Town of Champion, Jefferson County, NY

[S17] Child's Gazetteer, Town of LeRay, Hamilton Child, (Syracuse Journal Co., Syracuse, New York, 1890. Portions of this journal excerpted by volunteers (directed by Shirley Farone) and posted to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/childler.htm) (Reliability: 3), 23 Nov 2004.
Joseph V. Bisha came from France to his country in 1828, at that time being 13 years of age. In 1841 he married Almira, daughter of Robert Sixbury, and followed the occupation of farming on road 8, where they remained 16 years. They then removed to Pleasant Valley, in the town of Cape Vincent, remaining there five years, when they returned to this town and purchased a farm on road 35. During the next 19 years they resided in several different places, finally returing to the farm on road 35, where Mr. Bisha died November 24, 1883. Their children were Mary V., Sarah J., Malinda, Louis J., Charles E., Ferdinand A., Julia A., Peter J., George A., and William M. The latter resides with his mother on the old homestead.

	1855 Census, Jefferson County, New York Jacob Fraley and Catherine Slick, and children, and Jacob Slick (Catherine Slick's father) Image source: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-25847-10890-20
	Jacob Fraley & family, 1855 census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York Jacob Fraley & family, 1855 census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York Image source: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-25847-10890-20

[S2] Obituary for Robert Sixberry - 1873, (The Watertown Post, October 1873, Watertown, New York), "Almira married Joseph Bishit and lives near LaFargeville." (Reliability: 3).

Jacob Fraley
1855 New York State Census
Town of Cape Vincent, Jefferson County
Pages 13 14 15
<../1855_new_york_state_census_index.htm>

Source:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~aliecor/1855_NYS_census/1855_CA/pg_13_ca_55.htm

[S75] Perkins, Carolyn - Package, unknown, (2 Jan 1997), Group 2, Page 10- (date) (Reliability: 3).
[S701] US Census 1910 - Jefferson County, NY, (National Archives Washington, D.C.), NARA Series: T624; Roll: 953; Page: 228B; Enumeration District: 17; Part: 2; Line: 26 (Reliability: 3), 2 Jan 2006.
Dwelling: 175
Family: 179

Besha, Fred A.
Relationship: head
Age: 57
Number of years of present marriage: 32
Birthplace: New York
Birthplace of father: France
Birthplace of mother: New York
Occupation: farmer, home farm

Anna
Relationship: wife
Age: 55
Number of years of present marriage: 32
Mother of how many children: 1
Birthplace: New York
Birthplace of father: Ireland
Birthplace of mother: Ireland
Year of immigration to the United States: 1881

Bigger, Gertrude
Relationship: servant
Age: 17
Marital status: single
Birthplace: New York
Birthplace of father: Maine
Birthplace of mother: New Hampshire

Switzer, Melvin
Relationship: hired man
Age: 40
Marital status: single
Birthplace: Canada (Fr.)
Occupation: farm laborer

Death Certificate - Eva Biggers

Fred A. Besha
US Census, 1910, Champion, Jefferson County, NY
[S106] A Farm Directory and Reference Book, (pub. 1918, by The American Agriculturalist http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/1918exp.htm) (Reliability: 3).
Fred A Besha
Spouse Anna
Children 1
Occupation farmer (hay grain)
Ownership Owns
Acreage 86
Farm Name Camp Bell Farm
Address Rd 4 Carthage
Town / County Champion, Jefferson County
Map Reference H46 3/8

Watertown Daily Times
[S433] The Journal and Republican, R.A. Van Namee, Local Editor, (M. A. Phillips, Publisher Lowville, N.Y.), March 2, 1933, pg. 7, col. 2 (Reliability: 3), 5 Apr 2006.
FERDINAND BESHA

Expires at the Afe of 80 Years at His Farm Home on the Pleasant Lake Road.

Ferdinand Besha, 80, died suddenly Saturday morning at his farm home on the Pleasant Lake road, four miles from Carthage. Death was due to heart disease. Mr. Besha was born Oct. 4, 1852, in the town of Leray, a son of Joseph and Elmira Sixbury Besha. He had always been a farmer and for the past 24 years had resided on the farm where he died.
He was a communicant of the Evans Mills Catholic Church and also was a member of the Champion Grange.
Mr. Besha leaves a brother, William; sister, Miss Nettie Besha; a daughter, Mrs. Fraley, and three grandchildren, Mrs. Walter Webert, Miss Marion Fraley and Robert Fraley, all of Evans Mills.
The funeral was held Tuesday morning from the Evans Mills Catholic Church, Rev. J. A. O'Brien officiating. Interment in Evans Mills cemetery.

Fred A Besha
Area of Carthage & Deer River

The Journal And Republican

Ferdinand A. Besha