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Arthur Besha

Male 1871 - 1882  (11 years)


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  • Name Arthur Besha  [1
    Born 10 Sep 1871  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Alt. Birth 2 Nov 1873  LeRay, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Name Arthur R Besha  [5
    Buried 1882  LeRay, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Address:
    n/a 
    Died 29 Sep 1882  [7
    Residence 18 Sep 1919  Brownville, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    _UID 5F9D3607B88742D983C27BE46FC3C7F8285B 
    Person ID I694  Paul's Genealogy Tree
    Last Modified 20 Aug 2013 

    Father Joseph J. Besha,   b. 1841, LeRay, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1925, Watertown, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Rosalie S. Simonett,   b. 1849,   d. 11 Sep 1919, Evans Mills, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married Feb 1870  [9, 10, 11
    Children 5 children 
    Family ID F243  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsAlt. Birth - 2 Nov 1873 - LeRay, Jefferson, New York Link to Google Earth
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    n/a - 1882 - LeRay, Jefferson, New York
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    Link to Google MapsResidence - 18 Sep 1919 - Brownville, Jefferson County, New York Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S197] Cemetery Inscriptions, LeRay, A - B, A.E. ROGERS, ELLEN & JOHN BARTLETT, (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/barcar.htm) (Reliability: 3), 22 Nov 2004.
      NAME EPITAPH CEMETERY
      BESHA,ARTHUR SN J.J.& R.DIED 29SEP1882 11Y 19D ST.MARYS
      Obit for John Slick, Jr.
      Obit for John Slick, Jr.


    2. [S197] Cemetery Inscriptions, LeRay, A - B, A.E. ROGERS, ELLEN & JOHN BARTLETT, (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/barcar.htm) (Reliability: 3), 22 Nov 2004.
      NAME EPITAPH CEMETERY
      BESHA,ARTHUR SN J.J.& R.DIED 29SEP1882 11Y 19D ST.MARYS
      Oswego Daily Times
      Oswego Daily Times
      Obituary for Joseph J. Besha. See end of column 6.


    3. [S431] Watertown Daily Times, (Watertown, N.Y.), Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1950, page Three (Reliability: 3), 29 Jul 2007.
      Arthur R. Besha Expires, Aged 76

      Former New York Air Brake Employee - Funeral Will Be Thursday.

      Arthur R. Besha, 76, former New York Air Brake company employee and one-time builder and contractor, died suddenly this morning at 6:10 of a coronary throbosis at his home, Paddy Hill, Brownville.
      Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 9 from the home and at 9:30 in the Church of Immaculate Conception at Brownville. The celebrant of the solemn high mass of requiem will be Mr. Besha's brother-in-law, Rev. Albert J. Farrell, pastor of the Holy Family church. Burial will be made in Glenwood Cemetery.
      The body will be returned to the family home late this afternoon from the Simpson Funeral home.
      Surviving Mr. Besha are his wife, Mrs. Anna Amelia Farrell Besha, sister of Rev. Albert J. Farrell; six children, Harold J. Besha, 515 South Massey Street, assistant civil engineer of the New York State Department of Public Works, Bernard M. Besha, Syracuse, supervising accountant for the New York Telephone company, and Mrs. Joseph J. (Ella Mary) DeRosier, 213 Eastern Boulevard, all born of his first marriage, Francis R. Besha, Arlington, Va., chief draftsman for patent attorneys in Washington, D.C., Leon A. Besha, Ithica, a supervisor for the New York Telephone company, and Mrs. James E. (Agnes Marion) King, Leray street road, and nine grandchildren.
      A brother, Herman J. Besha of this city, died here March 21, 1948.
      Mr. Besha appeared to be in his usual good health until about 4 Monday afternoon when he complained of a pain in his chest after returning from a trip to a neighborhood store. A doctor was summoned to attend him. However he failed steadily until his death this morning.
      He was born in the town of Leray, near Evans Mills, Nov. 2, 1873, a son of the late Joseph and Rosalie Simmonet Besha. He attended school at Evans MIlls and subsequently attended the old St. Joseph's academy of this city.
      The early part of his life was spent on a farm near Evans Mills and at an early age he became an apprentice barn framer, erecting about 40 barns about Jefferson County.
      Mr. Besha married twice. About 1900 he married Miss Kate M. Farrell, daughter of the late Michael and Ellen Farmer Farrell of East Hounsfield. After the marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Besha lived in Watertown and then at East Hounsfield, where she died about 1908.
      About 1910 Mr. Besha married Miss Anna Amelia Farrell, East Hounsfield, a younger sisterof his first wife, in this city. About 40 years ago he built a home at Paddy Hill and they had since resided there.
      During World War I Mr. Besha was employed as superintendent of general maintenance at the New York Air Brake company plant. Later, he entered the building and contracting business and he built a number of houses and industrial structures in Watertown or vicinity.
      Mr. Besha returned to the emply of the Air Brake company during World War II and served as a pattern maker. He retired from te service of the company in 1945.
      He was a member of the Church of the Immaculate Conception and of the Altar and Rosary society.
      The Utica Observer Dispatch
      The Utica Observer Dispatch
      Watertown Daily Times
      Watertown Daily Times


    4. [S197] Cemetery Inscriptions, LeRay, A - B, A.E. ROGERS, ELLEN & JOHN BARTLETT, (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/barcar.htm) (Reliability: 3), 22 Nov 2004.
      NAME EPITAPH CEMETERY
      BESHA,ARTHUR SN J.J.& R.DIED 29SEP1882 11Y 19D ST.MARYS

    5. [S431] Watertown Daily Times, (Watertown, N.Y.), Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1950, page Three (Reliability: 3), 29 Jul 2007.
      Arthur R. Besha Expires, Aged 76

      Former New York Air Brake Employee - Funeral Will Be Thursday.

      Arthur R. Besha, 76, former New York Air Brake company employee and one-time builder and contractor, died suddenly this morning at 6:10 of a coronary throbosis at his home, Paddy Hill, Brownville.
      Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 9 from the home and at 9:30 in the Church of Immaculate Conception at Brownville. The celebrant of the solemn high mass of requiem will be Mr. Besha's brother-in-law, Rev. Albert J. Farrell, pastor of the Holy Family church. Burial will be made in Glenwood Cemetery.
      The body will be returned to the family home late this afternoon from the Simpson Funeral home.
      Surviving Mr. Besha are his wife, Mrs. Anna Amelia Farrell Besha, sister of Rev. Albert J. Farrell; six children, Harold J. Besha, 515 South Massey Street, assistant civil engineer of the New York State Department of Public Works, Bernard M. Besha, Syracuse, supervising accountant for the New York Telephone company, and Mrs. Joseph J. (Ella Mary) DeRosier, 213 Eastern Boulevard, all born of his first marriage, Francis R. Besha, Arlington, Va., chief draftsman for patent attorneys in Washington, D.C., Leon A. Besha, Ithica, a supervisor for the New York Telephone company, and Mrs. James E. (Agnes Marion) King, Leray street road, and nine grandchildren.
      A brother, Herman J. Besha of this city, died here March 21, 1948.
      Mr. Besha appeared to be in his usual good health until about 4 Monday afternoon when he complained of a pain in his chest after returning from a trip to a neighborhood store. A doctor was summoned to attend him. However he failed steadily until his death this morning.
      He was born in the town of Leray, near Evans Mills, Nov. 2, 1873, a son of the late Joseph and Rosalie Simmonet Besha. He attended school at Evans MIlls and subsequently attended the old St. Joseph's academy of this city.
      The early part of his life was spent on a farm near Evans Mills and at an early age he became an apprentice barn framer, erecting about 40 barns about Jefferson County.
      Mr. Besha married twice. About 1900 he married Miss Kate M. Farrell, daughter of the late Michael and Ellen Farmer Farrell of East Hounsfield. After the marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Besha lived in Watertown and then at East Hounsfield, where she died about 1908.
      About 1910 Mr. Besha married Miss Anna Amelia Farrell, East Hounsfield, a younger sisterof his first wife, in this city. About 40 years ago he built a home at Paddy Hill and they had since resided there.
      During World War I Mr. Besha was employed as superintendent of general maintenance at the New York Air Brake company plant. Later, he entered the building and contracting business and he built a number of houses and industrial structures in Watertown or vicinity.
      Mr. Besha returned to the emply of the Air Brake company during World War II and served as a pattern maker. He retired from te service of the company in 1945.
      He was a member of the Church of the Immaculate Conception and of the Altar and Rosary society.
      John Slick, Margaret [mother], and family, 1900, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York
      John Slick, Margaret [mother], and family, 1900, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York
      John Slick, Margaret [mother], and family, 1900, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York
      Image source: https://archive.org/stream/12thcensusofpopu1041unit#page/n327/mode/1up
      John Bisha
      John Bisha
      Watertown Daily Times
      Watertown Daily Times


    6. [S197] Cemetery Inscriptions, LeRay, A - B, A.E. ROGERS, ELLEN & JOHN BARTLETT, (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/barcar.htm) (Reliability: 3), 22 Nov 2004.
      NAME EPITAPH CEMETERY
      BESHA,ARTHUR SN J.J.& R.DIED 29SEP1882 11Y 19D ST.MARYS
      Journal and Republican
      Journal and Republican


    7. [S197] Cemetery Inscriptions, LeRay, A - B, A.E. ROGERS, ELLEN & JOHN BARTLETT, (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/barcar.htm) (Reliability: 3), 22 Nov 2004.
      NAME EPITAPH CEMETERY
      BESHA,ARTHUR SN J.J.& R.DIED 29SEP1882 11Y 19D ST.MARYS
      Obit for John Slick, Jr.
      Obit for John Slick, Jr.
      Journal and Republican
      Journal and Republican


    8. [S433] The Journal and Republican, R.A. Van Namee, Local Editor, (M. A. Phillips, Publisher Lowville, N.Y.), Thursday, Sept. 18, 1919, page ?, col. 3 (Reliability: 3), 8 Apr 2006.
      Mrs. Joseph J. Besha.

      Mrs. Joseph J. Besha, aged 70, died last Thursday evening at her home in Evans Mills. She was born in the town of Orleans, a daughter of Marcel and Adele Kepler Simonett, and for the last forty years had been a resident of Evans MIlls and vicinity. The golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Besha was to have been celebrated next February.
      There survive besides her husband, two sons, Arthur Besha and Herman Besha, both of Brownville; two daughters, Mrs. Morris Grantland, of Evans MIlls, and Miss Blanch Besha, of Ogdensburg; and three brothers, Joseph Simonett, of Evans Mills, Augustus Simonett, of Croghan, and Eugene Simonett, of Spragueville.
      The Utica Observer Dispatch
      The Utica Observer Dispatch
      Journal and Republican
      Journal and Republican


    9. [S433] The Journal and Republican, R.A. Van Namee, Local Editor, (M. A. Phillips, Publisher Lowville, N.Y.), Thursday, Sept. 18, 1919, page ?, col. 3 (Reliability: 3), 8 Apr 2006.
      Mrs. Joseph J. Besha.

      Mrs. Joseph J. Besha, aged 70, died last Thursday evening at her home in Evans Mills. She was born in the town of Orleans, a daughter of Marcel and Adele Kepler Simonett, and for the last forty years had been a resident of Evans MIlls and vicinity. The golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Besha was to have been celebrated next February.
      There survive besides her husband, two sons, Arthur Besha and Herman Besha, both of Brownville; two daughters, Mrs. Morris Grantland, of Evans MIlls, and Miss Blanch Besha, of Ogdensburg; and three brothers, Joseph Simonett, of Evans Mills, Augustus Simonett, of Croghan, and Eugene Simonett, of Spragueville.
      Journal and Republican
      Journal and Republican


    10. [S197] Cemetery Inscriptions, LeRay, A - B, A.E. ROGERS, ELLEN & JOHN BARTLETT, (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/barcar.htm) (Reliability: 3), 22 Nov 2004.
      NAME EPITAPH CEMETERY
      BESHA,ROSALIE S. WF JOSEPH J. 1849-1919 ST.MARYS

    11. [S70] US Census 1900 Lewis County, New York (Reliability: 3), 25 Nov 2004.
      married 30 years per 1900 census