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1848 -

Name	Joseph L. Besha [1, 2]
Born	1848	Jefferson County, New York, USA [3]
Gender	Male
Census	15 Jul 1850	LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, USA [4]
	Role: Household Member
Census	16 Jun 1855	LeRay, Jefferson, New York [5]
Census	19 Oct 1860	LeRay, Jefferson, New York [6]
		Census LeRay, New York
Occupation	1890	LeRay, Jefferson, New York [7]
	farmer in LeRay township
Reference Number	238
_PPEXCLUDE	k
_UID	CA66700EAF624518A1473C5DD62163100727
Died	Detroit, [8]
Person ID	I238	Paul's Genealogy Tree
Last Modified	28 Jan 2017

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 [9, 10, 11]

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

Event Map

	Born - 1848 - Jefferson County, New York, USA
	Census - 15 Jul 1850 - LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, USA
	Census - 16 Jun 1855 - LeRay, Jefferson, New York
	Census - 19 Oct 1860 - LeRay, Jefferson, New York
	Occupation - farmer in LeRay township - 1890 - LeRay, Jefferson, New York
	Died - - Detroit,

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Notes

(Research):Mrs. Edward Radigan and Mrs. C. L Grunert spent several days the past week in Watertown, where they attended the funeral of their uncle, Joseph Besha.

-Lowville NY Journal Republican, Thursday, February 5, 1925

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Watertown re-union., October 25, 1893, Page 5, Image 5

http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn85054450/1893-10-25/ed-1/seq-5/#date1=1803&index=9&rows=20&words=Fraley&searchType=advanced&sequence=0&proxdistance=5&date2=2013&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Fraley&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=3 [12]

Sources

[S1557] 1850 Census - LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, New York, Jefferson, (http://familysearch.org: National Archives and Records Administration, 2014), M432, roll 515, LeRay, dwelling 88, family 88, Joseph Bisha, accessed Jan 28, 2017 (Reliability: 3), 28 Jan 2017.
Name:

	Robert Sixbury Robert is living next door to his father, Isaac Sixbury.
	Myra [Ellen E.] Fraley
	Joseph Bisha and family, LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, 1850 Joseph Bisha and family, LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, 1850 Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCYK-LQ7

[S1558] 1855 Census - Jefferson County, New York, New York, Jefferson, (Digital images. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. \i FamilySearch\i0 . http://familysearch.org : 2014), LeRay, dwelling 109, family 112, line 28, Joseph Bisha; (http://familysearch.org : accessed Jan 28, 2017); citing Jefferson county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 895,242. (Reliability: 3), 28 Jan 2017.
Name:

	Clarance Sixbury
	Joseph Bisha and family, LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, 1855 Joseph Bisha and family, LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, 1855 Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6Q1-XHM

	Watertown Daily Times Obituary for Phoebe Sixberry
	Watertown Daily Times, November 18, 1920 Watertown Daily Times, November 18, 1920 Obituary for Malinda Fraley Besha Image source: http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html
	Joseph Bisha and family, LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, 1855 Joseph Bisha and family, LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, 1855 Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6Q1-XHM

	Watertown Re-Union Obituary for Robert Sixbury.
	See dwelling 109
	Jacob Sixbery children (cont.)
	Joseph Bisha and family, LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, 1850 Joseph Bisha and family, LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, 1850 Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCYK-LQ7

	Jacob Fraley
	Joseph Bisha and family, LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, 1855 Joseph Bisha and family, LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, 1855 Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6Q1-XHM

[S955] 1860 Census - Jefferson County, New York, New York, Jefferson, (http://familysearch.org: National Archives and Records Administration, 2013), M653, roll 761, LeRay, p. 353 (stamped), dwelling 1320, family 1343, Joseph L. Bischa, accessed Jan 28, 2017 (Reliability: 3), 28 Jan 2017.
Name:

	John Fraley
	Joseph Bischa and family, LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, 1860 Joseph Bischa and family, LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, 1860 Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC7F-7V9
	Joseph Bischa and family, LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, 1860 Joseph Bischa and family, LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, 1860 Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC7F-7V9

[S33] Child's Business Directory of Jefferson County, Hamilton Child, (Hamilton Child, 1890) (Reliability: 3).
Town of Le Ray Bichet, Joseph J., (Evans Mills) r 35, 12 cows, farmer 117.
The directory is arranged as follows
: 1. Name of individual or firm. 2. Postoffice address in parentheses if different from the name of the town. 3. The figures following the letter r indicate the number of the road on which the party resides, and will be found on the northern map for the northern part of the county, and southern map for the southern part of the county. Where no road number is given, the party is supposed to reside in the village. 4. Business or occupation. 5. A star (*) placed before a name indicates an advertiser in this work. 6. Figures after the occupation of a farmer indicate the number of acres owned or leased. 7. Names in CAPITALS are those who have kindly given their patronage to the work, and without whose aid the publication would have been impossible.

Clarance Sixbury

John Fraley
[S75] Perkins, Carolyn - Package, unknown, (2 Jan 1997), Group 2, Page 10 (Reliability: 3).

[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).
[S536] Loweville NY Journal Republican (Reliability: 3), 26 Jul 2007.

Clarance Sixbury

John Fraley

Joseph L. Besha