Justin J. Besancon

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1828

Death Date

1866

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White

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"Justin J. Besancon" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00020445, (accessed May 18, 2025).

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Louisville, Kentucky, engraver. Native of Switzerland. Son of Conrad Besancon and Mary Besancon. Married to Martha Besancon. Father of Fanney Besancon. Immigrated to the United States on November 14, 1848. Resident of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Engraver in Louisville in 1861. Engraver in Louisville in 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 3, p. 244A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 6, p. 385.
New York, U.S. Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1957, Passenger Arrival Lists (1817-1897), NARA Series M237, RG 36, Ship St. Dennis, 1848.
"Died," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), September 14, 1866, p. 3.
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.

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