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Terry Foenander (#46909316)
Abraham W. Bessent (surname also shown as Bessant), born Charleston, South Carolina, about 1828; served as private, company C, Confederate States Marine Corps; served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862, and on the Richmond station, Virginia, 1864; married Lucinda Wright at Greene County, Georgia, 1866; marriage ceremony performed by his brother in law, the Reverend Albert W. Rowland, who was the husband of Abraham's sister, Margaret; resided as a hotel manager, in 1880, at Hall County, Georgia; filed for a post war Confederate pension from Greene County, Georgia; died at Greene County, Georgia, sometime between 1900 and 1910; his widow, Lucinda E. Bessent also later filed for a Confederate pension from the same county. [GA Pension Index 95; ORN 2, 1, 310 & 315; some additional biographical data provided by his descendant, Chris Lane, in an e-mail ([email protected]) dated April 5, 2007.]
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Beside L.E. Wright Bessent
Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944
Name: Abraham W. Bessent
Spouse: Lucinda E. Wright
Marriage Date: 22 Apr 1866
County: Greene
State: Georgia
Terry Foenander (#46909316)
Abraham W. Bessent (surname also shown as Bessant), born Charleston, South Carolina, about 1828; served as private, company C, Confederate States Marine Corps; served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862, and on the Richmond station, Virginia, 1864; married Lucinda Wright at Greene County, Georgia, 1866; marriage ceremony performed by his brother in law, the Reverend Albert W. Rowland, who was the husband of Abraham's sister, Margaret; resided as a hotel manager, in 1880, at Hall County, Georgia; filed for a post war Confederate pension from Greene County, Georgia; died at Greene County, Georgia, sometime between 1900 and 1910; his widow, Lucinda E. Bessent also later filed for a Confederate pension from the same county. [GA Pension Index 95; ORN 2, 1, 310 & 315; some additional biographical data provided by his descendant, Chris Lane, in an e-mail ([email protected]) dated April 5, 2007.]
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Beside L.E. Wright Bessent
Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944
Name: Abraham W. Bessent
Spouse: Lucinda E. Wright
Marriage Date: 22 Apr 1866
County: Greene
State: Georgia
Information Provided By:
Terry Foenander (#46909316)
Abraham W. Bessent (surname also shown as Bessant), born Charleston, South Carolina, about 1828; served as private, company C, Confederate States Marine Corps; served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862, and on the Richmond station, Virginia, 1864; married Lucinda Wright at Greene County, Georgia, 1866; marriage ceremony performed by his brother in law, the Reverend Albert W. Rowland, who was the husband of Abraham's sister, Margaret; resided as a hotel manager, in 1880, at Hall County, Georgia; filed for a post war Confederate pension from Greene County, Georgia; died at Greene County, Georgia, sometime between 1900 and 1910; his widow, Lucinda E. Bessent also later filed for a Confederate pension from the same county. [GA Pension Index 95; ORN 2, 1, 310 & 315; some additional biographical data provided by his descendant, Chris Lane, in an e-mail ([email protected]) dated April 5, 2007.]
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Beside L.E. Wright Bessent
Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944
Name: Abraham W. Bessent
Spouse: Lucinda E. Wright
Marriage Date: 22 Apr 1866
County: Greene
State: Georgia
Terry Foenander (#46909316)
Abraham W. Bessent (surname also shown as Bessant), born Charleston, South Carolina, about 1828; served as private, company C, Confederate States Marine Corps; served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862, and on the Richmond station, Virginia, 1864; married Lucinda Wright at Greene County, Georgia, 1866; marriage ceremony performed by his brother in law, the Reverend Albert W. Rowland, who was the husband of Abraham's sister, Margaret; resided as a hotel manager, in 1880, at Hall County, Georgia; filed for a post war Confederate pension from Greene County, Georgia; died at Greene County, Georgia, sometime between 1900 and 1910; his widow, Lucinda E. Bessent also later filed for a Confederate pension from the same county. [GA Pension Index 95; ORN 2, 1, 310 & 315; some additional biographical data provided by his descendant, Chris Lane, in an e-mail ([email protected]) dated April 5, 2007.]
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Beside L.E. Wright Bessent
Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944
Name: Abraham W. Bessent
Spouse: Lucinda E. Wright
Marriage Date: 22 Apr 1866
County: Greene
State: Georgia
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