Susan Besat [1838 – 1886] Chilton Times -- December 11, 1886 Charlestown Union
Died, in Charlestown, Calumet County, Wisconsin, Dec. 5th, 1886 at 8 o'clock a.m., Mrs. Susan Besat, of cerebral meningitis. Deceased was sick a little more than two weeks with the above named malady, but she has been almost a constant sufferer for the last ten or twelve years with various chronic ailments. She was born in France, in November 1838, and was brought to the United States at the tender age of five months. In 1862, she, with her near relatives, moved to Charlestown, Calumet county, Wisconsin, and on January 21st 1865, was married to Mr. Alexander Besat, with whom she spent many pleasant and happy hours. As a neighbor she was kind, obliging and generous to a fault. As a mother, her tender care and love knew no bonds; as a wife, her affection and womanly virtues were as broad and deep seated as the universe itself, and as a woman she was a Christian in the truest sense of that term. Our hearts beat with sadness at the loss of our dear friend, and for the husband, daughter and father we can drop the tear of sympathy and mourn with them in their great loss.
In the little while we shall all of us follow after. Life is but a span at most, and he does best who lives the best and works his utmost for his fellow men. Bryant tells us in his beautiful "Thunatopsis" that we should:
So live, that when thy summers come to join
The innumeral caravan, which moves
To that mysterious realm, where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death.
Thou go not, like they quarry-slave at night,
Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave,
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
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Besat, Susan nee Gerard (Nov. 1838-Dec. 5, 1886 –wife of Alexander Besat [married Jan. 21, 1865] –daughter of Claude Gerard [1806-1893] –born in France –immigrated to the US with her father in 1839 –on May 5, 1863, Susan purchased the 40 acres of swampland in the NE1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 16, Town of Charlestown from her father –along with these 40 acres, Alexander and Susan owned an adjoining 20 acres along County Y in Section 9 on which there was a farmstead –Susan owned this land until her death in 1886 –this land was then passed-on to her daughter Ida Besat Gerard, who then sold it on April 23, 1897 –"Died, in Charlestown, Calumet County, Wisconsin, Dec. 5th, 1886 at 8 o'clock a.m., Mrs. Susan Besat, of cerebral meningitis. Deceased was sick a little more than two weeks with the above-named malady, but she has been almost a constant sufferer for the last ten or twelve years with various chronic ailments. She was born in France, in November 1838, and was brought to the United States at the tender age of five months. In 1862, she, with her near relatives, moved to Charlestown, Calumet County, Wisconsin, and on January 21st 1865, was married to Mr. Alexander Besat." –from obit) –buried at the Charlestown Union Cemetery in Gravesville, Town of Charlestown
Died, in Charlestown, Calumet County, Wisconsin, Dec. 5th, 1886 at 8 o'clock a.m., Mrs. Susan Besat, of cerebral meningitis. Deceased was sick a little more than two weeks with the above named malady, but she has been almost a constant sufferer for the last ten or twelve years with various chronic ailments. She was born in France, in November 1838, and was brought to the United States at the tender age of five months. In 1862, she, with her near relatives, moved to Charlestown, Calumet county, Wisconsin, and on January 21st 1865, was married to Mr. Alexander Besat, with whom she spent many pleasant and happy hours. As a neighbor she was kind, obliging and generous to a fault. As a mother, her tender care and love knew no bonds; as a wife, her affection and womanly virtues were as broad and deep seated as the universe itself, and as a woman she was a Christian in the truest sense of that term. Our hearts beat with sadness at the loss of our dear friend, and for the husband, daughter and father we can drop the tear of sympathy and mourn with them in their great loss.
In the little while we shall all of us follow after. Life is but a span at most, and he does best who lives the best and works his utmost for his fellow men. Bryant tells us in his beautiful "Thunatopsis" that we should:
So live, that when thy summers come to join
The innumeral caravan, which moves
To that mysterious realm, where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death.
Thou go not, like they quarry-slave at night,
Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave,
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
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Besat, Susan nee Gerard (Nov. 1838-Dec. 5, 1886 –wife of Alexander Besat [married Jan. 21, 1865] –daughter of Claude Gerard [1806-1893] –born in France –immigrated to the US with her father in 1839 –on May 5, 1863, Susan purchased the 40 acres of swampland in the NE1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 16, Town of Charlestown from her father –along with these 40 acres, Alexander and Susan owned an adjoining 20 acres along County Y in Section 9 on which there was a farmstead –Susan owned this land until her death in 1886 –this land was then passed-on to her daughter Ida Besat Gerard, who then sold it on April 23, 1897 –"Died, in Charlestown, Calumet County, Wisconsin, Dec. 5th, 1886 at 8 o'clock a.m., Mrs. Susan Besat, of cerebral meningitis. Deceased was sick a little more than two weeks with the above-named malady, but she has been almost a constant sufferer for the last ten or twelve years with various chronic ailments. She was born in France, in November 1838, and was brought to the United States at the tender age of five months. In 1862, she, with her near relatives, moved to Charlestown, Calumet County, Wisconsin, and on January 21st 1865, was married to Mr. Alexander Besat." –from obit) –buried at the Charlestown Union Cemetery in Gravesville, Town of Charlestown
Susan Besat [1838 – 1886] Chilton Times -- December 11, 1886 Charlestown Union
Died, in Charlestown, Calumet County, Wisconsin, Dec. 5th, 1886 at 8 o'clock a.m., Mrs. Susan Besat, of cerebral meningitis. Deceased was sick a little more than two weeks with the above named malady, but she has been almost a constant sufferer for the last ten or twelve years with various chronic ailments. She was born in France, in November 1838, and was brought to the United States at the tender age of five months. In 1862, she, with her near relatives, moved to Charlestown, Calumet county, Wisconsin, and on January 21st 1865, was married to Mr. Alexander Besat, with whom she spent many pleasant and happy hours. As a neighbor she was kind, obliging and generous to a fault. As a mother, her tender care and love knew no bonds; as a wife, her affection and womanly virtues were as broad and deep seated as the universe itself, and as a woman she was a Christian in the truest sense of that term. Our hearts beat with sadness at the loss of our dear friend, and for the husband, daughter and father we can drop the tear of sympathy and mourn with them in their great loss.
In the little while we shall all of us follow after. Life is but a span at most, and he does best who lives the best and works his utmost for his fellow men. Bryant tells us in his beautiful "Thunatopsis" that we should:
So live, that when thy summers come to join
The innumeral caravan, which moves
To that mysterious realm, where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death.
Thou go not, like they quarry-slave at night,
Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave,
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
********************************
Besat, Susan nee Gerard (Nov. 1838-Dec. 5, 1886 –wife of Alexander Besat [married Jan. 21, 1865] –daughter of Claude Gerard [1806-1893] –born in France –immigrated to the US with her father in 1839 –on May 5, 1863, Susan purchased the 40 acres of swampland in the NE1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 16, Town of Charlestown from her father –along with these 40 acres, Alexander and Susan owned an adjoining 20 acres along County Y in Section 9 on which there was a farmstead –Susan owned this land until her death in 1886 –this land was then passed-on to her daughter Ida Besat Gerard, who then sold it on April 23, 1897 –"Died, in Charlestown, Calumet County, Wisconsin, Dec. 5th, 1886 at 8 o'clock a.m., Mrs. Susan Besat, of cerebral meningitis. Deceased was sick a little more than two weeks with the above-named malady, but she has been almost a constant sufferer for the last ten or twelve years with various chronic ailments. She was born in France, in November 1838, and was brought to the United States at the tender age of five months. In 1862, she, with her near relatives, moved to Charlestown, Calumet County, Wisconsin, and on January 21st 1865, was married to Mr. Alexander Besat." –from obit) –buried at the Charlestown Union Cemetery in Gravesville, Town of Charlestown
Died, in Charlestown, Calumet County, Wisconsin, Dec. 5th, 1886 at 8 o'clock a.m., Mrs. Susan Besat, of cerebral meningitis. Deceased was sick a little more than two weeks with the above named malady, but she has been almost a constant sufferer for the last ten or twelve years with various chronic ailments. She was born in France, in November 1838, and was brought to the United States at the tender age of five months. In 1862, she, with her near relatives, moved to Charlestown, Calumet county, Wisconsin, and on January 21st 1865, was married to Mr. Alexander Besat, with whom she spent many pleasant and happy hours. As a neighbor she was kind, obliging and generous to a fault. As a mother, her tender care and love knew no bonds; as a wife, her affection and womanly virtues were as broad and deep seated as the universe itself, and as a woman she was a Christian in the truest sense of that term. Our hearts beat with sadness at the loss of our dear friend, and for the husband, daughter and father we can drop the tear of sympathy and mourn with them in their great loss.
In the little while we shall all of us follow after. Life is but a span at most, and he does best who lives the best and works his utmost for his fellow men. Bryant tells us in his beautiful "Thunatopsis" that we should:
So live, that when thy summers come to join
The innumeral caravan, which moves
To that mysterious realm, where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death.
Thou go not, like they quarry-slave at night,
Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave,
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
********************************
Besat, Susan nee Gerard (Nov. 1838-Dec. 5, 1886 –wife of Alexander Besat [married Jan. 21, 1865] –daughter of Claude Gerard [1806-1893] –born in France –immigrated to the US with her father in 1839 –on May 5, 1863, Susan purchased the 40 acres of swampland in the NE1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 16, Town of Charlestown from her father –along with these 40 acres, Alexander and Susan owned an adjoining 20 acres along County Y in Section 9 on which there was a farmstead –Susan owned this land until her death in 1886 –this land was then passed-on to her daughter Ida Besat Gerard, who then sold it on April 23, 1897 –"Died, in Charlestown, Calumet County, Wisconsin, Dec. 5th, 1886 at 8 o'clock a.m., Mrs. Susan Besat, of cerebral meningitis. Deceased was sick a little more than two weeks with the above-named malady, but she has been almost a constant sufferer for the last ten or twelve years with various chronic ailments. She was born in France, in November 1838, and was brought to the United States at the tender age of five months. In 1862, she, with her near relatives, moved to Charlestown, Calumet County, Wisconsin, and on January 21st 1865, was married to Mr. Alexander Besat." –from obit) –buried at the Charlestown Union Cemetery in Gravesville, Town of Charlestown
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