Louis Bequette (1848 - 1927)

Born 22 Dec 1848 in Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin

Ancestors

Husband of Mary E. (Davis) Bequette — married about 1870 in California

Died 2 Oct 1927 at age 78 in Lemon Cove, Tulare County, California

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Biography

Louis was born late in 1848, the son of Cyprian and Reine Marie (Calliott) Bequette. The family would relocate from Wisconsin, the site of Louis' birth, to California in 1851, driven by the allure of gold. They would eventually end up farming in Tulare County. this is where Louis met and married Mary E. Davis, the daughter of Harvey Davis, a pioneer of the 1849 gold rush. Louis and Mary would have the following children:

Irving F. Bequette (1873–1909)

Cyprien Lamlieslan Bequette (1875–1911)

Leonard Bequette (1877–1941)

Louis did quite well in the cattle and farming businesses and had accumulated a considerable wealth by the time he passed away in 1927 at the age of 78 years.

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From "History of Tulare and Kings counties, California", by Menefee, Eugene L.; Dodge, Fred A., joint authors. Publication date: 1913. Publisher: Los Angeles, Cal., Historic record company. Pages 772-773:

LOUIS BEQUETTE

In the state of Wisconsin occurred the birth of Louis Bequette, stockman and orange grower, one of the citizens of note in the vicinity of Lemon Cove, Tulare County, California. He was a child of three years when his parents came, with four teams, overland to California. The family located in Sierra County and remained there five years, the father working in the mines. Their next halt was one of two years in Yolo County, whence they moved to Tulare County, within the hospitable borders of which the immediate subject of this article has had a home ever since.

As a young man, Mr. Bequette worked on ranches and helped herd cattle, and he has never been able to give up such employment in all the year's that have ensued. In1872 he married Miss Mary Eliza Davis, of Stanislaus County, California, whose father, Harvey Davis, was a pioneer of 1849. Their three children were: Irving Bequette, who was born in Tulare County in 1874 and died in 1909. In his thirty-sixth year; C. L. Bequette died in 1911, leaving three children; Leonard Bequette, born in 1877, is married and is in the stock business in this county.

When Mr. Bequette took up the burden of life on his own account he ventured a little at first with stock. There came a time when his operations in that line were very considerable and made him widely known. His first tract of land was one of one hundred and sixty acres, and today he is the owner of twelve hundred acres, with fifteen acres in corn, five acres in oranges, and the remainder in crops, range and alfalfa. His home is one of the most comfortable in his neighborhood and his ranch is fitted up with every improvement and appliance necessary to its successful operation. He takes an intelligent and patriotic interest in the public affairs of the county, state and nation and responds readily and generously to all calls for aid in the advancement of his community.

Sources

• History of Tulare and Kings counties, California, by Menefee, Eugene L.; Dodge, Fred A., joint authors. Publication date: 1913. Publisher: Los Angeles, Cal., Historic record company. Pages 772-773. [1]

• Outline Descendant Report for Jean Baptiste Bequette [2]

• "Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Fresno, Tulare, and Kern, California," Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, 1891. Page 194. [3]

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DV-3KV : 12 April 2016), Lewis Bequette in household of Cyprean Bequette, Dodgeville, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States; citing family 1379, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDKF-KFM : 13 December 2017), Louis Bequette in entry for Silas Bequette, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNX7-DJC : 8 June 2019), Lewis Bequette in entry for Cyrian Bequette, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9G5-14Z : accessed 19 October 2019), Louis Bequette, Orosi Township, Tulare, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 62, sheet 10B, family 206, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,115.

• Find A Grave Memorial [4]