Lucy Marie Josephine (Bushnell) Beesaw (abt. 1851 - 1922)

Born about 12 May 1851 in Mount Pulaski, Logan, Illinois, United States

Wife of Woodwell Francis Beesaw — married 15 Feb 1869 in Calhoun County, Illinois, United States

Died 27 May 1922 at about age 71 in Grafton, Jersey, Illinois, United States

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Biography

From Find a Grave: The daughter of Moses Loman Bushnell and Hannah Mary Warsaw, Lucy married Woodwell Francis "Woods" Besaw on 15 Feb 1869 in Calhoun County, Illinois. They were the parents of 11 children. Lucy died of pneumonia and diabetes. She was buried on 30 May 1922 and was survived by her husband, Woodwell, who passed away in 1923.

Children: 2 daughters, 8 sons, 1 unknown.

Mother of:

• Anna Viola Besaw DeSherlia
• Edwin David "Ed" Besaw
• Robert Loman Besaw
• Charles Jesse Besaw, Sr.
• Francis Elmore "Frank" Besaw
• Mary Margaret Besaw Elder
• Claude Devoid Besaw
• Alvin Harrison "Alvie" Besaw, Sr.
• Rufus Besaw (infant)
• John Theodore Besaw

Not listed on 1870 Census

Sources

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZK-4MZ : 30 December 2015), Lucy M J Bushnell in entry for Moses L Bushnell, 1860.

• Source Information: Ancestry.com. Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005; Original data: Jordan Dodd and Liahona Research, comp.. Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900. Index compiled from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah by Jordan Dodd of Liahona Research (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059).

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 April 2018), memorial page for Lucy Marie Josephine Bushnell Besaw (12 May 1851–27 May 1922), Find A Grave Memorial no. 42816424, citing Deer Plain Cemetery, Deer Plain, Calhoun County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Lynn (contributor 47138895) .