Re: BESSE, Oliver -Ark.,Wisc.
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BESSE, Oliver -Ark.,Wisc.
8/24/98
You might check St. Croix Co., WI.In researching my Bessey family in Kenosha Co., WI I came across in 1860 in St. Croix the following family.John Raise, age 28 b. Ireland; Mary Raise, age 26, b. KY; Thomas Raise, age 2, b. WI Philip Bessey, age 41, b. NY, Amy Bessey, age 55 b. NY, and in the next household Oliver Bessey, age 13 b. NY.I didn't copy down the second household because I didn't see a connection.The names might fit with yours, however. Our family used the Bessee spelling, but records show it more commanly spelled Bessey