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Friendsville Cemetery, Friendsville, Wabash County IL

Samuel Coles Besly

  Samuel Coles Besly     Born: 10 Apr 1834    Died: 19 Jan 1923    Plot: 03N03

Born & died: Friendsville; Private Co I 66th IL Infantry; Civil War
Son of: James Besly* & Susan Webber
Married: 29 Nov 1865 Lawrence Co Martha Lewis*
Lived at: 1870-80 Friendsville
Children:
- Emma Lilas* (19 Oct 1866 Wabash m1: 1885 Charles E McNair; m2: m: Marcellus C Andrus)
- Mary Susan* (25 Dec 1867 Friendsville m: 1892 William Keen Wood*)
- James Philip* (5 Oct 1869 IL)
- Thomas Lewis (23 Dec 1871 Wabash-28 Dec 1949 St Louis MO m: 1899 Bertha Keen)
- Vinnie* (8 Feb 1874 IL)
- Charles (4 May 1877 Friendsville-7 Jul 1964 Pawnee OK m: 1915 MT Maud Whisenhunt)
- Birdella [Della] (18 Dec 1880 Friendsville -16 Feb 1979 m: 1904 Clyde E Stoltz both buried Rose Hill Cemetery)
- Franklin Samuel (12 Dec 1882 Friendsville m: 1907 Nancy Goodart); grandson: Hugh McNair (Jul 1886 IL)

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