BESLY, Elizabeth (Boggs) 20 Apr 1780 - 30 Oct 1843 ()
b: Bergen Co NJ; d: Wabash; d/of Thomas Boggs (10 Jul 1732 DE-1780 NY) & Katherina VanBuskirk (2 Dec 1740 Begen Co NJ-30 Nov 1807 NY); m: Samuel Coles Besly* (1780)
BESLY, James Philip 5 Oct 1869 - 17 Apr 1885 ()
b: IL; d: Friendsville; s/of Samuel Coles Besly* (1834) & Martha Lewis*
BESLY, James Philip 17 Dec 1804 - 17 Dec 1888 (North)
b: NY; d: Friendsville; s/of [Samuel] Coles Besley* & Elizabeth Boggs*; m: 15 Apr 1830 Wabash Susan Webber (ca 1796 NY-by Jun 1880; d/of Samuel Webber & Margaret Whitman); res: 1830 Wabash 1850 Wabash; 1860 Armstrong P.O. Wabash pct; ch: Margaret Eliza (2 May 1831 Wabash-2 Sep 1901 Berryville-Richland Co IL m: William Henry Webber) & Samuel Coles* (10 Apr 1834 Wabash) & Oscar Fitzallen (22 Nov 1836 Wabash m: 1861 Alice Clark) & Thomas Oliver (31 Oct 1841 Friendsville-23 Apr 1929 Calhoun-Richland Co IL m: 1871 Vasti Hill) & James William (28 Mar 1843 Friendsville); note spelling: 1850 census: Besley; 1860 census Beasly; 1870: Besley
BESLY, Martha (Lewis) 11 Feb 1841 - 26 Feb 1902 (03N02)
age 61; b: IL; d/of Philip Lewis (21 Jan 1800-4 Dec 1873) & Mary (Polly) Craven (7 Mar 1807-25 Feb 1850; d/of John Craven (25 Aug 1784-ca 1814) & Mary Kennedy (ca 1786-bef 1830); m: 29 Nov 1865 Lawrence Co IL Samuel Coles Besley*
BESLY, Samuel Coles 10 Apr 1834 - 19 Jan 1923 (03N03)
b & d Friendsville; Private Co I 66th IL Infantry; Civil War; s/of James Besly* & Susan Webber; m: 29 Nov 1865 Lawrence Co Martha Lewis*; res: 1870-80 Friendsville; ch: 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 Cem) & Franklin Samuel (12 Dec 1882 Friendsville m: 1907 Nancy Goodart); grandson: Hugh McNair (Jul 1886 IL)
BESLY, Vinnie 8 Feb 1874 - 21 Apr 1889 (North)
age 15; b & d Friendsville; d/of Samuel Coles Besly* & Martha Lewis*
BESLY, [Samuel] Coles 3 Jun 1780 - 25 Mar 1845 ()
War of 1812; b: New Castle - Westchester Co NY; d: Wabash; s/of Oliver Besly (22 Sep 1744 NY-22 Dec 1835 NY; Rev War Vet) & Elethere Chessman (14 Feb 1746 Queens NY-22 Dec 1810 NY); m: Feb 1804 NY Elizabeth Boggs*; res: 1810 Ulster NY 2 Apr 1821 Edwards Co IL 1830-40 Wabash; ch: John (28 Oct 1803 NY-1804 NY) & James Philip* (17 Dec 1804) & William (18 Nov 1806 NY-12 Sep 1855 buried Rose Hill Cem m: Hester Smith) & Catherine Alethea (22 Dec 1808 NY-17 Jan 1881 Monticello-Piatt Co IL m: 1840 Herman Stone) & Susanna H (1 Nov 1811 NY-9 May 1886 Ingraham - Clay Co IL m: 1820 James Barney) & Eliza (13 Sep 1813-22 Apr 1875 Clay Co IL m: John Ingraham) & Rachael (21 Aug 1816 NY-by 1820) & Amelia (15 Jul 1818/9 Wabash-after 1880 OR? m: ? Webber); question: did he m2: 30 Jun 1844 Mary Tarpley?
