I am sure that your Bessers and mine are not connected. Mine were from Germany and ended up in the north central states. Good luck! Wilma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elena Vaccaro" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 5:27 PM Subject: [BESSER] Bessers in Pennsylvania > Hello, > > I just subscribed to this list. I have hit a wall with one of my ancestors. He either did not know who his parents were, or just did not want anyone to know. > > His name as I know him is Henry Besser, he was a tailor by profession, married Sarah ann Cornell/Gorell in New Philidelphia, Tuscarawas Co OH. In the census, he said he was born in Pennsylvania, and if he was telling the truth about his age, he was born 23 Dec 1817. > > If anyone knows anything about ole Henry, please email me. > Thanks > Elena > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. > > > ==== BESSER Mailing List ==== > Please post an introduction message and then regular updates > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

I forgot to add that Henry and Sarah lived in North Eastern Indiana for at least 30 years and that is where they died. Two of their sons fought in the Civil War, one did not marry. I am also looking for one of their daughters. She married Thomas Eddingfield in 1868 in Wells County Indiana, divorced after 1882, then disappeared. On one of her son's marriage applications, it shows her as being dead, not sure if it was sour grapes or the truth. Elena --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.