Leodegarius Beisang (abt. 1796 - 1877)

Born about 1796 in Alsace, France

Descendants

Died 6 Sep 1877 at about age 81 in Marystown, Scott, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Obituary: "An Old Settler Gone. On Thursday last, Sept. 6th, as we went to press Mr. Ledogarius [sic] Beisang died at Marystown, at the residence of his son Bl. Beisang. Mr. Beisang was an old settler of Eagle Creek, and remained a citizen of that town until about two years ago. He located a claim in Eagle Creek on the road to Bloomington Ferry in 1854, and the next year built him a house and moved into it with his family. His son Frank Beisang took a claim adjoining him and in two or three years afterwards his son-in-law Mr. Francis Stemmer, bought an adjacent claim where he still lives. Afterwards another son (William) purchased adjoining on the west, where he still lives. Bl. Beisang having located at Marystown two years ago, the old gentleman took up his residence with him until his death, at the ripe age of eighty-one years. Mr. Beisang was a native of Canada. He was a quiet old gentleman and enjoyed the esteem and respect of all who knew him."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Shakopee [Scott, Minnesota] Argus, Sept. 13, 1877, pg 4, col. 5.

• "Minnesota Territorial Census, 1857," database with images, FamilySearch, (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/3DQ1-FW2) Sudracion Byson, ; citing line 32, NARA microfilm publication T1175 (Washington D.C.: Central Plains Region, National Archives, n.d.); FHL microfilm 944,288. [Aside from the misspelling of his name, this is a great source of information for him and the related families 34, 35 and 36.]

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4L2-G9V), Leo Byson, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDH8-VXL), Lukas Skemmer in household of Franz Skemmer, Minnesota, United States; citing p. 1, family 6, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 830,430. [The indexing of "Skemmer" for "Stemmer" aside, the enumerator got carried away with the ditto marks; we know Lukas and Anne Marie "Stemmer" are Beisangs, but as no relationships are included, it can only be proven circumstantially. Mary Ann Stemmer, wife of Franz, is the daughter of the elder couple. Frank Beisang, listed below them, is their son.]