The Thelen and Margraf Family Tree - Individuals born before 1920

James Edward BRESETTE & Anna May BAER

Husband: James Edward BRESETTE (1 2 3 4 5)
   Born: 06 MAY 1846               in South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana (6 7 8 9 10)
Married: after 1892 (29 30 31 32)
   Died: 30 MAR 1935               in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas (12 13 14 15)
 Father: Lewis BRESETTE
 Mother: Mary Louisa CHANDONNET
Spouses: Sarah Elizabeth (Schock) SCHOOKS; Sarah Elizabeth SCHOOKS; Mary Francis "Fannie" (Johnston) JOHNSON; Mary Frances JOHNSTON
   Wife: Anna May "May BAER" BAER (22 23)
   Born: 1840 (25)
   Died: after 30 MAR 1935 (27)
 Father: 
 Mother: 
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Additional Information

James Edward BRESETTE:
Born: 06 MAY 1846, South Bend, St. Joseph Co., IN 11
Cause of Death: Chronic myocarditis simility
Died: 30 MAR 1935, Topeka, Shawnee Co., KS 16
Baptised: 06 MAY 1846, Sacred Heart Church, Notre Dame, Indiana 17 18
Fact: first born in USA in family 19
Buried: 1935, Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas 20
Buried: 1935, Mount Calvary Assumption Church, Topeka, Shawnee Co., KS 21

Notes:
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 25, Ed. 1, Tree #0369, Date of Import: Jun 20, 1999]
James was born on May 6, 1846 in South Bend, Indiana. He was the first male Bresette to be born in the United States. His father was Lewis Bresette who emigrated to the U.S. from Canada. His mother was Mary Louisa Chandonia from Detroit, Michigan. In 1861 the Civil War broke and James volunteered and joined the 48th Regiment on December 6, 1841. He was listed as a Private. James' cousin Charles Theodore also joined the 48th with him. His uncle Charles (his mothers brother) was the Marshall of South Bend at the time, also joined and was a Captain.

Excerpts from biography of James Edward Bresette:
In 1861 the Civil War broke and James volunteered and joined the 48th Regiment on December 6, 1841. He was listed as a Private. James' cousin Charles Theodore also joined the 48th with him. His uncle Charles (his mothers brother) was the Marshall of South Bend at the time, also joined and was a Captain.
The Forty-Eighth Regiment was organized at Goshen on the 6th of December, 1861, with Norman Eddy as Colonel, and left for Fort Donelson by way of Cairo, February 1, 1862, where it arrived the day after the surrender. It then moved to Paducah, where it remained until May, when it moved up the Tennessee river and engaged in the siege of Corinth. After the evacuation of Corinth it was assigned to the First Brigade, Second Division of the Army of the Mississippi, and took part in marches and countermarches in pursuit of General Price. On the 19th of September it participated in the battle of Iuka, losing 116 men in killed and wounded, out of 420 engaged. October 3rd and 4th it was engaged in the second battle of Corinth, un Rosecrans, and lost 26 killed and wounded. The regiment next moved down the Mississippi Central Railroad as far as Oxford, Mississippi, and on its return marched to Memphis, where, in January, 1863, it was assigned to the First Brigade, Seventh Division of the Seventeenth Army Corps. After remaining here two months it was transported down the Mississippi, and joining the army of General Grant, marched with it to the rear of Vicksburg. During this campaign the regiment participated in the skirmish of Forth Hills, May 3; the battle of Raymond, May 13; the battle of Jackson on the 14th, and the engagement at Champion Hills on the 16th, losing in the latter battle 33 killed and wounded. It was actively engaged in the trenches during the long siege of the rebel works at Vicksburg, and took part in the assault May 22, losing 38 in killed and wounded. At the surrender of Vicksburg it remained in that vicinity until August, and then moved up the river to Memphis, and from thence marched across the country to Chattanooga, and while in that vicinity engaged the enemy at Tunnel Hill. From the latter place it marched back to Huntsville, Alabama, and while stationed there in January, 1864, the regiment re-enlisted as a veteran organization, and returned home on veteran furlough, reaching Indianapolis February 6, with 369 veterans, and on the 8th were publicly received in welcoming speeches by Governor Morton and others. After the expiration of its furlough it proceeded to Huntsville, Alabama, where it remained until June. The Forty-Eighth then moved to Cartersville, Georgia, and was kept on duty in that vicinity, looking after the guerrillas and protecting General Sherman's railroad communications during the campaign against Atlanta. It was continued on this duty until Hood's invasion, when it joined Sherman's army, and marched with the First Brigade, Third Division of the Fifteenth Army Corps, in its campagn from Atlanta to Savannah. From Savannah it first moved to Beaufort, and then on the campaign through the Carolinas, going through Columbia, Cheraw, Fayetteville and Goldsboro to Raleigh. From Raleigh it moved northward, after the surrender of Johnson's army, making the distance from Raleigh to Petersburg, 165 miles in six days. From Petersburg it march to Washington, and soon after its arrival was transferred to Louisville, Kentucky, where it was mustered out of service July 15, 1865. Returning to Indianapolis it was present at a public reception given to a large number of returned troops in the capitol grounds, on the 18th, on which occasion addresses were made by Governor Morton, General Hovey and others. During its term of service the regiment lost in battle 213 men, in killed and wounded. James was listed as one of the men who were severely wounded, however, I do not know what battle it was. Shortly after the war was over, James married a local South Bend girl by the name of Sarah Elizabeth Schooks. Her father was Joseph Schooks and her mother Sarah Schooks. The Schooks were from Ohio. In 1867 James and Sarah had a daughter and named her Emma. In 1870 they had a son and named him James Lewis. In 1871 another son was born and they named him Edward. On December 10, 1873, Sarah died. James was left with 3 children a widower. Over the next year, he fell in love with a griend named Mary Francis Johnson. James married her in 1874. James and Mary had their first child in 1875 and named her Mary Francis. Four years later they had another daughter and named her Sarah Elizabeth after James' late wife. In 1880, James and Mary moved from South Bend, Indiana to Topeka, Kansas. One year later in May of 1881 they had another child and named her Julia Elenor. On July 18, 1882, James and his cousin Charles Theodore Chandonia submitted a claim the government relative to their rights to occupy certain unoccupied lands on the Potawattomi Reservation in Jackson County, Kansas, and to participate in the annuties of the tribe. The claim was denied on March 16, 1883 on the grounds that their names did not appear on the 1861 census roll of Potawattomi Indians. In 1883 James and Mary had yet another child and named him Robert Burton (Burt). Two years later in 1885 Alice Louise was born. In 1887, James and Mary had their next to the last child and named her Veronica. Their last child was born in February of 1892 and was named Louis Lafayette. Mary Francis Bresette died and once again James was left a widower. However, the children had a tutor by the name of Anna May Byers. James ended up marrying Anna May Byers. James died on March 30, 1935 after living 88 years 10 months and 23 days. He is buried in Mt. Calvary cemetery in Topeka Kansas.

From the research of John F. Palmer of the Local History/Genealogy Room of the St. Joseph County Public Library, South Bend, Indiana:
The April 6, 1935 issue of the South Bend Tribune has a short obituary for J.E. Bresette. It indicates that he served int he 48th Indiana Infantry and the 1st Indiana Battery during the Civil War. Information from Packard's History of La Porte County indicates that he was severly wounded. Volume 5 page 458 of the Indiana Adjuntant General's Report indicates that Edward J. Bresset served in company E of the 48th Indiana Infantry and was mustered in on December 16, 1861. Volume 8 page 218 indicates he was discharged due to wounds. A "Busett, James E." is listed on Volume 7, page 765 which shows the roster for the 21st Battery. He was mustered in on January 12, 1864 and mustered out on June 26, 1865. Jean Chandonnet's letter states that "after the Civil War James and Charles T. moved to Kansas." It also says that Mary Louisa Chandonai went with James when he moved to St. Mary's Kansas and she had been living with charles B. and his wife Lucy. This would make sense because Charles B. died in 1863 and she may or may not have wanted to live with Lucy and her family. They returned to South Bend before 1868. James Edward Bresette appears to have left South Bend sometime around 1880. I presume he went to Rossville, Kansas because we know that James E. Bressett was in Rossville, Kansas by 1882 when he applied for a military pension based upon a gun shot wound in his left knee.

[AncestryTree887646.FTW]
James Bresette was the first one of the family to be born in the United States. In 1861 when the Civil War broke out James volunteered and joined the 48th Regiment on December 6, 1861. He was listed as a private and his cousin Charles Theodore who also joined with him. His uncle Charles [his mother's brother] was the Marshall of South Bend at the time, and also joined as a captain . The regiment was organized in Goshen on the 6th of Decemeber 1861 and with Norman Eddy as Colonel they left for
Fort Donelson by way of Cairo on December 1, 1862 where they arrived the day after the surrender. They then moved to Paducah, where they remained until May, then they moved up the Tennessee River and engaged in the siege of Corinth. At the surrender of Vicksburg the regiment remained in that vicinity until August and then moved up the river to Memphis, and from there marched across the country to Chattanooga where they engaged the enemy at Tunnel Hill, Huntsville, Alabama, Cartersville, Georgia , and was then kept in that area on duty looking after guerrillas and protecting General Sherman's railroad communications during the campaign against Atlanta. It continued this duty until Hood's Invasion where they joined Sherman's army and marched with the First Brigade, Third Division of the Fifteenth Army Corps in its campaign from Atlanta to Savannah to Beaufort, and then on through the Carolinas, Raleigh, to Petersburg, 165 miles in six days. From Petersburg they marched to Washington and soon after its arrival were transferred to Louisville, Kentucky where they were mustered out of service on July 15, 1865. On returning to Indianapolis it was present at the public reception given to a large number of returned troops in the capitol grounds on the 18th of July 1865 where speeches were given by Governor Morton, General Hove and others. During their term of service the regiment lost in battle 213 men either
killed or wounded. James was listed as one of the men severely wounded, however I do not know what battle it was. Shortly after the war was over James married a local South Bend girl named Sarah Elizabeth Schooks from Ohio. They had 3 children and in 1873 Sarah died leaving James with the children and a widower. About a year later he fell in love with a friend named Mary Farancis Johnson and they married in 1874. They moved from South Bend, Indiana to Topeka, Kansas in 1880 where a daughter was born to them. On July 18, 1882 James and his cousin Charles Theodore Chandonia submitted a claim the government relative to their rights to occupy certain unoccupied lands on the Potawattomi Reservation in Jackson County, Kansas. The claim was denied on March 16th, 1883 on the grounds that their names did not appear on the 1861 census roll of Potawattomi Indians. When Mary Francis Bresette died and James found himself once again a widower with children to care for married the kids tutor Anna May Byers. He died on March 30, 1935 after living 88 years, 10 months, and
23 days. He is buried in Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Topeka, Kansas. A futher note on James Edward Bresette shows that he was mustered out of the army because of a gunshot wound in his left knee, and that around 1880 he went to Rossville, Kansas applied for a military pension based on this wound in 1882. When James married Sarah Elizabeth Schooks there was a civil ceremony in a neighboring county probably around 1866-1867. Since Sarah converted to Catholism there was clearly a difference in religions before they got married, and perhaps this difference created opposition form both sides of the families forcing them to get married elsewhere.

Anna May "May BAER" BAER:
Name: May BYERS 24
Born: between 1840 AND 1875 26
Died: 1960 28

Marriage Notes
Married: 1928 33
Footnotes

  1. Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 25, Ed. 1 [119] (Release date: July 20, 1998), Tree #0369.
    Date of Import: Jun 20, 1999.
  2. Cindy Appleby's research at http://chandonai.tripod.com/in2.html [159].
  3. Research of Donna Welsch (from Online Database on Rootsweb WorldConnect Project) [674].
  4. AncestryTree887646.FTW, Research of Donna Welsch [80].
    Date of Import: Mar 4, 2001.
  5. JEBresette.GED courtesy of Suzanne Selby at smblselby@earthlink.net [368].
    Date of Import: Apr 29, 2002.
  6. Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 25, Ed. 1 [119] (Release date: July 20, 1998), Tree #0369.
    Date of Import: Jun 20, 1999.
  7. chippewaqua.FTW [154].
    Date of Import: Jun 20, 1999.
  8. chapoton.FTW [152].
    Date of Import: Jun 20, 1999.
  9. Research of Donna Welsch (from Online Database on Rootsweb WorldConnect Project) [674].
  10. AncestryTree887646.FTW, Research of Donna Welsch [80].
    Date of Import: Mar 4, 2001.
  11. JEBresette.GED courtesy of Suzanne Selby at smblselby@earthlink.net [368].
    Date of Import: Apr 29, 2002.
  12. Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 25, Ed. 1 [119] (Release date: July 20, 1998), Tree #0369.
    Date of Import: Jun 20, 1999.
  13. Research of Evie Bresette [688].
  14. Research of Donna Welsch (from Online Database on Rootsweb WorldConnect Project) [674].
  15. AncestryTree887646.FTW, Research of Donna Welsch [80].
    Date of Import: Mar 4, 2001.
  16. JEBresette.GED courtesy of Suzanne Selby at smblselby@earthlink.net [368].
    Date of Import: Apr 29, 2002.
  17. Sacred Heart Church Records, Notre Dame, Indiana [831].
  18. Research of Evie Bresette [688].
  19. AncestryTree887646.FTW, Research of Donna Welsch [80].
    Date of Import: Mar 4, 2001.
  20. Ibid.
  21. JEBresette.GED courtesy of Suzanne Selby at smblselby@earthlink.net [368].
    Date of Import: Apr 29, 2002.
  22. AncestryTree887646.FTW, Research of Donna Welsch [80].
    Date of Import: Mar 4, 2001.
  23. JEBresette.GED courtesy of Suzanne Selby at smblselby@earthlink.net [368].
    Date of Import: Apr 29, 2002.
  24. Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 25, Ed. 1 [119] (Release date: July 20, 1998), Tree #0369.
    Date of Import: Jun 20, 1999.
  25. AncestryTree887646.FTW, Research of Donna Welsch [80].
    Date of Import: Mar 4, 2001.
  26. JEBresette.GED courtesy of Suzanne Selby at smblselby@earthlink.net [368].
    Date of Import: Apr 29, 2002.
  27. AncestryTree887646.FTW, Research of Donna Welsch [80], Date of husband's death.
  28. JEBresette.GED courtesy of Suzanne Selby at smblselby@earthlink.net [368].
    Date of Import: Apr 29, 2002.
  29. AncestryTree887646.FTW, Research of Donna Welsch [80].
    Date of Import: Mar 4, 2001.
  30. Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 25, Ed. 1 [119] (Release date: July 20, 1998), Tree #0369.
    Date of Import: Jun 20, 1999.
  31. chippewaqua.FTW [154].
    Date of Import: Jun 20, 1999.
  32. chapoton.FTW [152].
    Date of Import: Jun 20, 1999.
  33. JEBresette.GED courtesy of Suzanne Selby at smblselby@earthlink.net [368].
    Date of Import: Apr 29, 2002.

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