John Slater Besser b. 13 August 1802 d. 19 May 1893
| Lineage | Besser |
| Sex | Male |
| Full name (at birth) | John Slater Besser |
| Parents
♀ Susannah McKean Tinsley (Besser) b. 1 November 1780 d. June 1860 ♂ Johan Jakob Besser b. 7 July 1769 d. after 1860 | |
Events
13 August 1802 birth: Northumberland (Pennsylvania), US
1822 - 1893 fact 1: Public Service: Military, Justice, Legislator
19 June 1825 marriage: Troy (Missouri), Lincoln County (Missouri), USA, ♀ Julia A. Louisa Hampton (Besser) b. 18 February 1812 d. 13 May 1845
23 May 1826 child birth: Troy (Missouri), Lincoln County (Missouri), USA, ♂ John S. Tinsley Besser b. 23 May 1826 d. 6 September 1846
4 February 1828 child birth: Troy (Missouri), Lincoln County (Missouri), USA, ♀ Susan Elizabeth Besser (Collard) b. 4 February 1828 d. 3 December 1848
19 December 1829 child birth: Troy (Missouri), Lincoln County (Missouri), USA, ♂ James Besser b. 19 December 1829 d. after 1880
6 February 1832 child birth: Troy (Missouri), Lincoln County (Missouri), USA, ♀ Julia Helen Besser (Brooks) b. 6 February 1832 d. October 1916
22 October 1834 child birth: Troy (Missouri), Lincoln County (Missouri), USA, ♀ Tabitha Louise Besser (Cox, Whitley) b. 22 October 1834 d. 2 February 1923
23 October 1834 child birth: Troy (Missouri), Lincoln County (Missouri), USA, ♀ Susan Louisa Besser b. 23 October 1834
21 January 1839 child birth: Troy (Missouri), Lincoln County (Missouri), USA, ♂ Charles Thomas Besser b. 21 January 1839 d. 3 January 1914
before November 1840 title: Missouri, US, Brigadier General
1842 military service: Republic of Texas
August 1844 child birth: Montgomery (Texas), Republic of Texas, ♀ Anna R. Besser (Cox) b. August 1844
May 1893 burial: Huntsville (Texas), Walker County (Texas), Texas, US, Oakwood Cemetery
19 May 1893 death: Huntsville (Texas), Walker County (Texas), Texas, US
Notes
Besser, John Slater (1802-1893) was born in Pennsylvania. In 1818 he left from Philadephia for the west. In St. Charles, Missouri, he spent three years learning the trade of a tailor. He accompanied William H. Ashley and his partner, Andrew Henry, in 1822 on a trapping and trading expedition up the Missouri River to the Yellowstone. Subsequently, until November 1840, Besser was a resident of Missouri, where he served in the state militia and rose through the ranks to general. He was elected a justice of the county court of Lincoln County in 1830 and served in that capacity for four years. In 1834 he was elected as a Democrat to the Missouri legislature. After his terms he set out for the Republic of Texas. He settled near Huntsville in February 1841. In 1849 he moved into Huntsville, where he lived the remainder of his life. He served as a member of the commissioners' court of Montgomery County for two years, until the county was divided in 1846 into Montgomery, Grimes, and Walker counties.
A native of Pennsylvania, John Slater Besser was a brigadier general, legislator, and judge in Missouri before moving his family to Texas in 1842. While living in Montgomery and Walker counties, Besser held a number of public offices before and after the Civil War. He served as director and financial agent of the state penitentiary under Governors Bell, Henderson, Pease, Runnels, Houston, Clark, and Lubbock, and was Walker County Judge from 1878 to 1880. Married four times, Besser was the father of nine children born to his first wife, Julia Hampton.
From grandparents to grandchildren
marriage: ♂ John Slater Besser , Troy (Missouri), Lincoln County (Missouri), USA
burial: May 1845, New Waverly (Texas), Walker County (Texas), Republic of Texas, Besser Family Cemetery
death: 13 May 1845, New Waverly (Texas), Walker County (Texas), Republic of Texas, Annexation took place 29 December 1845.
occupation: 1850, Montgomery (Texas), US, Farmer
marriage license: ♀ Julia Helen Besser (Brooks) , Huntsville (Texas), Walker County (Texas), Texas, US, Civil Marriage
military service: 15 January 1862, New Waverly (Texas), Walker County (Texas), Confederate States of America, Co G, 20th Texas Inf, CSA, Regiment
military service: 1863, Confederate States of America, CSA Secret Service
occupation: 1870, Walker County (Texas), US, Farmer
other: September 1907, Pension
death: 23 April 1916, Teague (Texas), Freestone County (Texas), US
marriage: ♀ Tabitha Louise Besser (Cox, Whitley) , Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, US
death: 8 October 1873
marriage: ♀ Anna R. Besser (Cox)
occupation: 1870, Walker County (Texas), USA, Farmer
marriage: ♂ Charles Thomas Besser , Enterprise (Mississippi), Clarke County (Mississippi), Mississippi, US
burial: September 1913, Walker County, Texas, US, Boswell Cemetery
death: 7 September 1913
