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Besson, Samuel Austin

lawyer, was born April 6, 1853, in Everittstown, N. J. In 1882 he was appointed corporation counsel of the city of Hoboken; and in 1889 was chosen president of the Hudson county bar association. BESSONIES, MONSIGNOR JOHN FRANCIS AUGUST DE, V. G. R. P., priest, was born June 17, 1815, in France.

In 1840 he was ordained a priest at Vincennes, Ind. He has been pastor at Leopold, Ind.; of Fort Wayne, Ind.; and Jefferson, Ind.; and of St. John's, Indianapolis, Ind. He was appointed vicar-general of the diocese of Vincennes in 1872; was nominated Roman prelate in 1884; and elected administrator of the diocese of Vincennes in 1887.