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JOHN CASE BESSON
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JOHN CASE BESSON, brother of Samuel Austin Besson, was born in
Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, N. J., April 30, 1838. He
received his rudimentary education in the public schools of his native
village, completing his studies at the Pennington Seminary. After leav ing the latter institution he taught school for a short time. Afterward
he studied law in the office of Edward R. Bullock, of Frenchtown, N. J.,
where he remained for one year. He then took a thorough course at the
New York and National Law School at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where he
was graduated LL.B. in the class of 1860. After his graduation he entered
the law office of Abraham Van Fleet, of Flemington, N. J., where he remained until February, 1863, when he was admitted to the bar as an
attorney. Mr. Besson then opened his own office, locating at Millville,
Cumberland County, N. J. His first month's revenue amounted to fifty
cents, and the succeeding nine months were but little better. He removed
to Flemington, where he formed a copartnership with George A. Allen,
which continued for one year. He then removed to Clinton, N. J., opening
an office, where he remained for two years. In February, 1866, he was
admitted as a counselor. On May 1, 1867, he located in Hoboken and
opened an office on Washington Street, in the old Reed house, and began
a practice which became one of the largest in Hudson County. In 1883
he formed a copartnership with his brother, Samuel A. Besson.
Mr. Besson married Miss Hasseltine Judson Nice, daughter of Rev. George P. Nice, a prominent Baltimore clergyman. They had two sons. Mr. Besson died December 15, 1894. He was a Director of the First National Bank, the Hudson Trust and Savings Institution, the Hudson County Gas Light Company, the New Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Company, and the North Hudson County Railroad Company. In 1875 he published Besson's New Jersey Law Precedents, which has been adopted as authority by the general legal profession. He was a member of the Quartette, Columbia, and Union Athletic Clubs, was for six years the Corporation Counsel, and served as Assemblyman in 1885-86.
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