Biography of 	Bezon, Dr. Henry Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller September 2000

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Dr. Henry Bezon physician and surgeon, New Orleans, La., is the only
son born to the union of Henry Bezon Sr., and Ezilda Blache, natives of
Louisiana; he was born in New Orleans, July 23, 1850, and has but one
sister, Miss Louise, now living.  The Bezon family is of French origin,
and the Doctor's grandparents were early settlers of Louisiana (1803).
His paternal grandmother, Emilie de Montagnac, belonged to the family of
"de Montagnac" of France, who since 1316 has always served France in the
army and navy, as ministers and envoys plenipotentiary of the French
government.  His grandfather, Gustave Bezon, was a lieutenant in the
French navy, under Napoleon I., was present under the orders of Admiral
De Brueys at the battle of Aboukir, in Egypt, and also at Trafalgar, and
immigrated to the United States when the Bourbons regained the
government of France.  His father has devoted the greater part of his
life to mercantile pursuits, was book-keeper and confidential clerk of
large commercial firms of New Orleans, and was elected, before the Civil
war, by popular vote, clerk of the Third District court of the parish of
Orleans.  Dr. Bezon was attending the Jesuit college of New Orleans at
the time of the breaking out of our Civil war, and this prevented him
from graduating from said college.  At the return of peace, he took up
the study of medicine and graduated with honor from the Medical
University of Louisiana (now Tulane University) in the class of 1871.
He immediately began practicing in New Orleans, and since that time has
been successfully occupied with the prosecution of his chosen
profession, meeting with great success, and during that period, his
career as a practitioner and thorough student of medicine has won him no
less a reputation than have his personal characteristics as a citizen.
He was appointed by the Governor of Louisiana coroner of the city of New
Orleans.  After this, for one term, he was sanitary inspector of the
Third District of New Orleans, and is at present a member of the board
of health of his native state.  He is prominent in his profession, has
built up a large practice and has won the confidence of all with whom he
has any dealings.  He was married in 1873 to Miss Leontine de Vezin, a
native of Louisiana, and they have five living children:  Ralph, Emilie,
Albert, Edouard and George.

From Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, volume 2, pp. 292-293.
Submitted by Mike Miller


this is a correction that i agreed to make....
Stephen Vizzini <Stephen.Vizzini@e-stamp.com> 2/17/00

The subject of this article is my Great Great Grandfather Dr. Henry 
Bezou. The article misspells his name "Bezon" instead of "Bezou". His 
daughter, Émilie, was my Great Grandmother and married Morinville
Jean Baptiste Guérin Jr.

Ézilda was not Dr. Bezou's wife, but his mother, Louise Ézilda
Boudousquié Blache. His wife was Léontine Olivier De Vézin who
was the Great Granddaughter of Charles Frederic de Forcelle 
Olivier de Vézin.

I do have one or two scanned newspaper articles about Dr. Bezou
and his father Judge Bezou. I will check with my source and, if 
possible, upload these to your web site.

Thanks again

Steve Vizzini