Florent Bastien
BIRTH 8 Aug 1832
Troisfontaines, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
DEATH 23 Apr 1920 (aged 87)
Mason County, Illinois, USA
BURIAL
Walkers Grove Cemetery
Easton, Mason County, Illinois, USA
son of George Bastien
per death record
He married Fannie B Akin Wright Sept 30, 1894 in Mason Co. Witnesses to the marriage were Robt T Bastien and A. H. Elmore. He listed his parents as Charles Bastien and Rosie Freyley.
Civil War Veteran
2nd IL US CAV
Florent's parents were Jean Charles Bastien and Marie Rose Froelinger, according to Debby Bliss a descendant of Florent's brother Charles. She found Charles' birth record in France.
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