THE people

Joseph J. Bezenek

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:
August 28, 1870
DATE OF DEATH:
December 30, 1903
GENDER:
M
OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
Joseph J. Bezenak, Joseph Besmick*, Joseph J. Beznick
ETHNICITY:
KNOWN ADDRESS:
 West Superior 
 WI
RELATED TO:

Nellie Moore Beznick, wife
Benjamin Moore, father-in-law

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:
33
MARITAL STATUS:
Married
ROLE:
Audience Member
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:
ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

other information

CEMETERY:
Hart Cemetery, Hart, MI
MORGUE:
Rolston
IDENTIFIED BY:
OTHER NOTES:

Died in the Iroquois Theatre fire along with 11 Moore family members. Wife Nellie is the daughter of Benjamin Moore.

CITATION:

The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois) 02 Jan 1904, Sat, page 3
McCurdy, D. B. (1904). Lest We Forget: Chicago's Awful Theater Horror. Chicago: Memorial Publishing Company, accessed https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39280/39280-h/39280-h.htm, p136
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66456623/joe-beznick

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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