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Splinters From The Tree May 2009
* * * * * Section 2 - Featured Bassett: Bassetts of County Wexford, Ireland Freeman's Journal, Monday, 14 Feb 1910 Deaths, Thomas Bassett February 12, 1910, at his residence 231 Clonlife road, Thomas Bassett, Retired Chief Engineer, British and Irish Steamboat Co., North Wall; deeply regretted by his sorrowing sons, daughters, and grandchildren. R.I.P. Funeral from the Church of St. Laurence O'Toole, after 10 o'clock mass, on tomorrow (Tuesday) morning, to Glasnevin Cemetery.
In nearby Inistioge, County Kilkenny, Ireland, I ran across a restaurant owned by John Bassett called Bassetts at Woodstock. It is located just a mile or so north of Inistioge in Woodstock. The restaurant was not open at the time of my visit, so I did not get to find out more about this Bassett family. * * * * * Section 3 - Featured Bassett: Autobiography of James E. Bassett III
University of Kentucky News:
* * * * * Section 4 - Featured Bassett: Colonel Owen Abbott Bassett, Judge
A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, by William E. Connelley Owen A. Bassett was one of the ablest and most energetic actors in the Border troubles, the Civil war and the civil affairs of the Reconstruction period. A Pennsylvanian by birth, his father moved to Illinois in 1837 and two years later to Iowa. The family home was first in Lee County. The son's original intention was to be a civil engineer, but he finally decided in favor of the law, although the stirring and compelling affairs which entered his life prevented him for many years from utilizing the legal training which he acquired. In 1855 he was employed in the United States land office at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, but in the spring of 1856 resigned to engage in business at Lecompton. Soon afterward he entered heartily into the free-state cause, joined the military company known as the Lawrence Stubbs, and was engaged both in the battle of Franklin and the capture of Fort Saunders. Subsequently he held the positions of engineer and quartermaster with the free-state army of Kansas, and in December, 1856, moved to Leavenworth. There he engaged as engineer for the Quindaro Town Company, and in 1857 and 1858 served in the Territorial Legislature. In the latter year he moved to Franklin County, published the Kansas Freeman a few months, returned to Lawrence and was admitted to the bar. At the outbreak of the Civil war he assisted in the organization of the First Kansas Infantry, but later was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the Ninth Kansas, which later became the Second Cavalry, and with which he served until 1865. Colonel Bassett was elected district judge in 1868 and, by re-election, held that office until 1876. He was a prominent Mason and died at Ellsworth, July 19, 1896. * * * * * Section 5 - New family lines combined or added since the last newsletter * * * * * Section 6 - DNA project update Donations of any amount can be made to the Bassett DNA project by clicking on the link below. Any funds donated will be used to fund select Bassett DNA tests that will further our project as a whole and benefit all Bassetts worldwide. http://www.familytreedna.com/group-general-fund-contribution.aspx?g=Bassett This is just a reminder that the DNA portion of the Bassett Family Association can be found at: http://www.bassettbranches.org/dna/ A current spreadsheet of results can be found at: http://www.bassettbranches.org/dna/BassettDNA.xls If you don't have Excel and can't open the spreadsheet above, you can now see the DNA test results at the following website. http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Bassett/ Jeffrey Bassett | |
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