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| 52001 | WILLIAM BASSETT FAMILY Told by Sadie Bassett to daughters, Eva Rallsback and Nona Moore Our first ancestor, William Bassett, came to America from England in 1830. He and his wife, Jane (Pelham), and family settled in Huron Co., Ohio. Their children were: Edward, Elizabeth, William and Thomas (who served in the Civil War). They were all born in England. Then Lucy, George, Samuel, Henry, Maylam (who served in the Civil War) and Ellen were born in Ohio. He and his family farmed in Ohio until his death in 1862. One son, Edward, married his first wife, Sarah Mortimer, August 23, 1847 in Ohio and she lived but a short time. They started moving west with other family members. The 1850 census does not include Sarah and we find Edward was living with the Mortimer family with his two year old son, John. He then married Elizabeth Mortimer February 17, 1852. She is buried at Eclipse Cemetery southwest of Mullen and he is too. Their children were: Thomas Mahlon married Edwine Howard, Sarah M. married to Isaac Shepherd, Nathan E. married to Emily Mortimore, Ellsworth married to Ellen Quick, Clara Jane married to Mitt Hogg, and Howard U. married to Catherine Gragg. The family moved from Ohio to northeastern Iowa, then to southwestern Iowa, near Shendandoah, then to McCook and then moved on into McPherson and Hooker Counties, sometime after 1872 and filed on homestead land. Edward's oldest son, John W., was born in Ohio and was married to Adeline Fleming May 17, 1872. To this union one son, Birtrum, was born. They divorced and he then married Elsie Springer in Red Willow County, Nebraska, September 22, 1863. John and Elsie had the following children: Bessie Maud, who died in infancy and is buried at McCook, Cora Alice married Wm. Treandos, Frank who married Maude Bassett, Nathan E. who married Sadie Sager, Minnie who married Sam Musser, Delbert who did not marry, Robert married Ida Sterling, Clarence (Clyde) married Florence Lauden, and Margaret Mae who died when about eight years old in Hooker County. All of the children except Robert and Clyde spent their lives in the sandhills. John and Elsie are buried at Eclipse cemetery southwest of Mullen. Nathan E. Bassett married Sadie Sager, July 20, 1915 at Maysville, Missouri and moved to Hooker County. We came to McPherson County, in 1929. Our family consisted of five girls, None E. married Herschel Moore; Blanche C., married Leo Miller and passed away on October 9, 1939. Eva F. married Henry Railsback, Ruby A., married twice, first to Howard Prentice and then to Mike Hunt, and Rita H. married Robert O'Neill. The Bassett family had been in McPherson County since early days, there being the "Bassett" Valley in the nortwestern part of the county. I remember well the tornado at Tryon in the summer of 1933, helping care for the dead and injured in the Rev. Largent home. Nate carried the daily mail route (north) from 1934 through 1938. The blizzard of 1949 in January was one to be remembered. Our sod house (built against the side of a hill) was completely covered with snow. My husband, Nate, scooped the snow into the kitchen in order to get a way out of the house to get to the stock. No mail for weeks and a lot of cattle perished because feed could not get to them beofre they starved. Many were buried in drifts. Nate passed away in January 1975 and is buried at Miller Cemetery near Tryon. 1900 Federal Census of Whitewater Precint, McPherson County, NE (26 Jun 1900) John W. Bassett 31 M Jul 1868 OH EN OH Head Farmer Elsie J. 34 F Oct 1865 OH OH MO Wife Frank E. 15 M Jun 1885 NE OH OH Son Cora A. 11 F Nov 1888 NE OH OH Daughter Nathan E. 8 M Dec 1891 NE OH OH Son Minnie T. 7 F Jul 1892 NE OH OH Daughter Delbert S. 5 M Apr 1895 NE OH OH Son Robert E. 2 M Oct 1897 NE OH OH Son (Married 15 years, 8 children, 7 living) 1910 Federal Census of Mullen Precint, Hooker County, Nebraska (15/6 Apr 1910) John W. Bassett 62 M OH EN EN Head Elsie J. 48 F OH PS OH Wife Minnie T. 17 F NE OH OH Daughter Adelbert S. 15 M NE OH OH Son Robert E. 12 M NE OH OH Son Clarence D. 9 M NE OH OH Son (Married 28 years, 9 children, 7 living, John 2nd marriage, Elsie 1st marriage) Obituary Elsie Jane Springer was born in Ohio on October 18, 1862. She departed this life on November 24, 1924, aged 61 years, one month and six days. In 1883 whe was united in marriage to John William Bassett at McCook, Nebr. They moved to Eclipse, Hooker County in 1883. Mr. Bassett preceded his wife in death, having passed to the great beyond in March, 1913. To this union was born nine children, two of them Bessie Maude and Maggie May, died in infancy. The seven surviving children are Frank E. Bassett, Mrs. Cora Treaudon, Nathan E. Bassett, Mrs. Minnie Musser, Delbert E. Bassett, Robert Bassett and Clyde Bassett. Early in life Mrs. Bassett united with the United Methodis Episcopal church and she continued true in the faith until relieved by death and she leaves to her children and neighbors the blessed memory of a devoted wife and mother and a true and faithful friend. The funeral service was conducted from the Eclipse church Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 26, and interment made in the Eclipse Cemetery. John William and Elsie (Springer) Bassett F20 John William Bassett was born in Ohio in 1847 and migrated to Hooker County spending approximately 10 years enroute. While living in Iowa he met and married Adeline Fleming in Atchison County, Missouri in 1872. A son, Benjamin Brutus was born to them. They were divorced and John went on to Red Willow County, Nebraska with the wagon train in about 1880. John met and married Elsie Jane Springer, a migrant born at Milan, Missouri in 1883 at Indianola. John purchased 40 acres of land where they lived while in Red Willow County. Bessie Maud was born to them 1883 and died in 1884. She was buried near McCook, Nebraska. In 1885 Frank Eugene was born and Cara Alice arrived in 1888. A wagon train left for the McPherson County area where free land was available. They settled in a large wet valley in northwest McPherson County which became known as the Bassett Valley. John took a claim of 160 acres in Grant County, located about a mile to the southeast of the present Margaret Vinton Ranch buildings in the southeastern corner. Nathan Ellsworth was born in 1890 and since there was to be a school in Bassett Valley, the family sold the property to G.W. Swiggardt, an established rancher in the area, and moved to the southwest of Cody Lake so that Frank could attend school. The school was located in the east end of Bassett Valley Dist.#5 in McPherson County which was taught by Enda Winhuret. They lived on an 80 acres tract of land belonging to Quinns and used an adjoining 80 acres of free land. Minnie Theora was born in 1892 while they were living there. John was a hunter and trapper by trade and they moved to the North Dismal River where there was an abundance of wild game. The family built a dugout and lived there mainly on wild game and fish with whatever they could raise from a garden. They were very poor and other more fortunate families gave them handed down clothing and other necessities. During this time it is not known where the children attended school since school records are scarce and unavailable. Delbert Sheridan was born in 1895, Robert Evans in 1897 and Clarence Dewey (Clyde) in 1900. Sometime between 1900 and 1906, the family moved to the north where they took a claim of 640 acres which lay in the west end of Benjamin French's valley and partly in Frances Sexton's holdings. Margaret May was born them about 1904 or 1905 and contracted scarlet fever when about 3 or 4 years of age. She died and was buried on a hill in a pasture just to the northwest of Benjamin French's buildings. There are no records of her birth or death and she was not included in the 1910 census, but Jennie (Boyer) Wright who lived some distance to the west, recalls seeing her and remembers her illness and death. John received his Patent on the land in 1911 and sold the land shortly after. The family then moved back to southwestern Hooker County or southeastern Grant County near Elve, Nebraska, where he died the same year. He was taken to Eclipse Cemetery in southwestern Hooker County on the Chauncey Tucker Ranch and buried. It is on a hill overlooking the South Dismal River. The children, now teenagers, attended the Isney? School somewhere in Southest Hooker County during the terms of 1915-16 and 1916-17. Elsie filed on a land claim, probably about 1915, that lay just to the west of the A.J. Gragg property. Her boys built her a house and she lived there until they were pretty well grown and filing on their own land. The land was sold in about 1920 and they moved her house to the Bob Phelps place that Frank and Maude had purchased, where she lived until her death in 1924. Elsie was buried at Eclipse Cemetery beside husband John. by Thelma Bassett Pearman | Springer, Elsie Jane (I51)
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| 52002 | WILLIAM BASSETT FAMILY Told by Sadie Bassett to daughters, Eva Rallsback and Nona Moore Our first ancestor, William Bassett, came to America from England in 1830. He and his wife, Jane (Pelham), and family settled in Huron Co., Ohio. Their children were: Edward, Elizabeth, William and Thomas (who served in the Civil War). They were all born in England. Then Lucy, George, Samuel, Henry, Maylam (who served in the Civil War) and Ellen were born in Ohio. He and his family farmed in Ohio until his death in 1862. One son, Edward, married his first wife, Sarah Mortimer, August 23, 1847 in Ohio and she lived but a short time. They started moving west with other family members. The 1850 census does not include Sarah and we find Edward was living with the Mortimer family with his two year old son, John. He then married Elizabeth Mortimer February 17, 1852. She is buried at Eclipse Cemetery southwest of Mullen and he is too. Their children were: Thomas Mahlon married Edwine Howard, Sarah M. married to Isaac Shepherd, Nathan E. married to Emily Mortimore, Ellsworth married to Ellen Quick, Clara Jane married to Mitt Hogg, and Howard U. married to Catherine Gragg. The family moved from Ohio to northeastern Iowa, then to southwestern Iowa, near Shendandoah, then to McCook and then moved on into McPherson and Hooker Counties, sometime after 1872 and filed on homestead land. Edward's oldest son, John W., was born in Ohio and was married to Adeline Fleming May 17, 1872. To this union one son, Birtrum, was born. They divorced and he then married Elsie Springer in Red Willow County, Nebraska, September 22, 1863. John and Elsie had the following children: Bessie Maud, who died in infancy and is buried at McCook, Cora Alice married Wm. Treandos, Frank who married Maude Bassett, Nathan E. who married Sadie Sager, Minnie who married Sam Musser, Delbert who did not marry, Robert married Ida Sterling, Clarence (Clyde) married Florence Lauden, and Margaret Mae who died when about eight years old in Hooker County. All of the children except Robert and Clyde spent their lives in the sandhills. John and Elsie are buried at Eclipse cemetery southwest of Mullen. Nathan E. Bassett married Sadie Sager, July 20, 1915 at Maysville, Missouri and moved to Hooker County. We came to McPherson County, in 1929. Our family consisted of five girls, None E. married Herschel Moore; Blanche C., married Leo Miller and passed away on October 9, 1939. Eva F. married Henry Railsback, Ruby A., married twice, first to Howard Prentice and then to Mike Hunt, and Rita H. married Robert O'Neill. The Bassett family had been in McPherson County since early days, there being the "Bassett" Valley in the nortwestern part of the county. I remember well the tornado at Tryon in the summer of 1933, helping care for the dead and injured in the Rev. Largent home. Nate carried the daily mail route (north) from 1934 through 1938. The blizzard of 1949 in January was one to be remembered. Our sod house (built against the side of a hill) was completely covered with snow. My husband, Nate, scooped the snow into the kitchen in order to get a way out of the house to get to the stock. No mail for weeks and a lot of cattle perished because feed could not get to them beofre they starved. Many were buried in drifts. Nate passed away in January 1975 and is buried at Miller Cemetery near Tryon. 1900 Federal Census of Whitewater Precint, McPherson County, NE (26 Jun 1900) John W. Bassett 31 M Jul 1868 OH EN OH Head Farmer Elsie J. 34 F Oct 1865 OH OH MO Wife Frank E. 15 M Jun 1885 NE OH OH Son Cora A. 11 F Nov 1888 NE OH OH Daughter Nathan E. 8 M Dec 1891 NE OH OH Son Minnie T. 7 F Jul 1892 NE OH OH Daughter Delbert S. 5 M Apr 1895 NE OH OH Son Robert E. 2 M Oct 1897 NE OH OH Son (Married 15 years, 8 children, 7 living) Nathan E. and Sadie C. (Sager) Bassett F21 Nathan "Nate", was he was known was born to John and Elsie Bassett December 1890 in Grant County, Nebraska. No school records are available but he did attend where and when there was a school available. Nate began working on area ranches at an early age and filed on a homestead receiving his patent in 1914. It was located 3 miles east of "Running Water Bridge" and included a portion of the North Dismal River and to the south cornering on the Ray Ireton Section on the northeast corner. It was a square section and not too many were fortunate enough to receive such a good location. He later sold it to Jubal Wright and it became part of the Boyce estate. Nate married Sadie Sager at Maysville, Missouri in July 1915 returning to Hooker County where they worked on many crew ranches. Their family consisted of 5 daughters, Nona Elsie who married Herschel Moore, Blanch Carrie, who married Leo Miller and who passed away October 1939, after the birth of their 2nd child; Eva Frances married Henry Railshack; Rulry Alice married Howard Prentice and later Mike Hunt; Rita Harriett, married Robert O'Neill. The girls attended school wherever they worked until they were ready for high school at which time they resided in Tryon, Nebraska and the three older girls graduated from McPherson County High School. Nate carried the daily mail from Tryon north from 1934 to 1938. Nate began working for Vinton's during the summer months so the family moved to "Vinton's Camp" on the North Dismal River. Nate and the older girls rode horseback daily checking the cattle, windmills and scattering salt. During the haying season, Nate went to the main ranch to help hay and the girls looked after the cattle. Ruby and Rita both graduated from Mullen High School. Sadie and the girls would spend their winters in Mullen then go back to the country during the summer. Nate built a sod house into a hillside at "Running Water Bridge" in about 1939 or '40 when Rita was still small. In 1949, the snow completely covered Nate's house and he had to scoop the snow back into the house until he could get a pathway cut through it to get out and get to his livestock. He continued to scatter salt and check wells for Vintons for many years while living there. He pastured his cattle with Vintons during the summer. Nate and Sadie continued to live there after the children were all gone until ill health forced them to move back to Tryon where they purchased a home to be near Nina. Nate passed away in January 1975 and was buried at Miller Cemeter near Tryon. Sadie sold the property and moved to the Pawnee Retirement Hotel in North Platte, Nebraska where she lived until she fell and had to be placed in Badon Manor Nursing Home. She is now confined to a wheel chair with failing eyesight at age 84. Father Mike adopted them as his family and spent much time with them picking fruit along the river for Sadie. He checked on them after each storm while they lived at the "Soddy on the Dismal". He visits Sadie in North Platte regularly. By Thelma Bassett Pearman | Bassett, Nathan Ellsworth (I55)
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| 52003 | WILLIAM BASSETT FAMILY Told by Sadie Bassett to daughters, Eva Rallsback and Nona Moore Our first ancestor, William Bassett, came to America from England in 1830. He and his wife, Jane (Pelham), and family settled in Huron Co., Ohio. Their children were: Edward, Elizabeth, William and Thomas (who served in the Civil War). They were all born in England. Then Lucy, George, Samuel, Henry, Maylam (who served in the Civil War) and Ellen were born in Ohio. He and his family farmed in Ohio until his death in 1862. One son, Edward, married his first wife, Sarah Mortimer, August 23, 1847 in Ohio and she lived but a short time. They started moving west with other family members. The 1850 census does not include Sarah and we find Edward was living with the Mortimer family with his two year old son, John. He then married Elizabeth Mortimer February 17, 1852. She is buried at Eclipse Cemetery southwest of Mullen and he is too. Their children were: Thomas Mahlon married Edwine Howard, Sarah M. married to Isaac Shepherd, Nathan E. married to Emily Mortimore, Ellsworth married to Ellen Quick, Clara Jane married to Mitt Hogg, and Howard U. married to Catherine Gragg. The family moved from Ohio to northeastern Iowa, then to southwestern Iowa, near Shendandoah, then to McCook and then moved on into McPherson and Hooker Counties, sometime after 1872 and filed on homestead land. Edward's oldest son, John W., was born in Ohio and was married to Adeline Fleming May 17, 1872. To this union one son, Birtrum, was born. They divorced and he then married Elsie Springer in Red Willow County, Nebraska, September 22, 1863. John and Elsie had the following children: Bessie Maud, who died in infancy and is buried at McCook, Cora Alice married Wm. Treandos, Frank who married Maude Bassett, Nathan E. who married Sadie Sager, Minnie who married Sam Musser, Delbert who did not marry, Robert married Ida Sterling, Clarence (Clyde) married Florence Lauden, and Margaret Mae who died when about eight years old in Hooker County. All of the children except Robert and Clyde spent their lives in the sandhills. John and Elsie are buried at Eclipse cemetery southwest of Mullen. Nathan E. Bassett married Sadie Sager, July 20, 1915 at Maysville, Missouri and moved to Hooker County. We came to McPherson County, in 1929. Our family consisted of five girls, None E. married Herschel Moore; Blanche C., married Leo Miller and passed away on October 9, 1939. Eva F. married Henry Railsback, Ruby A., married twice, first to Howard Prentice and then to Mike Hunt, and Rita H. married Robert O'Neill. The Bassett family had been in McPherson County since early days, there being the "Bassett" Valley in the nortwestern part of the county. I remember well the tornado at Tryon in the summer of 1933, helping care for the dead and injured in the Rev. Largent home. Nate carried the daily mail route (north) from 1934 through 1938. The blizzard of 1949 in January was one to be remembered. Our sod house (built against the side of a hill) was completely covered with snow. My husband, Nate, scooped the snow into the kitchen in order to get a way out of the house to get to the stock. No mail for weeks and a lot of cattle perished because feed could not get to them beofre they starved. Many were buried in drifts. Nate passed away in January 1975 and is buried at Miller Cemetery near Tryon. Nathan E. and Sadie C. (Sager) Bassett F21 Nathan "Nate", was he was known was born to John and Elsie Bassett December 1890 in Grant County, Nebraska. No school records are available but he did attend where and when there was a school available. Nate began working on area ranches at an early age and filed on a homestead receiving his patent in 1914. It was located 3 miles east of "Running Water Bridge" and included a portion of the North Dismal River and to the south cornering on the Ray Ireton Section on the northeast corner. It was a square section and not too many were fortunate enough to receive such a good location. He later sold it to Jubal Wright and it became part of the Boyce estate. Nate married Sadie Sager at Maysville, Missouri in July 1915 returning to Hooker County where they worked on many crew ranches. Their family consisted of 5 daughters, Nona Elsie who married Herschel Moore, Blanch Carrie, who married Leo Miller and who passed away October 1939, after the birth of their 2nd child; Eva Frances married Henry Railshack; Rulry Alice married Howard Prentice and later Mike Hunt; Rita Harriett, married Robert O'Neill. The girls attended school wherever they worked until they were ready for high school at which time they resided in Tryon, Nebraska and the three older girls graduated from McPherson County High School. Nate carried the daily mail from Tryon north from 1934 to 1938. Nate began working for Vinton's during the summer months so the family moved to "Vinton's Camp" on the North Dismal River. Nate and the older girls rode horseback daily checking the cattle, windmills and scattering salt. During the haying season, Nate went to the main ranch to help hay and the girls looked after the cattle. Ruby and Rita both graduated from Mullen High School. Sadie and the girls would spend their winters in Mullen then go back to the country during the summer. Nate built a sod house into a hillside at "Running Water Bridge" in about 1939 or '40 when Rita was still small. In 1949, the snow completely covered Nate's house and he had to scoop the snow back into the house until he could get a pathway cut through it to get out and get to his livestock. He continued to scatter salt and check wells for Vintons for many years while living there. He pastured his cattle with Vintons during the summer. Nate and Sadie continued to live there after the children were all gone until ill health forced them to move back to Tryon where they purchased a home to be near Nina. Nate passed away in January 1975 and was buried at Miller Cemeter near Tryon. Sadie sold the property and moved to the Pawnee Retirement Hotel in North Platte, Nebraska where she lived until she fell and had to be placed in Badon Manor Nursing Home. She is now confined to a wheel chair with failing eyesight at age 84. Father Mike adopted them as his family and spent much time with them picking fruit along the river for Sadie. He checked on them after each storm while they lived at the "Soddy on the Dismal". He visits Sadie in North Platte regularly. By Thelma Bassett Pearman | Sager, Sadie C. (I63)
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| 52004 | WILLIAM BASSETT FAMILY Told by Sadie Bassett to daughters, Eva Rallsback and Nona Moore Our first ancestor, William Bassett, came to America from England in 1830. He and his wife, Jane (Pelham), and family settled in Huron Co., Ohio. Their children were: Edward, Elizabeth, William and Thomas (who served in the Civil War). They were all born in England. Then Lucy, George, Samuel, Henry, Maylam (who served in the Civil War) and Ellen were born in Ohio. He and his family farmed in Ohio until his death in 1862. One son, Edward, married his first wife, Sarah Mortimer, August 23, 1847 in Ohio and she lived but a short time. They started moving west with other family members. The 1850 census does not include Sarah and we find Edward was living with the Mortimer family with his two year old son, John. He then married Elizabeth Mortimer February 17, 1852. She is buried at Eclipse Cemetery southwest of Mullen and he is too. Their children were: Thomas Mahlon married Edwine Howard, Sarah M. married to Isaac Shepherd, Nathan E. married to Emily Mortimore, Ellsworth married to Ellen Quick, Clara Jane married to Mitt Hogg, and Howard U. married to Catherine Gragg. The family moved from Ohio to northeastern Iowa, then to southwestern Iowa, near Shendandoah, then to McCook and then moved on into McPherson and Hooker Counties, sometime after 1872 and filed on homestead land. Edward's oldest son, John W., was born in Ohio and was married to Adeline Fleming May 17, 1872. To this union one son, Birtrum, was born. They divorced and he then married Elsie Springer in Red Willow County, Nebraska, September 22, 1863. John and Elsie had the following children: Bessie Maud, who died in infancy and is buried at McCook, Cora Alice married Wm. Treandos, Frank who married Maude Bassett, Nathan E. who married Sadie Sager, Minnie who married Sam Musser, Delbert who did not marry, Robert married Ida Sterling, Clarence (Clyde) married Florence Lauden, and Margaret Mae who died when about eight years old in Hooker County. All of the children except Robert and Clyde spent their lives in the sandhills. John and Elsie are buried at Eclipse cemetery southwest of Mullen. Nathan E. Bassett married Sadie Sager, July 20, 1915 at Maysville, Missouri and moved to Hooker County. We came to McPherson County, in 1929. Our family consisted of five girls, None E. married Herschel Moore; Blanche C., married Leo Miller and passed away on October 9, 1939. Eva F. married Henry Railsback, Ruby A., married twice, first to Howard Prentice and then to Mike Hunt, and Rita H. married Robert O'Neill. The Bassett family had been in McPherson County since early days, there being the "Bassett" Valley in the nortwestern part of the county. I remember well the tornado at Tryon in the summer of 1933, helping care for the dead and injured in the Rev. Largent home. Nate carried the daily mail route (north) from 1934 through 1938. The blizzard of 1949 in January was one to be remembered. Our sod house (built against the side of a hill) was completely covered with snow. My husband, Nate, scooped the snow into the kitchen in order to get a way out of the house to get to the stock. No mail for weeks and a lot of cattle perished because feed could not get to them beofre they starved. Many were buried in drifts. Nate passed away in January 1975 and is buried at Miller Cemetery near Tryon. | Bassett, None E. (I67)
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| 52005 | WILLIAM BASSETT FAMILY Told by Sadie Bassett to daughters, Eva Rallsback and Nona Moore Our first ancestor, William Bassett, came to America from England in 1830. He and his wife, Jane (Pelham), and family settled in Huron Co., Ohio. Their children were: Edward, Elizabeth, William and Thomas (who served in the Civil War). They were all born in England. Then Lucy, George, Samuel, Henry, Maylam (who served in the Civil War) and Ellen were born in Ohio. He and his family farmed in Ohio until his death in 1862. One son, Edward, married his first wife, Sarah Mortimer, August 23, 1847 in Ohio and she lived but a short time. They started moving west with other family members. The 1850 census does not include Sarah and we find Edward was living with the Mortimer family with his two year old son, John. He then married Elizabeth Mortimer February 17, 1852. She is buried at Eclipse Cemetery southwest of Mullen and he is too. Their children were: Thomas Mahlon married Edwine Howard, Sarah M. married to Isaac Shepherd, Nathan E. married to Emily Mortimore, Ellsworth married to Ellen Quick, Clara Jane married to Mitt Hogg, and Howard U. married to Catherine Gragg. The family moved from Ohio to northeastern Iowa, then to southwestern Iowa, near Shendandoah, then to McCook and then moved on into McPherson and Hooker Counties, sometime after 1872 and filed on homestead land. Edward's oldest son, John W., was born in Ohio and was married to Adeline Fleming May 17, 1872. To this union one son, Birtrum, was born. They divorced and he then married Elsie Springer in Red Willow County, Nebraska, September 22, 1863. John and Elsie had the following children: Bessie Maud, who died in infancy and is buried at McCook, Cora Alice married Wm. Treandos, Frank who married Maude Bassett, Nathan E. who married Sadie Sager, Minnie who married Sam Musser, Delbert who did not marry, Robert married Ida Sterling, Clarence (Clyde) married Florence Lauden, and Margaret Mae who died when about eight years old in Hooker County. All of the children except Robert and Clyde spent their lives in the sandhills. John and Elsie are buried at Eclipse cemetery southwest of Mullen. Nathan E. Bassett married Sadie Sager, July 20, 1915 at Maysville, Missouri and moved to Hooker County. We came to McPherson County, in 1929. Our family consisted of five girls, None E. married Herschel Moore; Blanche C., married Leo Miller and passed away on October 9, 1939. Eva F. married Henry Railsback, Ruby A., married twice, first to Howard Prentice and then to Mike Hunt, and Rita H. married Robert O'Neill. The Bassett family had been in McPherson County since early days, there being the "Bassett" Valley in the nortwestern part of the county. I remember well the tornado at Tryon in the summer of 1933, helping care for the dead and injured in the Rev. Largent home. Nate carried the daily mail route (north) from 1934 through 1938. The blizzard of 1949 in January was one to be remembered. Our sod house (built against the side of a hill) was completely covered with snow. My husband, Nate, scooped the snow into the kitchen in order to get a way out of the house to get to the stock. No mail for weeks and a lot of cattle perished because feed could not get to them beofre they starved. Many were buried in drifts. Nate passed away in January 1975 and is buried at Miller Cemetery near Tryon. | Bassett, Blanche C. (I68)
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| 52006 | WILLIAM BASSETT FAMILY Told by Sadie Bassett to daughters, Eva Rallsback and Nona Moore Our first ancestor, William Bassett, came to America from England in 1830. He and his wife, Jane (Pelham), and family settled in Huron Co., Ohio. Their children were: Edward, Elizabeth, William and Thomas (who served in the Civil War). They were all born in England. Then Lucy, George, Samuel, Henry, Maylam (who served in the Civil War) and Ellen were born in Ohio. He and his family farmed in Ohio until his death in 1862. One son, Edward, married his first wife, Sarah Mortimer, August 23, 1847 in Ohio and she lived but a short time. They started moving west with other family members. The 1850 census does not include Sarah and we find Edward was living with the Mortimer family with his two year old son, John. He then married Elizabeth Mortimer February 17, 1852. She is buried at Eclipse Cemetery southwest of Mullen and he is too. Their children were: Thomas Mahlon married Edwine Howard, Sarah M. married to Isaac Shepherd, Nathan E. married to Emily Mortimore, Ellsworth married to Ellen Quick, Clara Jane married to Mitt Hogg, and Howard U. married to Catherine Gragg. The family moved from Ohio to northeastern Iowa, then to southwestern Iowa, near Shendandoah, then to McCook and then moved on into McPherson and Hooker Counties, sometime after 1872 and filed on homestead land. Edward's oldest son, John W., was born in Ohio and was married to Adeline Fleming May 17, 1872. To this union one son, Birtrum, was born. They divorced and he then married Elsie Springer in Red Willow County, Nebraska, September 22, 1863. John and Elsie had the following children: Bessie Maud, who died in infancy and is buried at McCook, Cora Alice married Wm. Treandos, Frank who married Maude Bassett, Nathan E. who married Sadie Sager, Minnie who married Sam Musser, Delbert who did not marry, Robert married Ida Sterling, Clarence (Clyde) married Florence Lauden, and Margaret Mae who died when about eight years old in Hooker County. All of the children except Robert and Clyde spent their lives in the sandhills. John and Elsie are buried at Eclipse cemetery southwest of Mullen. Nathan E. Bassett married Sadie Sager, July 20, 1915 at Maysville, Missouri and moved to Hooker County. We came to McPherson County, in 1929. Our family consisted of five girls, None E. married Herschel Moore; Blanche C., married Leo Miller and passed away on October 9, 1939. Eva F. married Henry Railsback, Ruby A., married twice, first to Howard Prentice and then to Mike Hunt, and Rita H. married Robert O'Neill. The Bassett family had been in McPherson County since early days, there being the "Bassett" Valley in the nortwestern part of the county. I remember well the tornado at Tryon in the summer of 1933, helping care for the dead and injured in the Rev. Largent home. Nate carried the daily mail route (north) from 1934 through 1938. The blizzard of 1949 in January was one to be remembered. Our sod house (built against the side of a hill) was completely covered with snow. My husband, Nate, scooped the snow into the kitchen in order to get a way out of the house to get to the stock. No mail for weeks and a lot of cattle perished because feed could not get to them beofre they starved. Many were buried in drifts. Nate passed away in January 1975 and is buried at Miller Cemetery near Tryon. | Bassett, Ruby A. (I70)
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| 52007 | WILLIAM BASSETT FAMILY Told by Sadie Bassett to daughters, Eva Rallsback and Nona Moore Our first ancestor, William Bassett, came to America from England in 1830. He and his wife, Jane (Pelham), and family settled in Huron Co., Ohio. Their children were: Edward, Elizabeth, William and Thomas (who served in the Civil War). They were all born in England. Then Lucy, George, Samuel, Henry, Maylam (who served in the Civil War) and Ellen were born in Ohio. He and his family farmed in Ohio until his death in 1862. One son, Edward, married his first wife, Sarah Mortimer, August 23, 1847 in Ohio and she lived but a short time. They started moving west with other family members. The 1850 census does not include Sarah and we find Edward was living with the Mortimer family with his two year old son, John. He then married Elizabeth Mortimer February 17, 1852. She is buried at Eclipse Cemetery southwest of Mullen and he is too. Their children were: Thomas Mahlon married Edwine Howard, Sarah M. married to Isaac Shepherd, Nathan E. married to Emily Mortimore, Ellsworth married to Ellen Quick, Clara Jane married to Mitt Hogg, and Howard U. married to Catherine Gragg. The family moved from Ohio to northeastern Iowa, then to southwestern Iowa, near Shendandoah, then to McCook and then moved on into McPherson and Hooker Counties, sometime after 1872 and filed on homestead land. Edward's oldest son, John W., was born in Ohio and was married to Adeline Fleming May 17, 1872. To this union one son, Birtrum, was born. They divorced and he then married Elsie Springer in Red Willow County, Nebraska, September 22, 1863. John and Elsie had the following children: Bessie Maud, who died in infancy and is buried at McCook, Cora Alice married Wm. Treandos, Frank who married Maude Bassett, Nathan E. who married Sadie Sager, Minnie who married Sam Musser, Delbert who did not marry, Robert married Ida Sterling, Clarence (Clyde) married Florence Lauden, and Margaret Mae who died when about eight years old in Hooker County. All of the children except Robert and Clyde spent their lives in the sandhills. John and Elsie are buried at Eclipse cemetery southwest of Mullen. Nathan E. Bassett married Sadie Sager, July 20, 1915 at Maysville, Missouri and moved to Hooker County. We came to McPherson County, in 1929. Our family consisted of five girls, None E. married Herschel Moore; Blanche C., married Leo Miller and passed away on October 9, 1939. Eva F. married Henry Railsback, Ruby A., married twice, first to Howard Prentice and then to Mike Hunt, and Rita H. married Robert O'Neill. The Bassett family had been in McPherson County since early days, there being the "Bassett" Valley in the nortwestern part of the county. I remember well the tornado at Tryon in the summer of 1933, helping care for the dead and injured in the Rev. Largent home. Nate carried the daily mail route (north) from 1934 through 1938. The blizzard of 1949 in January was one to be remembered. Our sod house (built against the side of a hill) was completely covered with snow. My husband, Nate, scooped the snow into the kitchen in order to get a way out of the house to get to the stock. No mail for weeks and a lot of cattle perished because feed could not get to them beofre they starved. Many were buried in drifts. Nate passed away in January 1975 and is buried at Miller Cemetery near Tryon. | Bassett, Rita H. (I71)
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| 52008 | William Bassett farmed at Greenlow, Butterton and Apesford, Bradnop, and retired at Wild Goose House. 1851 British Census of Ayresford, Bradnop, Staffordshire, England William Bassett - 65 - Head - Sheen, Stafford - Farmer of 54 acres Theodosia - 50 - Wife - Rushton, Stafford Thomas - 13 - Son - Rushton, Stafford - Scholar William - 11 - Son - Butterton, Stafford - Scholar Hannah - 9 - Daughter - Butterton, Stafford - Scholar Joseph - 7 - Son - Butterton, Stafford - Scholar James - 5 - Son - Butterton, Stafford Ralph - 1 - Son - Bradnop, Stafford Mary Goodfellow - 16 - Servant - Rushton, Stafford - House Servant | Bassett, William (I85)
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| 52009 | William Bassett first appears in the New Haven colony in 1642/1643. William married Hannah (Dickerman) Ives, the widow of William Ives, daughter of Thomas and Eleanor (Whittington) Dickerman, on Tuesday, 7 Nov 1648 in New Haven, Connecticut. He resided in what is now North Haven, Connecticut. William died in 29 Aug 1684. In his will he calls Abraham Dickerman and John Cooper his brothers. | Bassett, William (I1)
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| 52010 | William Bassett inherited his father's property by the terms of the will. The annals of Lynn state that "Sarah Bassett was tried at Salem 23 May 1692 and sent to Boston prison, where she was kept until December 3, seven months. She was a daughter of Richard Hood, and wife of William Bassett, jun., in Nahant street. She had a young child, twenty-two months old, which she took to prison with her. The next daughter which she had after her imprisonment, she called 'Deliverance'." There is a record of nine pounds allowed to Sarah Bassett as compensation for her imprisonment for witchcraft. WILL OF WILLIAM BASSETT, proved and allowed 22 May 1703 "In the name of God everlasting Amen: I William Bassett Senr. of Lyn in ye County of Esex in Newengland being of good & perfect memory & Rationally Disposed And having attained to ye years of a good old age & being very sensable of ye decay of nature & ye many Distempers & Infirmities that do attend my outward (mein?) not knowing how soone my great & last chang may come have therefor taken this opportunity to settle ye affaires of my family & so leave this as my last will and testament. Impr: as for my precious mortall soul I freely resign it to him that gave it & to my Redeemer Jesus Christ which by his precious blood hath ransome my soul from Death. as for my body which is fraile I comend it to ye dust willing a decent Interment thereof suitable to my Rank & quality. Although worms my skin destroy yet in my flesh I shal see God - Amen. As for the disposall of my outward Estate which God of his Goodness hath given me - my will is that after my funerall charges & lawfull debts bee paid I bequeathe to my deare & loving wife who hath bin carefull of mee & industrious in her place for ye procurement of what outward Estate I have I bequeath unto her the Improvement of my whole Estate during her naturall life and all the moveable estate in my house which is mine to be at her disposall - as shee shall see cause: Item: I give to my eldest son willm Bassett all ye housing land meddowes marshes and movalbes within y bounds of Lyn township or Elsewhere to bee at his absolut disposall: further it is to bee under stood that my son willm Bassett is to pay out of such Estate all such Legasies as I shall give to ye rest of my children as followeth: Item: I give to my son John Bassett five pounds in mony: Item: I give to my son Elisha Bassett fivetie shillings in mony: Item: I give to my son Samuel Bassett fivetie shillings in mony: Item: I give to my daughter Elizebeth Bassett allias Richards forty shillings in mony: Item: I give to my daughter Sarah Elwell fortie shillings in mony: Ittem: I give to my daughter Merriam Sandy fortie shillings: Ittem: I give to my daughter Mary Ruck fortie shillings in mony: Ittem: I give to my daughter Rachel Silsbe fortie shillings in mony: Ittem: I give to my daughter Rebeckah Bassett fortie shillings in Mony: Ittem: I give to my Hannah Lille fortie shillings in mony -- and if any of ye above named Children Except my son Willm should then to be divided Equaly amongst them all. It is to be understood that these legasies are to be paid with-in a one yeare after my disease and my wives and my will is that neither str? nor waste be made But to the end foresaid. Ittom my will is that my son William Bassett bee sole Executtor to this my last will and testament. Heare unto I have sett to my hand and seale this tenth day of february in the yeare of our 1701. Sighned William Bassett with a seale--Wittnessed by Before sighning it is to be understood that my son William Bassett is to have my whole Estate as is above mentioned to him & his heirs for ever." Witnesses: Samuel Johnson, Lois Rogers, Ezekiel Rogers. Will of Ann (Holland) Bassett Burt, mother of William Bassett (Written 8 Jun 1664; Rcords and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County) My will ist that William Bassett Jr. should have one of my cows, and John Bassett should have one cow, and Elisha Bassett should have on cow, and that Samuel Bassett should have the steer. And it is my will that these children should have the profit of these cattle and the principal when they be 18 years old, and I give to Elizabeth Bassett a new feather bed, a bolster and a pillow and a pillow bear (case), a blanket and a rug, and I give Sarah Bassett my old feather bed, a bolster and pillow and pillow bear, a blanket and a tapestry covering, and I give to Merriam Bassett, a copper kettle, a table cloth and 1/2 dozen napkins and a ewe sheep, a hand towel, and I give to Mary Bassett my biggest iron pot, a long table cloth and 4 napkins and a hand towel, a ewe sheep; to Hannah Bassett 2 iron pots and a warming pan and a pair of sheets and a pair of pillow bears and a ewe sheep; to Ellen Bartrom, a ewe lamb and to Hannah Bartrom, a ewe lamb and I give to the wife of William Bartrom my black broadcloth suit and one pewter basin, and I give to Liddi Burrill 5 shillings or a ewe lamb, and my will is that their goods should not be used until the children doth reserve them and that these girls should have the profit of their sheep and the principal when they come to age. Witnesses: Francis Burrill and William Crofts. The inventory included household items, one cow and 10 sheep. Total value 47 pounds, 2 shillings, sixpence. | Bassett, William Jr. (I7)
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| 52011 | William Bassett inherited his father's property by the terms of the will. The annals of Lynn state that "Sarah Bassett was tried at Salem 23 May 1692 and sent to Boston prison, where she was kept until December 3, seven months. She was a daughter of Richard Hood, and wife of William Bassett, jun., in Nahant street. She had a young child, twenty-two months old, which she took to prison with her. The next daughter which she had after her imprisonment, she called 'Deliverance'." There is a record of nine pounds allowed to Sarah Bassett as compensation for her imprisonment for witchcraft. | Hood, Sarah (I28)
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| 52012 | William Bassett inherited his father's property by the terms of the will. The annals of Lynn state that "Sarah Bassett was tried at Salem 23 May 1692 and sent to Boston prison, where she was kept until December 3, seven months. She was a daughter of Richard Hood, and wife of William Bassett, jun., in Nahant street. She had a young child, twenty-two months old, which she took to prison with her. The next daughter which she had after her imprisonment, she called 'Deliverance'." There is a record of nine pounds allowed to Sarah Bassett as compensation for her imprisonment for witchcraft. | Bassett, Ruth (I37)
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| 52013 | William Bassett inherited his father's property by the terms of the will. The annals of Lynn state that "Sarah Bassett was tried at Salem 23 May 1692 and sent to Boston prison, where she was kept until December 3, seven months. She was a daughter of Richard Hood, and wife of William Bassett, jun., in Nahant street. She had a young child, twenty-two months old, which she took to prison with her. The next daughter which she had after her imprisonment, she called 'Deliverance'." There is a record of nine pounds allowed to Sarah Bassett as compensation for her imprisonment for witchcraft. | Bassett, Deliverance (I39)
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| 52014 | William Bassett is listed as a large owner from Georgia in a Stillwell Family paper. He died between November 20, 1820 and July 10, 1821. He is listed in both the 1814 Arkansas Territory Tax List and the 1816 Territory Tax List for Arkansas County, Missouri Territory. He also lived in Nachitoches Parish, Louisiana. Survey: William Bassett under Ebenezer Fulsom, Plat of Survey (7) by Henry Cassady of 83 arps in Little Prairie on Mississippi about four miles below mouth of river St. Francis in district of Arkansas dated January 29, 1803. A Territorial Arkansas Pioneer: Joseph Stillwell by Robert W. Dhonau, Little Rock, Arkansas Joseph Stillwell came from far away New Jersey and made two other stops before coming to the frontier country in Arkansas about 1798. It was truly in frontier country then because it was part of the Louisiana Purchase obtained from France in 1803. All travel was by steamboat or horseback and communication was very slow. A census of 1798 showed only 368 people in Arkansas. The fourth generation of his family in America, he was born March 3, 1752 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, at Middletown. His parents were Sarah Shepherd and Joseph Stillwell, whose forefathers came from Surrey County, England, to Virginia about 1638. Joseph Stillwell saw action in the Revolutionary War as a private in the First Regiment of the Monmouth County Militia of New Jersey. Reports show that he was taken prisoner by the British on February 13, 1777, near the Lighthouse on the Highlands. From later service he was discharged as an Ensign on May 1, 1784. Prior to this time, Joseph married Sarah Winters and their first child, Harold, was born on May 3, 1783. He then took his young family to Kentucky to join relatives, Elisha Winters and his sons, William and Gabriel. Together they went to New Orleans and began the manufacture of cotton rope. With their free handed, open hearted ways, they soon gained the friendship of the people in power. An enormous grant of land was made June 22, 1797, by the Baron de Carondolet, who was the Spanish governor of the Territory of Louisiana, to the three Winters men, Joseph Stillwell and six other men. The total of this land grant was said to be one million arpens of land (old French measure - about an acre) on the north side of the Arkansas River from Argenta to Arkansas Post. The portions of land granted to Joseph Stillwell was fifteen arpens along the river and forty arpens in depth. It was known as Spanish Land Grant No. 2399. The purpose of the grant was "to form a settlement in the Post of Arkansas for the cultivation of flax, wheat and hemp". In1798, the Winters and Joseph Stillwell families arrived at the village of Arkansas Post and began a survey of their lands. Stillwell selected land about four miles up the river from Arkansas Post and built a cabin. Improvements were gradually made by erecting permanent buildings, cultivating the land, and sheep and other livestock were brought to raise. He perfected his title by settlement and occupancy and afterwards received a patent under the homestead laws of the United States. The Winters family selected their lands about two and a half miles northwest of the Post on the east side of Grand Prairie. They also made extensive improvements and even brought a hewn stone barn from Lexington, Kentucky, to make their boundaries. There was no such stone around the area. As later history, the Winters claim for this grant land was in the courts for over forty years, but was never perfected, and they eventually lost their lands. Records show that Joseph Stillwell was prominent in affairs of the Territory as it grew and developed. On June 27, 1806, the legislature of the Louisiana Territory passed an act creating the District of Arkansas. The northern boundary was set at "a line beginning on the Mississippi River opposite the second Chicksaw Bluff, (about where Memphis is now located) and continuing west indefinitely" and the southern boundary "the 33rd parallel" the present Louisiana-Arkansas line. What is now northern Arkansas was included in the New Madrid District with most of Missouri. In 1808, Governor Lewis of the Territory of Louisiana, selected officials for the new District of Arkansas. Jospeh Stillwell, Francis Vaugine and Benjamin Foy were appointed Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. Harold Stillwell, eldest son of Joseph, was appointed Sheriff of the District which included what is now about the southern two thirds of the state. It was not until 1813 that the County of Arkansas was formed, and in 1818 the northeastern corner of the present state was taken from the New Madrid District and became Lawrence County of the Arkansas District. Joseph Stillwell was made Auditor of the Accounts in 1810 and held the position until 1815. He had to travel in all parts and he was said to have learned every road and Indian trail. President James Monroe approved the act creating the Territory of Arkansas as passed by Congress in 1819. Arkansas Post was made the seat of government. Two judicial districts were formed, the first being composed of Arkansas and Lawrence Counties and the second being Clark, Pulaski and Hempstead Counties which were newly formed. James Miller of New Hampshire was appointed the first Territorial Governor. In 1820 Joseph Stillwell was again appointed a Judge of the Court at Arkansas Post. He could speak several languages including French, Spanish and the Quapaw dialect. When Arkansas County Representative W.C. Allen, to the First Territorial Legislature, was killed in a duel with Representative Robert C. Oden in March 1820, Joseph sought the vacant seat. His announcement of candidacy was published April 29, 1820 in the Arkansas Gazette in both English and French for the benefit of the old settlers who knew only French. The French version was labeled "communicated" to show it was not written by the editor. This paragraph is the only one in the history of the Gazette to appear in French. In the election Stillwell defeated Richmond Peeler by the vote of 94 to 82. While he was in the legislature, Independence County was created and the Capitol was moved to Little Rock in 1821. Joseph Stillwell died at his home on September 10, 1822. He was buried on his homestead and in 1971 a grave marking ceremony was held under auspices of the Stuttgart Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution and Grand Prairie Historical Society. Since there were no schools in the territory during his lifetime, Joseph Stillwell taught his own children. Harold Stillwell, following in the footsteps of his father, after serving as the first Sheriff of the County he was their Representative in the 7th and 8th Territorial Legislature, 1829 to 1833. He married Loicey Bassett in 1811, who died in 1815, and Charlotte Bassett in 1819, both were daughters of William Bassett, a large landowner who came to the Post from Georgia. | Bassett, William Sr. (I1)
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| 52015 | William Bassett is listed as the father of James Bassett in the marriage record for his son and his occupation was given as a car man. | Bassett, William (I1)
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| 52016 | William Bassett is listed as the father of Rees Bassett on his second marriage certificate. | Bassett, William (I15)
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| 52017 | William Bassett Jr. was a railroad conductor for many years and also a farmer in Kent, Ohio. History of Portage County, Ohio (1885) William Bassett, Jr., farmer, P.O. Kent, was born in Ravenna Township, this county, May 22, 1829; son of William and Eloisa (Welton) Bassett, natives of Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, former born September 18, 1794, latter August 4, 1798. They came to this county in 1817 and located in Rootstown Township where they lived about eight months, then moved to Franklin Township and settled on the place known as the Pritchard farm. They afterward exchanged the farm for property now occupied by the mother of our subject, which was then considered the poorest portion of the township. The farm comprises 263 acres of land, 200 of which are under cultivation. William Bassett, Sr., was a veteran of the war of 1812, Captain of the militia in Franklin Township in early times, and generally known as Captain Bassett. After his settlement in Franklin Township he taught a night school for two months, said to be the first school in the township. He had four children: WIlliam Jr., Harriet (deceased), Edward W., in Ravenna, and Horace P., in Warren. He was a thorough-going, pushing business man and at the time of the building of the Ohio Canal he contracted to furnish the stone for the locks. He died October 21, 1878, at the age of eighty-four; his widow, aged eighty-six, still resides on the old homestead. Our subject was reared in Franklin Township, this county, where he received a common school education and has always followed farming as an occupation. He was married, May 9, 1854, to Esther A., daughter of Deacon Barber Clark, of Franklin Township, this county, who died May 8, 1879, at the age of forty-eight years. Mr. Bassett is a member of the Congregational Church, with which he has been identified since 1859. He is a F.&A.M.; in politics a Republican. Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio (1893) Horace P. Bassett, formerly proprietor of one of the leading livery stables in Warren, Ohio, is a native of Portage County, this State, born June 17, 1838. William and Eloise (Welton) Bassett, the parents of H.P., were natives of Connecticut. William Bassett drove an ox team from Connecticut to Ohio as early as 1817, and settled on a tract of wild land. Here he cut away the forest and developed a farm of 266 acres, and on this farm he passed the rest of his life, and died at the age of eighty-five years. He was a prominent man in this county, and for some time served as Captain of the Militia. He was in the war of 1812, having entered the service when he was sixteen years old. The Bassett family are descended from an old English family that settled in New England at an early day. William Bassett was a prominent member of the Freesoil party, and he also took considerable interest in the educational affairs of his day. He was a man of great prowess, was a great wrestler, and was known all over the country for his remarkable physique. His wife died at the age of eight-seven years. She was a member of the Episcopal Church. Of their four children we make record as followws: William, a farmer near Kent, Ohio, was for many years a railroad conductor, and is now prominently identified with local affairs; Harriet, deceased; Edward W., a railroad conductor for many years, was employed as express manager at the time of his death, which occured at Kent in 1887; and Horace P., with whose name we begin this sketch. Horace P. Bassett remained on his father's farm until he was twenty years old, receiving his education in the public schools and at Hiram College. At the age of twenty he accepted a position with Harris, Hanford & Co., dealers in blank books, papers, etc., and for two years was employed as their traveling salesman. In 1860 he came to Warren, and was soon afterward employed as traveling salesman for James B. Dunlap, grocer, in whose employ he remained three years. He was then employed by another grocery firm, Anderson & Rupps, with whom he continued until 1864. That year he engaged in the livery business, succeeding A.S. Robins, which business he continued up to May, 1893. In 1873, he combned undertaking with his livery business, and carried on both until January, 1893, when he sold the undertaking department to Taylor & Pierce. Mr. Bassett is an authority on horses, his opinion frequently being sought and always valued. He owns a fine stallion, known far and near as "Black Allie". Mr. Bassett also devotes considerable time to looking after his farm, in Portage county, of 340 acres. He and his brother William own the old home place. He is also interested somewhat in the life-insurance business, representing the United States Life Insurance Company. Politically, Mr. Bassett is a Republican. Fraternally, he is a member of the A.F.&A.M. Erie Lodge, No. 3; I.O.O.F., No. 29; K. of P., No. 30; and American Mechanics, No. 4. He is Past Grand in the I.O.O.P. and Past Chancellor of the K. of P. Mr. Bassett was married in 1860, to Miss Justine L., daughter of Washington Brewster, a native of Summit county, Ohio. They have had four children, three of whom are living: Jennie B., Charles H. and Helen J. William is deceased. Jennie B. is the wife of E.W. Christy of Cleveland, Ohio, manager of the United States Life Insurance Company. 850 Federal Census of Franklin Township, Portage County, Ohio William Bassett - 54 - M - Connecticut - Farmer 4000 Louisa - 51 - F - Connecticut William Jr. - 21 - M - Ohio Edward W. - 16 - M - Ohio Horace P. - 12 - M - Ohio | Bassett, William Jr. (I994)
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| 52018 | William Bassett lived at Hilltop, Ashover, Derby, England. | Bassett, William (I17)
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| 52019 | William Bassett lived in Marilla, New York. | Bassett, William (I19)
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| 52020 | William Bassett married and had three children. | Bassett, William (I109)
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| 52021 | William Bassett moved to New Zealand. He was first married to Prudence Parkinson and later married Ellen Parkinson (sister of Prudence). | Bassett, William (I77)
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| 52022 | William Bassett moved to New Zealand. He was first married to Prudence Parkinson and later married Ellen Parkinson (sister of Prudence). | Parkinson, Prudence (I97)
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| 52023 | William Bassett moved to New Zealand. He was first married to Prudence Parkinson and later married Ellen Parkinson (sister of Prudence). | Parkinson, Ellen (I99)
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| 52024 | William Bassett of Miskin continued at Maes-y-felin. William and Cecil had six children including the four listed. | Bassett, William (I285)
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| 52025 | William Bassett probably died young. | Bassett, William (I261)
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| 52026 | William Bassett proved his father's will on July 6, 1658. | Bassett, William (I33)
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| 52027 | William Bassett served in the Royal Army from Sep-Dec 1755. On 4 Apr 1760 for 5 he bought of Amaziah Storrs 9 1/4 acres of land on the westward side of Town Street in Mansfield, Connecticut. He bought six acres in 1778 and sold it in 1784. | Bassett, William (I00519)
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| 52028 | William Bassett was 25 years of age when he married on August 30, 1856 according to his marriage record. 1851 British Census of District County Jail, North Hamlet, Gloucestershire, England William Bassett - 20 - Inmate - Randwick, Gloucestershire - Agricultural Labourer George Bassett - 18 - Inmate - Randwick, Gloucestershire - Agricultural Labourer 1861 British Census of Randwick, Gloucestershire, England William Bassett - 29 - Head - Randwick, Gloucestershire - Wool Preparer Jane - 22 - Wife - Randwick, Gloucestershire - Wool Weaver Emma - 4 - Daughter - Randwick, Gloucestershire - Scholar Samuel - 2 - Son - Randwick, Gloucestershire | Bassett, William (I2)
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| 52029 | William Bassett was a farmer according to his daughter's marriage certificate. | Bassett, William (I1)
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| 52030 | William Bassett was a farmer. Will of William Bassett of New Kent County, Virginia Proved May 14, 1724 In the Name of God Amen, this Twenty eighth day of the Month of April in the Year of Our Lord God One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty I William Bassett of St. Peter's Parish in the County of New Kent & Colony of Virginia being of sound mind and perfect memory praise be God for the same but considering with my Self that all flesh must yield to Death and being desirous to settle mine affairs in Order before I go hence and be no more seen, do make this my Last Will & Testament in manner & form following. Imprimis, I give & Bequeath unto Thomas Bassett, my grandson all that part of land which is between Charles Fleming's Spring Branch and the corner ash which is on Charles Fleming's line of Black Creeks Main run hence up the Main Run of Black Creek unto the aforesaid Charles Fleming's Spring Branch, To Have & To Hold the said parts and parcels of land with all the rights and privileges to the said land unto my Grandson Thomas Bassett and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten and for the default of such heirs then to descent to my next Heir in blood and so to proceed and descend from heir to heir in a right line forever. Item - I give and bequeath unto my son John Bassett a parcel of land which is between Wayoke Main Swamp and Charles Fleming's Spring Branch which runs down to Thomas Ellyson's land with all it's rights and privileges as above said unto John Bassett and his heirs to descend to my next heir in blood and so to proceed and descend from heir to heir in a right line forever. Item - I give & Bequeath unto my daughter Anne More a parcel in the North side of Wayoke Main Swamp with all its rights as above said unto Anne More and the heirs of her body and so to proceed and descend from heir to heir in a right line forever. Item - I give unto my daughter Ursula Bassett one feather Bed & furniture which she now lieth on. Also, I give unto my daughter Ursula Bassett two cows and one horse. Item - I give unto my daughter Mary Boughan one shilling. Item - I give unto my daughter Elizabeth Howle one shilling. Item - I give unto my daughter Frances Horsley one shilling. Item - I give unto my son John Bassett one shilling. Item - I give unto my daughter Urecilia Bassett one shilling. xxxxxx give unto my loveing wife Anne Bassett dureing her widowhoood and after her death what estate that shall be left then half of it to be equally divided between my son John Bassett and my daughter Urecilia Bassett and the other half to be equally divided between all my other children that is to say, Mary, Anne, Elizabeth, Frances. Likewise my will and desire is that my dear wife Anne Bassett shall live upon the plantation whereon I now live with all the land running to the Branches which is called Charles Fleming's Spring Branch and the same peaceably and quietly to enjoy and possess without any molestation or trouble whatsoever during her natural life and after her decease the said plantation my will and desire is that my daughter Ursellia Bassett shall live upon the aforesaid plantation during her natural life and after her decease to return to my son John Bassett and his heirs forever, as is aforesaid expressed. Also, I desire and my will is that my wife Anne Bassett shall have timber for building on the aforesaid plantation any part of my now said land and hereby appointing my said wife Anne Bassett to be my true and lawfull Exetx to see my debts paid out of me Estate my funeral right somemnized and this my last Will & Testament Fullfilled but no appraisement or inventory to be taken of my estate. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 15th of October 1720. Will Bassett | Bassett, William (I6)
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| 52031 | William Bassett was a merchant and a farmer. | Bassett, William (I411)
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| 52032 | William Bassett was a shoemaker by trade. He bought and spent the last days of his life in the house later occupied by Wilbur Bassett, on Maple Street. | Bassett, William (I605)
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| 52033 | William Bassett was a shoreman and lived in Marblehead, Massachusetts. | Bassett, William (I88)
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| 52034 | William Bassett was a visitor, 33, living in Southport, Lancashire, England for the 1901 census. He was a painter. 1891 British Census of St. Margaret Leicester, Leicester, England William Bassett 23 M Head Leicester, Leicester Shoe ?? Georgina 21 F Wife Leicester, Leicester Shoe Fitter 1901 British Census of Leicester (formerly St. Margaret), Leicestershire Georgina Bassett 31 F Wife Leicester, Leicester Lilian 8 F Daughter Leicester, Leicester Margaret E. 4 F Daughter Leicester, Leicester (Living at 110 Coral Street) | Bassett, William (I5)
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| 52035 | William Bassett was a visitor, 33, living in Southport, Lancashire, England for the 1901 census. He was a painter. 1891 British Census of St. Margaret Leicester, Leicester, England William Bassett 23 M Head Leicester, Leicester Shoe ?? Georgina 21 F Wife Leicester, Leicester Shoe Fitter 1901 British Census of Leicester (formerly St. Margaret), Leicestershire Georgina Bassett 31 F Wife Leicester, Leicester Lilian 8 F Daughter Leicester, Leicester Margaret E. 4 F Daughter Leicester, Leicester (Living at 110 Coral Street) | Georgina (I6)
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| 52036 | William Bassett was baptized by James MacDonald on 16 May 1847 at St. Peters Roman Catholic Church in Seven Mile Bay, Prince Edward Island. 1881 Canadian Census of Allanby Point (Lot 18), Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada William Bassett - 32 - M - Prince Edward Island - Irish - Roman Catholic Living next door 1881 Canadian Census of Allanby Point (Lot 18), Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada Mary Bassett (Widow) - 63 - F - Prince Edward Island - Farmer - Irish - Roman Catholic Thomas - 30 - M - Prince Edward Island - Farmer - Irish - Roman Catholic Mary H. - 25 - F - Prince Edward Island - Irish - Roman Catholic Elisa A. - 20 - F - Prince Edward Island - Irish - Roman Catholic Lucy Ann - 4 - F - Prince Edward Island - Irish - Roman Catholic 1891 Canadian Census of Allanby Point (Lot 18), Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada William Bassett - 42 - M - 1849 - Prince Edward Island - Roman Catholic Millicent - 38 - F - 1853 - Prince Edward Island - Roman Catholic William K. - 7 - M - 1884 - Priince Edward Island - Roman Catholic | Bassett, William (I15)
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| 52037 | William Bassett was born 16 Jul 1876 in Longmont, Colorado and died young. | Bassett, William (I153)
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| 52038 | William Bassett was employed by the war department in 1917 and lived in Pattersonville, New York. In the 1920 census of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York he was listed as married. 1910 Federal Census of Vandalia, Fayette County, Illinois (25 Apr 1910) George M. Bassett - 62 - M - OH-OH-OH - Head - Physician Office Alice E. - 58 - F - OH-OH-OH - Wife Gurley M. - 18 - F - CO-OH-OH - Daughter Willard A. - 20 - M - CO-OH-OH - Son - Crane Man Dredge Boat (Living at 420 South Sixth Avenue) 1920 Federal Census of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York (8 Jan 1920) William A. Bassett - 31 - M - CO-OH-OH - Boarder - Contractors Supt. (Living on Mill Avenue) | Bassett, William A. (I2549)
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| 52039 | William Bassett was last recorded in the 1841 Census of England. 1841 British Census of Watling Street Cottage, Aston Flamville, Leicester George Basset - 25 - M - Ag Lab - Born in County Hariet - 25 - F - Not born in County William - 6 - M - Not born in County Joseph - 4 - M - Not born in County Isaac - 2 - M - Not born in County | Bassett, William (I113)
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| 52040 | William Bassett was listed as a labourer on his son's marriage record. | Bassett, William (I1)
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| 52041 | William Bassett was not named in his Father's estate. | Bassett, William (I215)
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| 52042 | William Bassett was of Sheen. | Bassett, William (I42)
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| 52043 | William Bassett's wife, Ann Jane Leonard, was a cousin. | Bassett, William John (I142)
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| 52044 | William Bassett's wife, Ann Jane Leonard, was a cousin. | Leonard, Ann Jane (I143)
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| 52045 | William Bassett's will was dated 10 Jul 1755 and proved 22 Mar 1762. | Bassett, William (I33)
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| 52046 | William Bassett, L.L.D. William was described in a list of gentry in 1673 as "Doctor of Civil Law". Much of the Miskin Estate was sold off at this time. | Bassett, William (I224)
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| 52047 | William Bassett, son of Edward and Ann Bassett, was born 13 Dec 1763 (WPR), and baptized 5 Jan 1763 in Woodmansterne, Surrey, England. He is most likely the William that married Susannah Quittenton on 21 Feb 1789 in Titsey, Surrey, England. If so, the following are their children. From this marriage record, William Bassett is listed as from the parish of Chelsham. | Quittenton, Susannah (I7)
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| 52048 | William Bassett, son of Eli and Rhoda (Kersh) Bassett, was born about 1794 in Barnwell, South Carolina. He died in Aug 1886 in Anthony, Marion County, Florida, aged 92 years. He married Aurora Towler, daughter of William Robert and Sarah (Bryan) Towler, about 1834 in Jasper, Hamilton County, Florida. She was born 25 Nov 1811 in North Carolina. She died 31 Oct 1879 in Marion County, Florida. They are both buried in Anthony, Marion County, Florida. Sarah (Bryan) Towler was the daughter of William Bryan and Sarah Singleterry. From Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol VIII, page 31, "William Bassett was born in Barnwell District, S.C., in 1800 a son of Eli and Rhoda Bassett. His parents moved to McIntosh County, Ga., while he was yet a child, and from there they moved to Appling County in 1819 where the family appears in the 1820 census. About 1830 they moved to Hamilton County, Fla. William Bassett married Aurora Towler about 1834; she was born in Bladen County, N.C., Nov. 25 1811, a daughter of William R. Towler and wife Sarah Bryan Towler and grand daughter of William Bryan, R.S., Her parents moved to Wayne Co, Ga, with the Bryans, thence to Ware County where she grew up; and later, after 1830 moving to Hamilton Co., Fla., with the Bryans. Born to William and Aurora Bassett were nine children. William Bassett served in the Indian War as a private in Lieutenant William Day's detachment, 13th Regiment, Florida Militia, June 15th to Oct 15th 1836. In about 1875 or 80 he moved to Anthony, Marion County, Florida where he lived until his death". 1840 Federal Census of Hamilton County, Florida William Bassett 1000001-11001 1mU5,1m40-50,1fU5,1f5-10,1f20-30 1850 Federal Census of First District, Hamilton County, Florida William Bassett 50 M South Carolina Farmer 100 Aurora 40 F North Carolina Sarah A 15 F Florida Lewis 13 M Florida Nancy 10 F Florida John 8 M Florida Devers 6 M Florida Rhoda 5 F Florida Richard 2 M Florida 1860 Federal Census of Hamilton County, Florida William Bassett 60 M South Carolina Farmer 400 1000 Aurora 49 F North Carolina John N. 17 M Florida Andrew J. 14 M Florida Rhoda 12 F Florida Joseph B. 10 M Florida Elmore 9 M Florida Nathan 5 M Florida 1870 Federal Census of Jasper, Hamilton County, Florida (17 Aug 1870) William Bassett 70 M Georgia Farmer 500 2150 Ory 55 F Georgia Rody 21 F Georgia Alysa? 18 F Florida Laura 14 F Florida | Bassett, William (I17)
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| 52049 | William Bassett, son of Eli and Rhoda (Kersh) Bassett, was born about 1794 in Barnwell, South Carolina. He died in Aug 1886 in Anthony, Marion County, Florida, aged 92 years. He married Aurora Towler, daughter of William Robert and Sarah (Bryan) Towler, about 1834 in Jasper, Hamilton County, Florida. She was born 25 Nov 1811 in North Carolina. She died 31 Oct 1879 in Marion County, Florida. They are both buried in Anthony, Marion County, Florida. Sarah (Bryan) Towler was the daughter of William Bryan and Sarah Singleterry. From Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol VIII, page 31, "William Bassett was born in Barnwell District, S.C., in 1800 a son of Eli and Rhoda Bassett. His parents moved to McIntosh County, Ga., while he was yet a child, and from there they moved to Appling County in 1819 where the family appears in the 1820 census. About 1830 they moved to Hamilton County, Fla. William Bassett married Aurora Towler about 1834; she was born in Bladen County, N.C., Nov. 25 1811, a daughter of William R. Towler and wife Sarah Bryan Towler and grand daughter of William Bryan, R.S., Her parents moved to Wayne Co, Ga, with the Bryans, thence to Ware County where she grew up; and later, after 1830 moving to Hamilton Co., Fla., with the Bryans. Born to William and Aurora Bassett were nine children. William Bassett served in the Indian War as a private in Lieutenant William Day's detachment, 13th Regiment, Florida Militia, June 15th to Oct 15th 1836. In about 1875 or 80 he moved to Anthony, Marion County, Florida where he lived until his death". 1840 Federal Census of Hamilton County, Florida William Bassett 1000001-11001 1mU5,1m40-50,1fU5,1f5-10,1f20-30 1850 Federal Census of First District, Hamilton County, Florida William Bassett 50 M South Carolina Farmer 100 Aurora 40 F North Carolina Sarah A 15 F Florida Lewis 13 M Florida Nancy 10 F Florida John 8 M Florida Devers 6 M Florida Rhoda 5 F Florida Richard 2 M Florida 1860 Federal Census of Hamilton County, Florida William Bassett 60 M South Carolina Farmer 400 1000 Aurora 49 F North Carolina John N. 17 M Florida Andrew J. 14 M Florida Rhoda 12 F Florida Joseph B. 10 M Florida Elmore 9 M Florida Nathan 5 M Florida 1870 Federal Census of Jasper, Hamilton County, Florida (17 Aug 1870) William Bassett 70 M Georgia Farmer 500 2150 Ory 55 F Georgia Rody 21 F Georgia Alysa? 18 F Florida Laura 14 F Florida | Towler, Aurora (I27)
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| 52050 | William Bassett, son of Francis Bassett, died in Barnwell County, South Carolina in 1810. He married (1) Mary Phillips, daughter of Stephen and Florence (McAlester) Phillips. He married (2) Michal Moye. She was sister to Matthew Moye (1777) and Martha Moye (1772) Brabham. Michal Moye Bassett died in 1812, Barnwell Probate Bundle 18 Package 9, Bond 1812 to Matthew Moye, George Ward and John Brabham for $2000, apparently died shortly before 13 Apr 1812 when her estate was charged for planks for her coffin. From Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, we have "Barnwell District Court records show that an attachment was filed there Oct. 15, 1803, in which it was alleged that the debtor, William Bassett, had moved out of the state and had left his property in the hands of Thomas Bassett; this proceeding was brought to recover $64.00 alleged to be owing the plaintiff, Nancy Johnson, "for taking care of two of the defendant's children (unnamed). The presumption that William Bassett's wife was dead at the time is strengthened by the fact that William Bassett was in McIntosh county when he registered to draw land in the 1805 land lottery, he having only one draw (thus showing he had no wife or minor child or children with him). In the same lottery, John Basset of McIntosh County, had two draws, and neither he or William drew any land." South Carolina State Gazette, October 28, 1803 Nancey Johnson vs. William Bassett, Case on Attachment. Whereas the Plaintiff in this action did on the fifteenth day of October instant, file his Declaration in the office of the Clerk of this honorable Court, against the Defendant, who is absent from and without the limits of this state, and hath neither wife nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a copy of the said Declaration, with a rule to plead thereto within a year and a day, might be served. It is therefore Ordered, in pursuance of the act of the general assembly in that case made and provided, That the said defendant do appear and plead to the said declaration on or before the sixteenth day of October, which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four, otherwise final and absolute judgment will then be given and awarded against the said defendant. George Latham, C.C.P. Office of Common Pleas, Barnwell district, October 15th, 1803. South Carolina Wills 1782-1868 Vol. 1 Barnwell County, South Carolina Will of William Bassett In the Name of God Amen I Wm Bassett of Barnwell District in South Carolina Planter, Being Week in body but of Perfect Sound Mind and Memory Thanks be to God for the same calling to Mind to Mortality of my Body Knowing that it is Appointed Once for all to Die, Do Make and ordain this My Last Will and Testament, Principartyand first of all I do Give My Soule to God who gave it Me at first my Body to the Earth to be Decently Buried att the Discrition of My Executors, Nothing Doubting but at the General Resurection I Sahll Recieve the same again by the Mighty Power of God......... And as Touching that Worldly Goods it hath Pleased God to Indow me with in this liife I Do give and bequeath in manner and form following that is to Say... First I Do Give to my and Bequeath unto My Well Beloved Wife Michal Bassett one Negro Fellow Called Jim B one Feather Bed and the furniture belonging to the sd Bed 1 Trunk one said stead one cow and calf one two yeard old steer I do Likewise Give and Bequeath unto her the place whereon I no reside containing one hundred and fifty acres bebing part of that tract of land containing four hundred acres granted unto Robert Jordan one Note of hand for one hundred thirty Seven Dollars fifty cents Secondly I Do Give and Bequeath unto Stephen Bassett one Negro fellow called Will one Negro Girl called Ester... Thirdly I Do Give and Bequeath unto Francis Bassett one Negro wench named Frank one Negro Girl called Hannah, Fourthly I Do Give and Bequeath unto Tho Bassett Junior one Negro Wench Called Harriot one Negro Child called Fanny,, Fifty I do Give Wm Bassett first Son of my Brother Eli Bassett one Cow and calf Sicthly I Do Give and Bequeath unto Wm Moye Son of Mathew Moye one Cow and calf. 7 I Do Give and Bequeath unto My Well Beloved Brother Eli Bassett the Sum of Ninety Dollars in Case so much should remain in hand after defraying of y legal debts and in case there should be any overplush to be Equally divided between my sid wife Michal Bassett and the sd Stephen Bassett and Frances Bassett Tho Bassett Junior..... The remaining part of my affects not herein Bequeath to be sold to defray my legal debts att the discretion of my executors I Do Likewise Appoint Consititue and ordain My Brother Eli Bassett, and Mathew Moye and Stephen Bassett to be whole sole Executors to this My Last Will and Testament in Witness thereof I have herunto Sett my hand and Seal this twenty sixth Day of February One Thousand Eigh hundred and Ten..... Signed sealed published and declared by the within mentioned Wm Bassett to be his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us who att his request and in his presence have hereunto subscribed our names as witness's to the Same. Wm Bassett (seal) Georg Ward Elah Ward Tho Hughes Recorded in Will Book "A", Page 167. Recorded March 30, 1810 > Alllen, Ordinary, Barnwell District Bundle 16, Package 5. | Bassett, William (I3)
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