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Justin Bassett

Male 1814 - 1846  (32 years)

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  • Name Justin Bassett 
    Birth 22 Jul 1814  West Springfield, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 8D2FDD32054161428EAB2709520D2CA149F0 
    Death 20 Aug 1846  Huron County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    • Huron Reglector, Norwalk, Ohio, September 1, 1846
      Died
      In this village, on Thursday, the 28th inst. Mr. Justin Bassett, aged 32 years.
      Mr. Bassett was an exceedingly worthy man, and highly esteemed citizen. He has left a disconsolate widow and one child - and his sudden and unexpected departure has cast a gloom over our village, and left a void in society, which can not be easily filled.

      Iola Register, Allen County, Kansas, June 18, 1910
      David L. Bassett
      D.L. Bassett was born in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, December 13th, 1840. He died at his home, Iola, Kansas, June 17th, 1910, at 9 o'clock, A.M. aged sixty-nine years, six months and four days.
      When Mr. Bassett was a child of six years his father died. His mother then moved to New London, Ohio where she lived until her son was thirteen years old, moving thence to Norwalk, Ohio, where Mr. Bassett grew to manhood.
      On October 10th, 1861, Mr. Bassett was married to Miss Mary E. Warner, of Norwalk, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Bassett lived in Norwalk for sixteen years. In 1877, on account of Mrs. Bassett's poor health, they came to Kansas and settled on a farm near Iola. About eleven years ago they left the farm and came to Iola, where they have since made their home.
      To Mr. and Mrs. Bassett were born four children of whom three are now living. The eldest, a daughter of seventeen years, died in Iola some years ago.
      Mr. Bassett was an old soldier. He enlisted in Company D, Eighth Ohio at the beginning of the Civil War, and served until its end. During the last several years of his life Mr. Bassett had suffered much but had borne his troubles with great fortitude and forbearance.
      D.L. Bassett was a good husband, a kind father, and honorable, up right citizen, esteemed and respected by all who knew him. He leaves to mourn his departure from this life his wife and two daughters, Mrs. Lora Norton, of Chicago, Illinois, and Mrs. Hattie Dennison, of Iola, Kansas, an invalid son, and six grandchildren, besides other relatives and friends.
    Person ID I1225  6B William Bassett of Connecticut
    Last Modified 30 Mar 2012 

    Father David Bassett,   b. 17 Feb 1782, West Springfield, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Rock Valley Cemetery, Holyoke, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Elizabeth (Betsy) Lyman,   b. 9 Sep 1785   d. 29 Apr 1838, West Springfield, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 2 Nov 1813  West Springfield, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F285  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Electa Keith   d. 1874, Huron County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 1838 
    Children 
    +1. David Lyman Bassett,   b. 13 Dec 1840, Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1910, Iola, Allen County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F521  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart