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- The Sun, New York
Sunday, September 28, 1884
Elopement in Ohio
A Dashing Widow of Forty Runs Away with a Youth of Twenty
Urbana, Ohio - Sept. 27 - It was ascertained today that Charles Bassett, son of a poor widow, and Mrs. Lida Weaver, widow of Thomas B. Weaver, have eloped. Bassett is a boyish-looking youth of twenty, earning a small salary as clerk in a retail shoe store. He has no property nor expectations. Mrs. Weaver is forty, but a commanding beauty; tall, straight, well rounded in figure, black eyes and hair, and expressive countenance. During Mr. Weaver's life she had all she desired in the way of dress and personal adornments, and her good taste gave her the reputation of being the best dressed woman in Urbana. That she should have become infatuated with such a mere boy is doubly puzzling to everybody, as it was known that she was engaged to be married on Monday next to a well-to-do man from Philadelphia named Upton. Preparations for the wedding were well advanced. It is supposed that Mrs. Weaver did not wish to meet Mr. Upton under the circumstances, and besides, she had a grievance against her hotel for the reason that the proprietor had forbidden Bassett to call there to see her. These seem to be the reasons on her part for an elopement. Bassett gave out that he was going to Illinois to visit friends. He took the train to Westville, near by, where Mrs. Weaver met him in a carriage. Dismissing her carriage, another was procured to take them to Piqua, where they took the train. They have been heard from at Richmond, Indiana, and are supposed to be going to St. Louis. It is not yet known whether they have been united in marriage, but there is no reason to suppose their elopement was for any other purposes.
1870 Federal Census of Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio (14 Jun 1870)
Joel B. Bassett - 37 - M - Ohio - Physician 2500 1000
Jenna L. - 30 - F - Ohio - Keeps House
Nora E. - 8 - F - Ohio - At school
Charles A. - 5 - M - Ohio - At home
1880 Federal Census of Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio
Jennie L. Bassett - 39 - F - OH-VA-VA - Head - Teacher
Nora - 18 - F - OH-OH-OH - Daughter - At Home
Charles - 15 - M - OH-OH-OH - Son - Attending School
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