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Minnie Bassett

Female Abt 1862 - 1927  (65 years)

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  • Name Minnie Bassett 
    Birth Abt 1862  New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID C85546C0E9B2734FA8E5EB06DC1C7ECE4297 
    Death Nov 1927  Henderson Harbor, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Watertown Daily Times, New York, Friday, November 25, 1927
      Mrs. Minnie Poole Died At Home In Henderson
      (Special to The Times)

      Henderson Harbor, Nov. 25. ? Mrs. Minnie Poole died his morning at 6 at her residence in this village. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 from her home, Rev. Gustave Ulrich, pastor of the First Universalist church, officiating. Interment will be made in Evergreen cemetery.
      Mrs. Poole was born on Aug. 5, 1862, in this village, the daughter of Augusta and Clarissa Dye Bassett, and has always lived here. She married Horace Carpenter about 1881, who died about two years later. About 35 years ago she married Charles Poole of Henderson, who died March 28, 1917. Since then she had been living with her brother, James Bassett of this village.
      She is survived by one brother, James Bassett; two cousins, La Mort Bassett of Henderson Harbor, and Nona Bassett of Ypsilanti, Mich. Mrs. Poole was well known and highly respected in this village.



      Jefferson County Journal, Adams, New York, Wednesday, 30 November 1927
      Minnie Bassett Poole

      Mrs. Minnie Poole died Friday morning, Nov. 25, at her residence in Henderson Harbor. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 from her home, Rev. Gustave Ulrich, pastor of the First Universalist church, officiating. Interment was made in Evergreen cemetery. Mrs. Poole was born on August 5, 1862, in Henderson Harbor, the daughter of Augusta [Augustus] and Clarissa Dye Bassett, and had always lived there. She married Horace Carpenter about 1881, who died about two years later. About 35 years ago she married Charles Poole of Henderson, who died March 28, 1917. Since then she had been living with her brother, James Bassett of Henderson Harbor. She is survived by one brother, James Bassett; two cousins, LaMort Bassett of Henderson Harbor, and Nona Bassett of Ypsilanti, Mich. Mrs. Poole was well known and highly respected in Henderson Harbor. For many years she was associated with her brother in a boarding house at the Harbor.


      1880 Federal Census of Henderson, Jefferson County, New York
      Augustus D. Bassett - 47 - M - NY-NY-NY - Head - Farmer
      Clarissa - 37 - F - NY-RI-NY - Wife - Keeping House
      Minnie - 18 - F - NY-NY-NY - Daughter - At Home
      James R. - 7 - M - NY-NY-NY - Son
      Willie Damon - 18 - M - NY-NY-NY - Other - Farm Laborer

      1920 Federal Census of Henderson, Jefferson County, New York (23 Jan 1920)
      James Bassett - 47 - M - NY-NY-NY - Head - Farmer
      Clarissa (Wd) - 77 - F - NY-NY-NY - Mother
      Minnie Poole (Wd) - 57 - F - NY-NY-NY - Sister
      Eugene Potter (Wd) - 46 - M - NY-NY-NY - ??? - Laborer Farm

      Jefferson County Journal, Wednesday, November 30, 1927
      The community was saddened by the death of Mrs. Minnie Poole, widow of Charles Poole, who passed away Friday morning. Mrs. Poole had always lived in Henderson Harbor. One brother, James Bassett, and two cousins, LaMort Bassett of Henderson Harbor and Nona Bassett of Ypsilanti, Mich., survive.
    Person ID I1964  6B William Bassett of Connecticut
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2022 

    Father Augustus Daniel Bassett,   b. Abt 1833, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Clarissa Dye,   b. Henderson, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1925, Henderson Harbor, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F595  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charles Poole 
    Family ID F801  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart