Bassett Family Association Database
Martin Van Buren Bassett
1839 - 1912 (73 years)-
Name Martin Van Buren Bassett Birth 27 Jul 1839 Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York 
Gender Male _UID B07906D7E411894D828124B79D81B2F47321 Death 30 Oct 1912 Newark, Essex County, New Jersey Burial Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York Notes - In the Civil War Martin Van Buren Bassett served with the 32nd New York Infantry, enlisting in Company H on February 23, 1864 at the age of 24. He later was a Sergeant in Company C, 7th New York Heavy Artillery. He was promoted to Full Corporal on March 8, 1865. He was promoted to Full Sergeant on May 20, 1865. He was mustered out on June 30, 1865 at Federal Hill, Baltimore, Maryland.
Martin Van Buren Bassett was aged 73 years, 3 months and 3 days when he died in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. He and his wife, Lovenia, were living at 94-1/2 First Street in Newark, New Jersey when they died.
1870 Federal Census of Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey (16 Aug 1870)
Martin Bassett - 32 - M - New York - Boatman --- 100
Lavinia - 22 - F - New York
Agnes - 3 - F - New York
Debrah - 1 - F - New York
Isaack - 13 - M - New York
1880 Federal Census of District 1, Mt. Pleasant, Westchester County, New York
Martin Bassett - 40 - M - NY-MA-MA - Head - Laborer
Lavinia - 30 - F - NY-NY-NY - Wife - Keeping House
Deborah - 10 - F - NY-NY-NY - Daughter - At Home
John 9 - M - NY-NY-NY - Son
Lemuel - 5 - M - NY-NY-NY - Son
Frederick - 1 - M - NY-NY-NY - Son
1910 Federal Census of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey (20 Apr 1910)
Martin V. Bassett - 70 - M - NY-NY-NY - Head - Boatman River
Lovenia - 62 - F - NY-NY-NY - Wife
(Living at 94 First Street)
(6 children, 2 living)
Person ID I6 511B Isaac Bassett of New York Last Modified 5 Sep 2015
Father Isaac Bassett, b. Between 1790 and 1800, Massachusetts Mother Deborah King, b. Abt 1806 Family ID F1 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lovenia L. Baker, b. New York d. 25 Feb 1918, New Jersey Marriage 10 Sep 1863 Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York Children 1. Agnes Bassett, b. 31 Mar 1867, New York d. 1941 (Age 73 years)2. Deborah Bassett, b. Abt 1870, Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York d. 25 Mar 1887, Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York (Age 17 years)3. John J. Bassett, b. 23 Jan 1871, Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York d. 13 Mar 1905, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey (Age 34 years)4. Lemuel Bassett, b. Oct 1875, New York 5. Frederick Bassett, b. Abt 1879, New York Family ID F8 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 23 Sep 2015
- In the Civil War Martin Van Buren Bassett served with the 32nd New York Infantry, enlisting in Company H on February 23, 1864 at the age of 24. He later was a Sergeant in Company C, 7th New York Heavy Artillery. He was promoted to Full Corporal on March 8, 1865. He was promoted to Full Sergeant on May 20, 1865. He was mustered out on June 30, 1865 at Federal Hill, Baltimore, Maryland.