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- 3B3236524. Major Charles Chester Bassett, son of David and Catherine Matilda (Dunconson) Bassett, was born 17 Jul 1863 in Washington, D.C. He married (1) Fannie Rice, daughter of Sen. B.F Rice of Arkansas. They were divorced 4 Feb 1907. He was a cartographer for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
1910 Federal Census of Washington, D.C. (22 Apr 1910)
Charles C. Bassett 46 M DC DC DC Head Scientist Agr Dept.
Charles C. Jr. 13 M DC DC WI Son
(914 17th Ave N.W.)
1920 Federal Census of Washington, D.C. (19 Jan 1920)
Charles C. Bassett 56 M DC US US Head Cartographer US Govt.
Julia 38 F PA PA PA Wife Secretary Capital Building
Linnette Pennyparker 70 F PA PA PA MotherL
(1801 Calvert Street)
11 March 1906
Names Clergyman in Divorce Suit
Charles C. Bassett, of Washington
Says His Wife Met the Rev. E. Lawrence Hunt
SOUGHT BY PROCESS SERVERS
Not in Washington and Reported Here That He May Have Gone To Canada
Herald Bureau
No. 734 Fifteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. Saturday
Great surprise was caused in Washington by the report that Charles C. Bassett, an employee of the geological survey, who has brought suit for divorce against his wife, Fanny Rice Bassett, has named the Rev. E. Lawrence Hunt, former pastor of the Washington Heights Presbyterian Church
here, who now lives at No. 114 Lexington Avenue, New York. Mr. Hunt created a great stir here last summer when he presented to a pupil of the Presbyterian Sunday school a cross which he declared to his congregation had been blessed by Cardinal Gibbons. The girl was a child of Catholic parents.
Shortly thereafter he left his church. The members of the congregation made him a generous gift of money. Mr. Bassett alleges that Mrs. Bassett and Mr. Hunt met several times in 1904 and 1905 in Baltimore, Atlantic City and New York. Mrs. Bassett, her husband says, has recently
been living in Denver. It is reported that she brought suit against him for divorce in Omaha and that process servers have been seeking Mr. Bassett un-successfully in Washington.
The New York Times, 10 Apr 1907
Hunt Weds Mrs. Bassett
Ex-Minister Was Correspondent in Her Husband's Divorce Suit
Dr. E. Lawrence Hunt, the ex-pastor of the Noble Street Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Fanny Rice Bassett, who was recently divorced from Charles Chester Bassett, a clerk at Washington, were married at 6 o'clock last night by the Rev. Henry Marsh Warren, the hotel chaplain. The ceremony took place in the presence of only two witnesses. One was the 8-year old son of Mrs. Bassett. The second was Charles Boston, a law partner of William B. Hornblower.
After Dr. Hunt had made arrangements by telephone for the wedding the party drove to the home of Dr. Warren in a carriage. Dr. Hunt wore a dark business suuit, and appeared to be in the best of spirits. Mrs. Bassett was attired in gray, and also seemed cheerful, continually petting her boy, whom she kept by her side during the ceremony.
When the ceremony had been performed Dr. Hunt and his bride drove away, presumably for Dr. Hunt's Brooklyn home, where the former minister said that he should stay, at least for a time. To Dr. Warren, Hunt said that is was possible that he should re-enter the ministry. Dr. Hunt
resigned his pastorate of the Noble Street Church some time ago, and retired from the Brooklyn Presbytery on last Monday night.
He first gained notoriety in March, 1906, when Mr. Bassett filed his suit for divorce in Washington, naming Hunt as correspondent. Bassett was connected with the United States Geological Survey, at Washington, where Dr. Hunt had at one time been in charge of the Heights Presbyterian Church.
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