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- 3B36567. Lodelia Lavina Bassett, daughter of David and Lucinda (Cogswell) Bassett, was born 1 Jul 1823 in New York State. She died 26 July 1895, aged 72 years. She married James Spears. James was born 16 Mar 1819 in Ireland. He died 19 Jan 1889 in Oregon Township, Lapeer County, Michigan.
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF GENESEE, LAPEER AND TUSCOLA COUNTIES
MICHIGAN (1892)
Mrs. Loedlia L. Spears. This highly respected lady who for so many years walked hand in hand with James Spears, one of the very early settlers of Oregon Township, Lapeer County, and who was his worthy helpmate in the hard work of those pioneer times, aiding him in subduing the wilderness and bringing terefrom a richly cultivated farm, still lives in this township. She was born in New York July 1, 1827, and is one of a family of twelve children, her parents being David and Lucinda (Cogswell) Bassett.
In 1845 Miss Lodelia L. Bassett was united in marriage with James Spears, and they began their weeded life in their native State and two years later removed to Michigan, locating in Oregon Township. Mr. Spears had his nativity in Ireland and was born in March, 1823. His early training and education were carried on in his native home and he early learned the trade of a mason.
Upon coming to Michigan Mr. and Mrs. Spears purchased eighty acres of unimproved land and set about the work of pioneers, and a numerous family grew up about them, and of their full dozen children five are now living, namely: William, who is now a farmer of Oregon Township; jane, who married George Baldwin; Ella, the wife of John DeLong; Emma, who is Mrs. Alexander Stewart; and Myrtle, who married Thomas O'Leary. The seven children called hence by death bore the names of David, who married Hannah Bradshaw; John, James (first and second), Herman, Rosa, and Mary, who married Thomas Weaver.
There has not been for many a day so great a sense of bereavement in the community as when the worthy citizen, James Spears, was called from life upon New Year's Day, 1888. His sterling character and kindly nature had made him the friend of all who knew him, and he was long missed from the associations from which he has departed. Mr. Spears' children have all left the maternal roof and established homes of their own, and she is now living alone except for the companionship of a little grand-daughter.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1823 - 1895 (72 years)