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The Shelbyville Democrat
Friday, October 15, 1909.
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ANGEL OF DEATH
REAPED RICH HARVEST
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Three Prominent Residents of County
Passed Away Yesterday Afternoon --
John Mohr, A Shelby County Farmer,
Died At Home On South Miller Street --
Mrs. James Bassett and Mrs. Elizabeth Rush
Also Passed to Great Beyond
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Mrs. James M. Bassett
After month of terrible suffering, death came as a relief to Mrs. James Bassett at her home, three and one-half miles north of the city, at four-thirty o'clock yesterday afternoon. She had been ill for over a year and was in a critical condition for several weeks preceding her death.
Mrs. Bassett was a daughter of the late Thomas Norvell and was born October 1, 1841. Her girlhood days were spent on a farm in this county and on August 29, 1861, she was united in marriage to James M. Bassett. The union was a most happy one and was blessed with seven children, all boys. Six of them survive. They are William N., Merris T., George, Elmer, Curtis, and Walker, all of this county, and Clancy of Thorntown.
[A few lines are missing here.] ful wife and mother and a devout Christian woman. She was an ardent worker in the Marion M. E. Church, with which she has been affiliated since her fifteenth birthday.
The funeral services will be held at the home at two o'clock Saturday afternoon, Rev. G. M. Smith officiating. Interment in the Marion cemetery in charge of M. G. Tindall.
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1841 - 1909 (68 years)