Mary Anita Hafford

Mary married Joseph Rad McDaniel on 11 Jul 1936 in Woodbine, Cooke County, Texas. Joseph was born on 2 Jun 1911 in Cooke County, Texas; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary and Joseph were married by Ray Hand, Minister.

1. Jerry Carroll McDaniel was born in Private.
2. Bobby Luther McDaniel was born in Private.
3. Sandra Jo McDaniel was born in Private.

Notes:

Luther worked as a cook on the St. Frances River several years for the loggers. When his parents moved to Texas in December of 1896, he stayed behind to bring the things they owned. He rode down on an Immigrant-Box-Car on the train. Everything they owned was placed in one car. Stalls were built for the animals and he was responsible for their care. He became a Produce and Poultry farmer. He turned the Texas Bassett Farm into a Poultry Farm.

Luther married Amy Florence Bassett on 4 Jan 1903 in Cooke County, Texas. Amy (daughter of Algernon Sidney Bassett and Frances Ellen Nichols) was born on 30 Mar 1875 in Foster Township, Marion County, Illinois; died on 12 Feb 1913 in Bassett Homestead near Gainsville, Cooke County, Texas; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Amy came to Texas as a child with her parents. The Civil War was over and also the Indian trouble had moved west, no longer a threat to the Gainesville area. She became a teacher in Salem, Texas from 1901-02. A near
tragedy occurred when an irate mother took a hammer and beat Amy and left her for dead on a lonely country road. She was discovered and was taken home. She decided being a housewife was a much safer job, so she stayed home and helped her husband.

Notes:

Algernon and Frances moved to Texas and raised a large family.

Sid's mother died when he was only 9 years old. His father remarried
two years later. Life was not easy being a son of a farmer in the early days.
It was very hard work.
In 1857, Sid's father moved from Indiana to Foster Township, Marion
County, Illinois, hoping to secure a better life for himself and his family.
The Bassetts were one of the early settlers of the county. They first lived in
a log cabin, but soon built a nice frame house.
Sid's father enlisted in the 111th Illinois Infantry, 18 Sep 1862. But
because of his age, Sid soon went in to replace his father. Although Sid is
not recorded as having fought in the Civil War, he did so under his father's
name. The following is from his diary:

"Sunday Jan 1st 1865"
This is the beginning of a new year. May peace dawn before its close.
Cool but warmer than one year ago. I am at Mound City, Illinois. We are
expecting to be paid soon. There has been no news from Sherman since he left
Savannah, Ga. Unwell.

"Tuesday 3rd"
There is an examination for the V.R.C. The Dr. wants me to go into it
but I would rather go to my Rgt. Unwell.

"Thursday 5th"
There was a sale of the deceased Soldiers' effects. They went very
cheap.
"Tuesday 10th"
Considerable snow and rain. I have a very bad cold. Hosp. fu
sick.

After the war, Sid returned home to Marion County, Illinois. He
married in 1867 into the also prominent Nichols family of Foster Township.
Life was once again saddened for them as their first child died in 1869, at
the age of one month and ten days.
On 7 Apr 1873, Sid bought 40 acres, Sec. 23, Twp. 4, Range 2, f
$5.00 from his father and step-mother. This was in Foster Township near the
homestead.
Sid was a very intelligent man. He read and studied everything. He
became a practicing country doctor in Pleasant Grove, an area in Foster
Township. Taken from the 8 Nov 1878 Marion County Herald, "Dr. A. S. Bassett
resumes his practice at Pleasant Grove."
In 1879 Sid and his wife and four children moved to Cooke Count
Texas. They left Salem by wagon. The roads were bad and there were few
bridges. When streams were up they camped and waited for the water to recede.
The trip took 27 days.
Sid purchased a farm 1½ miles southwest of Woodbine from Henry Nelson,
who had homesteaded it. After farming for three years, he went into the
nursery business. He named it Spring Dale Nursery. He operated it for
approximately 20 years. He planted many trees including pines, oak, cedar,
magnolia, pear, crepe myrtle and pecan, of which are still living in 1988. One
of the pine trees which is now dead, hit by lightning, exceeded the 1981 state
champion loblolly pine in diameter by 8 inches.
Sid also had a variety of shade and fruit trees and shrubs. One of his
newly propagated apples won first prize at the 1893 Worlds Fair in Chicago and
was named "Capitola".
In connection with his nursery business, he made fine wines from his
fruits. And after many years of successful business, he and his wife, a
daughter Mary Belle, moved to Sarita, Texas.
Sid had a brilliant mind and he never quit trying to learn more. He
often wrote for magazines and newspapers.
Besides trips to see his children and trips back to Illinois to visit
his brothers and their families, Sid lived out the remaining years of his life
in Sarita, Texas.


1880 Federal Census of Foster, Marion County, Illinois (22 Jun 1880)
Sydney A. Bassett 35 M IN IN IN Head Farmer
Frances E. 30 F IL NY IL Wife Keeping House
Walter 9 M IL IN IL Son
Mary 7 F IL IN IL Daughter
Amy 5 F IL IN IL Daughter
Harry 3 M IL IN IL Son
Fillmore Nichols 24 M IL NY IL BroL Farmer

1900 Federal Census of Precinct 1, Cooke County, Texas (16 Jun 1900)
A. Bassett 65 M Mar 1845 IN IN IN Head Nurseryman
Frances E. 50 F Mar 1850 IL NY IL Wife
Mary 26 F Dec 1873 IL IN IL Daughter
Amy 25 F Mar 1875 IL IN IL Daughter
& 1 Boarder
(Married 33 years, 5 children, 4 living)


The Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb 1936
E.S. Bassett, Early Cooke Resident, Dies

GAINESVILLE, Texas, Feb. 15 – E. S. Bassett, 90, who came to Cooke
County from Indiana sixty years ago and operated a fruit farm and nurse
seven miles east of Gainesville, will be buried Sunday.
He died Friday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mary Patterson of
Sarita, Kenedy County. Besides Mrs. Patterson, two sons and two brothers
survive.

Algernon married Frances Ellen Nichols on 9 Oct 1867 in Marion County, Illinois. Frances (daughter of David Nichols and Mary J. Foster) was born on 12 Mar 1850 in Foster Township, Marion County, Illinois; died on 4 Apr 1917 in Sarita, Kenedy County, Texas; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Cooke County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Harvey was born and raised in Jefferson County, Indiana. He married
there and his first six children were born there. After Mary died, he moved to
Jackson county where he married again and there one child was bor
In early 1858, Harvey moved his family to Foster Township, Mari
County, Illinois. There he bought his first land. It was the SE½ of the NE¼
and the N½ of the SE¼ both in Section 22, the first being 40 acres and the
second being 80 acres. And the S½ of the NW¼ of Section 23, which consisted of
80 acres. He paid $2,000 in cash on 22 Apr 1858 and paid the remaining $1,000
on 9 Nov 1860. He bought the land from Richard & Sarah Vickry, who had bought
it from the government. The Vickry's moved to Tarrant County, Texas. This land
had very little improvements and was practically a wilderness. All it had was
a log cabin to live in.
Harvey joined the Union Army and was mustered into service at Salem,
Marion County, Illinois on 18 Sep 1862, at the age of 42. He was in Company I
of the 111th Illinois Infantry. They remained at Camp Marshall, Salem until 31
Oct 1862 when it numbered 930 officers and enlisted me
It is not known how long Harvey was in the war for sure. His so
Algernon S. Bassett, went into the army and took his father's place under his
father's name and therefore there is no record of when Harvey left or when
Algernon went in. Algernon Sidney Bassett, better known as Sid, was in the
army by January of 1865, because his diary comments on the war. Recorded as
being mustered out 7 Jun 1865, but medical records have him being mustered out
in July of 1865.
After the war, Harvey bought more land until he had 320 acres of land
in sections 15, 22, 23, and 27 of Foster Township. He built a nice two-story
"Saltbox" style home on his land just south of the log cabin. It had two
bedrooms upstairs and downstairs it had two bedrooms, a formal parlor and a
dining-kitchen and a cellar. He also had a large barn and several out-
buildings.
Harvey and Sarah worked hard, as all Illinois farmers had to do, but
they prospered and provided well for their children. Harvey had a live-
hired hand named John Wheeler, who had been born in Kentucky and whose mother
was from Ireland and father was from Scotland.
After Harvey's death, Sarah continued to live in the homestead. Her
son Elmer lived there with her and he took over the farm. She applied for a
pension, which she received because she was a widow of a soldier. Sarah lived
to see two of her children die, two of her grandchildren and one great-
grandchild die. But also she lived to see 15 of her grandchildren born and six
great-grandchildren.
Politically, Harvey was a member of the Republican Party. He he
several township offices and took a great interest in politics. The Bassetts
were a highly respected and well-known family, thus carrying on the great name
of Bassett.

1860 Federal Census of Marion County, Illinois
Harvey F. Basset 40 M Indiana Farmer
Sarah 23 F Indiana
Eugene S. 15 M Indiana
Mary C. 11 F Indiana
Sarah A. 9 F Indiana
Arthina B. 3 F Indiana
Erick H. 1 M Illinois

1870 Federal Census of Marion County, Illinois
Harvey Bassett 50 M Illinois
Sarah 35 F Indiana
Sarah 18 F Indiana
Belle 12 F Indiana
1870 Federal Census of Marion County, Illinois
Ancil Bassett 10 M Illinois
Lafayette 9 M Illinois
Charles 1 M Illinois
Sidney 25 M Illinois
Ellen 21 F Illinois

Harvey married Mary Sullivan on 2 Sep 1841 in Jefferson County, Indiana. Mary was born on 18 Jul 1820; died on 1 Apr 1854 in Jefferson County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Harvey and Mary were married by Jacob M. Cox.

Notes:

David Nichols was the son of David Nichols of Bloomfield, Massachusetts, a wealthy farmer.

David married Mary J. Foster. Mary was born in in Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]