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Thomas A Bassett

Male 1845 - 1914  (68 years)


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  • Name Thomas A Bassett 
    Born 14 Dec 1845  Brown Twp, Ripley, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Christened 1850  Brown Twp, Ripley, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Gender Male 
    _UID 7D8372E8BB107249B069E1D4C248D19C25E1 
    Died 16 Jan 1914  Snyder, Kiowa, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Fairlawn Cemetery,Snyder,Kiowa,Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • SOURCES:
      DEATH:
      LDS Famiy History Library Catalog:
      Title: Bassett : Thomas A. Bassett (1845-1914) and son, Charlwood L. Bassett (1873-1919) obituaries, Oklahoma and Illinois
      Notes: Microfilm made of three newspaper clippings held at the Ripley County Historical Museum, Versailles, Indiana: Thomas A. Bassett (1845-1914) and his son, Charlwood L. Bassett (1873- 1919), were both born at Cross Plains in Ripley County, Indiana and later moved to Oklahoma. Charlwood returned to land near Neoga, Illinois in 1913.
      Subjects:Bassett
      Format:Manuscript (On Film) Language:English
      Publication:Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982
      Physical:on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
      Film Notes Note - Location [Film]: Bassett - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1312799 Item 4 ]
      © 2002 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.

      BURIAL: Find-A-Grave.com
      Thomas BASSETT, Birth: unknown Death: unknown Burial:Fairlawn Cemetery, SnyderKiowa County,Oklahoma, USA Created by: Pat Sproat Record added: Feb 01, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 24304519

      BIOGRAPHY:
      1856 State Census Linn County Index (Contributed by, Kathleen Weatherwax©2003)
      Basset, Thomas; Brown Twp
      Bassett, James; Marion Twp
      Bassett, William; Linn Twp
      Bassett, William; Marion Twp

      1860 US Census
      Thomas Bassett, Brown Twp, Linn Co, Iowa.

      1865 Kansas State Census
      T A Bassett,49, Family Number: 1 Gender: Male Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846 Line: 10 Roll: v115_154. Census Date: 1 Mar 1895 Residence County: Sumner Residence state: Kansas Locality: Seventy-Six Birth Location: Indiana
      - Jennie Bassett, 49, Family Number: 1 Gender: Female Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852 Line: 11.
      Source Information:
      Ancestry.com.. Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
      Original data:
      1865 Kansas State Census. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-8. Kansas State Historical Society.

      1865 US Civil War
      Civil War records show a Thomas Bassett from Cross Plains IN enlisted on 14 Feb 1865, Co A 146th Inf Reg, and was mustered out on 31 Aug 1865 as a Corpl.
      - Ancestry.com file: U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles: Thomas Bassett, Residence: Cross Plains, Indiana, Enlistment Date: 14 Feb 1865, Rank at enlistment: Corporal, State Served: Indiana, Survived the War?: Yes, Service Record: Enlisted in Company A, Indiana 146th Infantry Regiment on 14 Feb 1865. Mustered out on 31 Aug 1865 at Baltimore, MD. Sources: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana Source Information: Historical Data Systems, comp.. U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009. Original data: Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA.
      - REGIMENT History: 146th Infantry Regiment, Indiana, Date of Organization: 3 Mar 1865, Muster Date: 31 Aug 1865, Regiment State: Indiana, Regiment Type: Infantry, Regiment Number: 146th Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded: 0, Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 0, Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 0, Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 31, Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers Regimental History, One Hundred and Forty-sixth Infantry INDIANA (1-YEAR) One Hundred and Forty-sixth Infantry. -- Col., Merit C. Welch, Lieut.Col., Theophilus W. Morrison; Maj., Thomas P. Spillman. This regiment was recruited in the 1st, 3d and 4th Congressional districts and organized at Indianapolis in Feb. 1865. It was mustered in March 9 and left the state on the 11th for Harper's Ferry, Va., where it was assigned to one of the provisional divisions of the Army of the Shenandoah. It was engaged in post and guard duty at Charlestown, Winchester, Stephenson's depot, Jordan's Springs and Summit Point until July 27, when it was ordered to the Relay house, then to Baltimore and assigned to duty in the Military District. One company was detached for duty at Hicks' general hospital, Baltimore, one at Havre de Grace, one at Dover, one at Wilmington, Del., one at Salisbury, and one at Easton, Md. It was mustered out Aug. 31, 1865. Its strength was 979. Loss by death, 29; desertion, 30; unaccounted for. 7. Source: The Union Army, vol. 3, p. 188
      1870 US Census
      Bassett, Thomas, 24, M, W, Farmer, value $2000, IN, married within the year
      Jane, 18, F, W, IN
      Harry, 6 mo, M, W, IN [abt Jan 1870]
      Brown Twp, Ripley, Indiana. Post Office: Meilan. Taken 26 July 1870.
      Roll: M593_355 Page: 45 Image: 90 Year: 1870

      1880 US Census
      Thomas A. Bassett, 33, Head, M, IN, IN, IN, Farmer
      Jennie M. 28 Wife, ,F IN, NY, PA, Keeping House
      Harry W. 10, Son, M, IN, IN, IN
      Charlwood, 7, Son, M, IN, IN, IN
      Clinton W. 6, Son, M, IN, IN, IN
      Spring Point, Cumberland, Illinois; Roll: T9_184; Family History Film: 1254184; Page: 553A; Enumeration District: 65; Image: 0714. Taken 1 Jun 1880

      1900 US Census
      Thomas Bassett [Thomas A Bassett] Home in 1900: Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois Age: 53 Birth Date: Dec 1846 Birthplace: Indiana Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to head-of-house: Head Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Indiana Spouse's Name: Jennie Bassett Marriage year: 1870 Marital Status: Married Years married: 30.
      - Jennie Bassett [Jennie Pugsley] Home in 1900: Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois Age: 48 Birth Date: Aug 1851 Birthplace: Indiana Race: White Gender: Female Relationship to head-of-house: Wife Father's Birthplace: New York Mother's name: Annie Pugsley Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother: number of living children: 5 Mother: How many children: 5 Spouse's Name: Thomas Bassett Marriage year: 1870 Marital Status: Married Years married: 30
      - Henry Bassett Home in 1900: Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois Age: 30 Birth Date: Jan 1870 Birthplace: Indiana Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to head-of-house: Son Father's name: Thomas Bassett Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's name: Jennie Bassett Mother's Birthplace: Indiana Marital Status: Single
      - Charles Bassett, Age: 27 Birth Date: Jan 1873 Birthplace: Indiana Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to head-of-house: Son Father's name: Thomas Bassett Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's name: Jennie Bassett Mother's Birthplace: Indiana Marital Status: Single
      - Ina G Bassett, Age: 14 Birth Date: Feb 1886 Birthplace: Illinois Race: White Gender: Female Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter Father's name: Thomas Bassett Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's name: Jennie Bassett Mother's Birthplace: Indiana Marital Status: Single
      - Lotus Bassett, Age: 8 Birth Date: Apr 1892 Birthplace: Illinois Race: White Gender: Female Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter Father's name: Thomas Bassett Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's name: Jennie Bassett Mother's Birthplace: Indiana Marital Status: Single
      - Annie Pugsley [Ann Pugsley] Age: 83 Birth Date: May 1817 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Race: White Gender: Female Relationship to head-of-house: Mother-in-Law Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Marital Status: Widowed.
      [Ann Pugsley rather than Annie Pugsley The original data on the record is incorrect. Submitted byPeggy Virnig Mnich on 4/22/2011]
      Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois; Roll: T623_296; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 53.
      Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004

      1910 US Census
      Thomas F Barsett [Thomas A Bassitt] [Thomas G Bassett] Age in 1910: 64 Estimated Birth Year: 1846 Birthplace: Indiana Relation to Head of House: Head[Self] Father's Birth Place: Indiana Mother's Birth Place: Indiana Spouse's Name: Jean M Barsett Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male.
      - Jean M Barsett [Jean M Bassett] [Jean M Bassitt] Age in 1910: 58 Estimated Birth Year: 1852 Birthplace: Indiana Relation to Head of House: Wife Father's Birth Place: New York Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania Spouse's Name: Thomas F Barsett Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Female.
      - Harry Barsett [Harry Bassett] [Harry Bassitt] Age in 1910: 40 Estimated Birth Year: 1870 Birthplace: Indiana Relation to Head of House: Son Father's name: Thomas F Barsett Father's Birth Place: Indiana Mother's name: Jean M Barsett Mother's Birth Place: Indiana Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Male.
      - Inez G Barsett [Inez G Bassett] [Inez G Bassitt] Age in 1910: 24 Estimated Birth Year: 1886 Birthplace: Illinois Relation to Head of House: Daughter Father's name: Thomas F Barsett Father's Birth Place: Indiana Mother's name: Jean M Barsett Mother's Birth Place: Indiana Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Female.
      - Lota Barsett [Lotas Bassett] [Lota Bassitt] Age in 1910: 18 Estimated Birth Year: 1892 Birthplace: Illinois Relation to Head of House: Daughter Father's name: Thomas F Barsett Father's Birth Place: Indiana Mother's name: Jean M Barsett Mother's Birth Place: Indiana Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Female.
      Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Mountain Park, Kiowa, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1257; Page: 26A; Enumeration District: 0177; Image: 704; FHL Number: 1375270.
      Source Information:
      Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006



      Neoga Township, Cumberland County, Illinois. Series: T623 Microfilm: 296 Book: 1 Page: 280

      SOURCE: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/illinois/b/bassett_thomas.html
      Susan Adkins < susanlouise1@earthlink.net>
      Documentation: IGI Ancestry.com Family Tree, Edmund West, compiler, "Family Data Collections - Births, Deaths, Individual Records", (database online)(Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000) 1860 U.S. Census - Johnson, Ripley, Indiana
      1880 U.S.Census - Spring Point, Cumberland, Illinois
      1900 U.S. Census -Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois
      1910 U.S. Census - Mountain, Park Twp., Kiowa, Oklahoma
      1930 U.S. Census - Mountain Park Twp.,Kiowa, Oklahoma
      Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S.Social Security Administration
    Person ID I1077  7B William Bassett of Cross Plains, Indiana
    Last Modified 1 Aug 2011 

    Father Thomas A Bassett, Jr.,   b. Jul 1820, Cross Plains, Brown Twp, Ripley, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1858, Cross Plains, Brown Twp, Ripley, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 38 years) 
    Mother Julia Ann Wetherbee,   b. 1823, , , Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1 Mar 1885, perhaps Butler, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 62 years) 
    Married 26 Feb 1840  , , Ripley, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Notes 
    • SOURCES:
      1. Indiana, Ripley County Marriage Index Basset, Thomas married Wetherbee, Julia on 26 Feb 1840 in Ripley County, Indiana
      2. Basset, Thomas Spouse: Julia Wetherbee Marriage Date: Feb 26, 1840 Location: Ripley Co., Indiana Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT Microfilm: 1311944
      3. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inripchs/marry-ab.html
    Family ID F632  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane M Pugsley,   b. Aug 1851, , Ripley, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1938, Ryan, Jefferson, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Married 22 Apr 1869  Cross Plains, Brown Twp, Ripley, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    Children 
     1. Harry Wilkins Bassett,   b. Jun 1870, Cross Plains,Ripley,Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1937, prob ,Oklahoma,United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years)
    +2. Charlwood Charles Bassett,   b. 29 Jan 1873, Cross Plains, Ripley, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1919, Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     3. Clinton W Bassett,   b. 27 Jul 1874, Cross Plains, Brown Twp, Ripley, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jun 1902  (Age 27 years)
    +4. Ina Gladys Bassett,   b. 4 Feb 1886, Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1971, Edmond, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +5. Lotus Vestine Bassett,   b. 10 Apr 1892, Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1973, Ryan, Jefferson, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F762  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S199] Ohio River Valley Families, A. David Distler, (dave@orvf.com; http://www.orvf.com/).

    2. [S219] Bassett Family History, Frank Albin BASSETT, (Private Publication, 1989).

    3. [S37] 1850 US Census.

    4. [S134] 1850 Census, IN, Ripley Co., Brown Twp.

    5. [S1055] Ripley Co., IN, Index of Marriages.

    6. [S1056] Indiana Marriages to 1850, Ancestry.com.