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Emmett Bassett

Male 1858 - 1931  (73 years)


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  • Name Emmett Bassett 
    Born 30 Mar 1858  , Ripley, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Christened 1870  ,Cumberland, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    _UID 7222BC376470A54EB27DCDB46CC87A903CBA 
    Died 27 Aug 1931 
    Buried Leon Cem,Leon,Butler, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • SOURCES:
      BURIAL:
      Find-A-Grave.com: [With photo of headstone]
      Emmett Bassett 1858-1931
      - Wife Ida B. 1878-1951
      - Ruth M. 1989-1927
      Leon Cemetery, Leon,Butler CountyKansas, USA Created by: Judy Mayfield Record added: Sep 21, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 15834134

      1885 Kansas State Census
      Emma [Emmet] Bassett, Census Date: 1 Mar 1885,
      Residence County: Butler, state: Kansas, Locality: Little Walnut,
      Birth Location: Indiana, Family Number: 279 Marital Status: Single
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858, Race: White.
      Line: 13,Roll: KS1885_15
      - Annie Bassett, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822, Birth Location: Indiana
      Marital Status:Widowed, Gender: Female. [Mother of Emmet]
      - Theo Bassett, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877, Birth Location: Illinois,
      Marital Status: Single, Gender: Female,Race: White.
      Source Information:Ancestry.com.. Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
      Original data: 1885 Kansas State Census. Microfilm reels K-1 - K-146. Kansas State Historical Society.


      1910 US Census
      Emmie Bessett [Emmit Bassett] Age in 1910: 57 [52] Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858 [1858] Birthplace: Indiana Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Indiana Mother's Birth Place: Indiana Spouse's Name: Ida B Bessett Home in 1910: Little Walnut, Butler, Kansas Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male.
      - Ida B Bessett [Ida B Bassett] Age in 1910: 32 Estimated Birth Year: 1878 Birthplace: Kansas Relation to Head of House: Wife Father's Birth Place: Kentucky Mother's Birth Place: Kansas Spouse's Name: Emmie Bessett Home in 1910: Little Walnut, Butler, Kansas Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Female.
      - Ruth Bessett [Ruth Bassett] Age in 1910: 11 Estimated Birth Year: 1899 Birthplace: Kansas Relation to Head of House: Daughter Father's name: Emmie Bessett Father's Birth Place: Indiana Mother's name: Ida B Bessett Mother's Birth Place: Kansas Home in 1910: Little Walnut, Butler, Kansas Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Female
      - Raymond C Bessett [Raymond C Bassett] Age in 1910: 9 Estimated Birth Year: 1901 Birthplace: Kansas Relation to Head of House: Son Father's name: Emmie Bessett Father's Birth Place: Indiana Mother's name: Ida B Bessett Mother's Birth Place: Kansas Home in 1910: Little Walnut, Butler, Kansas Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Male
      Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Little Walnut, Butler, Kansas; Roll: T624_433; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0018; Image: 808; FHL Number: 1374446.
      Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006

      1930 US Census
      Emmett Bassett, 72, W, M, married at age 37, born IN, former farmer
      Ida B,. 52, Est birth year:1877, born Kansas, Age at first marriage:19, Parents' birthplace: KY.
      Image Source: Year: 1930; Census Place: Little Walnut, Butler, Kansas; Roll: T626_695; Pg 3A; ED 30; Image: 0421.Taken 15 April 1930.

      BIOGRAPHY:
      Ancestry.com Family Data Collection:
      Emmett Bassett; Spouse: B Bassett Ida, Parents: Thomas , Julia Wetherbee, Birth Place: Ripley, IN Birth Date: 30 March 1858, Death Date: 27 August 1931

      Served in World War I. He was a drummer in John Philip Sousa's Great Lakes Naval Training School Band.
    Person ID I1080  7B William Bassett of Cross Plains, Indiana
    Last Modified 8 Jul 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  [4, 5
    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 Ida Belle Pickrell,   b. 1878, , , Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1952, Leon, Butler, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 4 Aug 1897 
    Children 
    +1. Ruth M. Bassett,   b. 9 Oct 1898, Leon, Butler, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1927  (Age 28 years)
    +2. Raymond C Bassett,   b. 1 Mar 1901, Leon, Butler, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1964, , , California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F765  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S120] 1930 US Census, US Gov, (Ancestry.com).

    3. [S221] 1870 Census, IL.

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

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