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Drusilla Emeline Thayer

Female 1845 - 1921  (75 years)


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  • Name Drusilla Emeline Thayer 
    Born 24 Mar 1845  Yates County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID F41ECE23D45BC24EBB2A67D38552B8FAEA33 
    Died 23 Jan 1921  Sunbury, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Excerpt from HISTORY AND DIRECTORY OF YATES COUNTY, NEW YORK by Stafford C. Cleveland published in 1872 in Penn Yan, New York, pages 155-159 as well as additional excerpts from the other pages indicated in brackets.

      The father of Allen Bassett was Justus Bassett of Connecticut, and his mother Beulah Tuttle of the same State. In 1800 the father died in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, where they had taken up their abode, leaving their children, Polly, Julia and Allen. The widow afterwards married John Boyce of Hillsdale, Columbia County, New York, wither the family removed. They came to Barrington, (then Wayne), in 1812. Three children were added to the family by the second marriage, Clorinda, Chauncey and Harriet. They settled on lot 16 where Mr, Boyce died three years later, leaving the mother's oldest son, Allen, the dependence of the family. He has therefore had a large experience of life in a new country, and has borne himself bravely and well in the battle of life.

      Polly, the elder sister, married Hiram Bishop of Hillsdale settled in Barrington, and had seven children, who reached adult age and married: Sally, Betsey, Louisa, William, James S., Emily and George W. Emily married Alexander Patten, and resides at Hornellsville. They all reside beyond the limits of Yates county. Julia Bassett married Orrin Bishop of Hillsdale, and settled near her mother and brother in Barrington, where he died leaving four children, Philemon, Mary A., Beulah E., and Harriet. Philemon married Caroline Bigelow of Barrington, and died, leaving his widow and one child, Charles P. This boy was a drummer in the 33rd regiment of New York volunteers, enlisting at the age of twenty, and serving in the Army of the Potomac, through all its campaigns and all its principal engagements, until Grant conquered at Richmond, after which he was honorably discharged.

      From page 970: Caroline (daughter of John W. and Mary (Shannon) Bigelow) married Philemon Bishop. They had a son Charles, who married Lois, daughter of Samuel V. Miller.

      From pages 702-703: Lois D. (daughter of Samuel V. (1814-) and Adaline (Vorce) Miller) married Charles P. Bishop of Barrington, and they reside at Monterey, Schuyler Co, Mary A. Bishop married George P. Lord of Barrington. They reside at Urbana and have seven children. Beulah E. Bishop married Joseph Westcott of Dundee, a son of James M. Westcott.

      From pages 1103-1104: First Christian Society of Starkey and Barrington ... The preachers of this faith have been: Ira Brown, ... James M. Westcott ... The trustees, aside from those already mentioned, have been: Addison B. Lewis, Allen Bassett, ... James M. Westcott.

      From pages 1103-1104: First Christian Society of Starkey and Barrington ... Among the members of this church have been the following: Allen Bassett and wife.

      From page 1075: James M. Westcott, son of Samuel Westcott, sone of Samuel Westcott and Cynthia Bates his wife, was born n 1809 in the town and county of Otsego, New York. His parents were natives of Rhode Island. His father died in Rushford, Alleghany Col, in 1856, at seventy-five, and his mother is still alive in 1972, at eighty-two. They had four sons and four daughters, and James M. is the oldest son ... In 1831 James married Mary, daughter of Samuel Burt of Livonia, Livingston County. Their children were Joseph B., Martin R. and Ruth.

      From page 1075: Joseph B., born in 1832, (son of James M. and Mary (dau. of Samuel Burth of Livonia, Livingsto Co.) Westcott), married Eliza B., daughter of Orrin Bishop of Barrington. He is a lawyer, and now a clerk in the Revenue Department at Washington. Their children are Mary B., Corinne (Carrie), Ella (Ellie) and Ruth. Harriet D. Bishop maried Martin R. Westcott, a brother of Joseph, and resides in Urbana, and has two children, William W. and James M.

      From pages 1074-1075: Martin R., born in 1837, married Harriett, sister of the wife of his brother. He is a farmer in the town of Wayne, and was an efficient soldier in the Union service. He was first a soldier of the 44th New York Volunteers, afterwards served in the 105th New York Volunteers, and was nearly three years in the organization of the Sharp Shooters. He took part in eighteen battles. Their children are William W., James O. and one other.

      Allen Bassett married Druzilla W. Eddy, and settled near the maternal homestead, where she died in 1829, leaving four surviving children. Mr. Bassett's mother died the same year. The children of the first marriage were Zenecia F., Palmer H., Julia and Richard A.

      Zenecia F. married James Thayer of Milo.
      From page 705: James (son of Simon (1782-1856) and Elizabeth Lucas (1786-1862) Thayer) married Zenecia, daughter of Allen Bassett of Barrington. He is a substantial farmer on lot 33. They have four surviving children, James A., Emeline, Laura and Fancelia. James A. married Alice, daughter of James Lawrence. They have one child, Mary A. Mary A. died in 1867. Emma married John B. Haas, of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, and has a daughter Eva P.

      Palmer H. married Susan J. Smith, and resides in Dundee, They have had two children, Charles E. and Fred P. Charles E. was a member of the Brass Band of Dundee, and though but a lad of fifteen accompanied them when they enlisted, and went to Norfolk, Virginia, during the war of the Rebellion, where they were stationed as a Post Band. He there died, and was much lamented b his associates and friends, to whom he was greatly endeared both by reason of his personal and musical accomplishments. He was proficient with several musical instruments, but his favorite was the tenor drum. His monument stands in the Dundee Cemetery, a broken column, with his drum and the flag of the Union, representing his untimely death and its accomplishments. Palmer H. Bassett canvassed the county of Yates for the sale of this book.

      Julia married Andrew Wortman of Barrington, in 1845. They have three children, Huldah A., Eugene A. and Cassie L. Huldah married Henry Freeman, and they reside in Steuben County.

      Richard A. married Mary A. Hendrickson, and has two children, Edward P. and George W., and resides in Warsaw, Indiana. He entered the military service during the late war as First Lieutenant of Company B, 126th Regiment New York Volunteers, of which he was subsequently Captain. He shared the hard fortunes of that regiment through the war, and after the battle of Gettysburg was Captain of the Provost Guard before Richmond, where he participated in the closing scenes of the war.

      Floyd's Northumberland County Genealogy
      Pages 516 thru 549
      John B. Haas was born in Sunbury Dec. 6, 1835. and was there educated in the public schools. He became a grocer and fruit dealer in Sunbury, handling large quantities of fruit, and also dealt extensively in potatoes, buying apples and potatoes by the carload. He bought beans in large quantities from New York, where entire fields were devoted to their cultivation, and throughout his life was a successful business man, widely and favorably known. His business establishment was near the First National Bank, and the property at No. 242 Market Square still belongs to his widow. His home was at No. 320 Arch street for thirty-eight years.
      On Dec. 28, 1868, Mr. Haas was married, after a romantic courtship, to Emma Thayer, daughter of James and Zenecia (Bassett) Thayer, who lived in Yates county, N.Y. Mr. Haas had gone to New York to buy apples, and thus came to deal with James Thayer, whose daughter Emma he subsequently married. It was a case of love at first sight between these young people, and a happier union never was known. She is of "Yankee" origin, being a descendant in the ninth generation from the famous Roger WIlliams, the founder of Rhode Island. The Eddy family, to which Zenecia Bassett, her mother's mother, belonged, intermarried with the Williams family. Mrs. Haas is a member of Fort Augusta Chapter, D.A.R., of Sunbury, and is the present secretary of that organization, of which she was treasurer five years. She is a prominent member of the Iris Literary Club of Sunbury, of which she is the librarian. This club, which has a membership of fifty, meets once a week at the home of Judge Savidge, whose wife, Mrs. C.R. Savidge, is president. It subscribes to a traveling historical library conducted under the auspices of the State of Pennsylvania and has proved a most interesting organization as well as an avenue of culture to all who enjoy its privileges.
      To Mr. and Mrs. Haas were born three daughters: Eva Thayer is the wife of Dr. J.B. Cressinger, a prominent physician of Sunbury; Cora B. married Bert S. Hopkins, a jeweler and optician, and they live at Penn Yan, N.Y., where Mrs. John B. Haas spends her summers; Mary died of diptheria in 1881, aged six years. Mr. Haas was an Episcopalian, like other members of his family.
    Person ID I1107  6B William Bassett of Connecticut
    Last Modified 29 Feb 2012 

    Father James Allen Thayer,   b. 29 May 1810, Milo, Yates County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1881, Yates County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Zenecia F. Bassett,   b. 9 Nov 1820,   d. 18 Aug 1884  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 1838 
    Family ID F464  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John B. Haas,   b. 6 Dec 1835, Sunbury, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 30 Sep 1868 or 28 Dec 1868 
    Children 
     1. Eva P. Haas,   b. 11 Jan 1871
     2. Cora Belle Haas,   b. 28 Feb 1872
     3. Mary Haas,   b. Abt 1875,   d. 1881  (Age ~ 6 years)
    Family ID F470  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart