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Horace Greeley Bassett

Male 1854 - 1922  (68 years)


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  • Name Horace Greeley Bassett 
    Born 9 Apr 1854  , Ripley, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    _UID 9D9521343FC97648B1665E63CD683F15AE2C 
    Died 28 May 1922  Alma, Marion, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Neoga Memorial Cemetery,Neoga,Cumberland,Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • SOURCES:
      Ancestry.com files:
      1. susanadkins, susanadkins46, Michigan, USA
      2. Lunny;lunny2, Clinton, Illinois, USA

      BIRTH: Ancestry.com Family Data Collection - Births
      Bassett, Horace Greeley Father: Bassett , Thomas A, Mother: Wetherbee , Julia Ann. Birth Date: 9 April 1854 City: Ripley State: IN Country: USA

      DEATH: Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950 (www.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/IDPHDeath)
      BASSETT, HORACE GREELY, Male/White, Age UNK, Cert # 0610126, Death Date: 1922-05-28, in Alma, Marion, Illinois. Date Filed 22-05-28

      BIOGRAPHY:
      1880 US Census
      Giles H. NICHOLS, Self, M M, W 47 IN Farmer KY KY
      Mary F. Wife, Married, Female W 41 IN Keeping House IN KY
      Sarah J. Dau, Single Female W 18 IL At Home IN IN
      Robert F. Son S Male W 13 IL Working On Farm IN IN
      William G. Son S Male W 11 IL IN IN
      Sophia J. Dau S Female W 8 IL IN IN
      Latham T. Son S Male W 6 IL IN IN
      Ida Irene Dau S Female W 3 IL IN IN
      Roscoe Son S Male W 10M IL IN IN
      Horace G. BASSETT Other M Male W 26 IN Farmer IN IN
      Emma BASSETT(1) Other M Female W 26 IN Keeping House NY PA
      [Note: Wife of Horace.]
      Source Information:Census Place Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois
      Family History Library Film 1254184, NA Film Number, T9-0184, Pg 534C

      1900 US Census
      Horace G Bassett, Home in 1900: Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois Age: 46 Birth Date: Apr 1854 Birthplace: Indiana Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to head-of-house: Head Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's Birthplace: Indiana Marital Status: Widowed
      - Albert Bassett, Age: 19 Birth Date: Mar 1881 Birthplace: Illinois Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to head-of-house: Son Father's name: Horace G Bassett Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's Birthplace: Indiana Marital Status: Single
      - Forence Bassett, Age: 17 Birth Date: Oct 1882 Birthplace: Illinois Race: White Gender: Female Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter Father's name: Horace G Bassett Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's Birthplace: Indiana Marital Status: Single
      - Loyd Bassett, Age: 15 Birth Date: Nov 1884 Birthplace: Illinois Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to head-of-house: Son Father's name: Horace G Bassett Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's Birthplace: Indiana Marital Status: Single.
      - Horace G Bassett, Age: 13 Birth Date: Aug 1886 Birthplace: Illinois Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to head-of-house: Son Father's name: Horace G Bassett Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's Birthplace: Indiana Marital Status: Single.
      - Roy Bassett, Age: 9 Birth Date: Mar 1891 Birthplace: Illinois Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to head-of-house: Son Father's name: Horace G Bassett Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's Birthplace: Indiana Marital Status: Single
      - Emmet L Bassett, Age: 3 Birth Date: Nov 1896 Birthplace: Illinois Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to head-of-house: Son Father's name: Horace G Bassett Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's Birthplace: Illinois Marital Status: Single.
      - Clara C Bassett, Age: 3/12 Birth Date: Feb 1900 Birthplace: Illinois Race: White Gender: Female Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter Father's name: Horace G Bassett Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's Birthplace: Illinois Marital Status: Single.
      Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois; Roll: T623_296; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 54.
      Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Series: T623 Microfilm: 296 Book: 1 Page: 294

      1910 US Census
      Horace G Bassett [Horase G Basett] Age in 1910: 56 Estimated Birth Year: 1854 Birthplace: Indiana Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Indiana Mother's Birth Place: Indiana Home in 1910: Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois Marital Status: Widowed Race: White Gender: Male
      - Florence Bassett [Florence Basett] Age in 1910: 26 Estimated Birth Year: 1884 Birthplace: Illinois Relation to Head of House: Daughter Father's name: Horace G Bassett Father's Birth Place: Indiana Mother's Birth Place: Indiana Home in 1910: Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Female
      - Horace G Bassett [Horace G Basett] Age in 1910: 23 Estimated Birth Year: 1887 Birthplace: Illinois Relation to Head of House: Son Father's name: Horace G Bassett Father's Birth Place: Indiana Mother's Birth Place: Indiana Home in 1910: Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Male
      - Roy Bassett Age in 1910: 19 Estimated Birth Year: 1891 Birthplace: Illinois Relation to Head of House: Son Father's name: Horace G Bassett Father's Birth Place: Indiana Mother's Birth Place: Indiana Home in 1910: Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Male
      - Emmet Bassett [Emmet Basett] Age in 1910: 13 Estimated Birth Year: 1897 Birthplace: Illinois Relation to Head of House: Son Father's name: Horace G Bassett Father's Birth Place: Indiana Mother's Birth Place: Indiana Home in 1910: Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Male
      Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois; Roll: T624_284; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0030; Image: 159; FHL Number: 1374297.
      Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006

      BIOGRAPHY:
      Greeley attended the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. He taught at the conservatory for some years as well. He formed the Neoga Cornet Band around 1900 and later formed the Bassett Band. A few years before his death in 1922, he formed the Neoga Ladies Band.

      LDS FamilySearchâ„¢ Pedigree Resource File; Compact Disc #1
      Submitter: Eugene James Weatherby 1441 Cameo CT http://home.echoweb.net/weterb, Grants Pass, OR 97527-6073

      Ancestry.com Family Data Collection:
      Horace Bassett; Spouse: Bassett Emma, Parents: Thomas , Julia Wetherbee, Birth Place: Ripley, IN, Birth Date: 9 April 1854, Death Date: 28 May 1922
    Person ID I1687  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  [3, 4
    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 1 Clara G Lugar,   b. 1872, Seagle, , Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1900, Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years) 
    Married 9 Jul 1894  Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Elma Bassett,   b. 12 Jul 1895, prob Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1895, prob Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    +2. Emmett Loren Bassett,   b. 2 Nov 1896, , , Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1954  (Age 57 years)
     3. Clara C. Bassett,   b. Feb 1900, , , Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1900
    Family ID F1167  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Emeline Pugsley,   b. 18 Dec 1853, , Ripley, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 1892  (Age 38 years) 
    Married 4 Mar 1879  Cross Plains, Ripley, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Albert Bassett,   b. Mar 1881, , , Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Florence Bassett,   b. Oct 1882, , , Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1961  (Age ~ 78 years)
    +3. Lloyd Bassett,   b. 7 Nov 1884, , , Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1930  (Age > 47 years)
    +4. Horace Greeley Bassett, Jr.,   b. 19 Aug 1886, , , Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1928, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
     5. Russel Bassett,   d. Bef 10 Jun 1928
     6. Roy Bassett,   b. 8 Mar 1891, , , Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1952  (Age 60 years)
    Family ID F1166  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S278] Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916–1950, State of illinois, (http://www.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/IDPHDeathSearchServlet).

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

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

    5. [S98] International Genealogical Index (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of June 2006).