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Eleanor Hunter Bassett

Female 1861 - 1949  (~ 87 years)


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  • Name Eleanor Hunter Bassett 
    Born Oct 1861  Brenham, Washington County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID B7A8579CD818CD47A04A7F054212E4211DDF 
    Died 6 Aug 1949  Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The records of the children are from a family Bible, a copy of which can be found at the State Archives in Richmond, Virginia. The Bible was in possession of Mrs. Donald Kilgore of Dallas, Texas, when filmed by the State Archives in Richmond. She was a granddaughter of Benjamin Harris and Mary B. Bassett.

      Lila Graham Bassett willed her estate equally one-quarter to each of her four sisters - Eleanor Hunter Bassett Muse, Lucy Bassett May, Hope Bassett McCalla, and Mary Burnett Bassett Watson.
      Lewis Washington Bassett willed his estate to his sister, Eleanor Hunter Bassett Musse.
      Lucy Bassett willed her estate to her sister, Eleanor Hunter Bassett Muse.

      The Dallas Morning News
      August 8, 1949
      Mrs. E.B. Muse, 88, Dies
      Widow of Long-Time Judge
      Mrs. E. B. Muse, 88, daughter of an early-day distinguished Texas lawyer, widow of a district judge and mother of a former city judge, died Saturday in the Oak Cliff house where she had lived fifty-eight years, at 505 West Twelfth.
      Mrs. Muse was born in Brenham, Washington County. Her father, Ben H. Bassett, was a Virginia lawyer who moved to the new state of Texas before the War Between the States. He settled in Washington County near the capital, which was then at Washington-on-the-Brazos.
      Mrs. Muse met her husband in Washington County when he was newly graduated from Baylor Law School, then located at Independence. They soon moved to Dallas. He was a district judge here for more than thirty years.
      Her father also moved to Dallas and formed a law partnership. He and his partner authored Bassett & Sales Pleadings, a work well known to the legal profession.
      Mrs. Muse taught at the old Oak Cliff Central School for many years, and about the turn of the century, was active in the formation of one of the first Parent-Teacher Associations in the state there. The original purpose of the association was to plant trees along the streets so that students would have shady walks to and from classes.
      She was also the mother of the late Calvin Muse, who was city judge of Dallas at the time of his death. Mrs. Muse is survived by one son, Willard B. Muse; two granddaughters and two great-grandchildren, all of Dallas.
      Funeral arrangements are pending with Sparkman-Brand Funeral Home, 2115 Ross.

      1870 Federal Census of Washington County, Texas
      Benjamin Bassett - 39 - M - Virginia - Lawyer and Banker
      Mary B. - 30 - F - Virginia
      Elinora - 8 - F - Texas
      Travis - 7 - M - Texas
      Lucy - 3 - F - Texas
      Hope - 1 - F - Texas

      1880 Federal Census of Brenham, Washington County, Texas (29 Jun 1880)
      Benjamin Bassett - 44 - M - LA-VA-NY - Head - Lawyer
      Mary B. - 40 - F - VA-VA-VA - Wife - Keeping House
      Elinore - 19 - F - TX-LA-VA - Daughter
      Louis - 15 - M - TX-LA-VA - Son
      Lucy - 13 - F - TX-LA-VA - Daughter
      Hope - 11 - F - TX-LA-VA - Daughter
      Ben - 8 - M - TX-LA-VA - Daughter
      Jeff - 6 - M - TX-LA-VA - Son
      Mary - 1 - F - TX-LA-VA - Daughter

      1900 Federal Census of Oak Cliff, Dallas County, Texas (15 Jun 1900)
      Eugene B. Muse - 41 - M - Dec 1858 - SC-SC-SC - Head - Attorney
      Eleanor - 38 - F - Oct 1861 - TX-LA-VA - Wife
      Calvin - 11 - M - Jul 1888 - TX-SC-TX - Son
      Willard B. - 10 - M - Nov 1890 - TX-SC-TX - Son
      Lilla G. Bassett - 18 - F - Oct 1881 - TX-LA-VA - Sister
      Lewis W. - 37 - M - Jan 1863 - TX-LA-VA - Brother - Local Expressman
      William J. - 26 - M - Jan 1874 - TX-LA-VA - Brother - Clerk Grocery
      (Living at 225 Tenth SE)
      (Married 14 years, 4 children, 2 living)
    Person ID I44  59B William Henry Bassett
    Last Modified 27 Jun 2013 

    Father Judge Benjamin Harrison (Hudson) Bassett,   b. 24 Feb 1831, Coutreville (Centerville), Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1893, Austin, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Mary Burnet Bassett,   b. 12 Aug 1834, Fredericksburg, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1881, Brenham, Washington County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Married 20 Dec 1860  Clover Lea, Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Judge Eugene Burt Muse,   b. Dec 1858, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1933  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Married 6 May 1884 
    Children 
    +1. Judge Ernest Calvin Muse,   b. Jul 1888, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Oct 1939  (Age ~ 51 years)
    +2. Willard Burt Muse,   b. 25 Nov 1890, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1978  (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F38  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart