Bassett Family Association Database

John Edward Bassett, Sr.

Male 1926 - 2000  (73 years)


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  • Name John Edward Bassett 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born 21 Aug 1926  Wetzel County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 3D7A095D8BB0E54FB807F29509F909674408 
    Died 14/19 Jan 2000  Tyler County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Simpson Cemetery, Elk Fork, Tyler County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Wetzel County, West Virginia Obituary
      John E. Bassett, 73, of Route 1, Middlebourne, West Virginia, died Tuesday, January 19, 2000, at home. He was a retired farmer and timber worker, a former employee of Ormet Corp., Hannibal, Ohio, a member of the Community Lighthouse Church, Sisterville, West Virginia, and an Army veteran of World War II. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Marjorie Fisher Bassett; his parents, Elisha and Katherine Bassett; four brothers; and four sisters.
      Surviving are his wife, Ivy McCoy Bassett; ten sons, Roger of Tiskiliwa, Illinois, John of Middlebourne, DeWayne at home, Terry, David and Keith, all of Maucatine, Iowa; Scott of Ennis, Texas, Clyde of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Donald and James McCoy both of Alvy; five daughters, Lorene Eddy of Paden City, West Virginia, Janice Ellington of Charleston, West Virginia, Sandra Ferguson of Middleborune, Brenda Deem of Parkersburg, West Virginia, DeAnna Ranberger of Muscatine, Iowa; two brothers, Lee Bassett of Reader, West Virginia, Irvin Bassett of Sisterville, West Virginia; 29 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
      Services were held at 1 p.m. Friday, January 21, 2000, at Furbee Funeral Home, Middlebourne, West Virginia. Interment followed in Simpson Cemetery, Middlebourne with military graveside services by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 5327.


      1930 Federal Census of Green, Wetzel County, West Virginia (12 Apr 1930)
      Elisha Bassett - 50 - M - WV-WV-WV - Head - Farmer Farm
      Louisa - 45 - F - WV-WV-WV - Wife
      Jim - 18 - M - WV-WV-WV - Son
      Lee - 16 - M - WV-WV-WV - Son
      Clyde - 11 - M - WV-WV-WV - Son
      Edwin - 10 - M - WV-WV-WV - Son
      Erwin - 6 - M - WV-WV-WV - Son
      John - 4 - M - WV-WV-WV - Son
      Imogene - 1 - F - WV-WV-WV - Daughter
      (Married at 20 and 15)
      Living next door
      Alex Bassett - 21 - M - WV-WV-WV - Head - Labor Farm
      Maude - 24 - F - WV-WV-WV - Wife
      Norman - 1 - M - WV-WV-WV - Son
      (Married at 19 and 22)
    Person ID I72  31B Elias Bassett of Wetzel County, West Virginia
    Last Modified 27 Sep 2013 

    Father Elisha (Lash) Bassett,   b. 28 Jun 1882, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1962  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Catherine Louisa Weekley Caylor,   b. Abt 1886,   d. 30 Dec 1956  (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Married 2 Aug 1900  Wetzel County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Marjorie Lucille Fisher,   b. 13 Jun 1929,   d. Mar 1995  (Age 65 years) 
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    Family ID F30  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Living 
    Family ID F31  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart