{"id":726,"date":"2016-03-21T16:54:05","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T23:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/?p=726"},"modified":"2016-03-21T16:54:05","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T23:54:05","slug":"louis-benjamin-bassett-picture-and-obituary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/louis-benjamin-bassett-picture-and-obituary\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis Benjamin Bassett picture and obituary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Edward Henry Bassett descends from #3B Thomas Bassett of Connecticut as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Bassett (b. 1598)<br \/>\nThomas Bassett and wife Sarah Baldwin<br \/>\nJosiah Bassett (b. 1690) and wife Alice Canfield<br \/>\nSamuel Bassett (b. 1723) and wife Susannah Morris<br \/>\nIsaac Bassett (b. 1760) and wife Desire Hotchkiss<br \/>\nIsaac Bassett (b. 1785) and wife Jane Elizabeth Way<br \/>\nHenry Bassett (b. 1815) and wife Minerva Lines<br \/>\nEdward henry Bassett (b. 1841) and wife Hattie Amanda King<br \/>\nLouis Benjamin Bassett \u2013 born 1873<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/LouisBenjaminBassett-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-727\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-727 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/LouisBenjaminBassett-1.jpg\" alt=\"LouisBenjaminBassett-1\" width=\"347\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/LouisBenjaminBassett-1.jpg 347w, https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/LouisBenjaminBassett-1-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><\/a>Louis Benjamin Bassett 1873-1947<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/LouisBenjaminBassett-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-728\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-728 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/LouisBenjaminBassett-2.jpg\" alt=\"LouisBenjaminBassett-2\" width=\"565\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/LouisBenjaminBassett-2.jpg 565w, https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/LouisBenjaminBassett-2-300x45.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a>Louis B. Bassett, for many years superintendent of experimental farm operations of the University of Minnesota and associate professor of farm management, died Saturday in his home at 2095 Dudley ave. He was 74 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Bassett was a pioneer in the growth of the University\u2019s agricultural education program. He retired six years ago after 30 years\u2019 service.<\/p>\n<p>A graduate of the school of agriculture, Mr. Bassett attended the college of agricultural until 1898 when he enlisted in the Army during the Spanish-American war. At the time of his death he was president of the 13<sup>th<\/sup> Minnesota Volunteers veterans organization.<\/p>\n<p>He returned to the University Farm in 1905 and served as farm foreman until 1909. After spending two years on a 10,000 acre farm in North Dakota, he returned to the campus.<\/p>\n<p>Surviving are his wife, Zoe Wells and three children, Marjorie, Muriel and Gordon.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral arrangements have not be completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edward Henry Bassett descends from #3B Thomas Bassett of Connecticut as follows: Thomas Bassett (b. 1598) Thomas Bassett and wife Sarah Baldwin Josiah Bassett (b. 1690) and wife Alice Canfield Samuel Bassett (b. 1723) and wife Susannah Morris Isaac Bassett &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/louis-benjamin-bassett-picture-and-obituary\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":729,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions\/729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}