William Harper Bassett: Bassett Family Association

Bassett Family Association Database

1912 - 1993 (80 years)

Generation: 1

William Harper Bassett was born on 23 Dec 1912 in Mississippi (son of Orange Bassett and Blanche Miley); died on 10 Mar 1993; was buried in Masonic Cemetery, Newton County, Mississippi.

William married Jarie Rhodes on 1 Jan 1956. Jarie was born on 29 Aug 1922; was buried in Masonic Cemetery, Newton County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

Orange Bassett was born on 11 Oct 1889 in Mississippi (son of Reverend Lorenzo Dow Bassett, Sr. and Mary Gardner); died on 11 Jan 1941; was buried in Masonic Cemetery, Newton County, Mississippi.

Orange married Blanche Miley on 1 Jan 1912 in Jasper County, Mississippi. Blanche was born on 3 Aug 1890 in Mississippi; died on 21 Mar 1982; was buried in Masonic Cemetery, Newton County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Blanche Miley was born on 3 Aug 1890 in Mississippi; died on 21 Mar 1982; was buried in Masonic Cemetery, Newton County, Mississippi.

Children:

1. William Harper Bassett was born on 23 Dec 1912 in Mississippi; died on 10 Mar 1993; was buried in Masonic Cemetery, Newton County, Mississippi.
Doctor Harold Julius Bassett was born on 7 May 1917 in Newton, Newton County, Mississippi; died on 9 Dec 2012 in Missouri.

Generation: 3

4.	Reverend Lorenzo Dow Bassett, Sr. was born on 22 May 1861 in Union, Newton County, Mississippi (son of William Howell Bassett and Mary Ann Phelps); died on 15 Mar 1942 in Louin, Mississippi. Lorenzo married Mary Gardner. Mary died in Aug 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Gardner died in Aug 1899.

Children:

Reverend Levi Grover Bassett was born on 3 Jan 1885; died on 2 Apr 1944.
Mary Etta Bassett was born on 27 Jun 1887; died on 9 Jul 1950.
2. Orange Bassett was born on 11 Oct 1889 in Mississippi; died on 11 Jan 1941; was buried in Masonic Cemetery, Newton County, Mississippi.
Robert Roy Bassett was born on 26 May 1892; died on 27 Apr 1948 in Jasper County, Mississippi.
Lorenzo Dow Bassett, Jr. was born on 30 Dec 1894; died on 21 May 1964 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Kay Tura Bassett was born on 21 Mar 1896; died in Nov 1977.
J.B. Bassett was born on 9 Jun 1899 in Mississippi; died on 22 Jun 1938.

Generation: 4

William Howell Bassett was born on 17 Oct 1834 in Sprott, Perry County, Alabama (son of Hansford Bassett and Susanna Harwell); died on 23 Feb 1918 in Newton, Newton County, Mississippi; was buried in Leaf River Baptist Church, Pineville, Mississippi.

William married Mary Ann Phelps on 11 Dec 1856 in Carthage, Mississippi. Mary was born on 22 Jan 1835 in Butler County, Alabama; died on 26 Oct 1911 in Pineville, Smith County, Mississippi; was buried in Leaf River Baptist Church, Pineville, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Ann Phelps was born on 22 Jan 1835 in Butler County, Alabama; died on 26 Oct 1911 in Pineville, Smith County, Mississippi; was buried in Leaf River Baptist Church, Pineville, Mississippi.

Children:

Hansford Rufus Bassett was born on 3 Mar 1859 in Union, Newton County, Mississippi; died on 13 Dec 1893 in Pineville, Smith County, Mississippi.
Henry Bary Bassett was born about 1860 in Union, Newton County, Mississippi; died before 19 Jun 1862.
4. Reverend Lorenzo Dow Bassett, Sr. was born on 22 May 1861 in Union, Newton County, Mississippi; died on 15 Mar 1942 in Louin, Mississippi.
James Marion (Jimmy) Bassett was born on 31 Mar 1866 in Mississippi; died on 16 Oct 1941.
Alexander G. (Alex) Bassett was born on 7 Dec 1867 in Mississippi; died on 14 Jan 1922.
Rufus H. Bassett was born on 21 Mar 1871; died on 6 Sep 1873 in Pineville, Smith County, Mississippi.
Leonadas (Leroy) Henry Bassett was born on 11 Jul 1875 in Mississippi; died on 1 Jun 1948 in Avery, Red River County, Texas.
Dock A. Bassett was born on 29 Mar 1878; died in in Pineville, Smith County, Mississippi.
Paul S. Bassett was born in 1879.
Alonzo Tarrel Bassett was born on 22/23 Dec 1880 in Pineville, Smith County, Mississippi; died on 15 Jan/Jun 1970 in Pineville, Smith County, Mississippi.