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3351 Anchorage Daily News, Alaska, 16 Sep 1992
Dorothy Bassett

Alaska resident Dorothy M. Bassett, 67, died Sept. 14 of cancer at Our Lady of
Compassion Care Center. A service will be held at noon Thursday at First
Baptist Church with the Rev. Marvin Owen officiating. Burial will follow at
Fort Richardson National Cemetery, near her late husband, Neil. A visitation
will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Evergreen Memorial Chapel, downtown.

Mrs. Bassett was born April 24, 1925, to Martin Dauer and Clara Kempker Dauer
in Chamois, Mo. She left Missouri at the end of World War II and mov
California with her first husband. After 20 years, the marriage ende
support herself and her four daughters, she took a number of different jobs
while attending night school.

In 1968, she joined the Customs Service, U.S. Treasury, in Oakland, Calif., as
a mail specialist. She took a temporary assignment to Anchorage in 1972 with
the idea she'd stay for two years before returning to California. Her plans
changed after she met Neil Bassett at a local square dancing club. They
married May 12, 1974, and her two-year hitch stretched to 20. Her second
marriage ended with Mr. Bassett's death in 1990 after 16 years together,
according to a family member.

After leaving the Customs Service in in 1974, she devoted the next four years
to her husband and his son, whom Dorothy adopted. In 1978, she re-entered the
work force and accepted a position with the Department of Natural Resources.
She retired in 1983.

Mrs. Bassett was committed to community service and was an active member in
many organizations including the Alaska Association of Petroleum Landme
Birthright, the Girl's Club, the Homemaker's Club, Ladies of the Shrines
(Waheed Court #81), Mable T. Caverly Senior Center, Quota Club and Right to
Life. She was a founding member of Alaska Right to Life. She held every office
in the organization and was president in 1975=76. She served as the
representative to the National Right to Life Committee in Washington, D.C.

She was a Christian and a member of the First Baptist Church of Anchorage. Her
family said, "Dorothy took particular delight in spending time with her
grandchildren." Mrs. Bassett is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Frank
and Stephanie; her daughters by her first marriage, Emaline French, Jan
Brown, Gail Bills and Sandra and John Duffy of Hawaii; 13 grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.

Memorials may be sent to the American Cancer Society, 406 W. Fireweed Lane,
Suite 204, Anchorage. 		Dauer, Dorothy (I17763)
 
3352 Anchorage Daily News, Alaska, 20 Mar 1991
Charles E. Bassett

Longtime resident Charles Edward Bassett, 57, died March 15 at his Wasilla
residence of natural causes. Following his cremation, internment will be in the
Rehoboth Village Cemetery in Rehoboth, Mass. A memorial service will be held at
2 p.m. Saturday in the Sunny Knik Chapel at Mile 14 Knik Goose Bay Road. Mr.
Bassett was born May 5, 1933, in Attleboro, Mass. He was a graduate of
Rehoboth-Dighton High School in Dighton, Mass., and attended the University of
Massachusetts. He was a Korean war veteran and was wounded. He was in the U.S.
Navy and served as a medic for the Marines. Mr. Bassett joined the Army in
Germany. He worked in security and raised sled dogs. He was preceded in death
by his sister, Valerie Kenyon. Mr. Bassett is survived by his sisters, Rae La
Croix of California, Esther Ellsworth of Nevada, and Carol Manning of
Massachusetts; his brothers, Newton of California, Harvey of Oklahoma, and
Ronald of Massachusetts; and 27 nieces and nephews. Arrangements were by
Kehl's Palmer Mortuary.

Providence Journal, Rhode Island, Tuesday, May 7, 1991
Charles Edward Bassett

Charles Edward Bassett, 57, formerly of Pine Street, Seekonk, Mass. died unexpectedly March 15 at home.

Born in Attleboro, son of the late Harvey Waldo Bassett and Mabel (Benedict) Bassett, he had lived in the Rehoboth/Seekonk area most of his life before moving to Alaska 27 years ago.

He had devoted his life to breeding and raising racing sled dogs for the Atarod Races in Alaska.

A graduate of Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School, he had attended the University of Massachusetts for two years, the University of Alaska for two years, and Alaska Methodist University for one year.

A Navy veteran of the Korean War, he served as a medic for the Marines. He was wounded in action and received the Purple Heart. He also later served in the Army for three years, stationed in Germany.

He leaves three sisters, Esther Ellsworth of Reno, Nev., Rae LaCroix of Sylmar, Calif., and Carol Manning of Seekonk; and three brothers, Newton Bassett of Auburn, Calif., Ronald Basset of Hyannis and Harvey Bassett of Chandler, Okla.

Memorial Services were held in Knik, Alaska, on March 23. Burial was in Rehoboth Village Cemetery, Rehoboth, Mass.
 		Bassett, Charles Edward (I18756)
 
3353 Ann "Queen Ann" Bassett
Birth: May, 12, 1878, Moffat County, USA
Death: May, 8, 1956, Leeds, Washington County, Utah, U

Folk Figure, Western Rancher and Cattle Rustler. Known as the "Cattle
Queen," by the age of eight, she could ride a horse, handle a gun, and curse
as well as any man on the Bassett Ranch. She took to cattle rustling and
sabotage to defend her family's holdings against the Two-Bar Ranch, a large
cattle company vying for control of Brown's Park, Colorado range in 190
During this time outlaws were known to frequent the community and her ranch.
She had a friendship with Elsa Lay, a member of the Wild Bunch Gang and her
sister Josie and Butch Cassidy were sweethearts for a while. Her open kindness
toward the outlaw element caused rumor that she headed the Bassett Gang of
cattle rustlers and even committed murder. She denied the most controversial,
however she was brought to trial on a charge of cattle rustling. The first
verdict resulted in a hung jury and the second trial she was acquitted. After
the trial reporters dubbed her "Queen Ann." She was a force to be reckoned
with and fought the cattle barons against a hostile attempt to take over her
land. In 1923 she married a cowboy prospector and eventually settl
small southwestern Utah town where she lived till her death. Her remains were
buried on the Bassett homestead. 		Bassett, Anna M. (I17845)
 
3354 Ann Arbor News, 23 Nov 2008
Frances Louise Bassett

Bassett, Frances Louise (Macoughtry) Ypsilanti, MI. Age 93, died Thursday,
November 13, 2008, of complications from a stroke with her family by her side.
She was born February 28, 1915, in Attica, IN the daughter of Francis W. and
Frances (Petit) Macoughtry. Her father was a civil war veteran who was in the
Indiana 86th Regimental Volunteers Company E. Frances attended many of her
father's annual reunions with fellow veterans. She graduated from Attica High
School in 1932, the University of Indiana in 1936 and the University of
Illinois Library School in 1937. She was a member of the Sigma Kappa Sorority
and Phi Beta Kappa. Frances worked at Cornell University Library, and later,
Penn State University Library. She married Curtiss D. Bassett on December 27,
1940, in Port Huron, Michigan. He preceded her in death on July 10, 1986. She
was a member of the Congregational-United Church of Christ of Ypsilanti since
1945, the MSPE Wives Auxiliary, and a board member and officer of the Visiting
Nurses Agency. She volunteered in past years with the Well Child Clinic of the
Visiting Nurses Agency, Church Women United, Girl Scouts of America and the
local Humane Society as a cat comforter. Survivors include daughters,
Charlotte (James) Greer of Wheatland, Wyoming; Barbara Bassett of Ypsilanti
and Katherine (Robert) Asam of Belleville; grandchildren, James E. Greer, II
of Boise, Idaho, Julie (Ron) Howard of Wray, Colorado and Janice (Will) Smith
of Jackson, Wyoming; four great grandchildren, Tyler and Kaitlin Howard and
Ally and Zack Smith; her cousin Charlotte (Frank) Mason of Jackson, Michigan
along with several nieces and nephews. During her years with Curt, they loved
to travel across the U.S. visiting National Parks among other historical areas
with their daughters. They also enjoyed kayaking along the coast of
Connecticut and later at Lake Huron and other local lakes. She enjoyed sewing,
writing, hiking, swimming, communicating in later years on her WebTV,
crossword and jigsaw puzzles, and at age 90 went down the Snake River on a
raft in Jackson, Wyoming. Frances loved her family and friends and cherished
each of her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Her beloved pets, Sugar and
Riley preceded her in death. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m,
Saturday, November 29, 2008, at the First Presbyterian Church of Ypsilanti.
The family will receive friends at the church from 9 a.m. until the time of
service. Burial will take place in Port Huron at Lakeside Cemetery. In lieu of
flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Humane Society of Huron
Valley, or St. Joseph Mercy Hospice. Please sign her guestbook online at www.
JanowiakFuneralHome.com 		Macoughtry, Frances (I19663)
 
3355 ANNIVERSARY: 9 Jan 1976, Findlay Republican
Couple married quarter century Hoytville

Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Bassett, Hoytville, observed the 25th anniversary of
their marriage Tuesday. The former Oletha Newell and Mr. Bassett were married
Jan. 6, 1951 in the Evangelical United Brethren parsonage, Belmore. Rev. Fred
B. Esterly, pastor of the Belmore and Center EUB Churches, officiated.
Attendants were Grace Newell, sister of the bride and Eugene Leader. Mr
Bassett is the daughter of Mrs. Nellie Newell, Route 1, McComb, and the late
Orla Newell. Mr. Bassett is the son of Mrs. Edwin J. Feehan, Avon Park, Fla,
and the late Cecil T. Bassett. Mrs. Bassett has three sisters, Mrs. Eugene
(Grace) Leader, McComb; Mrs. Gene (Guyneth) Crates and Mrs. Richard (Naomi)
Snavely, Findlay. Bassett has a sister, Mrs. Francis (Alice) Menden, Toledo,
and a brother John C. Bassett, Napoleon. Children of the couple are Lee,
Deshler; Kay, a licensed practical nurse employed at the Holgate Nursing Home,
and Diane a student in McComb High School. There is one granddaughter, Lorie.
Mr. Bassett is an employee of the B. and O. Railroad, Rossford. Both are
members of the Hoytville United Methodist Church and the Friendship Sunday
School Class. Mrs. Bassett is secretary of the United Methodist Women's group,
and both are custodians of the Hoytville church. A dinner arranged by t
children was Sunday in Nickerson Farms Restaurant, followed by dessert in the
Bassett home. Guests attended from McComb.
The Bassetts have lived in their present home on Church Stre
Hoytville for the past 19 years. 		Bassett, Cecil J. Jr. (I21875)
 
3356 Archie R. Foster
(Paper and date unknown)

SHONGO -- ARCHIE R. FOSTER, 93, of Shongo died Monday (July 13, 1987) in the
Wellsville Manor Nursing Home after a long illness.

Born Oct. 24, 1893, in the town of Willing, he was a son of Ai Eugene and Ina
Livermore Foster. On Oct. 29, 1913, in Shongo he married the former Fannie
Clark, who predeceased him Sept. 12, 1969.

Mr. Foster attended school in Wellsville and Alfred, was a retired farmer, and
had served as town justice and councilman for the town of Willing.

He attended the Whitesville Christian and Missionary Alliance Church and
Shongo Methodist Church, was a 70-year member of the Yorks Corners Grange, a
67-year member of the former GLF, a member of the Dairymen's League
Association and Whitesville Senior Citizens, and had served on the Whitesville
School Board for several years.

Surviving are three sons, William Foster of Wellsville, Archie Foster of
Shongo and Eugene Foster of Whitesville; five daughters, Virginia Bassett of
Alfred, Mrs. Dorothy Harris and Mrs. Fannie McGill, both of Whitesville, Mrs.
Francelia McGraw of Alfred Station and Mrs. Donald (Loie) O'Dell of Bradford,
Pa.; 12 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Friends may call at the Wildman Funeral Home, Whitesville, Wednesday from 2 to
4 and 7 to 9 p.m., where funeral services will be held Thursday (July 1
1987) at 1 p.m. The Rev. Nathan Rakestraw of Whitesville and Sherman Graves of
Shongo will officiate. Burial will be in the Whitesville Rural Cemeter

Memorials may be made to the Independence Emergency Squad or to a charity of
the donor's choice. 		Foster, Archie Raymond (I22960)
 
3357 ARKANSAS TRAVERLERS (SOURCE UNKNOWN)

A highly unlikely partnership began in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on
September 21, 1871, when Amos Herbert Bassett took Mary Eliza Chamberlin
Miller to be his bride. The incongruity of their marriage is equalled only by
the incongruity of their later migration to a Western wilderness where Herbert
was to endure manfully his distaste for pioneer life, and his wife, joyfully
accepting that life, was to become known as "head of the Bassett gang
Herb was born on July 31, 1834, in Brownsville, Jefferson County, New
York, where his forebears had lived for generations. At some time in his
younger years the family moved to Sweetwater, Menard County, Illinois. In 1862
he was twenty-nine years old, living on the family farm and teaching school in
the winter, when he responded to President Lincoln's call for thirty thousand
volunteers from the President's home state. Private Herbert Bassett served in
Company K of the 106th Regiment of "Lincoln's Brigade." Since he was a
musician, he was assigned to the company band with the official title of
Drummer.
While in the Army, Herb was beset by the ill health which later caused
him to move west. In 1863, barely a year after his enlistment, he suffered
from what Army records call a "debility" and was sent home on sick furlough
for a month or so. At the end of the war Herb, still a private, was mustered
out at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and chose to stay in that part of the country,
very possibly because he had found a Southern branch of his family livi
there. The name of Bassett is found in Arkansas county records as far back as
1833. This kinship with an old pioneer family evidently smoothed his way
despite his being a Yankee, for he eventually became Clerk of the Court, a
respected and even powerful position in the communities of the last century.
Herb has been described as a "little old maid of a man". He was only
five or six inches over five feet tall, and his legs seemed too short for his
torso. Aside from that he was handsome, with thick and curly dark hair, strong
features, and well-set blue eyes. Herb's education was better than average and
he was a competent musician on both piano and violin. He was deeply religious
but not puritanical; although strongly disapproving of tobacco and alcohol, he
enjoyed dancing and playing cards, if no money changed hands. He was gentle,
kind and good-humored, and despised arguments. Unfortunately, considering the
life which lay ahead of him, he appears to have been a passive man with no
qualities of leadership.
Mary Eliza (she preferred to be called Elizabeth) had been born in Hot
Springs County on August 25, 1855. She was a spirited girl and so voluble a
conversationalist that the Utes were later to call her "the Magpie". According
to contemporary descriptions, she had the graciousness that marks a Southern
gentlewoman, and an inborn magnetism. With this magnetism, an iron will,
strong ambition, and indomitable determination to get her way, she controlled
people around her by so intriguing their imaginations that they willing
followed her. She was normally affable and serene, but when she lost her
temper she was violent.
Elizabeth and her sister were very young when their parents died, and
the girls were raised by their maternal grandfather, Judge Crawford Miller, a
breeder of thoroughbred horses. Surprisingly, they were raised with his name.
This suggests that something more than an ordinary tragedy may have caused
their parent's death. Judge Miller had come from around Newark, Virginia
(Elizabeth was always proud of being from one of Virginia's "First Families"),
and it is curious that a lineage-conscious Southerner would deprive his grand-
daughters of their father's name. Elizabeth's daughter Josie was later to tell
a grandchild that there was a suicide in each generation of the family. Josie
gave no details, but she may have been referring to old and better-forgotten
violence,. Elizabeth herself possessed qualities which, given bad fortune,
could have led her to disaster. But her fortune was good - she married Herb
Bassett, who was always to be her balance wheel, even when he could not
control her.
If there is a mystery surrounding Elizabeth's parents, there is an
equal mystery surrounding her marriage to Herb. Why would the attractive
teenage daughter of a well-to-do family marry a graying, middle-aged man?
Perhaps the orphaned girl saw in this kindly and gentle man the father
she had never known, although that answer seems rather superficial for someone
as complicated as Elizabeth.
Mary Eliza, herself better-educated than many women of the time, would
have been contemptous of a very commonly held opinion that an educated female
ran the risk of a withered uterus if uncommon strain were put on her brain.
She would have been in complete sympathy with the growing tide of feminism and
of women's demands for educational opportunity and equal treatment under the
law. At the same time, she was always a lady with strict ideas of propriety,
and would have been completely out of sympathy with Victoria Woodhull, who was
espousing "free love" on the lecture platforms in the east, and with Amelia
Bloomer, who had urged women to replace their petticoats with pant
A deeper look at Herb shows a man who was progressive and liberal for
his time. In later years, for example, he considered his daughters' education
as important as his sons'. Herb must have reflected Elizabeth's own ideas -
progressive, but conventionally so. She would have felt safe with him, knowing
he would treat her as a person of intelligence, despite her womanhood.
Moreover, she could never tolerate domination. Herb's very passivity and lack
of force may have attracted her.
When they married, Herb was thirty-seven years old; Elizabeth had just
turned sixteen. Judging by reports of their years, it was a love match on both
sides, which bore up well even under any painful stresses caused by the
differences of character.
They settled down in Hot Springs to the life typical of a well-bred
couple in comfortable circumstances. In 1874, three and a half years after
their marriage, their daughter Josephine (Josie) was born. Less than two years
later Elizabeth delivered their first son, to whom they gave the family name
of Samuel. Life could have continued in a placid routine except that Herb's
health had seriously deteriorated in Arkansas, where the summers are humid and
the winters cold but no less humid. Herb described his physical condition when
he applied for an Army pension:

"Was treated in Arkansas 20 years ago for liver and heart trouble - h
chills and fever frequently for several years after the war was over - was
treated by Dr. Henry C. Baker who stated that my liver was in very bad
condition - that the chills and fever that I had were very hard to control.
While he was treating me I had a very hard chill which threatened congestion
and he advised me to leave there at once. I sold out and came here [Brown's
Park] in April 1878. "

In addition to his "debility", which was probably malarial, Herb was
asthmatic. The doctors of those times could offer little help to tuberculous
or asthmatic patients except to prescribe a change of climate. It is said that
half the people in early Colorado had come there because of "pulmonary
afflictions" that might benefit from the dry mountain ai
As if Herb's chills, fever and attacks of asthma were not enough to
distrub the couple's tranquillity, in 1874, after six years as Clerk of the
Court, he lost his job, possibly because of a change in political clima
occurring at the end of postwar Reconstruction in Arkansas. At the time they
made their decision to migrate to the west in 1877, Herb may have realized
that his future in Arkansas could never hold more than an obscure clerical job
or, even worse, working on Judge Miller's horse farm. Elizabeth, with h
drive and ambition, may have urged the migration. At the least she would have
cooperated enthusiastically in this search for better fortun
It would seem that they had no firm plan in mind when they boarded the
train that would take them west. Family tradition says that their destination
was California (another popular haven for asthmatics) but it is very probable
that when they left Arkansas they were still not sure where their home was to
be. In any event, they broke their journey at Green River City, Wyoming, for a
reunion with Herb's younger half-brother, Sam Bassett, who lived about eighty
miles to the south over the Utah line in a place called Brown's Hol
Sam Bassett had been a teenager when he left the family home in
Illinois. He had wandered the west from California back to the Dakotas as a
miner, prospector, guide for travelers, and scout for General Miles of the
Union Army. In 1852 he had done some prospecting in Brown's Hole and had liked
it well enough that he returned in 1854 to make it his headquarters between
wanderings.
Brown's Hole had been a rendezvous in the 1830s for the fur trappers.
For a time there was small trading post there named Fort Davy Crockett
(nickname "Fort Misery"), but it vanished when the scarcity of game, as well
as the fall from fashion of beaver hats, made trapping unprofitable. When Sam
Bassett chose it as his headquarters, he became one of the first white men to
live there permanently since the days of that early trading pos
Sam Bassett kept a journal during his early days in the west, and its
disappearance is a tragedy, judging by the fragment that survived, quoted by
Ann Bassett in her memoirs:

"Browns Hol, Novermber, the month of Thanksgiving, 1852. Louis
[Simmons] and I "down in." Packs off. Mules in lush cured meadow. Spani
Joe's trail for travel could not be likened to an up-state high lane for
coach-and four. Mountains to the right of us, mountains to the left of us, not
in formation but highly mineralized. To the South, a range in incontest
beauty of contour, its great stone mouth drinking a river."




Herbert was first admitted to the Soldiers and Sailors Home in Quincy, Illinois on 24 Nov 1913 (Home # 10215).
He was a soldier from Menard County, Illinois. Herbert was a musician, resident of Sweetwater, mustered into Company K, 106th Illinois Infantry on 18 Sep 1862, mustered out on 12 Jul 1865 as a private.

1870 Federal Census of Rock Park, Hot Springs County, Arkansas (13 Jul 1870)
Amos H. Bassett 34 M New York County Clerk 150 1200

1880 Federal Census of Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyoming
A.H. Bassett 47 M NY NY NY Head Laborer
Eliza 23 F AR VA AR Wife Keeping House
Josie 6 F AR VA?AR Daughter At Home
Samuel 4 M AR VA?AR Son
Annie 2 M UT VA?AR Daughter

1900 Federal Census of Elk River Precinct, Routt County, CO (1/2 Jun 1900)
Amos H. Bassett 66 M Jul 1834 NY NY NY Head
Anna M. 22 F May 1878 UT NY AR Daughter
Living next door
Jessie Knight 26 F Jan 1874 AR NY AR Head
George C. 7 M Jul 1892 CO UT AR Son
Herbert 6 M Apr 1894 CO UT AR Son
(Married 8 years, 2 children, 2 living)

1910 Federal Census of Brown's Park, Routt County, CO (15 Apr 1910)
A.H. Bassett (Wd) 75 M NY NY NY Head Own income
Saml C. 73 M NY NY NY Brother
Crawford McKnight 17 M CO UT AR Grandson Laborer General Farm
Herbert 15 M CO UT AR Grandson Laborer Stock Farm
Emerson Wells 38 M IN IA IN SonL Farmer - General Fa
Josie 35 F AR NY AR Daughter
(Emerson 1st marriage, Josie 3rd marriage, married 0 years, 2 childre
living)
Living next door
Elbert H. Bassett 27 M NY NY AR Head Herder Stock Range
Thos. Yarbury 24 M AL TN TN Partner Herder Stock Range



BROWN'S PARK CEMETERY
Bassett, Samuel C. II 1836-1910, born NY son of Samuel and brother of Herbert,
homesteaded in Brown's County.
 		Bassett, Amos Herbert (I12563)
 
3358 Asheville Citizen-Times, 14 Sep 2006
Dorothy Bassett Swett

MARS HILL - Dorothy Bassett Swett, 87, of 484 Pitchford Lane, died Monday,
Sept. 11, 2006, at the John F. Keever Solace Center. Mrs. Swett was a native
of Quincy, Mass., a daughter of the late William and Edith Hoyt Bassett and
the wife of the late John E. Swett. She was a member of Mars Hill Women's Club
and a lifelong member and past president of the V.F.W. Women's Auxiliar
Surviving are her daughter, Dorothy Diane McGowan of Mars Hill; sons, George
Alan Swett of Oregon, Frederick Thomas Swett of Asheville and Charles Edward
Swett of Massachusetts; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a
brother, James Bassett of Quincy. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m.
Friday in Robbie Capps Memorial Chapel of Blue Ridge Funeral Service. D
Tommy Justus will officiate. Burial will be in Brookdale Cemetery in Dedham,
Mass. The family will receive friends from one hour prior to the service. In
lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society (Breast
Cancer Research), 120 Executive Park Drive, Building 1 Asheville, NC 28801.
Online condolences may be emailed to the family at www.blueridge-funeral-
service. 		Bassett, Dorothy Frances (I20203)
 
3359 Augusta Eagle, 12 Dec 1885

Mrs. Bassett - Mrs. G.M. Bassett, wife of John Bassett and daughter of
J.D. and Mrs. A.M. Beebe, died at her home, in this city, Thursday p.m., Dec.
3, 1885. Her death although anticipated by those who had ministered to her
during her last sickness, was to many of our citizens sudden and unexpected.
Notwithstanding she had been a sufferer for seven years. She was ambitious and
industrious, seldom idle when she could possibly avoid it. Mrs. Bassett had
been a member of the M.E. Church of this city to the time of her death, and
will be missed from its social and public gatherings. She was born in 1845 in
Massena, St. Lawrence Co. N.Y. Came west with her parents in 1854, and moved
with her husband from Monroe, Green Co., Wis., to this place 10 years ago. She
was the mother of one child, a little daughter of eleven years, who survives
her. The husband and near relatives have the sympathy of the church and
community. Funeral services were held at the M.E. church Friday morning Dec.
4th, conducted by the Pastor.  		Beebe, Gelsomina (I06687)
 
3360 Autobiography of Reuben Plum Harmon of Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio
(excerpts)

My grandfather Harmon owned an excellent farm on Otter Creek Bow in
Rutland Vermont. He had two sons Oliver and William. Oliver my Father remained
on the farm and worked for his father until he was 26 years of age. His
brother William was educated at Castleton Vermont for a doctor he entered into
partnership with another person of Rutland and they started a drug store in
that place. My grandfather becoming security for their stock of drugs. The
partner finally absconded with money collected from sales and left my
grandfather to pay for the stock, a debt amounting to about $3000, which
he sold his farm in Vermont and sought a home in the West and arrived in
Licking County Ohio sometime in Spring of the year 1816.
My father purchased 100 acres of land in Licking County. But th
section of Country being so far in the interior of the State without any
outlet for farm products he with my Grandfather concluded to move into the
Northern part of the State. Accordingly they started on their journey in a few
days. In crossing the Tuskarawas River, Bassett, the husband of Aunt Anna my
Grandfathers oldest daughter, was drowned his boddy was found about 4 miles
below in the flood wood was disfigured by the buzzards and somewhat decayed.
The body was intered in the cemetery of the village of Coshocton. No other
event of importance occured in their journey to Painesville Geauga Co. Ohio
where they arrived in the Spring of the year 1816..............  		Harmon, Oliver (I05516)
 
3361 Bangor, Maine Daily News, 29 May 1961, p.16

Searsport - Eben Pierce Bassett, 84, died Saturday evening at a Belfast
hospital following a long illness.
He was born at Providence, R.I., August 18, 1876, son of Alpheus and
Elizabeth (Lane) Bassett.
He was a graduate of the University of Maine in 1899 as an electrical
engineer. He was a second lieutenant in Coburn Ports Corps, ROTC. He worked
for General Electric Company at New York until 1929, when he retired.
Following his retirement he lived at Bayside for many years. He moved to
Searsport seven years ago.
He did research for the Penobscot Marine Museum on ships and sea
captains. He was a member of the New England Genealogical Society and t
American Genealogical Society. He compiled the Bassett genealogy.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Bassett, of Searsport;
a cousin, Albert Pierce of Bangor.
Funeral services will be at the First Congregational Church of
Searsport Tuesday at 1 p.m. Robert Sargent will officiate.
Interment will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor.
Friends may call at Young's Funeral Home, Searsport, Monday evening. 		Bassett, Eben Pierce (I09888)
 
3362 Barnstable Obits, Donald Bassett, 73
Veteran; Harwich native; liked fishing, country music

HYANNIS - Donald E. Bassett, 73, longtime Hyannis resident, died Monday at his
home. He was the husband of the late Helen (Aguiar) Bassett, who died July 9.
Mr. Bassett was born in Harwich and attended Harwich schools. He served in the
Army during World War II and worked for the Barnstable Water Co. for 30 years,
retiring in 1988. He lived in Hyannis since the 1940s. Mr. Bassett loved
fishing and country western music. Surviving are two sons, Donald E. Bassett
Jr. of Hyannis and Robert E. Bassett of Milwuakee, Ore.; a sister, Euni
Henry of Hyannis; three grandsons; one granddaughter; and many nieces a
nephews. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Firday in the John-Lawrence
Funeral Home, 3778 Falmouth Rd. (Route 28), Marstons Mills. Visiting hours
will be 5 to 8 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be
made to Cape Cod Hospital Extended Care-Pavilion, c/o Cape Cod Hospital
Foundation, Bayview Street, Hyannis, MA 02601; or to Hospice of Cape Cod, 923
Route 6A, Yarmouthport, MA 02675. 		Bassett, Donald E. (I18546)
 
3363 BASSETT
James J. Bassett, March 29, of Hinsdale, formerly of Park Forest,
husband of Isabelle S. Bassett, father of Mary Helen Robertson; grandfather of
Linda and James. Resting at Mann-Schneider Home for Funerals, 2d and Lincoln
streets, Hinsdale. Visitation Sunday, 3 to 5, and 7 to 9 p.m. Masonic services
8 p.m. Sunday, under the auspices of Chicago Heights lodge, No. 851, A.F &
A.M. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Monday. Interment Oakridge. In lieu of flowers
contributions may be sent to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, 2211
N. Oak Park avenue, Chicago. 		Bassett, James J. (I16767)
 
3364 Bassett 02/24/01

Emily Ann Bassett, 88, of Alton, died Feb. 24, 2001, in Eldercare of
Alton. Her husband, James, preceded her in death. Surviving are a son, James
of Alton; a daughter, Mary Tallman of Gillespie; and sisters, Pearl Doolen of
Phoenix, Az., and Margaret Green of St. Petersburg, Fl. Services were in
Elias-Smith Funeral Home in Bethalto. Memorials may be given to the American
Heart Association.


Edwardsville Intelligencer, Illinois, 28 Feb 2001
Emily Bassett

Emily A. Bassett, age 88, of Alton, died at 4:35 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24,
2001, at Eldercare Nursing Home in Alton. She was born on Aug. 9, 1912, in
Alma, the daughter of the late Orie and Cordelia Pearson Green. She married
James Bassett Sr. on Nov. 17, 1945, in Bethalto. He preceded her in death on
Dec. 14, 1997. She is survived by a daughter: Mary Tallman of Gillespie; a
son; James Bassett Jr. and wife, Pat of Alton; four grandchildren: Susan Ness
of Germany, Dawn Benenze of Gillespie, Michael Bassett and wife, Gina of
Brighton, and Dena Futch and husband, Buddy of Florida; two step-
grandchildren: Tom Silveus of Bethalto and Michelle Wells and husband, Brad of
Bethalto; three great-grandchildren: twins Andrew and Nathaniel Newss a
Jessica Bassett; a step-great-grandson: Tommy Silveus; two sisters: Pea
Doolen of Phoenix, Ariz., and Margaret Green of St. Petersburgh, Fla.; and
many nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and husband, she was
preceded in death by three brothers: Herbert, Eli and Clyde Green. Mrs.
Bassett was a charter member of the First Baptist Church of Bethalto, teaching
Bible school and a member of the Senior Citizens Group at the church.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 1, at Elias-Smith
Funeral Home in Bethalto. Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday,
March 2, at the funeral home with Rev. Charles West officiating. Interment
will be at Rose Lawn Memory Gardens in Bethalto. Memorials are suggested to
the American Heart Association. 		Green, Emily (I21644)
 
3365 Bassett 12/14/97

James A. Bassett, Sr., 84, of Fosterburg, died Dec. 14, 1997, in his
home. He married Emily Green, who survives. Also surviving are a son, James of
Fosterburg; a daughter, Mary Tallman of Gillespie; a brother, Lawrence of Mt.
Vernon; and four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services were in
Elias-Smith in Bethalto. Memorials may be given to the American Diabetes
Association. 		Bassett, James Arthur (I21643)
 
3366 Bassett Obituary
(11 Oct 1971) Shelbyville News, Shelbyville, Indiana

Mr. Bassett dies. Services Wednesday.
Edward Bassett, 77, formerly of 707 Colescott St. who resided with his
daughter, Mrs. Wayne (Marilyn) Wilson, 226 W. Locust St., died in Margaret and
Mary Hospital, in Batesville, Indiana at 5:30 p.m. today. He had been
hospitalized one week and in poor health four years. Born in Shelby (or Brown)
County, Indiana, November 22, 1893, Mr. Bassett was the son of Martin a
Mattie (Collins) Bassett. He married Lettie Baker in 1915, in Shelbyville, and
she died Sept. 26, 1959.
Before his retirement, Mr. Bassett was last employed by the city of
Shelbyville, prior to which he was employed for years at the former Chambers
Corp.
Surviving besides the daughter with whom he resided are nine other
children. Mrs. Joseph (Ruth) Landwerlen and Jack Bassett both of Shelbyville,
Mrs. Jesse (Nellie) Sparks, R.R. 1 Flatrock, Mrs. Ruby Tucker, Fairmont
California, Robert Bassett, Corpus Cristi, Tex., Mrs. Arthur (Lucy) Saunders,
R.R. 1 Flatrock, Mrs. Dale (Patsy) Bastin, R.R.2 Milroy, Mrs. James (Betty)
Taggart, R.R.1 St. Paul, and Mrs. Charles (Mary) Henderson, Hope; 43
Grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren. A brother preceded in deat
Services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Murphy Mortuary. The Rev.
Marvin Isley will officiate and burial will be in Bennett Cemetery. Friends
may call at the mortuary after 3 p.m. Tuesday. 		Bassett, Edward Elmer (I15827)
 
3367 Bassett Obituary
(25 May 1992) Shelbyville News, Shelbyville, India

Patsy M. Bastin, 65, 1102 W. West Street Shelbyville, died at 3:15
p.m. Saturday, May 23, 1992 at Johnson Co Hospital in Franklin. Born July 20,
1926 in Shelbyville, she was the daughter of Edward Bassett and Lettie Baker.
She married Dale E. Bastin on March 20, 1948. He preceded her in death on Aug.
28, 1990. She worked as an assembler for TRW cinch for 28 years. She retired
in 1985. She was a resident of Shelbyville for most of her lif
Survivors include one son; Bob Bastin, Shelbyville, five daughters,
Mrs. Don (Patricia) Trent; Mrs. Gary (Kathy) Kelley, Mrs. Dale (Doralee)
Elliott, Germany, Mrs. William (Cindy) Mays, Rushville and Mrs. Tim (Dalenda)
Higdon, Shelbyville, one brother, Mr. Jack Bassett, five sisters, Mrs. Charlie
(Mary) Henderson, Hope, Mrs. Wayne (Marilyn) Wilson, Shelbyville, Mrs. Jim
(Betty) Taggart, Waldron, Lucy Saunders, Shelbyville, and Mrs. Joe (Rut
Landwerlen, Shelbyville, 11 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one
brother and three sisters. Services are 1 p.m. Wednesday at Murphy Funeral
Service in Shelbyville with Rev. Robin Perkins. Burial will be in Benne
cemetery. Visitation will be 4-8 Tuesday at the funeral service. 		Bassett, Patsy Maxine (I21035)
 
3368 Bassett Obituary
(26 Sep 1959) Shelbyville News, Shelbyville, Indiana

Mrs. Bassett dies at home, city Woman's rites to be held Tuesday. Ill for the
past several months and critically ill for 10 weeks, Mrs. Lettie Bassett, 58,
died at her home, 707 Colescott St. at 3:00 o'clock this morning. Death was
caused by carcinoma.
A native of Rays Crossing Mrs. Bassett was a daughter of Elmer and
Katherine Baker and was born Dec. 15, 1900. In 1915, she was married to Edward
Bassett who survives with 10 of 11 children born to the union. A daughter,
Mrs. Martha Clayton, preceded in death and a brother Clarence Baker died last
April.
The children who survive with another brother, Jess Baker of th
city, 38 grandchildren and three great grand children, are Mrs. Lucy Saunders;
Mrs. Pat Bastin, Mrs. Betty Taggart, Mrs. Ruth Lanwerlen, Mrs. Marilyn Wilson,
and Jack and Mary Marie Bassett of this city, Mrs. Ruby Tucker, Paramount,
Calif.; Robert Bassett, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Nellie Sparks, Bethato,
Illinois.
Mrs. Bassett was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and the funeral
will be held at the church Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Marvin Isley
officiating. Interment will be in Bennett Cemetery in charge of Murphy
Mortuary. Friends may call at the mortuary from 2:00 p.m. Sunday to noon
Tuesday and after that at the church. 		Baker, Lettie Mary (I15828)
 
3369 Bassett, Joseph Claghorn
Encyclopedia of Biography

For sixty years Joseph Claghorn Bassett was engaged in business in
Willimantic, Connecticut, his name being forever perpetuated in Bassett Park,
a tract which was converted into a most desirable residence section of
Willimantic, and in that city the Bassett block testifies to his public
spirit. He lived to the great age of eighty-eight, and although he passed from
earthly view a quarter of a century ago, his memory is green in the city he did
so much to improve.
Joseph C. Bassett was born in Broadalbin, Montgomery County, New York,
one of a family of eleven children. He attended the public schools of h
section, and being a great reader, he acquired a good education, althou
school years soon ended. His first mercantile business was in the stove and
hardware line, but quite early in life he engaged in business for himself in
Heborn. In a short time, however, he came to Willimantic, Connecticut, where
his long and valuable life was largely passed. In Willimantic he formed the
partnership, Lord & Bassett, hardware, a firm which continued until Mr. Lord's
death. John Wilson took his place in business, and the store was moved from
the Hanover to the Tanner block, and from there to the Opera House block. Mr.
Bassett finally retired, having been in business for sixty year
After his retirement he bought ten acres of suburban property a
founded Bassett Park, and erected the first house on the tract for himself. He
developed this plot into most desirable building lots for home builders, and
within ten years sold every lot. There was an unfailing spring of pure water
that Mr. Bassett piped to Bassett Park, half a mile away, and until about 1917
that was the only source of water supply for that section. He erected t
Bassett block at the corner of Railroad and Main streets, also the block which
Remington, the tailor, occupies, and was one of Willimantic's public-spirited
citizens. He moved to Providence for a short time, but returned to Willimantic
and there spent his last years. He was well read in the law, and was often
called to adjust differences and settle vexed questions. His honor was
unquestioned, and his energy and his public spirit kept him in business until
eight decades of life had passed before he finally retired from every form of
business life.
Joseph C. Bassett married Annie Wealthy Hebard, daughter of Guy C. and
Fannie (Spafford) Hebard, her father the builder and original proprietor of
the Old Hebard Tavern in Willimantic in 1824. (The old tavern is yet standing
on Pleasant street.) The old tavern was a very popular place of entertainment
in the olden time, its spring dance floor being the first of its kind in
Willimantic. The State Militia made the Hebard Tavern their "training day"
headquarters, and life was very gay on such days. Guy C. Hebard was the first
postmaster of the village, and there he died at the age of fifty. His wife,
Fannie, continued the Tavern with the aid of her son-in-law, William L.
Tingley, but finally it passed to others. Joseph C. and Annie Wealthy (Hebard)
Bassett were the parents of two children: Carleton H., deceased, who married
Addie Snow; Helen Frances, born February 4, 1846, in the house in which she
now resides, the last survivor of her family, her home, No. 28 Pleasant
street, Williamantic. 		Bassett, Joseph Calghorn (I05753)
 
3370 Bennington Banner, Wednesday, February 20, 1963
Nelson H. Bassett

SOUTH CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. – Nelson H. Basset, 73, died Sunday at his home
in South Cambridge. He had been in failing health for several year
He was born in the town of Easton on Jan. 10, 1890, a son of the late
George and Mabel (Burch) Bassett, but came to this community when a young boy.
Mr. Bassett was a retired farmer, a member of the South Cambrid
Methodist church and a charter member of Pleasant Valley Grang

He leaves his wife, the former Verna Skiff; four daughters, Mrs.
Franklin (Marian) Lee and Mrs. John (Arlene) McLoughlin Jr., both of Valley
Fallas; Mrs. James D. (Helen) Austin Jr. of South Cambridge and Mrs. Robert
(Audria) Gibbons of Eagle Bridge; two sisters, Mrs. E.R. Stiles of South
Cambridge and Mrs. William Irwin of East Greenwich; two uncles, Clarence
Bassett of Shaghticoke and Clifford Bassett of Easton; 12 grandchildren and 3
great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

1930 Federal Census of Cambridge, Washington County, NY (16 Apr 1930)
Nelson H. Bassett 40 M NY NY NY Head Farmer General Farming
Verna 38 F NY NY NY Wife
Marian 16 F NY NY NY Daughter
Helen 12 F NY NY NY Daughter
Arlene 9 F NY NY NY Daughter
Andria 7 F NY NY NY Daughter
& 1 Lodger
(Married at 23 & 21)
 		Bassett, Nelson H. (I22270)
 
3371 Berlin Journal - McKinney

In Berlin, Wis., on Saturday, July 31, 1897, Mrs. Mary McKinney,
formerly of Malone, aged 93 years.
Mary Davidson McKinney was born in the village of Drumid, County
Cavan, Ireland, Feb. 2, 1804. In 1825 she was married to Thomas McKinney and
four years later came to America, settling at Malone, N.Y., where they resided
for twenty-five years. In 1854 Mr. and Mrs. McKinney removed to Berlin. Mr.
McKinney died March 17, 1876. Ten children were born to them, four of whom
survive: Davis A. McKinney of Chicago, Thos. McKinney, of Berlin, Mrs. A.J.
Ring, of Syracuse, N.Y. and Mrs. Joseph Bassett, of Clinton, Wis.

 		Davidson, Mary (I15188)
 
3372 Bernard Bassett and Hannah Wilson
License Issued 30 Dec 1829

Be it Remembered that on the thirteeth day of December in the year of
our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty nine, the following Marriage
License was issued by me, Hiram Alldredge, Clerk of the Shelby Circuit Court,
State of Indiana, Shelby County of the state of Indiana, to any person
empowered by Law to solemnize Marriages, greeting. Know ye that License is
hereby granted to Bernard Bassett and Hannah Wilson to be joined together as
Husband and wife in the Honourable Bonds of Matrimony according to Law.
Witness Hiram Alldredge, Clerk of our Shelby Circuit Court, and the seal of
our Said Court hereunto affixed at Shelbyville the 30th day of December 1829.
Hiram Alldredge Clerk. 		Family: Bernard Handy Bassett / Hannah Elizabeth Wilson (F02506)
 
3373 BESSIE WOODRUFF
The Courier, Friday, 3 Jan 2003

RISINGSUN - Bessie M. Woodruff, 82 of Risingsun, died at 11:15 a.m. Thursday,
Jan. 2, 2003, at Autumnwood Care Center, Tiffin.

She was born Feb. 1, 1920, in Fostoria to Walter and Ada (Edinger) Bassett.
She married Lewis E. Woodruff on Dec. 14, 1936, and he died Dec. 11, 1980.

Surviving are three brothers, Lowell Bassett, Hilliard; Ronald Bassett,
Houghton Lake, Mich.; and Norman Bassett, Mesa, Ariz.

She was preceded in death by two sons, Roland and Michael; and a sister,
Bonita Bassett.

Mrs. Woodruff was a homemaker.

She was a member of Girton Church of God.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the church, the Rev. Gus
Christo-Baker officiating. Burial will be in Trinity Cemetery, near Risingsun.

Visitation will be held from 2-4 to 6-8 p.m. Sunday at Harrold-Floriana
Funeral Home, Fostoria.

Memorials may be made to Girton Church of God. 		Bassett, Bessie Maxine (I17700)
 
3374 Big Valley Gazette, 18 Oct 1894
Sad Accident
Leonard Bassett Falls From A Horse and is Seriously Injur
Death Relieves His Suffering

One of the saddest accidents that we have been called upon to chronicle,
occurred in our town Monday afternoon shortly after 4 o'clock and resulted in
the death of Leonard Bassett, the fifteen year old son of Mrs. and Mrs. I.W.
Bassett.

The boy was helping Carlos Whitmore drive a horse through town, they we
going at full speed and when about 70 yards from the tin shop, his horse
stumbled and fell on his knees; the stop was so sudden that it threw the boy
forward to the ground with great force; his head striking the ground and
causing a serious fracture of the skull besides other internal injuries. The
boy was picked up unconscious and with blood streaming from his nostrils and
was taken to the Bieber Hotel, where Dr. Thrailkill was called to attend him.
The Doctor pronounced the injuries fatal and Dr. Cate, who was also sent for,
concurred in the opinion and at half past eleven o'clock that night the boy
breathed his last without regaining consciousness.

Isaac Leonard Bassett was born in Big Valley on the 9th day of February, 1879.
He was strong and robust, of steady habits, and promised to make a m
sterling qualities. His sudden death cast a gloom over the entire community
and the funeral, which took place in Hillside cemetery next day, was largely
attended by sorrowing and sympathizaing friends of the bereaved famil

DIED

BASSETT - In Bieber, Cal. Oct. 15, 1894, Isaac Leonard Bassett, aged 15 years,
8 months and 6 days. 		Bassett, Isaac Leonard (I15594)
 
3375 Billings Gazette, 9 Aug 2007
Earl Harvey Bassett

MOORE - Earl Harvey Bassett, 89, died near Moore on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007.
He was born July 23, 1917, to Frank Harvey and Lena (Luebke) Bassett. In 1941,
he was drafted into the Army, the 163rd Infantry, and served in New Guinea. He
married Viola Melz on Nov. 29, 1944, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Lewiston.
Earl's favorite pastimes were fishing, hunting, family time with his wife and
daughters and playing cards with friends and family. He truly enjoyed t
thrill of the hunt and the companionship of good friends in camp. In 2004,
Earl and Vi moved to a condo at Fountain Terrace in Lewistown. A year later,
they moved to D&J Country Living in Moore. Thanks to Joanne and Don Nelson,
Larry, Heather and Roxie and all the other care-givers for their loving care of
our father. Survivors include his wife, Viola Bassett; four daughters, Twila
(Ray) Hildebrandt, Vicki (Eric) Olsen) Bassett, Joy (Gene) Culver and Darlene
(Jim) Ring; and 11 grandchildren. In addition, he is survived by one brother,
Dale (Bess) Bassett of Illinois; three sisters-in-law, a brother-in-law, all
of Illinois; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by
his parents and one brother, Ray. Creel Funeral Home is assisting the family
with arrangements. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Aug. 11 at
Creel's Funeral Home, 601 W. Main St., Lewistown. After the service, join us
for lunch and enjoy a brief DVD of photos of Dad's life in the Fountain
Terrace Hospitality Room (formerly St. Joseph's Hospital), 1000 Fountain
Terrace Drive, Lewistown.

Great Falls Tribune, 20 Jan 2007
Earl Harvey Bassett

LEWISTOWN - Army veteran Earl Harvey Bassett, 89, who with his wife ranched
for 60 years in western Petroleum County and enjoyed fishing, hunting, playing
cards and spending time with his wife and daughters, died of natural causes
Wednesday at D&J Country Living near Moore. A memorial service will be held
later this year. Creel Funeral Home of Lewistown is in charge of
arrangements. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Viola Bassett; daughters
Twila Hildebrandt of Bonduel, Wis., Vicki Bassett of Juneau, Alaska, Joy
Culver of Billings and Darlene Ring of Blodgett, Ore.; a brother, Dale Bassett
of Illinois; and 11 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a stillborn
child. 		Bassett, Earl Harvey (I17533)
 
3376 Biographical and Genealogical History of Wayne, Fayett
Union and Franklin Counties, Indiana (1899)
David D. Bassett

A representative of an honored pioneer family, David D. Bassett has
long been identified with the growth and development of this section of
Indiana, and with the promotion of its farming interests. He was born in
Fairfield township, Franklin county, Indiana, August 31, 1832, a son of
Nathaniel and Eliza (Dubois) Bassett, the former a native of Massachusetts,
and the latter of New Jersey. Their marriage was celebrated in Indiana, where
the father located when a young man. He was one of the pioneers of the state,
and prior to his arrival here had spent some time in Cincinnati, whe
worked at the brick-mason's trade. He afterward came to Fairfield, Franklin
county, where he followed the same pursuit until after his marriage. He then
purchased a farm on which a log cabin had been built, while a few acres had
been partly cleared. In addition to agricultural pursuits he then carried on
brick-laying, and erected some of the best buildings of that day in the
surrounding country. He reared his family upon his farm and in his declining
days removed to Fairfield, where his death occurred in 1867. His wife
afterward made her home with her children, and she died at the residence of
her daughter, in Fairfield township, in 1875. They were both consistent members
of the Methodist church and were leading advocates of the temperance cause,
the father ever admonishing his sons never to take the first drink. The
children were Jonathan, now deceased; Ann, who became the wife of B. Gentry,
and died in Decatur county; Lydia, who was the wife of J. Lane, and died in
Illinois; David D.; Mrs. Caroline Smith, who died in Brookville; Mrs. Martha J.
Skinner; and Charles, a stone-mason by trade, now residing at Elwood, Indiana.
The last named served throughout the civil war, and now receives a pension on
account of injuries sustained.
David D. Bassett was reared on the old home farm and for a year after
his marriage continued there. He afterward purchased a farm in Blooming Grove
township, but subsequently sold it and removed to another farm, upon which he
lived three years. He then bought property at Colter's Corners, and engaged in
the manufacture of tile for two years, when he turned his attention to the
butchering business, which he carried on three years. On the expiration of
that period he purchased his present farm, three-fourths of a mile east of the
town of Colter's Corners, on which was a small log house of one room. Therein
he lived until, as the result of his industry and capable management, he was
enabled to erect his present commodious two-story residence. He has also
cleared the land, placed many rods of tiling upon it and now has his fa
under a high state of cultivation. He has planted a good orchard and set out a
fine grove around his house, and now has one of the most attractive and
desirable country homes in the locality. A few years after taking up his
residence on the farm he built a large tile factory, which he conducted for
several years. He then sold out and after two years resumed the butchering
business, having a market at his home and also selling to farmers in the
neighborhood and at Oxford, from a wagon. He has met with some difficulties in
the course of his business career, but through his undaunted energy and
perseverance and the assistance of his good wife he has triumphed over all
obstacles and is now the possessor of a handsome competenc
On the 1st of January, 1856, Mr. Bassett was united in marriage to Miss
Matilda C. Fry, a member of an honored pioneer family. She was born January
12, 1836, a daughter of Philip and Catherine (Butler) Fry, the former a native
of Virginia and the latter of Indiana. Her father was a son of Henry Fry and
came with his parents to the west in 1818, the family settling in Fairfield
township, Franklin county, where the father purchased large tracts of land,
giving to each of his five children a farm. He built a gristmill on
Templeton's creek and successfully conducted his farm and mill. He was a
leading member of the United Brethren church and an active factor in securing
the erection of the first house of worship of that denomination in the
neighborhood. Honest and upright in all things, he lived to a ripe old age and
died respected by all who knew him. His children were Simon, who rear
family and died in Franklin county; Lewis, who reared a family and died in
this county; Lizzie, wife of J. Flint; Philip, father of Mrs. Bassett; Samuel,
who reared a family and died in Union county. Philip Fry remained with his
parents until his marriage and then settled on land which his father had given
him, and upon which he made many excellent improvements. He remained there
until his children were grown, when he removed to Colter's Corners, where he
and his wife spent their last days. His wife died there August 21, 1887, at
the age of eighty-two years, after which Mr. Fry went to live with his
daughter, passing away at her home June 14, 1896, in the eighty-eighth year of
his age. Both were members of the United Brethren church in early life, but
afterward united with the Methodist church and died in that faith. Their
children were Henry W., who died at the age of nine years; Joshua, a retired
farmer and banker living at Oxford; Matilda C., the wife of our subject; Mary
B. Glasner, now deceased; Robert J., who is living with Mrs. Bassett; and Mrs.
Nancy K. Beasley, who is living on the old family homestead.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Bassett have been born four children: Jonathan M.,
who was born October 17, 1856, now resides near Oxford; Emma A., born
November 14, 1866, is at home; Mary D., born November, 1869, is the wife of
W.H. Garrod, a business man of Oxford; and Bertha M., who was born M
1873, and is the wife of C.V. Wilson, a tile manufacturer.
The parents and children are all faithful members of the Methodist
church, Mr. Bassett having been connected therewith since the age of sixteen
years. He has always been very active in Christian work. When he came to his
present home religious services were held in private houses, and he
inaugurated the plans which resulted in the erection of the house of worship.
He has filled all the church offices, has long been class-leader, and is a
recognized leader in both church and Sunday-school work. His life exemplifies
his Christian belief through his kindly spirit, his benevolence and his
liberality in support of all good measures. In politics he is a stalwart
Republican, but has never been an office-seeker, preferring to devote h
attention to his business interests, in which he has met creditable success. 		Bassett, David Dubois (I06001)
 
3377 Biographical Memoirs of St. Clair County, Michigan, 19
Henry J. Sweet

A prosperous farmer of Smith, Berlin township, St. Clair county, Michigan is
the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this biographical notice. He
was born in the state of New York November 4, 1831, a son of Joseph C. and
Polly (Clark) Sweet, of Dunham, Lower Canada, of which the father, Joseph C.
Sweet, was an early settler. Joseph C. Sweet came to Michigan in the thirties
and settled in Berlin township, St. Clair county, on an eighty - acres tract
of wooded land, the country at that time being one vast wilderness. He,
however, crossed the line into Macomb county, where he passed two or three
years, but returned to St. Clair county and purchased another tract in Berlin
township, also in the wilderness. The family sheltered itself in a diminutive
log cabin, that had neither fireplace, chimney, door or window, and after a
great deal of hard work succeeded in clearing off the timber from the forty
acres tract, to which they later added a tract of eight acres. Joseph C. was a
skillful axman, was a sure shot with his rifle, and was courageous and daring
as a pioneer. He was a Democrat in politics and active in his support of his
party, was a Freemason, a consistent member of the Methodist church, and
passed away in this faith December 3, 1887, in his eighty-third year, his wife
dying on July 12, 1892 in the eighty-sixth year of her age. To this respected
couple were born nine children, namely; Melvina; Betsey, deceased; Chastina,
deceased; Henry J., whose name heads this sketch; Hannah; Nancy, deceased;
Edmund; Maria, deceased; and Alma, also deceased. The children all received
good common school educations and Chastina and Maria became successful and
popular teachers.

Henry J. Sweet assisted his father on the home farm in his early days, doing
his share in clearing off the superfluous timber, and in the winter also
worked in lumber camps. At his father's death he took charge of the old
homestead. March 6, 1860, he was married to Miss Harriet Allen, daughter of
Douglas and Phebe (Conger) Allen, of Dangerfield, Oneida county, New York, who
came to Armada, Macomb county, Michigan, in 1836, and reared one of the most
respected families in the district. To Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Sweet have been
born two children, viz: Will J., who was born September 22, 1864, and died
February 25, 1901. He was a young man of great promise, was respected by all
who knew him, and was the youngest member who ever served as chairman of the
board of supervisors, of which he was a member at the time of his death. He
had served as town clerk for some time and was supervisor for four years. His
wife, Myrtle Gaskell, survives him, residing at Mount Clemens. The daughter,
Effie, became the wife of Adam Mackie, who died October 29, 1893, leaving her
with a daughter, Aubrey A. Mackie, aged nine years. Mrs. Mackie is now the
wife of J.B. Curry. Mr. Sweet owns a well-improved farm of one hundred and
twenty acres, and has recently purchased a one-hundred-ten-acre farm at Smith,
which he operates. He is an active Democrat and has served as township
treasurer several terms, and was moderator of the school for twenty-one years.
He has always been controlled by the spirit of industry, a virtue inherited,
no doubt, in a great degree from his mother, who was an indefatigable spinner
and weaver of wool, not only for her family, but very often in shares with
others. She made the clothing for the household, and was one of the most
respected ladies that ever lived in Berlin township. 		Sweet, Henry J. (I13711)
 
3378 Boston Globe, 17 Nov 2006
Michael G. Bassett Jr.

Michael G. Bassett Jr., Nov. 13, 2006, age 38, of Brockton, MA. son of Michael
G. Sr. and Diane M. (Demers) Bassett; brother of Laurie Audette and her
husband David, Lynn Filosi and her husband David; grandson of the late Alvin
and Irene Demers and the late Dr. Gardner and Helen Bassett; step-grandson of
Helen Demers; uncle of Noelle Audette and the late Sarah Audette; Nephew of
David and Jackaline Demers, Helen Pacewicz and Dr. Gardner and Linda Bassett.
A funeral service will be held on Monday at 11:00 AM in the Dahlborg-MacNevin
Funeral Home, 647 Main St. Brockton, MA. Visitation will take place on Sunday
from 4-8 PM. Donations in Michael's memory may be given to the Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation, 220 North Main St., Suite 104, Natick, MA 01760. For additional
information please visit www.d-mfh.com. 		Bassett, Michael Goddard Jr. (I24592)
 
3379 Boston Globe, 21 Oct 2007
Mary Elizabeth (Chester) Bassett

Mary Elizabeth (Chester) Bassett, of Merrimack, NH, formerly of Colchester,
VT, Reading and Woburn, October 19, 2007. Beloved wife of the late Elton K.
Bassett, Jr.; devoted mother of David Bassett of Brockton, Wayne S. Bassett
and his wife Mary of Merrimack, NH, Sharon E. Bassett and Lorraine Bassett,
both of Lowell; cherished sister of Thomas F. Chester and his wife Veronica of
Bedford and Patricia A. Whynott and her husband Robert of Gloucester. Loving
grandmother of 5, great grandmother of 3 and also survived by several nieces
and nephews. Funeral from the Douglass, Edgerley and Bessom Funeral Home, 25
Sanborn St. (corner of Woburn St.), Reading, Tuesday, October 23 at 9 am
followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Athanasius Church, 300 Haverhill
St., Reading at 10 am. Relatives and friends invited to attend. Funeral Home
Visiting Hours Monday 2-4 & 7-9. Burial in Calvary Cemetery, Woburn. In lieu
of flowers contributions may be made in Mary's memory to either the American
Diabetes Assoc. PO Box 7023 Merrifield VA 22116-7023 or National Kidney
Foundation of MA, 85 Astor Ave., Norwood MA 02062. For info, directions and
register book visit johnbdouglassfuneralhome.com. 		Chester, Mary Elizabeth (I18790)
 
3380 Boston Globe, 23 Oct 2006
Howard W. Bassett

Howard W. Bassett of Melrose suddenly, October 20, 2006. Beloved husband of 53
years to the late Sarah J. (Slocum). Devoted father of David S. Bassett of
Gaithersburg, MD and John H. Bassett and his wife Amy of Wakefield. Cherished
grandfather of Nicholas J. Bassett and Jacob W. Bassett, both of Wakefield.
Brother of the late Barbara Gerakaris and brother in law of Lucretia Lozis of
Auburn, ME. Funeral service at the Melrose Highlands Congregational Church,
355 Franklin St., Melrose, Wednesday, October 25 at 11 AM. Relatives and
friends are respectfully invited to attend. Visiting hours at the Robinson
Funeral home, 809 Main St., Melrose, Tuesday 5-8 PM. For directions, obituary
or to sign guestbook, visit www.robinsonfuneralhome.com.  		Bassett, Howard Winthrop (I27960)
 
3381 Boston Globe, 8 Jan 2006
Sarah J. (Slocum) Bassett

Sarah J. (Slocum) Bassett, of Melrose, January 5, 2006. Wife of 53 years to
Howard W. Bassett. Mother of David S. Bassett of Gaithersburg, MD and John H.
Bassett and his wife, Amy of Wakefield. Sister of Lucretia Lozis of Auburn,
ME. Grandmother of Nicholas J. Bassett and Jacob W. Bassett, both of
Wakefield. Memorial Service at the Melrose Highlands Congregational Church,
355 Franklin St., Melrose Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at 11 AM. Relatives and
friends are respectfully invited to attend. Interment will be private.
Arrangements by the Robinson Funeral Home, 809 Main St., Melrose. For obituary
or to sign guestbook, please visit www.robinsonfuneralhome.com. 		Slocum, Sarah J. (I27961)
 
3382 Boston Herald, 9 Oct. 1942
Musician Dies in Worcester
Arthur J. Bassett
Motor Accident Victim
(Special Dispatch to The Herald)

WORCESTER, Oct. 8 - Arthur J. Bassett, 74, of 9 Whitman road, past
president of Worcester County Musical Association and for 18 years pianist of
the Worcester Music Festival, died today at City Hospital of injuries suffered
late last night when struck by an automobile after leaving a performance of
his 58th festival.
A native of this city, he was a direct descendant of William Bassett,
who came to Plymouth from England on the Fortune in 1621. Although he was at
one time president of Johnson & Bassett, Inc., the family business, and at the
time of his death a director of the concern, he was better known as a pianist
and teacher.
He attended the public schools of Worcester and studied piano under
private teachers, including Edward MacDowell, first in Boston and then in New
York. He went to Berlin in the winter of 1906-7 and studied under Leopo
Godowsky. His first recital here was at the age of 19.
As a young man he taught music at St. Mark's School in Southboro and at
Pomfret Academy, Pomfret, Ct. His first official connection with the music
festival came in 1895, when he was made chairman of the program committee. He
was festival pianist from 1896 to 1914. He was president of the association
from 1915 to 1923.
He was a member of the board of governors of the association at the
time of his death and had a record of not missing a music festival in 58
years.
The accident occurred on Institute road when he was struck by a car
driven by Louis Burack, 47, of 3 Bermans street. It was the 11th automobile
fatality of the year here.
Mr. Bassett was a member of the Worcester Club, Talnuck Country Club,
Worcester Tennis Club, Chamber of Commerce and First Unitarian Churc
leaves a daughter, Mrs. Charles F. Turpin. 		Bassett, Arthur Joseph (I19113)
 
3383 Boston Herald, January, 2003
Suzanne Bassett, at 67, cancer society retired VP

Suzanne P. (Posson) Bassett of Walpole, retired senior vice president for the
American Cancer Society's New England division, died on Dec. 31 after a year
long battle with cancer, She was 67.

Born in Rochester, N.Y., she lived in Walpole for nearly 40 years. She earned
a bachelor's degree in history from Oberlin College, a certificate from the
Harvard-Radcliffe program in business administration and a master's degree in
health administration from Lesley College.

Mrs. Bassett joined the American Cancer Society in 1982 and held a variety of
senior management positions. After first directing the Society's Greater
Boston cancer control, patient services and income development activities, she
was promoted to director of field services, and later to deputy executi
director for the Massachusetts division. When the Society reorganized into the
New England division in 1997, she was appointed senior vice president of field
operations for the six-state region.

Mrs. Bassett was instrumental in establishing the Society's Making Strides
Against Breast Cancer walk as the nation's premiere annual breast cancer team
event. She mentored a generation of Society volunteers and staff in advocating
for cancer control at the community level. For two years, she also served on
the faculty for the Society's national staff learning and development
institute in Atlanta.

She began her career in the late 1950s as the executive administrator f
Harvard Medical School's infectious disease department at Boston City
Hospital. Throughout the 1970s, she was an active volunteer with local human
service organizations. Recently, she participated in the national Women
Health Initiative nine-year study on diet and heart disease.

Mrs. Bassett held leadership positions with the Walpole Visiting Nurse
Association, the Walpole Emergency Medical Aid Fund and Project FACE, n
known as the Center for Community Counseling and Education. She was also a
member of the League of Women Voters.

Mrs. Bassett is survived by her husband, Robert D.; three daughters, Sarah of
Needham, Katherine Kavanagh of Warwick, R.I., and Carolyn of Gill; a brother,
Peter Posson of Rochester, N.Y.; four grandsons; and a step-granddaughter.

A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at the United Church in
Walpole.

Burial will be private.

Arrangements by Tracy Funeral Home, Walpole. 		Posson, Suzanne (I20183)
 
3384 Brattleboro Reformer, 6 Nov 2004

SHELBURNE FALLS, Mass. -- Ralph William "Bill" Bassett, 60, of 207 Main St.,
died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004, at home.

He was born in Greenfield, March 13, 1944, the son of Ralph W. and Mary
(Stacy) Bassett.

He was a 1962 graduate of the former Arms Academy in Shelburne Fall

During the 1960s, Bassett served in the Massachusetts Army National Guard. He
served with Company B of the 2-104th Infantry, based in Greenfield.

At the time of his death, he was employed by a construction company as a heavy
equipment operator.

He was a member of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 98.
He had worked for the union for 40 years.

His love of antique oak furniture led him to own and operate Yankee Pastime
Antiques in Shelburne Falls. He enjoyed traveling around to various oak shops
talking antiques with those friends of business. He also enjoyed his Sunday
morning breakfasts at local restaurants visiting with friends.

He was a lifelong sportsman with a special interest in fishing and had a love
for family gatherings. He was an attentive son and brother to all, including a
special friend, Susan.

Survivors include his mother of Shelburne Falls; a brother, Robert W. Bassett
and his wife, Connie, of Buckland; a sister, Pamela Twitchell and her husband,
David, of Whitingham, Vt.; three nieces, Kim Tawney and her husband, Bryan, of
Simsbury, Conn., Abby Bassett of Greenfield, Jessica Twitchell of Whitingham;
and three nephews, Robert Wade Bassett and his wife, Carmen, of Ashfield, Toby
Bassett of Belchertown, and David Twitchell of Whitingham.

His father predeceased him in 1992.

Funeral services will be Monday at 1 p.m. at the SMITH-KELLEHER FUNERAL HOME
in Shelburne Falls with the Rev. David Neil, pastor of Trinity Church,
officiating. Burial will be in Arms Cemetery in Shelburne Falls.

Calling hours will be Sunday from 3 to 6 at the funeral home.

It is suggested donations be made to the Leukemia Society/Lymphoma Society,
Donor Services, P.O. Box 4261, Pittsfield, MA 01202. 		Bassett, Ralph William (I26267)
 
3385 Buffalo News, 19 Feb 2006
William Brewster Bassett

Architectural Historian, of Wynnewood, PA, age 73, February 13, 2006, son of
the late Charles K. and Jean V. Bassett; brother of Barbara Gearhart,
Priscilla Bretschger, Deborah McGinley and the late Kingman, James and Nancy
Bassett; father of Ann, Jennifer, G. Brewster and Christopher Bassett; devoted
grandfather of five grandchildren. Memorial Service on Saturday, February 25
at 11 AM in Narberth Presbyterian Church, Windsor and Grayling Aves.,
Narberth, PA. Family will receive visitors commencing at 10 AM. Gravesi
Memorial Service planned for July 2006 at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Athenaeum of
Philadelphia, 219 South Sixth St., Philadelphia, PA 19106. 		Bassett, William Brewster (I21325)
 
3386 Canton Independent Sentinel
Richard Denkenberger

Richard Denkenberger, on the evening of Easter Sunday, April 21, 2000,
Richard Denkenberger 88, Alba, passed away quietly at his residence after a brief
illness. Born July 21, 1911 at Kingwood, WV, he was one of seven children in
the family of Joseph and Amelia (Carota) Denkenberger. His parents had
emigrated from Austria, instilling into their children the Old World wo
ethic. When he was eight years old the family moved to western Bradford Co.
where they established themselves as farmers. As a young man he met Harriet
Bassett of Grover and on August 3, 1940 they were united in marriage. Together
they worked their dairy on the outskirts of Alba, often also employed for a
number of years by Belmar Manufacturing Co. in Canton and later at Ward
Manufacturing in Blossburg where he remained for 23 years until he retired in
1973, but farming was always a top priority in his life. On August 3, 1990 Mr.
and Mrs. Denkenberger celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. He was an
avid outdoorsman. He enjoyed fishing and hunting in the surrounding woods and
streams. Another type of hunting occupied his time in later years, hunting for
wild ginseng. In the secret places known to but a few, he would reap a
bountiful harvest of the much sought after herb. As recently as last year he
could be found on the mountainside collecting roots and hauling them home.
Surviving are his daughter-in-law, Barbara Bassett; granddaughter and husband,
Gina and Chad Troublefield and two great-grandsons, all of Apex, NC; a sister;
Elizabeth (George) Bartosch, Horseheads, NY; numerous nieces and nephews. He
was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years; Harriet, step-son, C. Richard
Bassett; sisters; Amelia Andrus Chilson, Anna Wilcox, Elsie Collins; brothers,
Joseph Denkenberger, Jr., Michael Denkenberger. Calling hours will be held
Wednesday, April 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Morse and Kleese Funeral Home, 40
N. Center St., Canton. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, the 27th
at 1 p.m. with retired Pastor Jasper Smith officiating. Interment will follow
in Grover Cemetery. Memorial contributions in Mr. Denkenberger's name may be
directed to the Guthrie Hospice, RR4, Box 154, Towanda, PA or to a charity of
one's choice. 		Denkenberger, Richard (I18333)
 
3387 Cape Cod Times, 12 Sep 2006
George C. Bassett Jr.

BASSETT - George C. Jr. of Buzzards Bay died Monday, September 11, 2006 in
Wareham at the age of 79. He was the beloved husband of Mineko (Aoyama)
Bassett and the late Yasuko (Aoyama) Bassett; brother of Everett Bassett and
Dorothy Manter, both of Wareham, Ruth Ferrari of Sagamore, Elizabeth Chapman
and Mary Hodge, both of Buzzards Bay and Barbara McGinty of Kissimmee, FL.
Also survived by many nieces and nephews. A visitation will be held Wednesday,
September 13th from 12 noon to 1 p.m., with funeral services beginning at 1
p.m. in the Nickerson-Bourne Funeral Home, 40 MacArthur Blvd. in Bourne.
Burial will follow in the National Cemetery of Massachusetts. Memorial
donations may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.


National Obituary Archive, Sep 2006
George Copeland Bassett, 1926-2006

George Copeland Bassett, Jr., of Buzzards Bay, died Monday, September 11, 2006
at Tobey Hospital in Wareham at the age of 79. He was the beloved husband of
Mineko (Aoyama) Bassett and the late Yasuko (Aoyama) Bassett. Born October 30,
1926 in Onset, he was the son of the late George C. and Gertrude (Ranso
Bassett. He was a Veteran of the Navy and Air Force, serving in WWII, Korea
and Vietnam. Mr. Bassett worked for the government for 42 years. Having served
20 years, he retired from the military in 1966 and was then employed by the US
Post Office for 22 years in both Yonkers, NY and Bourne, retiring in 1988. He
was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Retired
Enlisted Association and the Korean War Veteran's Association. He enjoy
watching sports, walking his special dogs, Rex and Prince, and spending time
with his family and friends. Besides his wife, he is survived by his brother,
Everett Bassett of Wareham; five sisters, Dorothy Manter of Wareham, Ru
Ferrari of Sagamore Elizabeth Chapman and Mary Hodge, both of Buzzards Bay and
Barbara McGinty of Kissimmee, FL and many nieces and nephews. A visitation
will be held Wednesday, September 13th from 12 noon to 1 PM with a funeral
service beginning at 1 PM in the Nickerson-Bourne Funeral Home, 40 MacArthur
Blvd. in Bourne. Burial will follow in the VA National Cemetery of
Massachusetts. Memorial donations in his memory may be made to the charity of
the donor's choice. 		Bassett, George Copeland Jr. (I23582)
 
3388 Cape Cod Times, 26 Apr 2005
Madelyn L. Vincent, 88
Owner of Palabra shops; author; Cape Cod native

BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine - Madelyn L. "Pal" Vincent, 88, of Boothbay Harbor and
Clearwater, Fla., died Saturday at her home in Maine.
She was the wife of Parker H. Vincent, who died in 1999. They were
married in 1937.
Mrs. Vincent was born in Harwich. She graduated as valedictorian of
her class from Harwich High School in 1934 and attended Lowell Technical
School and Clark University.
She was a radio commentator in Massachusetts and was active in the PTA
and Girl Scouts when her children were young.
In 1960 she founded the Palabra Shop in Poland Springs, Maine. She
opened another Palabra Shop in Boothbay Harbor in 1965.
Mrs. Vincent was an Episcopalian, an avid collector of antiques, a
talented handicraftsman and a theater buff. She enjoyed traveling and spent
much time in London and Europe during the 1970's and '80s.
She wrote several books and monographs, including "The Moses Bottle"
and "The Vincent Family Cookbook."
Survivors include three daughters, Madelyn L. Huffmire of Ocean Point,
Anne Durand of Arlington, Va., and Valerie S. Vincent of Boothbay Harbor; four
sisters, Gloria Straughn of West Brewster, Anne Davis of Concord, N.H., Roland
W. Bassett of Brewster and Royce A. Bassett of Orleans; seven grandchildren;
and five great-grandchildren.
She was also the mother of Lee Vincent, who died in 197
Visitation is 6 to 8 p.m. today at Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral
Home, 975 Wiscasset Road, Boothbay. A funeral will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at
St. Columbia's Episcopal Church, Emery Lane, Boothbay Harbor, followed by a
graveside service at 2 p.m. at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Auburn, Maine. 		Bassett, Madelyn (I23636)
 
3389 Cape Cod Times, 6 Jun 2007
Gladys J. (Rosser) Bassett

CHESHIRE, Conn. - Gladys J. (Rosser) Bassett, 83, longtime resident of South
Yarmouth, died Saturday, at the MidState Medical Center in Meriden following
an illness.

She was the wife for 61 years to Reuben S. Bassett.

Gladys was born and raised in Williamsport, Pa., and educated at a business
college. She lived in Williamsport until joining the Coast Guard, serving her
country during World War II.

After boot training in Palm Beach, Fla., she was stationed at the Boston
Office before being transferred to the Chatham Light Station, where she met
her future husband, who had just returned from his three and a half years with
the Air Force overseas.

After the war, they married and settled in South Yarmouth, where Reuben was
manager of the former A&P Grocery Store for several years before he and Gladys
opened their own grocery store in South Yarmouth, which they owned and
operated.

After attending the Evangelical Baptist Church in South Yarmouth for 12 years,
she joined in 1982 and was an active member belonging to the church choir and
also was secretary of the Women's Friendship Circle for many years.

Gladys moved to Cheshire to be closer to her granddaughter, Jennifer, a short
time ago.

Besides her husband, Reuben, and granddaughter, Jennifer, Gladys is survived
by two daughters, Jane Pendergraft of Virginia and Rosalyn Lukasewski of
Yarmouth; and a son, Mark Bassett of Massachusetts; and nine other
grandchildren. She was predeceased by a daughter, Gail Carnovale of New
Hampshire, in 1994.

Visiting hours will be held on Thursday evening from 5 to 8 p.m., with a
service at 7 p.m. at the Coutinho-Boisse Funeral Home, 678 Main St., Harwich.
Burial will be Friday morning at 10 a.m. at the Chandler Gray Cemete
South Yarmouth.

For directions and personal online guest book, log on to
www.cbfuneralhome.com. 		Rosser, Gladys J. (I23563)
 
3390 Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Massachusetts, 11 Mar 2000
Sylvia C.(Bassett) Gibson

EAST ORLEANS - Sylvia C. (Bassett) Gibson, 91, a Cape resident since 1957,
died yesterday at the Liberty Commons Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center
after a brief illness. She was the wife of James O. Gibson, who died in 1990.
Born in Hopedale, Mrs. Gibson was raised in Sterling and was a graduate of
Worcester North High School. After working at the State Mutual Insurance Co.
in Worcester for nine years, she married in 1935 and lived in the Boston area.
She moved to Orleans from Needham in 1957. Surviving are a son, Robe
Gibson of South Orleans; a daughter, Carol G. Smith of Plymouth; four
grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A graveside service is at 12:30
p.m. Monday in Orleans Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Orleans
Rescue Squad, Eldredge Park Way, Orleans, MA 20653. 		Bassett, Sylvia C. (I20062)
 
3391 Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Massachusetts, 17 Jun 1999
Denise Bassett

DENNISPORT - Denise Bassett, 37, a lifelong resident of the Cape, died
unexpectedly Monday at her home. She was the daughter of Royce Basse
Orleans and Carol (Perry) Orciuch of Dennisport. Born in Hyannis, she w
raised in Dennis and Brewster. She graduated from Cape Cod Technical Hi
School and attended Kinyon Campbell Business School in New Bedford. Ms.
Bassett worked as a cashier at Benny's in Dennisport and attended Fisher
College to learn computers. She loved the beach, traveling and reading.
Surviving are three sisters, Joan Bassett of South Chatham, Madeleine Bassett
of West Yarmouth and Stephanie Orciuch of Dennisport; a niece and two nephews;
and many aunts and uncles. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m.
Saturday in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Route 134, South Dennis. Visiting hours are 6
to 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Hallett Funeral Home, 273 Station Ave., South
Yarmouth. 		Bassett, Denise (I23658)
 
3392 Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Massachusetts, 25 Jan 2001
Lillian M. (Kelley) Bassett

CHATHAM - Lillian M. (Kelley) Bassett, 88, a homemaker and longtime resident
of Chatham, died yesterday at the Cranberry Pointe Nursing Home in Harwich.
She was the wife of Lester Bassett, who died in 1984. Born in Brockton, Mrs.
Bassett was raised and educated in Dennis. She moved to Chatham in 1930. A
member of the Critian Temple No. 85 Epithian Sisters, Dennis, she enjoy
sewing, gardening, reading, rock hunting in Maine and was very family
oriented. Surviving are three daughters, Marlene Devlin of West Chatham,
Kathleen LaPlant of Eastham and Christine Bassett of West Roxbury; a nephew,
Roland Kelley of West Chatham, whom she raised as a son; 11 grandchildren;
eight great-grandchildren; and many other nieces and nephews. A funeral
service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Nickerson Funeral Home, 87
Crowell Road, Chatham. Burial is in Seaside Cemetery, Chatham. Visiting hours
are 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home. 		Kelley, Lillian Martha (I18621)
 
3393 Cape Cod Times, May 29, 2002
Georgia B. Bassett, 79
Retired office manager; genealogist; liked animals

EAST SANDWICH - Georgia Brownell (Hammett) Bassett, 79, a resident of
East Sandwich and formerly of Dighton, died Sunday at the Royal Meganse
Nursing Home in North Falmouth after a brief illness.
She was the wife of the late Howard R. Bassett Jr.
Born in Dighton, Mrs. Bassett graduated from Taunton High School in
1941. A genealogist and author, she wrote two books detailing the history of
her family.
She was a retired office manager.
Mrs. Bassett was passionate about animals, particularly cats and
birds, and loved gardening.
She appreciated classical music, theater, film and oper
Survivors include three daughters, Meredith B. Smythe and Deborah B.
Palmer, both of Taunton, and Sarah B. Bassett of Cotiut; a son, Eric L.
Bassett of New Bedford; a sister, Hilda (Hammett) Keller of Rochester, N.Y.; a
brother, John B. Hammett of North Carolina; and five grandchildre
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Dighton
Community Church, Elm Street, Dighton.
Burial is private.
Memorial donations may be made to Royal Hospice, 209 County Roa
North Falmouth, MA 02556. 		Hammett, Georgia Brownell (I20201)
 
3394 Cape Cod Times, Oct. 14, 2002
Yasuko Bassett, 80

BUZZARDS BAY - Yasuko Bassett, 80, of Buzzards Bay, died Saturday at Tobey
Hospital in Wareham.
She was the wife of George C. Bassett Jr. for 46 year
Mrs. Bassett was born and raised in Japan.
A homemaker and seamstress who enjoyed making her own clothes, she
also loved needlepoint and gardening.
She was an avid sports fan and loved to cook.
Surviving besides her husband are four sisters, Chieko Aoyama, Tsuya
Aoyama and Tomeko Matsuura, all of Japan, and Mineko Aoyama of Buzzards Bay;
and a brother, Mitsuro Aoyama of Japan.
A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Nickerson-Bourne
Funeral Home, 40 MacArthur Boulevard, Bourne, Burial will be in the
Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne.
Visiting hour is 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral hom
Memorial donations may be made to Bourne Fire and Rescue Squad, c/o
P.O. Box 31, Monument Beach, MA 02553. 		Aoyama, Yasuko (I23592)
 
3395 Cape Cod Times, Saturday, 5 Nov 2005
Claudette M. Clement, 69
Avid sailor; member Cape Code Cruising Club; artist

YARMOUTH - Claudette M. (Bassett) Clement, 69, died Wednesday. She was the
wife of the late Dr. Conrad C. Clement. Mrs. Clement was born in Harwich and
attended public school on the Cape. She worked at Cape Cod Hospital, St.
Luke's Hospital and Union Hospital. She was an avid sailor and sailed
extensively in the Caribbean. She was president of the Cape Cod Cruising Club
Inc. from 1985 to 1993, and arranged yacht charters. She was a member of the
Cape Code Museum of Art, the Cape Cod Art Association and the Yarmouth Art
Guild. She was a well-known local artist and enjoyed attending the outdoor art
shows. Survivors include two brothers, Roland Bassett and Royce Bassett, both
of Brewster; three sisters, Gloria Straughn of Brewster, Annie Davis of
Exeter, N.H., and Janette Bassett of Dillon, Mont.; and several nieces and
nephews. A memorial service will be at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at Bass Hole Beach
in Yarmouthport. Memorial donations may be made to VNA Hospice, 255
Independence Drive, Hyannis, MA 02601. 		Bassett, Claudette (I23656)
 
3396 Cape Code Time, Hyannis, Massachusetts, 29 Apr 2005
CHATHAM - Doris "Dolly" (Dunphy) Bassett Rumazza

CHATHAM - Doris "Dolly" (Dunphy) Bassett Rumazza, 95, formerly of Chatham and
Dover, N.H., died Sunday at Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis.

She was the wife of Benjamin H. Bassett, who died in 1976, and O.L. "Rusty"
Rumazza, who died in 2002. Mrs. Rumazza was born in Freeport, Maine, and
graduated from the Farmington Normal School and the University of Maine, Orono
Class of 1932, where she was a member of the women's basketball team. While in
Chatham, she taught fifth grade for many years. She was a member of Del
Kappa Gamma, an international honor society for women educators.

At 55, she made up for lost time with trips all over the U.S., including
Hawaii, and 15 trips to Europe. She loved combining education and travel with
the Elderhostel Program. She visited many colleges and universities here and
abroad.

She was an avid swimmer and skier and cross-country skied and canoed into her
early 80's. She enjoyed following women's basketball, quilting and was a
member of the Cocheco Quilters in Dover. She knit and did craft projects until
recently.

Survivors include a son, Benjamin Bassett of Chatham, a daughter, Sally S.
Dickenson of Orleans; and several nieces and nephews.

Visitation is 11 a.m. today at the Nickerson Funeral Home, 87 Crowell Road,
Chatham, followed by a memorial service at noon in the funeral home.

Memorial donations may be made to Chatham Scholarship Fund, Chatham High
School, 425 Croweel Road, Chatham, MA 02633. 		Dunphy, Doris (I23565)
 
3397 Cape Code Times 3 Nov 1997
Emily Bassett, 92
Long time Harwich resident; retired telephone operat

Springfield - Emily (Phillips) Bassett, 92, a former long time resident
of Harwich, died of an illness yesterday at Ring Health Care Center East.
She was the wife of the late Earle F. Bassett.
Mrs. Bassett was born in Harwich and attended Harwich schools. She
worked as an operator for New England Telephone for 30 years, retiri
1970.
She was a lifelong resident of Harwich until moving to East Longmeadow
in 1993.
Mrs. Bassett is survived by three sons, David A. Bassett of East
Longmeadow, Phillip M. Bassett of Riverview, Fla., and Forrest E. Bassett of
South Yarmouth; seven grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildre
Graveside services will be private. 		Phillips, Emily D. (I18599)
 
3398 Cape Code Times, Massachusetts, 27 Jul 1999
J. Albert Bassett Sr., 82
Real Estate broker; owned offices in South Yarmouth

SOUTH YARMOUTH - J. Albert Bassett Sr., 82, a former builder and real estate
broker, died Sunday of congestive heart failure at the Mayflower Place Nursing
Center in Yarmouth. He was the husband of Bertha C. (Baker) Bassett for almost
60 years.
Born in East Harwich, Mr. Bassett was a 1937 graduate of Harwich High
School. He was a home builder in 1947 and the founder and owner of Bass River
Real Estate in South Yarmouth in 1950.
In 1973, he acquired LBJ Realty in South Yarmouth.
A resident of South Yarmouth since 1939, he was a longtime member and
trustee of Faith Baptist Chruch in Osterville and a member of the Fraternal
Lodge AF & AM in Centerville.
Surviving besides his wife are three daughters, Joan Collins of South
Carolina, Janet Bush of Hyannis and Joy Holland of Clifton, Va.; a sister,
Emily Churchill of South Dennis; nine grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren;
an aunt; and many nieces and nephews.
He was also the father of the late J. Albert Bassett J
A memorial service is at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Doane, Beal and Ames
Funeral Home, 160 W. Main St., Hyannis. Burial will follow in Pine Grove
Cemetery, South Yarmouth.
Memorial donations may be made to Faith Baptist Church, 245 W.
Barnstable Road, Osterville, MA 02665.

(EPB lists Joshua Albert as the son of Charles August Bassett, born 189
Charles August Bassett is the son of Joshua August Bassett, born 1874. Joshua
Albert Bassett Sr., was born in 1916 in East Harwich, MA Vital Records, Vol
634, p.17). 		Bassett, Joshua Albert (I23665)
 
3399 Cass County Pioneer, September 17, 1926
ANNA ELIZABETH OLIVER

We folks of The Pioneer received a severe blow this week in the death
of our dear wife and mother, Mrs. A.A. Oliver, wife of A.A. Oliver, and mother
of R.A. and A.B. Oliver, her death coming at 12:35 p.m. Tuesday at the Walker
hospital after an operation several days before for the removal of her gall
bladder. Our dear one had been ill for the past six months and suffered
severely during that time. Several weeks ago it became evident that some
malignant ailment was working to keep her ill and it was then discovered that
she needed the operation referred to above. But her physical condition would
not permit the operation immediately and she went to the hospital for
treatment to better her condition. Later the operation was performed but our
beloved one could not recover. Drs. Wilcox and Thabes and the nurses at the
hospital did everything they possibly could for our sufferer but she steadily
grew worse until the end came.
Anna Elizabeth Rathbun Oliver was born in LaSalle, Illinois, November
13, 1871, the daughter of Alonzo E. Rathbun and Anna Elizabeth Rathbun. She
died at Walker, Sept. 14, 1926, aged 54 years 10 months and 1 day. At the age
of 8 years with her parents she removed to Lake Lida, Otter Tail County,
Minnesota, where the family located on a homestead and lived for several
years. They then removed to Pelican Rapids and established the Park Region
Pioneer Newspaper at that place. Mrs. Oliver grew to young womanhood there.
She was an apt pupil, took advantage of the limited school system then
available and also studied music under her father's supervision, he being an
accomplished musician. In her early teens she united with the Congregational
Church, in which denomination she has always retained her membership. During
her early years at Pelican Rapids when not engaged in school duties, she was
employed as a Compositor in the office of the Park Region Pioneer and later
devoted much of her time to office work including the business and editorial
departments of the newspaper. It was here at Pelican Rapids and in the Park
Region Pioneer office that she became acquainted with A. A. Oliver who was
employed as foreman of the office, and later on September 25, 1888, in that
village, they were united in marriage. After several months of happy married
life Mr. Oliver's health began to fail him in the close attention to his
office work, but he kept at his labors until ordered by physicians to leave
the office and seek outside employment, preferably in the pines. The young
couple were not daunted and faced the new requirements by deciding to locate
on a homestead in Cass County and moved by ox team through the woo
cabin at Esterdy in the southern part of the county, arriving incide
frontier life. During this period Mr. Oliver was often compelled to seek
employment in the neighboring towns to secure funds to sustain the family. On
January 16, 1894, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver established the Cass County Pioneer at
Esterdy, and entered the same office as the Ellis Post Office, where th
operated the newspaper, a great part of the burden falling upon the little
mother's shoulders, as Mr. Oliver was employed at times on the Staples World
in order to help with the expenses. In the meantime, the Brainerd and Northern
logging railway was constructed to Walker and the town organized with a
promising future. Mrs. Oliver may be very properly named as the mother of the
Cass County Pioneer. In May 1896, the printing office was moved to Walker, and
shortly after the house goods and family came to Walker, also, where the
newspaper continued in publication. Mrs. Oliver continued to give much of her
time and attention to the office work and personally composed most of t
first delinquent tax lists ever set in Cass County. This in addition to the
great responsibilities of motherhood and the home. She was stricken with
partial deafness and in 1910, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver decided to take a rest from
the newspaper game and spent 5 years thereafter on a little farm a couple of
miles south of Walker, leaving The Pioneer in charge of R.A. Oliver, their
eldest son. At the end of five years they returned to Walker and A.A. Oliver
resumed active participation in the affairs of The Pioneer, but the little
mother did not come back into office activities. She was occupied mostly from
that time to her illness with her household duties though she has ever
remained the main inspiration of we of The Pioneer; the dear one to whom we
have gone to approval in our successes and comfort in all cases. During the
early days in Walker it was a typical woodsman town. No thought had yet been
given to the building of a church. The only place available for church
services was the little room in the Brainerd and Northern station. In 1897, a
small group of women with Mrs. Oliver worked, and among whom were Mrs. J.B.
Spencer, Mrs. N. Daily, the Mesdames Bush and several others assembled
together and decided to start the building of a church and organized the
Congregational Ladies Aide. The rough and ready pioneers of this community
irrespective of religious denominations readily joined in and funds were
raised through efforts of Mrs. Oliver and her associates to complete the first
church ever built in Walker, first the Congregational church, the Free
Lutheran Church. Mrs. Oliver was the organist and Sunday school teacher part
of the time and gave music lessons during those early years. In the lat
years she has given most of her time to her family and to her children's
families. She was a great lover of flowers, especially pure white pansies and
delighted to the many beautiful flowers brought to her in her late sickness.
She loved the things artistic, art and music and needlework being especially
appealing to her. Worthwhile toil was her practical prayer, her trust was in
God, her faith well founded, and her spirit has returned to the arms of her
maker from whom it came, a well earned, well merited devotion to that house
not made with ends eternal in the sky.
The deceased is survived by her loving and affectionate husband and
the following children: R.A. and A.B. Oliver of Walker; Mrs. Elam Johnson of
Bimidji; E.L. Oliver, of St. Louis; Mrs. N.A Bowman of Walker, and Mrs. Elmer
Bowman of Virginia, Minnesota, all of whom were here to the funeral. One son
died in early infancy. She is also survived by three sisters and two brothers;
Mrs. C.H. Case of Shingobee township; Mrs. J.K. Mounts of Ottertail Lake; Mrs.
Sadie Van Cleve of Washington; Arve Rathbun of Oregon; and Lewis Rathbun of
California. There are also 18 of the grandchildren, every one of whom t
deceased always welcomed at her home and gave them comfort. The funeral
services were held this Friday afternoon from the Free Lutheran Church with
Rev. Jewell delivering the address and she was laid to rest in the Walk
Evergreen Cemetery. 		Rathbun, Anna Elizabeth (I12968)
 
3400 Certificate of Marriage Registration

Record No. 993 of Year 1935
Edwin Milby Sawyer of Westerly, Rhode Island who was born 10 Sep 1910 at
Westerly, Rhode Island and Pauline Beatrice Bassett residing at Mount Morris,
New York who was born 23 Mar 1913 at Corning, New York were married on 8 Jul
1935 at Johnson City, New York. 		Family: Edwin Milby Sawyer / Pauline Beatrice Bassett (F07537)
 

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