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| 3451 | Earl Harrell Dies at 82 Earl Harrell, 82, 515 W. Mechanic St., died at his home about 3:00 a.m. Sunday. He had been in failing health five years. A Shelby County resident all of his life, Mr. Harrell was a retired Naval Avionics employee. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of Sugar Creek Lodge, F. and A.M., at Fairland and the American Legio Born in Brandywine Township March 8, 1892, he was the son of Curtis and Ida Mae (Bassett) Harrell. He married Dorothy B. Tucker on June 2, 1916, and she survives with two sons, Wallace Harrell, Fairland, and Herman Harrell, Clarksdale, Miss, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildre One son and one brother preceded in death. Services will be Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Ewing Mortuary, with the Rev. Arnold Adkins officiating. Burial will be in Fairland Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary after 4:00 p.m. Tuesday. | Harrell, Earl (I20725)
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| 3452 | Elizabeth A. 'Sally' Bassett Sept. 2, 1912 - March 9, 2002 Elizabeth A. "Sally" Bassett, 89, 505 N. Bradner Ave., died at 9:25 p.m. Saturday in Bradner Village Health Care Center. She was born in Union Township, Wells County, to the late Grover Cleveland and Ethel Fern (Wilson) Brickley. She lived in the Marion and Wabash area for many years. She married Ralph J. Bassett on May 16, 1932. He died Sept. 7, 2001. She was formerly employed at Marion National Bank and Marion Hardware. She was the co-owner of the former Jiffy Grill and formerly operated a sewing and alterations shop, both in Marion. She was a member of the First Friends Church, Marion, and the United Society of Friends Women. She also was a member of the Marion Women's Department Club. Surviving are a daughter, Delaine Highley, Marion; a son, Roger (Carol), Roselle, Ill.; four grandchildren, Robin and Tracy Emmons, and Perry and Jeffrey; and 10 great-grandchildren. She also was preceded in death by two sisters, Zelah Brown and Mary Cantrell; and a brother, Leonard Brickley. Services are at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Needham-Storey-Wampner Funeral Service, North Chapel, 1341 N. Baldwin Ave., with Pastor George Taylor officiating. Burial is in Horeb Cemetery, Uniondale. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to First Friends Church Memorial Scholarship Fund, 2211 N. Wabash Ave., Marion, Ind. 46952. | Brickley, Elizabeth Almeda (I21202)
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| 3453 | Elizabeth Bassett, Community volunteer, 92 Monday, 29 May 2006 The Philadelphia Inquirer Elizabeth Armstrong Bassett, 92, of Lansdowne, a former office manager and community volunteer, died from a series of strokes May 16 at Broomall Presbyterian Village, a retirement community in Broomall. Mrs. Bassett grew up in Narberth. After graduating from Lower Merion High School, she worked in stores in Suburban Square in Ardmore. Then she was office manager for a tile company in Ardmore for several years. In 1951, she married Henry L. Bassett. They met at a Presbyterian Church group for singles over 30. In 1975, she was a founder of the Meals on Wheels program in Delaware County. For the next 25 years she helped deliver meals to the homebound. She and her husband al volunteered at Presbyterian Hospital. They enjoyed family road trips wh their children were young. The couple's later travels abroad included a trip to Ireland, fulfilling Mrs. Bassett's dream of visiting the land of her ancestors. She was active in the Order of the Eastern Star and The Lansdowne Presbyterian Church, and she was an avid stamp collector. Mrs. Basse survived by a daughter, J. Eliza; a son, William; a sister; and two grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Broomall Presbyterian Village auditorium, 146 Marple Rd., Broomall. Friends may call at 1 p.m. Mrs Bassett donated her body to science. | Armstrong, Rebecca Elizabeth (I19356)
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| 3454 | Ely Times, January, 2008 Floyd Arnold Bassett (picture included) Floyd Arnold Bassett, age 79 years, of Ely, Nevada passed away January 21, 2008 in Ely, Nevada. He was born January 2, 1929 in Bolton Landing, New York to Alton Kenneth and Myrtle (Henry) Bassett. Floyd attended Mooers Central Rural School in Mooers, New York. He served in the US Army in 1946 to 1949. He lived in White Pine County for 30 years working as an over the road truck driver having worked for WS Hatch, Steere Trucking, Petrosource Transportation, Norcross Trucking, and Turner Gas. He married Theodora Patras August 3, 1980 in Elko, Nevada. He enjoyed wood working and fishing. He is survived by Theodora Bassett of Ely, Nevada. Step-son Nick (Gladine) Patras of Ely, Nevada. Sister Kathy Loghry of Twin Falls, Idaho. He was preceded in death by his parents and step-mother Cora Bassett. At Floyd's request there will be no services. | Bassett, Floyd Arnold (I15330)
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| 3455 | Elyria Chronicle Telegram, 5 Jan 1911 Nathan Bassett Nash Nathan Bassett Nash, one of the oldest pioneers of Russia Township died Monday evening December 26 at 9 o'clock, death being due to old age. During the 66 years of his residence in this section, he had always received the highest respect paid to a man of honesty and integrity. Mr. Nash possessed those qualities of sturdy manhood which made up the successful pioneer and which rendered him in later life a staunch friend to those in trouble and won for him a place in the hearts of all his friends and neighbors. The deceased was born in Eaton, Madison Co., New York September 7, 1830 and was 80 years of age. He came to Ohio in 1834 and in 183? removed to Russia Township where he has since resided. On Jan. 3, 1860 he was united in marriage to Miss Louisa Gibson who with six children survives him. They are Winfield S (Nash), Mrs. George Bemis, and Charles B. (Nash) of Eaton township, Miss Beatrice (Nash), Simeon (Nash), and Walter (Nash) of this place, also 4 grandchildren. Funeral services were held at his late residence Thursday morning at 11 o'clock conducted by Rev. Berry of Cleveland. The remains were laid to rest in the Evergreen Cemetery at South Amherst. Elyria Chronicle Telegram Nash Farm Has Been in Family Since Year 1835 One of the true pioneer farms of Lorain County is the Nash farm, located three miles north of Oberlin and one-half mile east on the Schramm Road. This farm first came into possession of the Nash family in 1835, when Betsy Nash, grandmother of the present occupants, purchased 50 acres of land at the intersection of Leavitt Road and Schramm Road. The land was bought from Street and Hughes. This land was later handed down to Nathan B. Nash, father of the present occupants. Nathan B. Nash added 80 acres in September, 1851, when he purchased that amount of land adjoining the original 50 acres. This brought the farm to its present size of 130 acres. When Nathan B. Nash and his wife came to live on the farm in January 1860, they lived in a small house, which still stands as a part of the present home. The house was surrounded by only two acres of cleared land, from which the timber had been cut, although the logs and stumps were still around the house. The farm is now used for general farming. Present occupants are Walter F. Nash and Miss E. Beatrice Nash. | Nash, Nathan Bassett (I09162)
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| 3456 | Eula W. Bailey, Silver Springs, N.Y. Tuesday, August 19, 2003 SLIVER SPRINGS, N.Y. - Eula W. Bailey, 93, of Route 19A, and formerly of Bow, died July 13 at Wyoming County Community Hospital in Warsaw, N.Y., after a long illness. She was born in Easthampton, Mass., the daughter of William and Rosa (Butterfield) Warren. She lived in Bow for 30 years before movi Silver Springs, N.Y., in 1997. Bailey worked as a licensed practical nurse and as a cosmetician and owned a food service with her husband. Survivors include a son, Kenneth Bassett of Worcester, Mass.; a daughter, Jacqueline Jaggard of Silver Springs, N.Y.; 16 grandchildren; great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. Her first husband, Clifton Bassett, died previously; her second husband, Loren Bailey, died in 1991. Three brothers, Richard Warren, Roger Warren and Harold Warren, and two sisters, Marjorie Warren and Evelyn Bakstrand, also died previously. Calling hours will not be held. Graveside services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Evans Cemetery in Bow. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice Care, 204-206 Main St., Perry, N.Y. 14530. Harmon-Watson Funeral Home in Castily, N.Y., is in charge of the arrangements. | Warren, Eula W. (I20058)
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| 3457 | Eunice Almira Henry, 77 October 1998 Former hospital worker; avid Red Sox fan HYANNIS - Eunice Almira (Bassett) Henry, 77, a former hospital worker, died yesterday at the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape & Islands in Sandwich. Mrs. Henry was born, raised and educated in Harwich. She worked in the housekeeping department at Cape Cod Hospital for a number of years and also was employed as a chambermaid for the Hyannis Travel Inn. In the early 1980s, Mrs. Henry moved to West Palm Beach, Fla. where she was employed in the housekeeping department at the Good Samaritan Hospital. She moved back to Hyannis in the mid-1980s. Mrs. Henry loved country music and was an avid Red Sox fa She is survived by two sons, Kenneth W. Bassett of Burke, Va. a Robert B. Henry of Hyannis, one daughter, Judith L. Henry of Haynnis, four grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the John-Lawrence Funeral Home, 3378 Falmouth Road (Route 28) Marstons Mills, followed by burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Visiting hours are 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow in the funeral home. | Bassett, Eunice A. (I18544)
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| 3458 | Everett Theodore Bassett Everett Theodore Bassett, 86, of Cloquet died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2003 in St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth. He was born Nov. 22, 1917 in Cloquet to Benjamin and Adeline (LaVoie) Bassett. A lifelong resident of the Cloquet area, Everett was a truck driver for the Cloquet Creamery from 1935 unt 1941. He married Lorraine Lemieux in 1940 in Cloquet. He worked at US Steel for one year, and later in a logging camp in the Isabella area until he was called to serve his country. Everett served in the US Marines during World War II, and participated in the Pacific Campaign. After the war, he returned to Cloquet where he drove trucks for the Cloquet Creamery, Ekberg Lumber, and retired from Dahlen Transport in 1974. His first wife Lorraine died in 1971. He married Patricia "Pat" Blunt in 1974. She also preceded him in death in 2000. Everett was a member of Queen of Peach Church, The Fond du Lac Bank of Lake Superior Shippews, and in recent years served as a tribal elder. He was an active member of the American Legion Post 262, was a life member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles 1163, a life member of the Herbert Kennedy VFW Post 3979, and a member of the Retiree's Teamster Club 346. An avid outdoorsman, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, and riding. He also enjoyed wintering in Arizona. In addition to his first wife, Lorraine, and his second wife, Pat, Everett was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Mary; son-in-law Johnny Polo; brothers Burton and Wilfred Bassett; sister Marcelline Ojibway, Mildred Tyman, Beatrice Harrison, and Adeline Harens. He was be sadly missed by his children Jeanne Polo of Cloquet, James (Linda) Bassett of Cloquet, Lee Ann (Morris) Nicholson of Cottage Grove; brothers Arnold (Caroline) Bassett and Robert (Dorothy) Bassett both of Cloquet; seven grandchildren, Jennifer (Polo) Burkhart, Christopher Pol Stephanie Polo, Lisa (Nicholson) Johnson, Barbara (Nicholson) Girgen, Troy Bassett and Eric Bassett; 10 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. He is also survived by stepsons Michael (Lynn) Blunt of Aitkin, and Kei (Karen) Blunt of Duluth; stepdaughters Krystal (James) Fields of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Dee McLain of Superior. Everett will also be sadly missed by his snowbird friends in Arizona. Visitation was from 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003 with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. in Northland Funeral Home, 801 14th St. in Cloquet. Visitation continued from 10:00 a.m. until the 11:00 a.m. funeral service Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003 in Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Cloquet. Burial was in New Calvary Cemetery in Cloquet. Military Honors were accorded by the Cloquet Combined Honor Guard. A time of lunch and fellowship followed the service at the Fond du Lac Tribal and Community Center. Arrangements were by Northland Funeral Home in Cloquet. | Bassett, Everett Theodore (I15276)
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| 3459 | Excerpt from a Hufcut family History (1910) Jacob Buxton was born at Deerfield, Oneida County, N.Y., April 10, 1820, son of James and Mary Buxton, who came from Holland and settled in Oneida County, New York, when it was little more than a wilderness. Jac Buxton was educated in the public schools, and learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, following it all his active life. He was a man of strict integrity, and by his honesty, uprightness and industry, won the confidence and respect of the community in which most of his life was spent. He was a skilled craftsman and excelled by none of his competitors as a builder. He erected some of the principal buildings of Denmark and vicinity, and ma dwelling houses and other structures. In politics Mr. Buxton was an earnest Republican, and he took a keen interest in public affairs. He died at Castorland, May 12, 1890. Mr. Buxton married, in Denmark, 1863, Caroline Barrett, who was born at Evans Mills, Jefferson County, N.Y., June 21, 1836, daughter of James and Eddice (Bassett) Barrett. The Barrett and Bassett families came to northern New York from Vermont, whither they came a generation or two earlier from Massachusetts, of old colonial stock. Caroline (Barrett) Buxton died at Castorland, April 15, 1910. Jacob and Caroline Buxton had children: Eugene S., Dora B., Carrie E., Charles G., Ardell M., James H., Ernest B., Herbert G., John M., and Edith Buxton. | Buxton, Jacob (I05304)
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| 3460 | FAMILY HISTORY TOLD BY KATE NEVADA BASSETT HUNT Sometime in April 1865, our folks - the Harris and Bassett families - set forth from Springfield, Illinois and joined a wagon train at some point in Missouri. My mother's family (Harris) joined them also. When the train was made up, there were 225 wagons, many drawn by oxen, but there were horses too. They were divided into groups of 25 wagons and each group had a Captain. My father, Nymphas, was Captain of our group and secretary of the Compan believe I've heard some one say Grandfather (Bernard Handy Bassett) was Captain of the Wagon Train. They organized as a Company and set forth. The plan was to make certain points for an early camp but if they came near a stream that had to be crossed they made the crossing before camping so as to run no risk of t stream rising over night, also to have the animals all in good condition to get off for a good start on the morrow. They grouped the wagons in a circle with the women and children and supplies that were unloaded within the circle. My Aunt Jennie, who was 16 at the time, said sometimes as they were making camp the Indians would come riding about, shooting arrows into the air. The men would go out and shoot at some special object to show what they could do with guns. They would give the Indians food or beads as they could, and in all their trek never had any trouble with them. Aunt Jennie said she rode horseback quite a good deal as did many others. When they reached the Platte River, my cousin Martha Harris was born. Her father was my mother's brother, David Harris. Soon after that the train divided, part of them going via the Oregon Trail (the Harris families went that way), while the Bassett families kept on via Colorado, Utah and Nevada, and there I (Kate) came into the picture. The camp was made on the bank of the Truckee River near Reno, and I was born August 22nd. My father's oldest sister and her husband had made the crossing earlier and were located not far from there. In the morning, Uncle Jesse came to camp and they took mother and me to their place for ten days or so, then they joined the wagon train and all came into California. The family had planned to go into Napa County, but my Uncle Jefferson Bassett who was badly crippled from rheumatism was so badly off when th reached Solano County they had to stop. A family by the name of Hawkins who were located there insisted that Grandmother and Uncle Jefferson and little Kate should go into their house to try to make him more comfortable, and they did. Grandfather and his sons and in-laws looked about and located on what was called the Plains, east of what developed into the town of Elmira. That was in September and it was six months from the time they left their homes in Illinois until they were again in a house in California. They had been camping near the Hawkins ranch. My father was a carpenter so he built houses for the new settlers, but my mother wasn't so very well and another girl was born in February 1867 - Pauline - my brother Guy came September 10, 1870. The last of May or first of June 1872, Father decided to take us to Oregon to see mother's folks. Again we set out in a covered wagon and made Cottage Grove, Oregon in a three-weeks drive. Stayed on at Grandfather Harris and Father helped with the farm work till after harvest when we went to Springfield where we stayed till the last of May in 1872, when we went to Albany where Father had some special building on the University buildings. In October we moved back to Grandfather's farm east of Springfield. In April of 1873, my younger brother, Glenn Otis, was born and in July our mother passed away. In October we moved to a farm over on the McKenzie River where we stayed until April of 1874 when we moved to Springfield again when the first bridge was begun across the Willamette River there. It was a covered bridge and Father was on its construction till completed. We lived in three different houses in Springfield; then went into a house down the River where we lived till February of 1878. Sister Mary married Eugene L. Howe of Creswell on July 19, 1877 so Father decided to return to California with we four youngsters. In February 1878, we came via steamer from Portland to San Francisco. Soon after reaching Elmira where our Bassett grandparents lived, we children were distributed among our relatives. (Insert by Evelyn Piculell: I believe at this time my father Glenn was taken by a Mrs. Sparks of Silverton, Oregon, to raise.) In 1879 I went to Vacaville and was with a family, helping with the children and going to school. When vacation came, I returned to Elmira for a while but in early 1880 Mr. Cutler of Vacaville wanted me to return there and stay with his wife as he was away a good deal and she was very frail, so I went and continued there through grammar and high school and Teacher's College where I finished in 1884 when I secured my Teacher's Certificate; and on July 28, 1884 began teaching the 1st grade in Vacaville School. There I taught in different grades from 1st to fourth till May 1891 when I went to Oakland that Fall and prepared for Teacher's examination in Alameda County. I began teaching in Harrison Street School in August of 1892 and continued there till May of 1903; just about a month before John Hunt and I were married on June 24, 1903. As you know, that event took place under a lovely Bread of Heaven tree in front of Aunt Hattie's home on Oleander Place in Vaca Valley (John's Aunt Hattie). After the reception and refreshments, we departed in a one hor buggy for Fairfield where we left Old Dobbin in the livery stable and took the train to San Francisco. The next day went to see some of my dear friends in Oakland, a great surprise to them, then via train to San Jose where my Aunt Jennie Raymond and daughters lived. Next day came on to Los Angeles and were given a reception and shower by John's Osteopathic friends in the offices of Drs. Dan and Cora Tasker and himself in the Grant Building. John had secured a cottage on Park Grove Avenue before going north so we soon bought furnishings and located there, and in the Fall Aunt Hattie joined us, having sold h place in Vaca Valley. In January of 1905, we moved into our own home in a new subdivision of Los Angeles (Virgil Avenue just off Wilshire Blvd) and have lived here ever since. In 1909 I took my first trip East with Aunt Hattie. Left L.A. last of May and returned via Canada-Pennsylvania in August. John came East, unexpectedly in July to make the return with me. Aunt Hattie stayed on till the last of September or first of October. The A.P. Kimball's coming on with her. They staid here for six months while they built a house on Corondolet Street. | Bassett, Kate Nevada (I15565)
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| 3461 | Family letter written in 1928 Francis and John Bassett, sons of Ebenezer, are thought to be twins. They married in NY and journeyed west with rest of the Bassett Company for Polo Ogle Co. Ill 1836; the time the Wamsley's came. These two brothers became tired of the journey and stopped at Batavia near Coldwater, Mich where Francis d. 1837. His children were small. Several years later a stone was put on his grave, the inscription reads d. Aug 24 1837, aged 44 yrs 3 mo and 24 da., making his birth May 1, 1793. Martin F. and Stephen Bassett former Polo men, were Francis sons. Francis was the first person buried in the cemetery in Batavia. His wife is buried next to him. From EPB, "Earliest record of Andes, N.Y. M.E. Church is a church lease dated 1820 drawn by Francis B. From Andes he went to Kortwright, Del. Co. N.Y., from there to Batavia, Branch Co. Mich. where he settled on Sect. 35. His wife & 7 children came with him. His twin brother John had moved there the previous fall to Sect 34. Francis died the year after he came no descendants in town but 2 sons & 1 daughter in Coldwater, same County." | Bassett, Francis (I03222)
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| 3462 | Florence D. Bassett The Kinmundy Express, April 16, 1970 Florence Evelyn Doolen, daughter of George and Effie (Jackson) Doolen, was born Nov. 16, 1907, at Kinmundy. She passed away at Twin Willows Nursing Home in Salem, April 11, 1970, after several months illness. On April 30, 1949, she was married to Clyde C. Bassett, who survives. She is also survived by two step-daughters, Mrs. Robert (Evelyn) For Alma; and Mrs. Lewis (Helen) O'Dell, of Marshall, Ill.; her mother, Mrs. Effie Robb; two sisters, Mrs. Chas. Lowe, of Kinmundy, and Mrs. Martha Ellis, of Great Bend, Kansas; one brother, Forrest, of Hammond, Indiana; seven grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, and many friends. She served as a WAC during World War II in the European Theate She was a member of the United Methodist Church, the Eastern Star of Kinmundy, and the Salem Rebekah Lodge. Funeral services were held Tuesday from the Linton Funeral Home, Rev. C.C. Lowe of Vandalia, officiating. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery. | Doolen, Florence (I16313)
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| 3463 | FLORIDA Historic - Dramatic - Contemporary Family and Personal History (Volume IV) Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc. Harry Hood Bassett - With banking on the East Coast of Florida, Harry Hood Bassett has been identified since his graduation from Yale University in 1940, with the very large exception of years out for military service of his country, and civilian aviation patrol activities. As vice president a director of the First National Bank of Miami, and an official of other financial institutions in the area, he plays an important part in the business world of the city. Of wide personal interests he has entered many phases in south Florida life and is exceptionally well known in community activitie Harry Hood Bassett was born at Flint, Michigan, on May 6, 1917, son of Harry Hoxie and Jessie (Hood) Bassett. His father, who died on October 25, 1926, in Paris, France, was the first vice president of General Motors Company, and president of the Buick Motor Division of this vast corporation. After attending the public schools of Flint and Jackson, Michigan, and a private school in Palm Beach, Florida, the son prepared for higher education in the noted Hotchkiss School at Lakeville, Connecticut, where he was graduated in 1936. Matriculating at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, four years later he received his degree of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Administration from its Sheffield Scientific School. Beginning his business career after leaving Yale, Mr. Bassett in 1940 became assistant trust officer and director of the First National Bank of Palm Beach, Florida. Becoming interested in the Civil Air Patrol of World War II, and organization that did such splendid work with inadequate equipment, he devoted his best attention to this endeavor until he entered the United States Army Air Corps. Before being separated from the Armed Forces in 1946, he had spent some fifteen months overseas in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, with the rank of first lieutenant. Earlier he had been associated with the anti- submarine patrol off the Florida Coast, for which he received the Air Medal. He had enlisted in the United States Air Corps Reserve on September 15, 1942. Upon his return to civilian life, Mr. Bassett was for some time trust officer and a director of the First National Bank of Palm Beach. In April, 1947, he came to Miami with the First National Bank of this city, being named assistant vice president in June of that year. Since July, 1948, he has been vice president of this substantial financial institution. He likewise is vice president and a director of the Coral Gables First National Bank; remains a director of the First National Bank of Palm Beach, and serves on the boards of directors of the Little River Bank and Trust Company, and the First National Bank of Fort Lauderdale. In civic, club and social affairs, Mr. Bassett is especially prominent. He serves on the board of trustees of the University of Miami; the board of directors of the Community Chest of Dade County, is an associa member of the Orange Bowl Committee, a member of the Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center Committee, and is a Rotarian. His clubs include the Bath Club of Miami Beach, the Indian Creek Country Club, the LaGorce Country Club, the Key Largo Anglers Club, Cat Key Club of Cat Cay, in the British West Indies, and the Yale Club and the Madison Square Garden Club of New York Cit attends All Souls Episcopal Church. In July 1, 1946, in Paris, France, Harry Hood Bassett married Marguerite Petitjean, daughter of Georges and Marie Emily (Biersohn) Petitjean. Mr. and Mrs. Bassett are the parents of three children: 1. Harry Hood Jr., born June 27, 1948. 2. and 3. George Rodney and Patrick Glenn, twins, born June 2, 1950. National Cyclopedia of American Biography Picture Included Bassett, Harry Hood, banker, was born in Flint, Mich., May 6, 1917, son of Harry Hoxie and Jessie Marie (Hood) Bassett and grandson of William L. and Mary (Tomison) Bassett. His father (q.v.) was a business executive. Harry H. Bassett received his preliminary education at public schools in Flint and Jackson, Mich., and Palm Beach, Fla., and at the Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn., and was graduated B.S. in 1940 at Yale University. He began his career in the latter years as assistant trust officer and director of the First National Bank, Palm Beach, and after returning from military service he became trust officer of the bank, remaining in that post until the following year. In 1947 he joined the First National Bank of Miami, Fla., as assistant vice- president, advancing to vice-president in 1948, assistant to the president in 1951, and chairman of the executive committee in 1959. Elected president of the bank in 1962, he continued in that capacity until 1966. Since that time he has been chairman of the board as well as chairman of the executive committee. In 1967 the Southeast Banking Corp., Miami, was formed as a holding company, with the First National Bank of Miami an affiliate, and since its inception Mr. Bassett had held the additional titles of chairman of the board and chief executive officer. He is also a director of several of its affiliates. The First National Bank of Miami, the largest bank in Florida and the lead bank of the Southeast Banking Corp., was founded in 1902, and in 1962, the year Mr. Bassett became president, it had assets of $447,796,942 and 870 employees. When the Southeast Banking Corp. was formed in 1967, it was comprised of three banking affiliates. Since that time other banks have been acquired, and by late 1971 it was comprised of fourteen affiliate banks and its lead ban First National Bank of Miami. Non-banking affiliates were also acquired or founded, and today these include Financial Carriers, Inc., First Foreign Investment Corp., Southeast Data Processing, Inc., Southeast Financial Services, Inc., Southeast Mortgage Co., Southeast Properties, Inc., Southeast SBIC, Inc., and Southeast Services, Inc., all in Miami. The corporation has affiliates in England, Luxembourg, Spain, and the Bahamas. With asse $717,224,371 and 1066 employees in 1967, the year it was formed, Southeast Banking Corp. and its subsidiaries had assets of $1,461,748,000 and 2481 employees in 1971, making it the largest registered bank holding company in Florida. Mr. Bassett after leaving his post with the First National Bank, Palm Beach, continued until 1971 to be a director of that bank, which is not an affiliate of Southeast Banking Corp., and during 1965-71 he was chairman of the board. He is currently a director of Eastern Air Lines, Inc., Gener Development Corp., Maule Industries, Inc., and Wometco Enterprises. Since 1970 he has been a member of the federal advisory council of the Federal Reserve System, representing the Sixth Federal Reserve District. Interested in public and civic affairs, he served as a trustee to the Council of Latin America in 1969-70, and since 1969 he has been a trustee of the Committee for Economic Development. He has been a member of the national board of Smithsonian Associates since 1972 and is currently a member of the Orange Bowl Committee, the Greater Miami Philharmonic Society, Inc., and the United Fund of Da County, serving as general campaign chairman of the latter in 1969. He has been chairman of the board of trustees of the University of Miami since 1970. During the Second World War he was a member of the Civil Air Patrol in 1942- 43, and from 1944 until 1946 he served in the U.S. Army Air Forces, advancing in rank from private to 1st lieutenant. Initially engaged in anti-submarine patrol off the U.S. coast, he later served fifteen months in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. For his service he was awarded the Air Medal in 1943. He was also three times recipient of the Silver Medallion of Brotherhood Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews in 1972. He is a member of t American Banks Association, Association of Reserve City Bankers, Associated Industries of Florida,, Economic Society of South Florida, the Biscayne Bay (Fla.) Yacht Club, the Indian Creek County, Miami, and the Palm Bay clubs of Miami, the Bath and LaGorce Country clubs of Miami Beach, the Everglades Club of Palm Beach, Fla., the Ocean Reef Yacht Club of Key Largo, Fla., the Metropolitan Club of Washington, D.C., the Bohemian Club of San Francisco, Calif., the Yale and River clubs of New York City, and the Lyford Cay and East Hill clubs of Nassau, Bahamas. His religious affiliation is with the All Souls Episcopal Church, Miami Beach. Politically, he is a Republican. His recreations include playing tennis, boating, and flying, and in connection with the latter he holds a commercial pilot's license. Mr. Bassett has been married twice: (1) in Paris, France, July 1, 1946, to Marguerite Petitjean of Casablanca; he was divorced from his first wife in 1955; (2) in East Hampton, N.Y., June 22, 1958, to Florence (Schust) Knoll, widow of Hans Knoll. By his first marriage he has three sons: Harry Hood and twins, George Rodney a Patrick Glenn. | Bassett, Harry Hood (I22906)
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| 3464 | FORMER ADAMS COUNTY BANKER DIES IN SEATTLE William Alexander Pearce, a former Adams county resident, died at his home in Seattle on November 10, 1959, at the age of 85. Services were held at the MacMartin and Chamberlain mortuary in Walla Walla November 13 with interment at the family plot at Mountain View cemetery. Mr. Pearce had been a semi-invalid since he broke his hip in July 1956. He was born at Carmi, Ill, April 12, 1874, and came to Ritzville July 1, 1901 to work in the Daven general store. Early in 1902, he received an offer to help open a ba Washtucna and he asked Harr Martin, assistant cashier of the Pioneer State bank, to teach him the banking business. On July 11, 1902, the Bank of Washtucna was capitalized at $5,000 with W.R. Cunningham, Jr., president; C.E. Shipman and O.W. Green, both pioneer State officials, as vice president and cashier and Mr. Pearce was appointed assistant cashier. In March 1903, the business was made a state bank with a capitalization of $25,000 and in 1908 it became the First National Bank of Washtucna with Mr. Pearce as president. On December 14, 1935, the bank was merged with the First National Bank of Ritzville and the two became the Ritzville branch of the Old National Bank with Mr. Pearce as manager. Mr. Pearce retired in July, 1949, and a year later, following the death of Mrs. Pearce, he moved to Seattle to make his home with his daughters. Survivors are two daughters, Beatrice and Beul Pearce, both of Seattle; two sons, Chauncey M. of Seattle, and William B., Spokane, and six grandchildren. Rev. D.A. Russell, formerly of Washtucn officiated at the service. Pallbearers were David Hoefel, John Ott, William Rosenoff and A.E. Warnes of Ritzville, Lester LeFevre of Harrington and John Nunamaker of Spokane. Pearce was a member of Modern Woodmen of America and the United Presbyterian Church of Washtucna. | Pearce, William Alexander (I12368)
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| 3465 | Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Feb 1998 Mary E. Stiborek Bassett GRAND PRARIE - Mary Eleanore Stiborek Bassett, 66, an auditor, died Friday, Jan. 30, 1998, at home. Mary Bassett was born May 5, 1931 in West. Survivors: Husband, James Judson Bassett; son, James Judson Bassett II; daughter and son- in-law, Marnell Rose and James Wetherby; brothers and sisters-in-law, Leon and Angeline Stiborek and Ben and Mary Jo Stiborek; grandsons, Nathaniel Kyle and Carter Aaron Wetherby; five nephews and two nieces; and four great-nieces and five great-nephews. Bean-Massey-Burge Funeral Home Grand Prarie, (972) 263- 7200. | Stiborek, Mary Eleanore (I18868)
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| 3466 | Framingham, Mass., Friday, ?? ??? ???? Many Friends Mourn Death of F.N. Bassett HOLLISTON - March 7 - The death of Frederick Newhall Bassett occurred at his home on Washington street at noon yesterday after a short illness of influenza and resultant pneumonia. He was born Sept. 11, 1869, in Franklin, Mass., the son of Charles S. and Abbie Goddard Bassett. His first trade was that of an expressman in Natick, Framingham, Holliston and Wellesley and Franklin where he made innumerable acquaintances and true friends. He was married in 1894 to Jennie Warren Baker of Holliston and lived for five years in Natick. Since then he had lived in this town, where he was a well known and respected citize For six years he had been employed as head shipper at the Archer- Strans Rubber Co. in Framingham. He is survived by his wife and three children, Clifford, Hazel and Dorice Bassett, also by three sisters, Mr Waldo S. Emerson, Miss Hattie E. Bassett and Mrs. Elizabeth MacDouga Melrose and one brother, Charles Bassett of Franklin. He was a member of the Masonic lodge, I.O.O.F. of Holliston, holding the office of Vice Grand at the time of his death. The funeral will be held on Saturday at 2 p.m. and will be private but friends and neighbors are invited to view the remains after 10:30 a.m. | Bassett, Frederick Newhall (I14123)
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| 3467 | Frances E. Clarke Johnson, 92 The Barnstable Patriot Brewster - Frances E. (Bassett) Clarke Johnson, 92, died April 23, 2001, at Epoch Living Center, Brewster, after a long illness. She was the former wife of the late Harold Clarke, and wife of the late Thomas Johnson. Mrs. Johnson was born, raised and educated in Hyannis. She graduated from Northfield Seminary and the New England Conservatory of Music. She was a well-known concert pianist and music teacher in Hyannis, and was organist at the First Baptist Church before moving to Maine in 1960. She returned to the Cape in 1998. She is survived by her daughter, Barbara Clarke Cromarty of Harwich, four grandsons; and two great-grandsons. A memorial service was held at Hamel, Wickens and Troupe Funeral Home in Harwich, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery in Hyannis. | Bassett, Frances Elizabeth (I12503)
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| 3468 | Franklin Gazette, Malone, Friday, 20 Jun 1884 There was quite a serious accident happened last Sunday afternoon to the wife and mother of Ralph Bassett who lives about three miles north of the village. While Mr. Bassett was getting his family ready for attendance at the union services on the Arsenal Green, and after he had helped his wife a mother into the wagon, he found that his harnesses were not properly adjusted and before he could adjust the same, the horses took fright and ran a short distance, striking a post and throwing the occupants of the wagon to the ground. Each of the ladies had their leg broken below the knee. Dr. Skinner was called who reduced the fractures, and reports his patients as doing well. | Bassett, Ralph Needham (I09642)
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| 3469 | From "History of Clinton County, Iowa, (1879)", Elnathan Bassett, Mrs. Bassett and James Bassett joined the Congregational Church in 1848. 1820 Federal Census of Hannibal, Oswego County, New York Elnathan Bassett 200010-01100 1840 Federal Census of Kosciusko County, Indiana Elnathan Bassett 0100001-0112001 1m5-10,1m40-50,1f5-10,1f10-15,2f15-20,1f40-50 1850 Federal Census of District #5, Clinton County, Iowa Elnathan Bassett 58 M Vermont Luvia 53 F Vermont 1860 Federal Census of Preston Twp., Fillmore County, Minnesota (18 Jun 1860) Elnathan Bassett 65 M Vermont Merchant 1000 1500 Luvia 63 F Vermont | Bassett, Elnathan (I01706)
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| 3470 | From "Spokane and the Inland Empire" we have "Following his removal to Iowa he became a prominent citizen of his adopted county and was called to serve in public office. He was also connected at different times with merchandising and with farming and lived a life of usefulness and activity." In addition to the children listed, EPB also lists Jesse, born 1859, Mary, born 1863, Ray, born 1865, and William, born 1868. 1850 Federal Census of District #5, Clinton County, Iowa Gilbert Bassett 33 M Vermont Mary 33 F Canada Lydia 10 F Canada Henry 9 M Canada Caroline 7 F Canada George 4 M Iowa Francis M. 2 M Iowa Gilbert 1/12 M Iowa 1860 Federal Census of Carimona, Fillmore County, Minnesota (6 Jun 186 G.B.O. Bassett 43 M Vermont Farmer 700 300 Mary 43 F Canada Geo 14 M Iowa Francis 12 M Iowa Gilbert 9 M Iowa Saml 7 M Iowa Mary 3 F Minnesota Saml Smith 73 M New Hampshire Index of Wagon Train Emigrants from Minnesota to Montana The Fisk Train, 1866 T.R. Bassett George W. Bassett Gilbert Bassett Gilbert B.O. Bassett Mary (Smith) Bassett Mary (Harkness) Bassett | Bassett, Gilbert Bingham Oscar (I03552)
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| 3471 | From a Kansas Query by Judy Adams, 1997 I am researching my mother's line, Bassett. Two Bassett brothers settled in Hiawatha with their families sometime in the 1870s. One w great-grandfather, he moved to Colorado around 1906, but I believe his brother remained. The brothers were Marceleon Cornelius Bassett, b. 24 Aug 1844 CT, Dwight E. Bassett b. 17 Apr 1839 CT. They were were Civil war veterans from CT. | Bassett, Marcelon Cornelius (I06275)
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| 3472 | From EARLY TIMES, By Daniel D. Scrobell Minocqua Times, August 28, 1919 AIRPLANE LANDS HERE An airplane landed in the Mattke field near Woodruff last Sunday attracting a large crowd of people from the country around. The machine was forced to land because of a shortage of oil. The occupants were on their way from Chicago to Ironwood and had planned on landing at Mercer. They resumed their journey Monday morning. In 1930, Francis Bassett, the son of B.O. Bassett, became the first Minocqua resident to fly an airplane. Arriving from Wisconsin Rapids where he learned how to fly, his first flight over Minocqua on August 1, 1930, created a good deal of excitement. The TIMES editor wrote: "Interested spectato stood on the streets listening and watching for his approach. When the burr of the plane was heard, excitement reigned, and necks were craned towards the blue, clear skies. A crowd congregated at the Standard Oil airport, seven miles north of here, to welcome the aviator." Bassett went on to become an a transport pilot, but received serious injuries in a crash in the early 1930's and gave up the occupation for the terra firma of a greenhouse business. | Bassett, Francis Hubert (I20129)
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| 3473 | From Vol. 1, page 1003 of Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Essex County. "Lucy Cutler married Deacon Joel Bassett and after removed to Granby where they resided for a considerable number of years and finally emigrated to West New York. They had several children who are supposed to be residing in that vicinity." "History of the Torrence Family" says that Joel Bassett was a member of the Legislature of Vermont and often entertained the great men of the state in his large house, which stood on a hill overlooking the one thousand one hundred acres of land which he owned on the Connecticut Rive Joel, Erastus L. Bassett and his wife Sarah E. (Graham) Bassett, are all buried in the Inland Cemetery in Inland Township, Cedar County, Iowa. It is located about 4 1/2 miles northeast of Bennett, Iowa. | Bassett, Joel (I02667)
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| 3474 | GAZATTEER BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD GENESEE COUNTY, N.Y. Jan 1890 Philo P. Bassett, the youngest son of Samuel and Betsey Bassett, was born in Bergen, August 26, 1834, and at the age of 20 began life for himself, choosing the occupations of carpenter, joiner, and painter, which he followed successfully till 1877. February 25, 1859, he married Harriet W., daughter of William H. and Frances E. Keytes, of Owosso, Mich. In 1877 he commenced the undertaking business in this town, being located then one block south of his present place of business. Just before the big fire of March 1, 1880, he had removed to the building just south of the Bergen Hotel, and thus escaped. The latter part of 1885 he removed his business to the Carpenter & McKenzie block. He deals in funeral furniture, artists' materials, pictures and frames, stationery, etc., and is a funeral director. As an undertaker he is successful and worthily very popular, and his business has largely extended to neighboring towns. 1870 Federal Census of Bergen, Genesee County, New York (4 Jun 1870) Philo Bassett 36 M New York House painter 3000 500 Harriet 37 F New York Milliner 1880 Federal Census of Bergen, Genesee County, New York (24 Jun 1880) Philo B. Bassett 46 M NY CT CT Head Harriet 47 F NY EN EN Wife Keeping House Maud E. 11 F MI MI MI Adopted Daughter At School | Bassett, Philo Bishop (I06541)
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| 3475 | GERALDINE BASSETT COATS - OBIT GERALDINE BASSETT COATS, of Victoria, Texas, died December 14, 1998. Preceded in death by husband Bert R. Coats. Survivors: Cousin, Elizabeth Williams of Richmond; nephew: Mr. Rodney Bassett of Yoakum; Brothers; Mr. Clem Bassett of Yoakum; Sister-in-law: Benita Bassett of Yoakum. Services and Burial: Wednesday 3:00 pm at Graveside Service. Cemetery: Morton Cemetery in Richmond. Arrangements by Buffington Funeral Home in Yoakum. Memorials: Shriner's Crippled Children's Hospital in Houston, or Donor's Choice. | Bassett, Geraldine Adair (I11797)
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| 3476 | Geraldine Elizabeth Bassett Perry 15 Oct 2003 Geraldine "Jerry" Elizabeth Bassett Perry, 87, of Canton, passed away at her daughter Barb's home on Monday morning, Oct. 13, 2003. Surviving are two daughters, Barb Perry of Canton and Pat (Sam) Mott of Doylestown; a stepson, Denny Perry of Canton; 12 grandchildren; two step- grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; two step-great grandchildren; ni great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Jane Soper of Ralson and Grace Gublo of Elmira, N.Y., and many nieces, nephews and cousins. Jerry was predeceased by her first husband, LaRue Bassett, in 1952, second husband, Ernest "Short" Perry, in 1972; a daughter, JoAnne Lyon, in 2000 and five grandchildren. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Pepper Funeral Home, Canton. The funeral will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Grover Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Guthrie Hospice, RR1, Box 154, Towanda, PA 18848, or the Green Free Library, 14 N. Center St., Canton, PA 17724. | Black, Geraldine Elizabeth (I18349)
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| 3477 | Grand Rapids Press, 1 Jan 2005 BASSETT - Naomi B. Bassett, aged 96, of Jenison and formerly of Wayland passed away Thursday, December 30, 2004 and went to be with her Lord. She is survived by her children, John "Jack" (Eunice) Bassett, Connie (J. Arthur) Hooke Anita (Howard) Deal, Joyce (Robert G.) Parker; 13 grandchildren; 23 gre grandchildren; sister, Jeanice Covell; also several nieces, nephews and cousins. Naomi was preceded in death by her husband, Ellsworth in 1994. She was a charter member of Calvary Church of Wayland and present member of Calvary Baptist Church in Grand Rapids. Funeral Services will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday at Calvary Church of Wayland with Rev. Richard Van Norman officiating. Interment Elmwood Cemetery, Cedar Springs. Memorials may be made to New Tribes Mission. Family will greet relatives and friends 1 to 3 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Arrangements by: Archer, Hampel & Kubiak Wayland Chapel 269-792-2237. | Morehouse, Naomi (I16132)
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| 3478 | Grand Rapids Press, 28 Jun 2006 Rose Bassett Rose Bassett, age 66, of Pierson, passed away June 26 at her daughter's house in Coral. She was born September 23, 1939 in Grand Rapids, MI the daughter of Herman and Beatrice (Williams) Roberts. Rosie was a member of the Howard City Ladies Auxiliary. She loved to play bingo, gamble and cook. Surviving are five sons, Thomas of Morley, Ronald (Jacklyn) of Howard City, David of Morley, John (Kathy) Weigel of Howard City, Gordon Jr. of Coral; 31 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren; nine brothers and sisters, Pat Rosely of Comstock Park, Herman Roberts of Rockford, Fredrick Roberts of Greenville, Le Roy Roberts, Dan Nestle, Art Roberts all of Howard City, Carl and Gary Nestle both of Morley, Ruth Ann Lofts of CA; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Gordon, a son, James, two sisters, Arlene and Edna and a brother, David. Funeral Services will take pla Thursday at 1:00 p.m. at the Heckman Funeral Home with Pastor Tom Ball officiating with burial in the Pierson Cemetery. Memorials to the Howard City Ladies Auxiliary may be left at the funeral home where friends may call today, Wednesday, from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. and prior to services on Thursda Heckman Funeral Home (231) 937-4315. | Roberts, Rose (I22984)
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| 3479 | Grand Rapids Tribune (4 Mar 1908) Death of Mrs. Bassett Mrs. Eliza Anna Bassett died on Sunday, March 1st, after an illness of some little time at the advanced age of 78 years. Deceased was born in Oneida county, New York on the 26th of October, 1829 and was married to Alrarz J. Bassett on the 26th of March, 1847. She came to Wisconsin with her husband in July, 1847 and settled in Rock county. Later, during the year 1854 they moved to Adams county and moved to Wood county in the fall of 1866, and had lived there continuously ever sinc Three children were born to them, two daughters and a son. Her husband died Dec. 17, 1899, and both daughters have gone on before. Since her husband's death Mrs. Bassett has made her home with her son, Ira A. Bassett of this city, where she was residing at the time of her death. The funeral was held on Tuesday from the Methodist church, Rev. Evans conducting the services. | Unknown, Eliza Anna (I07806)
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| 3480 | Grant County Obituaries Bassett: Mary A. Bassett, age 98, of Silver City, died Feb. 11 in Ft. Bayard Medical Center. Miss Bassett was born May 2, 1883 in Blair, Nebraska, t daughter of Samuel and Sarah Jane Young Bassett, and resided here since 1914. She was a partner and head bookkeeper of the Bassett Brothers Ford Agency of Silver City, Santa Rita and Deming. Miss Bassett was a Past Worthy Matron of Eastern Star, a Past president of the Business and Professional Woman and a member of the Green Thumb Gardeners Club. She is survived by one sister, Gertrude C. Warrick of Silver City; two nieces and four nephews. Services were held last Saturday in the Curtis-Bright Funeral Home Chapel under the direction of Rev. C.M. Henderson. Burial followed in Memory Lane Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were Samuel E. Steppe, Robert L. Johnson, Fra Parrish, Ernest Brown, Carroll Mann, and Melvin Huff. Arrangements by Curtis- Bright Funeral Home. | Bassett, Mary Alvina (I07203)
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| 3481 | Grant County Obituaries Bertha S. Bassett Bassett: Bertha S. Bassett, 92, died Oct. 17, in Dallas, Texas. Mrs. Bassett was born in Iowa and spent her early years in Blair, Neb., where she married Harry E. Bassett, and they came to Silver City in 1911. She is survived by a daughter, Eileen Farney of Dallas, with whom she has lived since 1955; three grandchildren, Bill Clarkson of Midland, Texas, Camille Noser of Lexington, Ohio, and Jerry Farney of Colorado Springs, Colo.; and 13 grandchildren. Mrs. Bassett was preceded in death by her husband, former owner of the Ford Agency in Silver City, in 1964, and a daughter, Gertrude Clarkson of El Pas 1959. Mrs. Bassett was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd, the Silver City Woman's Club and the Silver City Music Club. Interment was Oct. 21, in Memory Lane Cemetery following services by the Rev. C.M. Henderson. Pallbearers were Buddy Bassett, Ira John Bassett, Thomas E. Holland, Frank Parrish Earnest Brown and Sam Stepp. | Sass, Bertha Ann Maria (I07208)
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| 3482 | Grant County Obituaries Gertrude Elizabeth Bassett Bassett: Gertrude Elizabeth Bassett, 88 died Thursday evening in Silver City. Mrs. Bassett was born in Gainesville, Texas, and was a longtime resident of Grant County. She was a communicant of Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. Mrs. Bassett is survived by one daughter, Mary Walden of Fairfax, Va.; one son, Ira Bassett of Silver City; three step-brothers, George Gaylord of Silver City, Paul Gaylord of Port St. Lucie, Fla., and Russell Wilson of Apache Junction, Ari.; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Memory Lane Cemetery wi Monsignor A. James Milano officiating. Interment will follow. Visitations will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Curtis-Bright Funeral chapel. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society in care of the funeral home. Arrangements are by the Curtis-Bright Funeral Home. | Mara, Gertrude Elizabeth (I07202)
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| 3483 | Grant County Obituaries Ira J. Bassett Bassett: Ira J. Bassett, 82, pioneer of Silver City, where he had resided for 45 years, past away last Friday at Hillcrest General Hospital. He had been in ill health for the past two years. Until his retirement from business some years ago, Mr. Bassett was associated with his two brothers, Harry Bassett and C.C. Bassett and sister, Miss Mary Bassett, in the operation of the Ford Motor Co. Dealership in Silver City, Santa Rita and Deming, for many years one of the largest automotive agencies in Southwestern New Mexico. Also, over a period of years, Mr. Bassett was a director of the American National Bank. Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Bassett; a son, Ira J. Bassett Jr., Silver City; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Walden of Biloxi, Miss.; Two sisters, Miss Mary Bassett and Mrs. Gertrude Warrick, Silver City, and a brother, Har Bassett, Dallas, Tx. Private funeral services were held Saturday, at 4 PM at the Curtis Mortuary Chapel, the Rev. Kenneth Ford, pastor of the First Methodist Church, conducting the rites. Internment was in the Silver Ci cemetery mausoleum. | Bassett, Ira John (I07201)
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| 3484 | Grosse Pointe News, Michigan, 24 Jan 1985 Arthur F. Bassett Jr. Services for Mr. Bassett, 60, of Lothrop Road, were held Friday, Jan. 18, at the Verheyden Funeral Home and Grosse Pointe Unitarian Churc He died Jan. 14 in Henry Ford Hospital. Mr. Bassett was a 1945 graduate of the University of Michigan School of Architecture and a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He received his master's degree from Cranbrook Institute and studied further in Europe. He was a registered architect and partner in Albert Kahn Assoc., Architects and Engineers. He was an active member in the Barbershop Society of the Lakeshore Chorus, the Players and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Mr. Bassett is survived by his wife, Lee; four daughters; Susan Bassett, Barbara Lambert, Elizabeth Palcombit and Nancy Bassett; three sisters; and two grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the heart fund. Interment was at Woodlawn Cemetery. | Bassett, Arthur Frederick (I18850)
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| 3485 | H.E. Turner & Company Mr. Robert F. Bassett Batavia - Mr. Robert F. Bassett, age 76, of Batavia, a maintenance worker at Oakfield-Alabama High School, died Monday, April 11, 2005, at United Memorial Medical Center. Mr. Bassett was born July 22, 1928 in Perry, a son of the late Percy and Mary Jane Mandeville Bassett. He was a graduate of Perry High School and was a veteran of the Korean Conflict serving with the United States Army. Surviving are his wife, Joyce L. Bush Bassett, whom he married December 23, 1950; his son, Wayne W. (Diane) Bassett of Batavia; his daughter, Stacey A. (William) Bradley of Batavia; two brothers, his twin, William G. (Betty) Bassett of Dansville and Raymond (Marian) Bassett of Orlando, Fla.; four grandchildren, Melissa and Marla Bassett and Justin and Brandon Bradley and several nieces and nephews. There are no prior calling hours. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at the H.E. Turner & Co. Funeral Home. Burial will be in Grand View Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to United Memorial Medical Center, 127 North Street, Batavia, New York 14020. | Bassett, Robert Frank (I24310)
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| 3486 | H.L. Farmer & Sons Funeral Homes Beverly (Bassett) Mackay, 25 Jan 2007 Mrs. Beverly (Bassett) Mackay, 81, of Haverhill, died Thursday morni Penacook Place Nursing Home, Haverhill. She was born in No. Conway, NH, April 30, 1925, daughter of the late Jack and Edna (Colby) Bassett. Educated in the Haverhill Grammar Schools, she graduated from Gould Academy, Bethel, ME. Mrs. Mackay graduated from McIntoch Business School. She was employed in the family Travel Agency, Bassett Tours, and, more recently for the Visiting Nurses Association, Haverhill. A wonderful grandmother, Mrs. Mackay was an avid gardener, crafter, baker and cookie maker. She was the wife of the late Richard Mackay who died in 1985, and her survivors include a daughter Sharon and her husband Dick Sinotte, 3 sons, Richard and his wife Kathleen Mackay, Geoff Mackay, and Charles Drew all of Haverhill, 2 brothers, Jack Bassett of Lovell, ME, Walter Bassett of Boca Raton, F sisters, Beryl Hull of Braintree, Priscilla Johnstone of Bangor, ME, 6 grandchildren, Courtney and Christian Sinotte, Kymberly and her husband Shaun Kelly, Alisa and her husband Rich Andrusiak, Geoff Mackay, Jr., and Ashleigh Mackay, as well as several nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the Memorial Service Sunday afternoon at 3:00 at the H.L. Farmer & Sons Funeral Home, 106 Summer St., Haverhill. A visitation period will precede the Memorial Service from 2:00 to 3:00 on Sunday at the Funeral home. Burial will be at the convenience of the family in Elmwood Cemetery, Bradford. Contributions in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, 18 Tremont St., Boston, MA 02108. | Bassett, Beverly M. (I15232)
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| 3487 | Hamilton, Illinois PRESS Friday, Oct. 18, 191 W. H. SHEPHERD __________ An old and Valued Resident of Hamilton Died at Burlingt Mr. W. H. Shepherd died in Burlington, at the home of his son, Charles Shepherd, Thursday evening October 10th in his seventy-ninth year. He w married to Miss Ruth Bassett September 29th, 1859, and their married life was a very happy one. To this union was born eleven children, six boys and five girls all of whom are living and whose names and places of residences are as follows: John Shepherd, Vandalia, Illinois; Odgen Shepherd, Centralia, Missouri; Robert and Ed Shepherd, Houston, Texas; Charles Shepherd, Burlington, Iowa; James Shepherd, Tulare, California; Mrs. W.K. Howes, of West Point, Iowa; Mrs. Mary Turner, Heppner, Oregon; Mrs. Orlando White, Palisade, Colorado; Mrs. Sterling Beedle of Ladonia, Missouri and Mrs. Henry Harrison of Hamilton. A brother, Joseph Shepherd, and one sister, Eliza Shepherd live at Ursa, Illinois. The passing of our good brother from this life was peaceful and quiet. He was ready to go, he longed to go. Since the death of his wife not quite a year ago he has been restless. She was the subject of his thoughts and conversations. A few years ago Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd celebrated the 50th anniversary of their married live. The twain had stood together like two trees of t forest with interlocked branches. Side by side in life's great battle they had fought the good fight and won the day. The old home is now no more. It is a sad thing, even at manhood and womanhood to become fatherless and motherless. No one but God can make up for the loss of a father's counsel and a mother's tenderness. Hope thou is God. "Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning." Our brother was a life long member of the Christian Church as w also his wife. The services were held at the Christian church Sunday afternoon at 2:30, the Rev. J. Ross Miller, formerly pastor of the Christian church, preached a very helpful sermon on the Resurrection, H.C. Parsons assisted in the service. The choir was composed of Mrs. Hurley Moore and Miss Goldie Berry. The hymns were selected by the deceased some time before his death. "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" and "Asleep in Jesus". These were the same numbers that were sang at the funeral of Mrs. Shepherd who died December 7, 191 The members of the family who were present were Chas. Shepherd and wife of Burlington, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Howes, West Point, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Beddle, of Ladonia, Missouri; O.D. Shepherd and family, of Centralia, Missouri; and Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Harrison. The pall bearers were J.P. Guthrie, J.H. Berry, D.L. Conklin, W. Kiser, M. Champeau and Samuel Howes. The interment was Oakwood cemeter Those who attended the funeral from a distance were the followi nieces and nephews of Mr. Shepherd; Mr. and Mrs. George Laughlin, Mrs. Dudley Laughlin and Mrs. George Groves all from Adams county. | Shepherd, William Harrison (I10398)
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| 3488 | Harland G. Bassett, 19 May 1980 GENEVA - Harland George Bassett, 66, 640 E. Lawn St., died at 9:50 p.m. Monday in Geneva Memorial Hospital. He was born April 21, 1914, in Cherry Valley, the son of Neal and Elta Loveland Bassett. Bassett was a retired employee of Ohio Water Co. A veteran of World War II, he was a member of Park Street Christian Church and Geneva VFW Post. Survivors include his wife, Grace Admes Bassett, whom he married Dec. 27, 1941; and a sister, Lauris Chalker of Middlefield. A sister, a brother and two half-brothers preceded him in death. Services will be Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Kennedy Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. today. | Bassett, Harland George (I23134)
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| 3489 | Harold I. Bassett Wabash - Harold Israel Bassett, 79, Rt. 4, Wabash, died at 7:55 p.m. Monday in Miller's Manor East, Wabash. Mr. Bassett, born in Shelby County, was a retired farmer. He was a member of the Lincolnville United Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Margaret; a son, Richard Wabash; two brothers, Ralph, Wabash, and William, Shelbyville; two sisters, Mrs. Robert (Mary) Cooley, Kokomo, and Mrs. Robert (Helen) Cosand, Tucson, Ariz.; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Hunter Funeral Home, 104 S. Main St., LaFontaine, with the Rev. Doug Barton officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Etna Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home Feb. 1, 1988. Harold I. Bassett Harold I. Bassett, 79, R.R. 4, died at 7:55 p.m. Monday at Miller's Merry Manor East. He had been ill for one month. He was born on May 8, 1908, in Shelby County to Ernest and Grace (Bass) Bassett. He married Margaret Randoll on July 20, 1929. She survives. A retired farmer, Mr. Bassett had lived in Wabash County since 1943, coming from Kokomo. He was a member of the Lincolnville United Methodist Church. Also surviving are one son, Harold Gene Bassett, Wabash; two brothers, Ralph Bassett, Wabash, and William Bassett, Shelbyville; two sisters, Mrs. Robert (Mary) Cooley, Kokomo, and Mrs. Robert (Helen) Cosand, Tuscons, Ariz.; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at the Hunter Funeral Home, LaFontaine. The Rev. Doug Barton will officiate. Burial will be in Mt. Etna Cemetery, Mt. Etna. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Date of death: Feb. 2, 1988 Date of pulication: Feb. 2, 1988 | Bassett, Harold Israel (I21199)
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| 3490 | Harold W. Rooks, 1974 CORTLANE - Harold W. Rooks, 67, 4693 Ridge Rd., NE (Johnston Township), was pronounced dead on arrival at Trumbull Memorial Hospital, Warren, at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. He was born Jan. 29, 1907, in Greene, the son of Burt and Merle Winchell Rooks. A resident here 35 years, Mr. Rooks was a farmer, and was also employed by the Brainard Strapping Division of Sharon Steel Corp., Warren, for 12 years, prior to retiring. Survivors include his wife, Vera Clauss Rooks, whom he married Nov. 14, 1940; a daughter, Mrs. Thelma Lukehart of Cortlane; two grandchildren; and a brother, Floyd of Phoenix, Ariz. Services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Shafer-Winans and Love Funeral Home. Burial will be in Johnston Township Cemeter Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. | Rooks, Harold (I23131)
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| 3491 | Harriett D. Greene, Rutland Herald MIDDLEBURY - Harriett Davis Greene, 76, died March 27, 2002, in Middlebury. She was born Sept. 22, 1925, the daughter of Charles and Ruth (Davis) Greene of Bristol, Conn. She graduated from high school in Bristol, and attended Smith College. She later studied music at the Hartford School of Music and Bennington College. She married Preston Bassett Jr. in 1944. They later divorced. She then married Maurice Ewing, who predeceased her. After Mr. Ewing's death she married George Doey, who also predeceased her. She worked at Columbia University's Lamont Geological Observatory for 20 years. She also worked with her husband, Professor Ewing, as his assistant at Lamont and later as manager of Galveston Geophysical Institute. She was a member of St. Stephen's Church in Middlebury and the Middlebu Garden Club. She enjoyed music and was an accomplished pianist. Survivors include a daughter, Ellen Meadors of Lincoln, Mass.; a son, the Rev. Paul Bassett of Cincinnati; a sister, Martha Ullery of Tucson, Ariz.; a stepdaughter, Colleen (Doey) Thomas of Derbyshire, England; her companion, Arthur Smith; and five granddaughters. She was predeceased by a daughter, Martha Bassett (Geacintov), in 197 The memorial service will be held Saturday, April 20, at 3 p.m. at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Middlebury. A reception will follow at the Middlebury Community House. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. George Russian Orthodox Church, 4905 Myrtle Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio, 45242, St. Stephen's Church in Middlebury, or the Addison Community Action Group. | Greene, Harriett (I21336)
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| 3492 | Helen L. Cosand July 2, 1910 - Dec. 3, 2003 Helen L. Cosand, 93, Kokomo, died 10:10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2003, at Waterford Place Health Campus. She was born July 2, 1910, in Shelby County, the daughter of Ernest and Grace (Bass) Bassett. On July 19, 1929, in Kokomo, she married Robert L. Cosand and he preceded her in death Dec. 14, 198 She was a homemaker. She had worked at Reliance Manufacturing, Kresge Department Store and Mary Mac Candy Store. She was a member of St. Luke United Methodist Church where she was also in Thy Joy Club. Her other memberships included the YWCA Grandmother's Club, Order of Eastern Star No. 89 Kokomo and The Bible Study Group at Alto Road Church of Christ. Survivors include grandchildren, Vivian and Stephen Ramer, Christopher Jackson, all of Kokomo, and Jodi and Robert Bomely, Knoxville, Tenn.; great- grandchildren, Dustin Ramer, Joshua and Tracy Ramer, all of Kokomo, Sara Jackson, Norfolk, Va., August and Luke Askins, Manardville, Tenn., and Jacob Bomely, Knoxville, Tenn.; great-great-grandchildren, Kirsten, Alise and Lydia Ramer, all of Kokomo; and a brother-in-law, Robert Cooley, Kokomo. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents and one daughter, Betty Jackson. Services are 1 p.m. Saturday at Ellers Mortuary Webster Street Chapel, 3400 S. Webster St., with the Rev. Harold Williams officiating. Burial will be in Crown Point Cemetery. Friends may call 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the mortuary. | Bassett, Helen Laverne (I21197)
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| 3493 | Henry N. Bassett, Executive in Government and Banki A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 27, at the Presbyterian Church in Chatham Township for Henry N. Bassett, 89, of Chatham Township, who died Sunday, Oct. 22, 1995, at Overlook Hospit Summit. Mr. Bassett was born in Manson, Iowa, and had lived in Chicago, Boston and Washington, D.C., before moving to Chatham Township 37 years ag He joined the Continental Insurance Co. in New York in 1958 and retired as secretary in 1971. Previously, he had been the Associate Director of Accounting for the Air Force headquarters in Washington, D.C.; the Reconstruction Finance Corp. also in Washington, and the investment banking firm of Halsey, Stuart & Co. in Chicago, Boston and Baltimore, M Mr. Bassett was a 1927 graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Mr. Bassett was the recipient of the Air Force Exceptional Civilian Service Medal. He was a life member of the Financial Executives Institute, a national organization in New York. Mr. Bassett was the treasurer of the Presbyterian Church in Chatham Township for many years. Surviving are his wife, Sarah; two sons, David of Forest Hill, MD., and Richard of Fairfax,VA.; a daughter, Sally Walker of Chatham; and six grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Memorial Fund, Presbyterian Church, 240 Southern Blvd., Chatham, NJ. 07928 or to a charity of the donor's choice. Arrangements are by the Wm. A. Bradley & Son Funeral Home 345 Main St., Chatham. | Bassett, Henry Naumann (I20049)
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| 3494 | Herald & Review, Decatur, Illinois, 25 Jan 1993 Rebecca L. Bassett ALMA - Rebecca L. Bassett, 70, Alma, died Saturday (Jan. 23, 1993). Member: Salem Lutheran Church. Survivors: husband, Ralph; son, Clyde, Quincy, daughter, Mary Ester Wildner-Bassett, Tucson, Ariz. Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Salem Lutheran Church, Salem. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Neal Funeral Home, Kinmundy, and one hour before services Wednesday in the church. Burial: Sandy Branch Cemetery, rural Alma. Memorials: Special Needs Fund of Salem Lutheran Church or Sandy Branch Cemetery. | Freitag, Rebecca Lois (I16316)
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| 3495 | HERBERT E. BASSETT SR., 81 Fisherman; builder; sea captain; World War II Army veter CAPE CODE TIME, June 10, 2002 SOUTH CHATHAM - Herbert E. Bassett Sr., 81, of South Chatham and Augusta, Maine, died May 31 at Maine General Hospital in August He was the husband of the late Eleanor (Casassa) Basset Mr. Bassett was born in South Chatham and educated in Chatham a Harwich. A World War II Army veteran, he served in the 408th Ordinance Division as one of 5,000 soldiers protecting the Panama Canal. He earned the good conduct, an American Theater campaigning ribbon and a World War II Victory Medal, as well as a medal of appreciation from the town of Chatham. Whi serving in Panama, he also became a licensed sea captain. After the war Mr. Bassett worked as a fisherman and shell fisherman, and was co-owner of Bassett and Crocker Builders, which built custom home on the Mid and Lower Cape. The company was the first builder for Nickerson Home Center. Mr. Bassett was past president of the Cape Cod Fish and Game Association and the Barnstable County League of Sportsmen, and a member of the Nauset Rod and Gun Club and the National Rifle Association. He was a sportsmen's rights advocate and a collector, and was dedicated to this family. He had recently lived in both South Chatham and Augusta. Surviving are two daughters, Charlotte Summers and Becky Fuller, both of Chatham; two sons, Herbert E. Bassett Jr. of South Chatham and William E. Bassett of West Harwich; a brother Ivan Bassett of Chatham, two sisters, Norma Avellar of South Chatham and Lucille Milligan of East Bridgewater; 22 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephew Services were held in Chatham. Memorial donations may be made to the Chatham Rescue Squad, c/o Fire Dept. Assoc., Depot St., Chatham, MA 20633. | Bassett, Herbert Edson (I23670)
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| 3496 | Heritage of Faribault County, Minnesota Tuff Publishing, Inc. (1987) FRANK RIPLEY and MARY (PENGILLY) by Elsie A. Rivard Frank Mitchell Ripley was born April 10, 1879 at Taycheedah, Wisconsin to Alice L. (Mitchell) and Willie B. Ripley. On August 25, 1905, Frank married Mary Elizabeth Pengilly (born March 26, 1882 in Minneapolis, Minnesota), daughter of Abbie S. (Hill) and James Pengilly of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Mary and Frank were of English ancestry. Mary (Pengilly) Ripley's mother, Abbie S. (Hill) Pengilly (1850?-1916) was born at Brownville, Maine. Abbie moved to the Minnesota area and graduated from St. Cloud Normal School in 1877. In 1881 Abbie married James Pengilly (1841-1925) a well-read miller, who had emigrated from Cornwall, England. One line of Frank Ripley's ancestry (Bassett) can be traced to Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley. One ancestor, Barachiah Bassett (1782-1859), a soldier in the War of 1812, left Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts to settle at Lowville and later Alexandria Bay, New York. Barachiah, an active member of the Methodist Church, married Nancy Butler (1785-1845) in July of 1806. Among their eleven children were Francis, Cynthia, and Elizabeth all of whom eventually made their way to Faribau County, Minnesota. Cynthia Bassett (1815-1901) taught school several years before marrying Daniel Ripley (1801-1888), in 1846. Daniel and Cynthia Ripley traveled with their infant son, Willie (1847-1936) by the lake route fr Alexandria Bay, New York to Shelby, Wisconsin to reach their homestead of 40 acres of school land in Taycheedah Township, Wisconsin. Cynthia's letters well describe their life in Wisconsin where Daniel, a colporteur, even performed marriages. Their son, Willie Ripley, enlisted at age 17 in the 45th Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil War. Most of his 6 months of service were spent at the Union Hospitals in Nashville, Tennessee due to the effects of measles. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Bassett (1819-1884), a teacher, married Oscar Mitchell (1823?-1937?) in 1848. Elizabeth took their only child, Alice L. Mitche (1849-1937), to the Wisconsin Territory to visit her sister Cynthia (Bassett) Ripley. During that visit the sisters' children, Alice and Willie, met and fell in love. Alice Mitchell and Willie Ripley married at Taycheedah in 1847 - a marriage spanning 67 years. Seven of their eight children were born at Taycheedah. In 1883 the Willie Ripley family moved to Verona Township, Faribault County where they acquired 460 acres. Daniel and Cynthia Ripley and Elizabeth (Bassett) Mitchell Frost joined their children in the Winneba area. Cynthia Ripley, active in the Methodist Church and called "Grandma Ripley" by area residents, wrote a regular column for the Winnebago Pre News. In 1910, part of the Willie Ripley family moved to West Plains, Missouri to seek a milder climate. Alice and Willie Ripley were known for their literary interests; Alice wrote beautiful poetry while Willie recorded his Civil War experiences and memoirs in letters sent to grandchildre Alice and Willie Ripley's children include: Louis (1869-1951), unmarried, West Plains, Missouri John G. (1872-1963) married Mary C. Dunbar, farmed at Verona Township Winnfred (1875-1918), unmarried West Plain, Missouri Bessie A. (1877-1965), married Joh Krosch; farmed near Blue Earth. Frank M. (1879-1971), married Mary Pengilly (1882-1964), farmed near Verona, Bass Lake, and Elmore. Nellie B. (1881-1976 married and later divorced Swan Johnson, West Plains Missouri. Georgia A. (1883-1947) married Thomas Willis, moved to Ontario, Canada. Rose A. (1887-1970), married Maynard Smith; veterinarian at Elmore. Frank and Mary (Pengilly) Ripley's first home was a house which Frank had built for them on his parent's farm in Verona Township. In 1910 they moved to West Plains, Missouri to join his parents in farming. Later, they moved to the Roscoe, area of Missouri. In 1925, the family traveled to Minnesota to visit relatives. They decided to not return to Missouri after their vehicle caught fire and burned. The family lived at and farmed several locations (Verona and Bass Lake) before Frank and Mary bought a small farm on the edge of Elmore. Frank retired from active farming and took up carpentry for area people. Frank held positions of leadership in the various churches they attended. Both Mary and Frank were advocates of the Temperance Society. Their children include: Alice W. (born 1911), married Charles Herrmann (born 1913, see Herrman article), farming at Delavan, Minnesota. James W. (born 1921), married Eileen Noyes, residing at El Dora Springs, Missouri. Richard F. (born 1916) married Joyce Moore; farming at Elmore, Minnesota. Elizabeth H. (born 1921) married Robert Lawrence; reside at Hemphill, Texas. A number of their Ripley and Hermans descendants live and farm in the Elmore, Blue Earth, and Delavan area. | Ripley, Frank Mitchell (I07058)
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| 3497 | Hinsdale Historical Society 3 Jun 1937 Word has been received by Mrs. C.L. Washburn of the death of Mrs. O.P. Bassett of Pasadena, Cal., in the Huntington Memorial hospital, May 19, 1937. Mrs. Bassett was the widow of O.P. Bassett, formerly of Hinsdale, who passed away in Pasadena, Cal. February 26, 1921. After the death of Mr. Bassett, Mrs. Bassett sold the family residence and spent summers in San Francisco and winters at the Vista Del Arroyo Hotel, Pasaden Mrs. Bassett is survived by a nephew, P.D. M. Lord of Los Angeles. Funeral services were held May 20th from Turner and Stevens Funeral Chapel, Pasadena. Death Notice from the Pasadena Star-News Bassett - Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. today, May 20, 1937 at the chapel of Turner & Stevens Company for Mrs. Imogene G. Bassett, widow of Orland P. Bassett. Mrs. Bassett had been a resident of Pasadena 26 years having lived most of the time at the Maryland Hotel and the Hotel Vista del Arroyo. She is survived by her nephew, P.D.M. Lord, Los Angeles. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. John Frank Scott, followed by private interment. | Imogene (I07711)
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| 3498 | History Genealogical and Biographical of the Bassett and Allied Families (1919) Henry Carlton Hulbert Henry Carlton Hulbert, only son of Amos Geer and Cynthia (Bassett) Hulbert, was born in Lee, Massachusetts, December 19, 1831, died April 24, 1912. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and completed his studies at Lee Academy, Lee, Massachusetts. Of a strong individuality and pronounced principles, he was a leader among his comrades, and at an age when most youths are enjoying school and pleasures he sought the business world, at sixteen years becoming a clerk in the store of Willi Taylor. A short time afterward he was offered a position in the dry goo house of Plunkett & Hulbert, of Pittsfield, and upon submitting the matter to his parents he was told that thereafter "self reliance must be his capital." His faith in his ability to succeed was justified by his rise, within three years, from errand boy to the cashiership. His ambition demanded wider fields of effort and he determined to try his fortunes in the metropolis of New York. He was cautioned by his father, with whom he consulted, that not more than ten in one hundred were able to wrest success from the city, and his reply was "I propose to be one of the ten." In February, 1851, at the age of nineteen, Mr. Hulbert went to New York, with letters of recommendation to several firms, among them Cyrus W. Field & Company and Wite & Sheffield. Mr. Field was an old acquaintance of his father, and received the young man cordially, informing him that he had no position open at the time, but that he might use the firm's name as a city reference. He then presented his letters to White & Sheffield, importers of and extensive dealers in paper manufactures. The firm were very favorab impressed with the young man and his conduct during the interview, and Mr. Sheffield asked him what he proposed to do. His prompt reply was characteristic, and decided the interview in his favor: "If you gi position, I propose to make myself so useful that you will give me an interest in your business." History shows how his word was kept. His salary for the first year was $400. His previous training had been thorough and exacting, and he had been submitted to the severest discipline as errand boy, salesman, bookkeeper, and cashier, all of which was excellent equipment for his new work. He was always on the alert, and near the close of the year an opportunity presented of which he was quick to avail himself. It was the firm's custom to send account sales at the close of each quarter to the manufacturing concerns they represented, but the illness of the bookkeeper and cashier whose duty this was, made it apparently impossible that quarter. At this juncture young Hulbert offered to fill the place of the absent employee until he should be able to resume his duties, stating that he had been trained in similar work, and, being entrusted with the mission, he fulfilled it in the most efficient manner. This incident did much to impress the heads of t business with his usefulness, versatility, and willingness. Shortly afterward, another event strengthened this impression materially. There was an unfortunate rupture between the firms of White & Sheffield and Cyrus W. Field & Company, in which their relations became so strained that the letters of the former firm were returned unanswered. The matter was placed in the hands of Mr. Hulbert and he was given full powers in its settlement, which was effected in an amicable and satisfactory manner through his wise discretion and diplomacy. In the great panic of 1867, Mr. Hulbert was sent on a western trip for the purpose of settling old and, at his discretion, opening new accounts. His experience in the main office had familiarized him with the financial conditions of the trade, knowledge he used so advantageously that full collection followed every sale he made. He had fulfilled his promise made to the firm at the time he entered their employ, and in less than four years he was given an interest in the profits in lieu of salary. One year later, at the age of twenty-four years, he was admitted to full partnership and the firm name changed to J.B. Sheffield & Company. On the expiration of the articles of partnership, January 1, 1858, Mr. Hulbert was offered fifty per cent, advance on his interest to remain, but declined. Forming an association with Milan Hulbert, of Boston, a cousin, under the firm name of H.C. & M. Hulbert (with Otis Daniell, of Boston, as special partner for $30,000) he at once started independent operations as an importer and dealer in paper makers' supplies, on a capital of forty thousand dollars. After completing the organization of the business, Mr. Hulbert sailed for Europe, where he secured a number of valuable exclusive agencies, some of which have been retained by his successors. Upon his return in 1858, the firm opened offices at No. 83 John Street, entering upon a career successful and profitable from the outset. Until the time of Mr. Hulbert's retirement the firm had only one reorganization, although there were several changes in the personnel. In 1862 special partner Otis Daniell sold his interest to the general partners, without security, giving them thr years in which to make payment. In 1872, general partner Milan Hulbert withdrew, when the firm was reorganized as H.C. Hulbert & Company, Mr. Hulbert admitting as partners Joseph H. Sutphin and George P. Hulbert, both of whom had served a thorough apprenticeship in the business as clerks in the establishment. Mr. George P. Hulbert died in the autumn of the same year, and in 1890, Charles F. Bassett, who had grown up in the business from a boy, was admitted as a partner, and the business continued under the same firm name until May 1, 1900, when H.C. Hulbert retired and Bassett and Sutphin became his successors. While controlling the principal interests of his own firm, Mr. Hulbert's business ability and influence have been sought in other directions. He was from 1881 to January, 1900, (when the Pullman Company purchased the assets of the Wagner Company, and when J.P. Morgan, W.K. Vanderbilt, and other Wagner directors were added to the Pullman Company board) the only New York director of the Pullman Palace Car Company, of Chicago, Illinois, and at Mr. Pullman's death, Robert Lincoln, Marshall Field and Mr. Hulbert constituted the executive committee of the company. Mr. Hulbert was also trustee and member of the finance committee of the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company, and also of the Celluloid Company. He was one of the trustees and first vice- president of the South Brooklyn Savings Institution, and for more than thirty years was a director of the Importers' and Traders' National Bank of New York, also of the United States Life Insurance Company, and one of the trustees of the Franklin Trust Company, of Brooklyn. He was a member of the New York Chamber of Commerce, life member of both the New York and Brooklyn New England Societies, member of the Society of the Colonial Wars, and a member and chairman of the executive committee of the Brooklyn Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. He was for many years a member of the South Congregational Church of Brooklyn, a trustee of the society and superintendent of the Sabbath school. Upon the call of his cousin, Rev. Edward P. Ingersoll, to the pastorate of the Middle Reformed Church of Brooklyn, he changed his affiliation to that church, later becoming superintendent of the Sabbath school. With the call of Dr. Ingersoll to the Puritan Church in 1882, M Hulbert united with Christ Church, on Clinton Street, where he was a member of the vestry until his death. Henry Carlton Hulbert married (first) in September, 1854, Susan R. Cooley, step-daughter of William Porter, a prominent lawyer of Lee, Massachusetts. For seven years Mrs. Hulbert was an invalid, but, regaining her health, was active in benevolent work, and for many years treasurer of the Brooklyn Industrial School and Home for Destitute Children. She died August 22, 1882. Mr. Hulbert married (second) on October 16, 1884, Fannie Dwig Bigelow, daughter of Asa Bigelow, Jr., of Brooklyn. Children of Henry Carlton Hulbert: 1. Susie Cooley, married, in 1879, Joseph H. Sutphin 2. Carolyn Beardsley, married in 1893, Charles Franklin Bassett. | Hulbert, Henry Carlton (I06034)
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| 3499 | HISTORY OF ALEXANDER, UNION AND PULASKI COUNTIES 1883 ILLINOIS William F. Longley, retired farmer, P.O Cobden, was born in Hawley, Mass., August 6, 1814, and is a son of Edmond and Olive (Field) Longley. He was one of three brothers, all of whom served in the war of 1812, and their father, Edmond Longley, was a Revolutionary soldier. He moved to Hawley, Mass., when a young man, and lived there until his death, which occurred at the age of ninety-six years. He raised a family, all of whom settled within a mile of the old homestead. They were of the old Plymouth stock of Longleys. Our subject remained in Massachusetts until twenty-one years of age, receiving his education there mostly, and in 1835 going to Ohio for the purpose of taking a full course at Oberlin College; but his eyesight failed and he was compelled to forego it, and after teaching a couple of terms in Ohio he returned to Massachusetts and taught there for a term. Engaged in the fall of 1837 in general merchandising in the town of Hawley, in partnership with his brother Freeman. He was appointed Postmaster at Hawley, Mass., March 3, 1838, an office he held about six years, being all the time in business there. He sold out and removed to Albany, N.Y., and three or four years later to Sterling, N.Y., and after several changes of business he was again appointed Postmaster, April 27, 1849, at Sterling, N.Y., which he held for four years. His father's age and feebleness called him home, and he sold out his mercantile business and returned, where, for one and a half years he carried on the farm. His father dying, he went to Wisconsin and there bought a farm, remaining on it for eleven years. In January, 1866, he came to this county and settled on a farm. He and Mr. Linnell went into partnership in fruit-raising. This was continued, with some changes, until 1879, when Mr. L's health failed, and he took his present place as Assistant Cashier in the bank of Mr. Linnell, and Assistant Postmaster of Cobden. Mr. Longley was married in Massachusetts, December 5, 1838, to Miss Lydia S. Bassett, a daughter of Thomas Bassett. She was born in Ashfield, Mass., October 19, 1820. She is the mother of four children, all of whom are living - Julia Ellen, now Mrs. David D. Le Pawnee City, Neb., Isabella, now Mrs. L.T. Linnell, of Cobden; Fannie S., now Mrs. Herbert Dwinnell, of Wisconsin, and William E., living in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. L. are members of the Presbyterian Church of Cobden. In politics, he was a Whig, but is now identified with the Republican party. | Longley, William Ferguson (I05707)
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| 3500 | History of Allen County, Ohio (Warner, Beers & Co. 188 Bath Township Walter Edgecomb, farmer, P.O. Beaver Dam, was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, August 6, 1819, son of Uriah and Betsey (Doud) Edgecomb, nativ Connecticut, who settled in Bath Township, this county, in 1832, locating on the farm now occupied by John Blaine, which they cleared and improved. They had a family of thirteen children: Uriah (deceased), Marilla (wife of Josiah DeLong), Ezra (deceased), Lansil (deceased), Clarinda (deceased), Rober Walter, Lydia (deceased), Amy (deceased), Ann (wife of Elisha C. Pangle Marquis, Sarah (wife of Lewis Bassitt) and an infant son (deceased). Uriah Edgecomb afterward purchased the place now known as the Hiram Protsman farm, where he resided up to 1857, when he removed to Richland Township, this county, and died on the farm now owned by his son, Marquis, in 1861, at the age of seventy-four years. Our subject was in his thirteenth year when his parents settled in Bath Township. He received a limited education in the district schools of his time, and when eighteen years of age started in life for himself, working on a farm by the day and month until he was twenty-one. He was married November 18, 1840, to Laura, daughter of Samuel and Elsie (Lewis) Bassitt, who settled in Bath Township in 1836, and by this union there were eleven children: Ann E. (wife of Reuben White), James (deceased), and infant daughter (deceased), Lewis A. (killed at the Battle of Atlanta, Ga., July 21, 1864), Loretta (wife of Hiram Barber), Sarah E. (wife of S. Philips), Samuel S. (deceased), and Lansil. After his marriage, our subject engaged in farming on a rented farm. He has owned two farms besides the one he now occupies, clearing and improving a part of both. In 1856 he located on his present farm, all of which he has cleared and improved, and where he has resided ever since. Mr. and Mrs. Edgecomb are members of the Disciples Church. He filled the office of trustee for many years, and held several other minor offices in the township. Our subject is one of the leading farmers of Bath. In politics he is a Republican. | Edgecomb, Walter (I07610)
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