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Horace Bassett

Male 1780 - 1861  (80 years)


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  • Name Horace Bassett 
    Born 18 Jan 1779/80  Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1 Jan 1861  Indianapolis, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Federal Census of Centre Township, Marion County, Indiana (17 Jul 1850)
      Horace Bassett 67 M Connecticut 5000
      Amanda 45 F New York
      Harriette 22 F Indiana
      Julia 20 F Indiana
      Edward S. 18 M Indiana
      Henry B. 16 M Indiana
      Horace H. 13 M Indiana
      Hannah Williard 11 F Ireland

      1860 Federal Census of Indianapolis, Marion County, IN (20 Jun 1860)
      Horace Bassett 65 M North Carolina Judge
      Mary 50 F North Carolina
      Edward 30 M Indiana Druggist


      History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana (188

      Horace Bassett was born in Mansfield, Conn., January 18, 1782. In
      early life he immigrated to Vermont; he there studied law with Col. Mattox,
      and followed his profession successfully - for some time filling the office of
      State's attorney. He removed to Indiana in 1820, and settled at Aurora. In
      1822 he was elected to the Legislature which met at Corydon, and continued to
      represent the district in which he lived for six years. He was a member of the
      first Legislature that assembled at Indianapolis. It was through his
      instrumentality, in about the year 1822, that the township system was adopted
      as a system local to Dearborn County. Twenty years later, when, by the
      adoption of the new constitution of the State, legislation concerning
      townships, county business was required to be uniform. Impressed with t
      value of the system, William S. Holman, another member from Dearborn County in
      the State Legislature, introduced the bill extending the system to all the
      counties of the State. This bill passed, and the township system, although
      since greatly modified, became the permanent policy of Indiana. In 1832 he was
      one of the commissioners who removed the Indians from this State to the far
      West, beyond the Mississippi. Two years afterward he was appointed by Judge
      Holman, clerk of the United States Circuit and District Courts, which office he
      held till the time of his death. He became a resident of Indianapolis in 1840,
      and died in that city December 18, 1860. Mr. Bassett was universally respected
      and loved by those who knew him. His natural intelligence, united with
      extensive reading, in which much of his time was spent, rendered him a
      favorite companion in the social circle. At his death the committee appointed
      to draft and adopt resolutions expressive of the feelings of the members of
      the bar and officers of the United States Circuit Court said :"Inasmuch as it
      has pleased our Heavenly Father to call to Himself our friend and brother,
      Horace Bassett, Esq., who for so many years past has been clerk of the Circuit
      Court of the United States, we his friends and associates have met to pay our
      tribute of respect to and veneration for his memory. It is not so much his
      long and useful life as a lawyer, a legislator and an officer of court, as his
      high merits as a man and Christian, which we desire to commemorate."
    Person ID I01699  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 23 Sep 2011 

    Father Elnathan Bassett,   b. 7 Apr 1746, Mansfield,Tolland County Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1818, Thetford, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Annastine T. Southworth,   b. 22 Jan 1748/49,   d. 21 Jul 1816, Thetford, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married 30 Oct 1771 
    Family ID F00380  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Martha Prior Hale,   d. Deceased 
    Children 
    +1. Erastus Hale Bassett,   b. Abt 1818, Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased  [Natural]
     2. Harvey Bassett,   d. Deceased  [Natural]
     3. Harriette Bassett,   b. Abt 1828, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased  [Natural]
     4. Julia Bassett,   b. Abt 1830, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased  [Natural]
     5. Edward E. Bassett,   b. Abt 1832, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased  [Natural]
     6. Henry B. Bassett,   b. Abt 1834, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased  [Natural]
     7. Horace H. Bassett,   b. Abt 1837, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased  [Natural]
    Family ID F00785  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Amanda Fairchild,   d. Deceased 
    Family ID F00786  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart