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- At one point, Norman was a farmer in Glyndon, Clay County, Minnesota.
1850 Federal Census of Boone County, Illinois
Norman Bassett 30 Wagon Maker b. in Pa.
Kesiah (Hale) 21 (M.I.T.Y.) b. in Pa.
Clarissa 68 b. in Pa.
(M.I.T.Y.) means married within the year.
1870 Federal Census of Perry Township, Buchanan County, Iowa (2 Aug 1870)
Norman Bassett 50 M Pennsylvania Carpenter 1200 770
Keziah 40 F Pennsylvania Keeping house
Clara 16 F Iowa
Arthur 14 M Iowa
Mason 12 M Iowa
Franklin 9 M Iowa
Charles A. 7 M Iowa
Howard 4 M Iowa
Bertha 2 F Iowa
1880 Federal Census of Moland, Clay County, Minnesota
Norman A. Bassett 60 M PA RI VT Head Farmer
Kasiah 51 F PA RI CT Wife Keeping House
Mason 21 M IA RI CT Son Work for pay
Franklin 19 M IA RI CT Son At Home
Charles 16 M IA RI CT Son At Home
Howard 13 M IA RI CT Son At Home
Clara 26 F IA RI CT Daughter Work for pay
Bertha 12 F IA RI CT Daughter At Home
Julia 10 F IA RI CT Daughter At School
Bassett-Hale
Golden Wedding of Norman Austin Bassett and Keziah (Hale) Basse
At the Homestead, Glyndon, Minnesota, June 17, 18
The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Austin Bassett was
celebrated June 17, at their home near Glyndon. Mr. and Mrs. Bassett we
married by Elder Stocking in Boone County, Ill. in 1849. It is remarkable that
their attendants at that time, Orville Bassett Kellogg and Mrs. Celia Loring
Grover, are also living and joined with numerous relatives and frien
sending congratulatory missives.
Ten children have been born of the union, all of whom are living but
one who died in infancy. There are twenty-five grandchildren and four great
grandchildren - making their direct descendants thirty-eight. Their home has
been in Illinois, in Iowa, and since 1872 near Glyndon, Minn. The occasion was
made more notable by the marriage, at high noon, of their youngest chil
Julia Mandana, to John William Friday, a prosperous business man of Glyndon. A
perfect June day made the out-of-door ceremony on the lawn under the leafy
trees especially beautiful. The marriage service was read by the bride's
brother, Rev. Franklin H. Bassett of Minneapolis. The ring used was already
hallowed by tender associations. It was made from gold beads, worn in t
early part of the century by the bride's great-grandmother, Keziah Roun
Hale, and has been used by the bride's mother for many years.
The bride was gowned in lace-trimmed white Persian lawn over yellow
and carried bride roses. The elegant floral decorations were the gift of the
bride's cousin, Mr. O.P. Bassett a widely known florist of Chicago, Ill. They
consisted of bride roses, Marechal Niel, Jacqueminot and splendid American
Beauty, with stems a yard long - white, yellow and striped carnations, smilax
and asparagus ferns. The presents were numerous and valuable, consisting of
gold, silver, linen, beautiful bric-a-brac and furniture.
The out-of-town guests were Mrs. Florence Bassett Spragg, with
daughters Flora and Mrs. Jessie Spragg Brubaker and two children from
Kirkwood, Neb.; Mrs. Clara Bassett Bandy of Motley, Minn; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Bassett and son, of Fargo, N. Dak.; Mr. and Mrs. Mason Bassett, with three
children of Kirkwood, Neb.; Rev. and Mrs. Franklin H. Bassett and four children
of Minneapolis; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bassett and three children, of Detroit,
Minn.; Mrs. Bertha Bassett Osborn and three children of Alexandria, Minn.; and
Mr. Dorrance W. Aldrich, a prominent physician of Galesburg, Ill, and nephew
of Mr. N.A. Bassett. There were also present some twenty-five "old settlers"
and intimate friends.
From all heard there was only one "hitch" from beginning to end - the
one intended.
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1820 - 1900 (79 years)