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- Henry was named for his father's brother, who died a few days after this Henry was born.
Because of the health of their son Ralph, Henry and Mary decided to move to South Dakota. They later moved to Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas, where his sister, Bell (Bassett) Altom, and brother, Sid Bassett, were living. Again they moved, locating at Mena, Arkansas, where they lived for several years. They moved one more time, back to Marion County, Illinois, in Kinmundy Township.
Henry had a bad stroke which disabled him, not allowing for him to do much work the last eleven years of his life. Henry had red hair. Politically, he was a Republican, as were all of the Bassetts.
Ancel Henry Bassett, Life Long Resident of This Community, Succumbs, Age 79
The Kinmundy Express, Nov. 17, 1938
On Tuesday morning this community was visited by the grim reaper who
closed life's race for one of our good friends and neighbors.
Ancel Henry Bassett, son of Harvey and Sarah Bassett, was bo
Foster township, August 22nd, 1859, and was overtaken by the enemy, "Death",
Nov. 15, 1938. The deceased was one of a family of seven children, three girls
and four boys, all of whom are gone except one brother.
He was united in marriage to Mary McCune Sept. 22, 1881, and to this
union five children were born; Ernest, of Foster township, Arthur, Len and
Ralph deceased, and Mrs. Sadie Millen, of Jennings, Mo.
Uncle Henry, as he was known to all his friends and neighbors a
which reflected the high esteem in which he was held, had been in very poor
health for many years, having had a paralytic stroke eleven years ago, and
being nearly deaf for some years. Yet with all these afflictions he remained
cheerful and jovial to everyone, and how his face would light up with joy when
company came in.
He leaves his devoted companion of 57 years who has so tenderly cared
for him during his years of affliction; one son, Ernest, one daughter, Mrs.
Sadie Miller; one brother, Elmer Bassett, who resides on the old parent
homestead; five grandchildren; many other relatives and hosts of friends where
ever he has resided.
The family has lost a kind, loving husband and father, the community,
a good citizen and neighbor.
Funeral services were held from the home yesterday afternoon at 1:30
o'clock, Rev. Paul Arnold, officiating. Interment was made in Sandy Branch
Cemetery.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1859 - 1938 (78 years)