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Samuel Houston Bassett

Male 1861 - 1951  (89 years)


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  • Name Samuel Houston Bassett 
    Born 26 Mar 1861  Owen Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 89BDE68914BE594EB38A198F04C6FCD1AA68 
    Died 15 Mar 1951  Scott Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Lexington Herald-Leader, Friday, March 16, 1951
      Samuel H. Bassett

      CORINTH, Ky., March 15 ? Samuel H. Bassett, 89, retired farmer of the Porter community of Scott county, died this morning at the John Graves Ford memorial hospital, Georgetown, after a long illness. A native of Owen county, he was a son of the late Luke and Jeanett Wilson Bassett and was a member of the Caney Fork Baptist church at Rockdale.
      Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Essie Florence, Dry Ridge; three sons, George Bassett, Sarasota, Fla., and Denver and Sherman Bassett, both of Scott county, eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Porter Christian church by the Rev. Orlie Hale. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will be taken to the home of Denver Bassett Friday afternoon from the Rogers funeral home here.


      1900 Federal Census of Caney, Owen County, Kentucky (16 Jun 1900)
      Sam. H. Bassett 39 Mar 1861 M KY IN KY Head Farmer
      Louisa E. 31 Oct 1868 F KY KY KY Wife
      Hattie 14 Oct 1885 F KY KY KY Daughter
      George W. 11 ??? 1888 M KY KY KY Son
      ???? 8 ??? 189? F KY KY KY Daughter
      Charley D. 4 Dec 1895 M KY KY KY Son
      Sherman A. 1 May 1899 M KY KY KY Son

      1910 Federal Census of Porter, Scott County, Kentucky (21 Apr 1910)
      Samuel H. Bassett 49 M KY KY KY Head Farmer
      Louisa E. 41 F KY KY KY Wife
      Essie M. 18 F KY KY KY Daughter
      Charlie D. 14 M KY KY KY Son Laborer Home Farm
      Sherman A. 10 M KY KY KY Son
      (Married 26 years, 5 children, 5 living)

      1920 Federal Census of Porter, Scott County, Kentucky (Jan 1920)
      Samuel H. Bassett 58 M KY KY KY Head Farmer - General Farm
      Louisa E. 51 F KY KY KY Wife
      Sherman A. 20 M KY KY KY Son Farm Laborer - Home Farm
      Anna M. 20 M KY KY KY DaughterL
      (Living on Mountain Island Road)

      1930 Federal Census of Distrcit 5, Scott County, Kentucky (2 Apr 1930)
      Sherman Bassett 30 M KY KY KY Head Farmer - General Farmer
      Annie 30 F KY KY KY Wife
      John Green 25 M KY KY KY Lodger Laborer - Farm
      (Married at 20 & 20)
    Person ID I11  269B Luke D. Bassett of Owen County, Kentucky
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2016 

    Father Luke Dye Bassett,   b. 11 Feb 1811, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Sep 1880  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Jeanette L. Wilson,   b. 24 Aug 1823, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1888  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 22 Aug 1837  Owen Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Louisa E. Yancey,   b. 1868,   d. 1943  (Age 75 years) 
    Children 
     1. Hattie Bassett,   b. Oct 1885, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. George Wilbur Bassett,   b. 1888, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Essie M Bassett
    +4. Charles Denver Bassett,   b. 17 Dec 1895, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1983, Lexington, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     5. Sherman A. Bassett,   b. 4 May 1899, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1980, Grant County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F4  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart