Bassett Family Association Database
Mary Catherine Werts
1843 - 1879 (36 years)-
Name Mary Catherine Werts Birth 12 Jun 1843 Fosterburg, Madison, Illinois 
Gender Female _UID C2DF026E4AEC9144B4599C531E59F353D59F Death 1 Oct 1879 Hiawatha, Brown, Kansas Burial 3 Oct 1879 Hiawatha, Brown, Kansas Notes - DEATH: The 1880 CENSUS MORTALITY SCHEDULE lists Mary's death date as Sep 1879 She died of purpal fever. Mary was not with the family when the 1880 census was taken, 9 June 1880. See 1880 census of Mission, Brown, Kansas, En.
Dist. 19, p.15 (BYU film #1254374).
The civil war pension file of Harlow Gillette Bassett, application #1000034 & certificate #953337 has Mary's death listed as in 1879.
A family source states that the youngest child, Mary Cathern, was eleven days old when her mother died. This would make Mary's death date as 30 Sep 1879.
Person ID I1136 3B Thomas Bassett of Connecticut Last Modified 20 Jan 2011
Father Henry Werts, b. 3 Oct 1815, Preble, Ohio, United States d. 12 Sep 1859, Fosterburg, Madison, Il (Age 43 years) Mother Melinda Thompson, b. 1822, Ohio, United States d. 1850, Fosterburg, Madison, Il (Age 28 years) Family ID F495 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Harlow Gillette Bassett, b. 29 Mar 1838, Bennington, Genesee, (now Wyoming), New York d. 4 Feb 1911, Ionia, Big Horn, Wyoming (Age 72 years) Marriage Aug 1862 Woodburn, MaCoupin, Illinois Children 1. Ona Luella Bassett, b. 12 Jun 1863, Fosterburg, Madison, Illinois d. 9 Mar 1923, Downers Grove, DuPage, Illinois (Age 59 years)+ 2. Oscar Leroy Bassett, b. 19 Jul 1865, Fosterburg, Madison, Illinois d. 28 Jun 1943, Hiawatha, Brown, Kansas (Age 77 years)+ 3. Hector Goodrich Bassett, b. 27 Mar 1867, Murphysboro, Jackson, Illinois d. 31 Dec 1951, .Madison, Illinois (Age 84 years)4. Henry Edno Bassett, b. 30 May 1869, Murphysboro, Jackson, Illinois d. 18 Oct 1870, Murphysboro, Jackson, Illinois (Age 1 year)5. Martha Olive Bassett, b. 5 Mar 1871, Fosterburg, Madison, Illinois d. 25 Apr 1871, Fosterburg, Madison, Illinois (Age 0 years)+ 6. Fred Herbert Bassett, b. 9 Aug 1872, Fosterberg, Madison, Illinois d. 5 Mar 1939, Cowley, Big Horn, Wyoming (Age 66 years)7. Weltha Ann Bassett, b. 16 Dec 1874, Fosterburg, Madison, Illinois d. 8 Sep 1963 (Age 88 years)8. Mary Cathern Bassett, b. 19 Sep 1879, Hiawatha, Brown, Kansas d. 2 Nov 1954 (Age 75 years)Family ID F470 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 May 2015
- DEATH: The 1880 CENSUS MORTALITY SCHEDULE lists Mary's death date as Sep 1879 She died of purpal fever. Mary was not with the family when the 1880 census was taken, 9 June 1880. See 1880 census of Mission, Brown, Kansas, En.