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- In the will of Ebenezer Lord of Yates County, Penn Yan, New York, dated 14 Feb. 1848, daughter Sarah Ann, wife of Alanson Bassett of Deerfield, Lake County, Illinois, is mentioned.
1850 Federal Census of Kane County, Illinois
Alanson Bassett - 43 - M - New York - Farmer 640
Sarah S. - 38 - F - New York
Katherine - 20 - F - New York
Sally - 18 - F - New York
Louisa - 13 - F - New York
George - 10 - M - New York
Ebenezer - 8 - M - New York
Malissa - 5 - F - New York
Delila - 1 - F - Illinois
THE LORD FAMILY
History and Directory of Yates Couty, New York (1873)
Ebenezer Lord, son of Ebenezer and Catharine Lord, was born in Connecticut in 1771. At sixteen he moved with his father's family to Ballston, N.Y. The father was a man of great force and character, and died in 1812, bequeathing a competency to all of his children, eight sons and three daughters. Ebenezer Lord, Jr., married Mary Morris, and they had ten children, Catharin, Benjamin W., Sherwood, William, Joseph W., Mary Ellen, Sarah Ann, George P., Robert D. and Mary. In the spring of 1824 Benjamin W. and Sherwood purchased a lot of forest land near Irelandville in Reading, and the following summer their father purchased two hundred and fifty acres one mile west of Warsaw, for one thousand dollars, and to this place the family of Ebenezer Lord, Jr., moved in 1825. About this time Daniel, a younger brother of Ebenezer, Jr., with three sons, Anson, Jarvis and Daniel, moved to Pittsford. Jarvis Lord and his sons are now wealthy and influential citizens of Monroe County, the father twice a State Senator, and his son George D. Lord twice a member of Assembly. Ebenezer Lord Jr. was an Episcopalian, and one of the founders of St. Mark's Church, Penn Yan. He died in Barrington in 1849, at seventy-six and his wife in 1855, at about the same age.
Catharine married Thomas Sherwood, and removed to Saratoga County.
Benjamin W., and Sherwood sold their farms in Reading and bought land near the father in Barrington. Sherwood moved finally to McHenry County, Ill.
Benjamin W., born in 1801 at Ballston, married Elizabeth Fleming. She was born in New Jersey in 1806. He died in 1857, and his wife survives. Their children are Rachel, Mary, George P., Charles B., Kate and Libbie. Rachel, born in 1828, married Horace Kenyon of Barrington, where they now reside. Their children are Benjamin J. and Lucretia. Mary, born in 1829, married Albert Ovenshire of Barrington. Their children are Maud and Guy.
George P. Lord, born in 1831. married in 1858, Eliza Ann,, daughter of Loomis Bunce. She was born in 1838. He graduated at Hobart College in 1856, and followed teaching and surveing at the West for two years. He was elected School Commissioner of Yates County in 1860, and held the office two terms of three years each. He has since resided in Dundee, and was elected member of Assembly in 1870 and 1871. During his second legislative term he was chosen chairman of the Assembly Committee on Education.
Charles B., born in 1832, married Ellen Chandler. They have five children, George, Ella, Kate, Edith and Ray. Kate, the third daughter of Benjamin W. Lord, born in 1834, married Emmett Sheppard of Saratoga County, and died in 1858. Libbie, born in 1841, married Theron R. Wheeler. They reside in Barrington and have three children, Kate, Georgiana and Carrie.
William Lord married Nancy Corbett of Reading, and resides in Newark, N.Y. Rev. William H. Lord of Rutherford Park and E.E. Lord of Newark are his sons. Joseph W. Lord has a wife and daughter,, and resides at Newark. Sarah married Alanson Bassett, and resides in Kane County, Illinois, a widow with seven children. George P., brother of Benjamin W. Lord, resides in the town of Wayne. Robert D. has a family and resides at Marysville, California. He was a Union soldier of note in the War of the Rebellion. Mary married Seymour Swathout, and died in 1854, leaving five children.
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY, WISCONSIN (1891-2)
Ebenezer Bassett, furniture dealer, Rice Lake, Baron county, was born in Bradford, Steuben county, N.Y. August 14, 1841, and is a son of A.T. and Sarah A. (Lord) Bassett, the ancestors of the former being among the early settlers of this country, while on the side of the latter they were German and English. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bassett, of whom our subject is the fourth, and one of the four now living. In 1844 the family moved to near Elgin, Kane county, Ill. The father followed carpentering, and died in 1870. The mother passed away in 1874. August 22, 1861, our subject enlisted in Company B, Eighth Illinois cavalry. This company was organized at Sycamore, Ill. and went into camp at St. Charles. He participated in all the battles in which the company was engaged, among which were the second battle of Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Culpepper, on the forage of the Rappahannock, seven days' retreat at VIcksburg, in the battles of Early's raid in Maryland, Antietam, Upperville and Gettysburg. He at this time was in Beauford's cavalry corps of the army of the Potomac. September 18, 1864, he was mustered out, and re-enlisted in Gen. Hancock's veteran corps, February 5, 1865. He was finally mustered out February 5, 1866, at which time he returned to Illinois. In 1868 he moved to Kirksville, Mo., where he carried on a cooper shop for four years.
In 1872 he came to Eau Claire, at which place he was engaged in contracting and building until 1875, when he came to Barron county, and homesteaded in Cedar Lake township. In 1880 he came to Rice Lake, where he has since remained, with the exception of the years 1888 and 1889, when he was in California and Washington. In October, 1890, he established his present business. Mr. Bassett was married in March, 1867, to Miss Maria M. Collins, a native of England. They have six children, three of whom are living, namely: Fred A., Nettie G. and Sadie H. Politically he affiliates with the republican party. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., the A.F. and A.M. and the G.A.R. He and his wife are attendants of the Methodist Episcopal church.
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Bassett Family Association Database
Abt 1812 - 1874 (~ 62 years)