Maria Alida Bassett

1826 - 1901  (75 years)

• Name	Maria Alida Bassett
  Birth	20 Jan 1826	Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut
  Gender	Female
  _UID	124D97543FFE8942B2501DBC97862FE059F9
  Death	16 May 1901	South Danby, Tompkins County, New York
  Notes	Notes from Roger Howland Maria was a plain woman in appearance, though not in character. She was known for her quiet efficiency and skill and for never losing her head in an emergency. She was often summoned from quite a distance to attend women in child-birth; and Charles Howland recalled anxious men waking them in the middle of the night and taking his mother with them to attend their wives. His father would drive over the next day or the day after to bring her home. Maria never lost any of these babies at birth, or did their mothers fail to come through the ordeal. Charles was Justice of the Peace in South Danby and people came to him to settle their complaints and grievances against their neighbors, arguments over property lines, etc. Aunt Mary told Emily Hinton Howland that she and Arthur Charles Howland, as young children, would be sent out of the room at these times. However, they would go up stairs and peek through a hole in the bedroom floor down into the room below. They must have learned a lot about life and human nature. Charles had a farm in South Danby, Tompkins county, New York. He and his wife are buried in the cemetery near by. Charles was a man of slight build and he had probably strained himself with the hard work on the farm at the time he died in 1900. 1850 Federal Census of Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut (27 Aug 1850) Josiah Bassett - 57 - M - Connecticut - Farmer 4500 Betsey - 54 - F - Connecticut Elliot R. - 31 - M - Illinois - Farmer Maria A. - 24 - F - Connecticut Minerva E. - 20 - F - Connecticut
  Person ID	I1216	1B John Bassett of Connecticut
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2012

  
  

  Father	Josiah Bassett,   b. 12 Jan 1793   d. 2 Mar 1877 (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Betsey Bassett,   b. 4 Aug 1796   d. 12 Sep 1864 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	19 Oct 1815
  Family ID	F171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charles Howland,   b. 13 Jan 1818, South Danby, Tompkins County, New York d. 24 May 1900, South Danby, Tompkins County, New York (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	27 Nov 1850	Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut
  Children	+ 1. Rufus Bassett Howland,   b. 15 Sep 1851, South Danby, Tompkins County, New York d. Jul 1923 (Age 71 years)   2. Elizabeth Reynolds Howland,   b. 12 Apr 1866, South Danby, Tompkins County, New York d. 23 Nov 1953, Trumansburg, Tompkins County, New York (Age 87 years) + 3. Arthur Charles Howland,   b. 24 Dec 1869, South Danby, Tompkins County, New York d. 29 Mar 1952, Swarthmore, Delware County, Pennsylvania (Age 82 years)   4. Mary Louisa Howland,   b. 4 Mar 1872, South Danby, Tompkins County, New York d. 17 Dec 1958, Trumansburg, Tompkins County, New York (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart