Bassett Family Association Database

Marie Ellen Bassett

Female 1837 - 1910  (73 years)


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  • Name Marie Ellen Bassett 
    Born 22 Aug 1837  [1
    Gender Female 
    _UID CE07EC867BE5334A9DB1970BBE2240DD116D 
    Died 7 Sep 1910 
    Notes 
    • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Thursday morning, September 8, 1910
      Mrs. Henry Rumsey Dead at Salem
      Special to the Inquirer

      SALEM, N.J., Sept. 7 ? Mrs. Rumsey, wife of Cashier Henry M. Rumsey, of the Salem National Bankinhg Company, died today at her home here from the effects of a stroke of paralysis during a sojourn at Cape May, ten days ago. Mrs. Rumsey was a daughter of the late Benjamin Bassett, a prominent farmer of Mannington township, and she and her husband had been married fifty years. She came of a remarkable family. There were four children, three of whom have lived to celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversaries. Mrs. Barclay Griscom having been married fifty-nine years and Mrs. Collins Allen having been married fifty-seven years, and the deceased celebrated her fiftieth wedding anniversary last Thanksgiving Day. This is the second eath in the family since the sisters were married.
    Person ID I1252  4B William Bassett of Lynn, Massachusetts
    Last Modified 18 Aug 2015 

    Father Benjamn Bassett,   b. 23 May 1801,   d. 20 Dec 1871  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Mary Acton,   b. 10 Aug 1798,   d. 22 Aug 1886  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 5 Mar 1828 
    Family ID F283  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Henry M. Rumsey 
    Married 24 Nov 1859 
    Children 
    +1. Margaret Canarroe Rumsey,   b. 1 Apr 1861
     2. George Benjamin Rumsey,   b. 2 Sep 1865
     3. Mary Acton Rumsey,   b. 2 Sep 1873
    Family ID F433  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S8] SMMH - Salem Monthly Meeting Hicksite.