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Thaddeus Stevens Bassett

Male 1868 - 1958  (89 years)


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  • Name Thaddeus Stevens Bassett 
    Born 25 Sep 1868  Near Blairstown, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 Feb 1958  Fort Dodge, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried UNKNOWN  Graceland Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Northwest Iowa Conference Journal, 1958, p. 248.(United Methodist Church)
      Thaddeus Stevens Bassett

      Thaddeus Stevens Bassett was born on September 29, 1868, in
      Blairstown, Iowa. After having been a printer and farm laborer, he attended
      Cornell College and graduated in 1893. Shortly thereafter, on October 1
      1893, he married Miss Emma O. Naumann, who had been a fellow student at
      Cornell. In September of the same year, he had joined the Northwest Iowa
      Conference and, except for two years, was to remain a member of that
      Conference and its successor North Iowa Conference throughout his life. He
      later attended Iliff School of Theology and many years later was given the
      honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity by Cornell College.
      In Northwest Iowa the family lived in the various communities of
      Jolley, Newell, Graettinger, Wall Lake, Onawa, Sheldon, Manson, Clear Lake,
      Primghar, Hartley, Inwood, Sioux City, Rolfe, Marathon, and Goldfiel
      addition to his various pastorates, Dr. Bassett served at different times as
      Secretary of the Conference Claimants Pension Fund; Field Secretary of the
      Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, and for the six years from 1925 to 1931
      as Superintendent of the Sioux City District.
      After retirement in 1942, he spent six years with the Goodwill
      Industries of Sioux City. At the time that Friendship Haven was opened in Fort
      Dodge, he went there as Chaplain and was active in that capacity as long as
      his health permitted.
      Death came to him at his Friendship Haven home on February 8, 1958,
      and he was buried at Graceland Park Cemetery in Sioux City, Iow
      Mrs. Bassett preceded her husband in death in May of 1939. Two sons
      survive, Thaddeus B. Bassett of Manhasset, New York, and H.N. Bassett of
      Washington, D.C.
      These words written at the time of his retirement tell us of the many
      accomplishments of a long and useful ministry:
      "In the earlier years, he held charges that were semi-pionee
      later years he built churches, remodeled parsonages, conducted revival meetings,
      won youth and adults to the Christian life, strengthened the believers, and
      led young men into the ministry. He was selected by the conference to be its
      secretary for five successive years; he was the leader in the establishing of
      the Minister's Pension Fund, raising the first $100,000; he served a term of
      six years as Superintendent of the Sioux City District, while in that office
      he dedicated the Methodist Hospital, the Women's Dormitory, and Wall Street
      Mission, and was trustee of Morningside College, the Methodist Hospital, the
      Pension Fund, and President of the Conference Board of Missions."
    Person ID I14769  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 23 Sep 2011 

    Father Henry Lyman Bassett,   b. 1 Aug 1833, Rensselaer County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1904, Blairstown, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Lydia Martin,   b. 24 Oct 1829, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1906, Van Horne, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married 8 Mar 1857  Oskaloosa, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F04035  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Emma Odessa Naumann,   b. 3 Oct 1871, Blairstown, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1939, Des Moines, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 11 Oct 1893  Blairstown, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Thaddeus Brown Bassett,   b. 22 Feb 1895, Newell, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1959, Manhasset, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)  [Natural]
    +2. Henry Naumann Bassett,   b. 25 Jan 1906, Manson, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1995, Summit, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)  [Natural]
    Family ID F05971  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart