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- 1880 Federal Census of Pilesgrove, Salem County, New Jersey
Howard Bassett - 39- M - NJ-NJ-NJ - Head - Farmer
Clemence - 36 - F - NJ-NJ-NJ - Wife - Keeping House
Eugene - 12 - M - NJ-NJ-NJ - Son - At Home
Edward H. - 11 - M - NJ-NJ-NJ - Son - At Home
M. Bessie - 9 - F - NJ-NJ-NJ - Daughter - At Home
Gertrude W. - 7 - F - NJ-NJ-NJ - Daughter
Clement H. - 5 - M - NJ-NJ-NJ - Son
Anna Seiboldt - 20 - F - PA-PA-PA - Other - Servant
Harriett Beckett - B - 14 - F - NJ-NJ-NJ - Other - Servant
James Williams - B - 27 - M - NJ-NJ-NJ - Other - Works on Farm
Saml. Beckett - B - 24 - M - NJ-NJ-NJ - Other - Works on Farm
Jane Ballinger - 60 - F - NJ-NJ-NJ - Other
1910 Federal Census of Woodstown, Salem County, New Jersey (20 Apr 1910)
Clemence Bassett (Wd) - 66 - F - NJ-NJ-NJ - Head - Own income
Clara H. - 26 - F - NJ-NJ-NJ - Daughter
(Living on North Main Street)
Biographical, Genealogical and Descriptive History of the
First Congressional District of New Jersey
Volume II, 1900
Mrs. Clemence Bassett
One of the old and honored colonial families of Salem county, New Jersey, the Bassetts, have been represented here for over two centuries. Following closely in the wake of the first few brave voyagers of Mayflower fame, the good ship "Fortune" plowed her way across the Atlantic ocean, in 1621, and among the courageous souls who thus sought a home and "freedom to worship God" in the new land of promise there were two young men by the name of Bassett - William and Joseph. Many of their descendants continue to dwell in the vicinity of Lynn and Boston, Massachusetts, where they landed, while others reside in Rhode Island and Connecticut. In 1691 William Bassett emigrated from Lynn to Salem, New Jersey, and here he and his posterity found happy homes and an abundance of this world's goods in return for their labors.
One of the descendants of William Bassett was Howard Bassett, whose birth occurred in 1840, and who was a highly esteemed citizen of Pilesgrove township, this county. Born and reared within its boundaries, he took up the study of dentistry when a young man, but on account of ill health found it advisable to abandon the profession, and to seek the benefits of country out-door life. He accordingly turned his attention to agriculture. Among his lifelong friends and neighbors he was admired and beloved, and so far as is known, he possessed no enemies. Though he was a devoted member of the Friends' meeting, his love for the Union and the great causes at stake in the civil war led to his enlisting as a member of Company A, Twenty-fourth New Jersey Regiment, but when his country no longer needed the aid of her loyal sons he resumed his wonted place with the Society of Friends. At length the summons came to him that his earthly mission was at an end, and his eyes were closed in death five years ago, when he was in his fifty-fourth year.
The marriage of Howard Bassett and Clemence Hinchman, of this county, was solemnized February 13, 1867. They became the parents of seven children namely: Eugene W., Edward H., Mary Elizabeth (wife of C.A. Mattison), Gertrude W., Clement H., Clara H., and Howard, who died at the age of six years, in 1893. Mrs. Bassett now makes her home with her aged mother, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Cawley, of Woodstown. The latter who was born November 23, 1815, is a daughter of Samuel and Jerusha (Smith) White. She received unusually excellent educational advantages for her day, as it was her privilege to attend Samuel Gourney's Boarding School, now St. Mary's Hall, Burlington, New Jersey, an institution under the supervision of the Society of Friends. For one of her years she is remarkably well preserved, her mind being as clear and keen as ever. She was married on the 8th of November, 1842, to Clement Hinchman, who met with a shocking death a few months afterwards, as he was caught in the cog-wheel of a mill at Sharpstown, and instantly killed. He was but twenty-five years of age and gave promise of becoming one of the best business men and leading citizens of this locality. His only child, Clemence, the subject of this sketch, was born subsequent to his death, and the sorrowing young mother named her in honor of the father who had met so cruel a fate. About twenty years afterward Mrs. Hinchman became the wife of William M. Cawley, the date of this event being January 6, 1864. Mr. Cawley was a native of Piles Grove township, his birth having taken place in 1819. He was orphaned at an early age and was self-educated and self-made, yet became a power in town and county affairs. He was a master in chancery and surveyor and conveyancer. He was summoned to the silent land November 8, 1875, when in the fifty-seventh year of his age. Both he and his wife were active in the promotion of rightiousness, and ever ready to lend a helping hand to the poor and needy.
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