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- (Forrest William Bassett's Grandfather)
Decatur County Journal
Thursday, August 10, 1916
William Eaton Gammon was born near Knoxville, Tennessee, April 29, 1827, and died at his home in Leon, Iowa, July 26, 1916, at the age of 89 years, 2 months and 27 days. His parents moved from Tennessee to Putnam County, Indiana, when he was one year old. Here he grew to manhood, obtaining what edcuation the country schools offered in the settlement of a new country. On April 26, 1849, he was united in marriage to Caroline Jenkins. Their five daughters and one son are all living, and with their mother, his beloved wife and life-long companion, were all at his bedside when he passed away. The children are Mrs. O.E. Bassett, of Farnhamville, Iowa; Mrs. Ellen E. Long, Mrs. W.A. AllBaugh and Mrs. J.L. Mitchell and Mr. Roy H. Gammon, of Leon, Iowa, and Mrs. H.E. Davisson, of Chicago, Ill. Besides his wife and children, he leaves eleven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. With his wife he moved from Indiana to Iowa in the fall of 1850 and spent the winter in Monroe County, and the following spring moved to Decatur County, and settled on the farm four miles southeast of Leon where they lived until the summer of 1909, when they moved to Leon where they lived since that time.
They celebrated their golden wedding April 26, 1899, and on April 26, 1916, they celebrated their sixty-seventh anniversary at the home of Mrs. W.A. Allbaugh. But few people, comparatively pass so many happy years of married life together. His aim in life was to make a comfortable and happy home for his family and give them the best advantages within his power. His home was always a hospitable one, and in an earlier day when the country was new, many a traveler, or people driving stock to market found accommodations and entertainment in his home, never turning anyone away were it possible to accommodate them.......
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Bassett Family Association Database
1881 - 1963 (81 years)