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Edward Avery Bassett

Male 1872 - 1956  (83 years)


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  • Name Edward Avery Bassett 
    Born 25 Nov 1872  Fort Wayne, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 1638237C20D84642B57B240989B6A1FDA743 
    Died 7 Jul 1956  Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Restland Memorial Park Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Noble County, Indiana Marriage Records
      Cora B. Bassett, daughter of Matthew and Catherine (Hammell) Bassett, was born circa 1869. She married Fred C. Church.
      Edward A. Bassett, son of Matthew and Catherine (Hammell) Bassett, was born circa 1871. He married Clara Shroyer on 10 Jul 1897.
      Ora O. Bassett, son of Matthew and Catherine (Hammell) Bassett, was born 29 Aug 1878. He married Lottie M. Weaver on 27 Feb 1907.
      Ray T. Bassett, son of Matthew and Catherine (Hammell) Bassett, was born 10 Jul 1885. He married Dora B. Eshelman on 4 Jan 1908.

      The Dallas Morning News
      July 18, 1956
      Edward A. Bassett
      Edward Avery Bassett, 84, a Dallas building contractor for 50 years, died at 1 p.m. Tuesday in his home at 5111 Hoben, where he had lived since coming to Dallas.
      Born November 25, 1872, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Bassett went to Chicago, Illinois, as a youth and learned the construction business. Then he came to Dallas and started out on his own.
      Survivors include his wife Nellie; a daughter, Mrs. Catherine Belton; three stepsons, Clyde Nelson, John Nelson and Willard Nelson, and four stepdaughters, Mrs. Myrtle Drinning, Mrs. Hazel Kovar, Mrs. Frances Mullican and Mrs. Newell Mullican, all live in Dallas.
      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in McCullough Chapel, Mesquite. The Reverend Coy C. Weir, pastor of the South Cliff Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Restland Memorial Park.

      The Dallas Morning News
      November 21, 1926
      Mrs. Ruea Bassett to Be Buried on Sunday
      “Death by drinking poison,” was the inquest verdict of Justice A.C. Flory following an inquest held over the body of Mrs. Ruea Bassett, 19, who died at 6:30 o’clock Friday night at her home 1759 Grafton street. Mrs. Bassett was the wife of E.A. Bassett.
      Funeral services will be held at the Lamar & Smith Chapel at 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Burial will be in the Wheatland Cemetery.
      Surviving are her husband, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Sharp of Dallas; five sisters, Mrs. Willie Newberry, Misses Pearl, Lydia and Johnnie Lee Sharp, all of Dallas, and Mrs. Albert Hobby of Graford.

      1880 Federal Census of Wolcottville, Noble County, Indiana
      Mathew Bassett - 32 - M - NY-NY-NY - Head - Plasterer
      Catharine - 31 - F - OH-NY-NY - Wife - Keeping House
      Cora B. - 10 - F - IN-NY-OH - Daughter - At Home
      Edward - 8 - M - IN-NY-OH - Son
      Clara - 6 - F - IN-NY-OH - Daughter
      Charles - 3 - M - IN-NY-OH - Son
      Ora - 9/12 - F - IN-NY-OH - Daughter

      1900 Federal Census of Black Rock Township, Lawrence County, Arizona (19 Jun 1900)
      Edward Bassett - 28 - M - Nov 1871 - IN-IN-IN - Head - Carpenter
      Clara - 18 - F - Jul 1881 - IN-IN-OH - Wife
      Vernon - 1 - M - Jun 1898 - IN-IN-IN - Son
      (Married 3 years, 1 child, 1 living)
    Person ID I41  387B Lester M. Bassett of Naples, Ontario County, New York
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2013 

    Father Mathew Bassett,   b. Abt 1848, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Catherine Hammell,   b. Abt 1849, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Clara Shroyer,   b. Jul 1881, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 10 Jul 1897 
    Divorced Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Vernon Bassett,   b. Jun 1898, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F19  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Ruea Sharp,   b. Abt 1907,   d. Nov 1926, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 19 years) 
    Family ID F22  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Nellie 
    Children 
     1. Catherine Bassett
    Family ID F24  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] TDI - Texas Death Index.