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- 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)
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