Mary Melvina Hanford

1820 - 1897  (77 years)

• Name	Mary Melvina Hanford
  Born	1820	New York
  Gender	Female
  _UID	E221579E7BEEE04DA0CFA693CF3C7BBB7757
  Died	16 Jul 1897
  Buried	Coopers Plains Cemetery, Erwin, New York
  Notes	1895-1898 Vital Records from the scrapbook of Mrs. Cornell from the "Steuben Courier" newspaper of Bath, New York Mrs. Mary M. Bassett, widow of Clark Bassett, died July 16, 1897, age 77 years - 3 sons, 3 daughters - Samuel B. of Gibbon, Neb., Ben C. of Painted Post, George S. of Painted Post, Mrs. A.J. Blakeslee & Mrs. Matilda Wallace of Canadaigua - Miss Emma of Northfield, Massachusetts Clark Bassett came with his parents to Delaware County, New York in 1820, and when fourteen years of age, his father having died, he was bound out for a term of seven years to learn the wagon maker's trade at Derby, Connecticut. When of age, with a suit of clothes and one hundred dollars in money, he returned to the family home and for thirteen years labored on the home farm, caring for his mother and younger and unmarried sisters. After marrying in 1843, he moved in a covered wagon to Virginia, where in the town of Bedford, and later in the village of Big Lick, in Roanoke Conty, he engaged in the mercantile business and, there being no public schools, his wife, Mary taught a private school. Being in political belief an anti-slavery Whig and a reader of the New York Tribune, he realized that the slave holding state of Virginia was not a desirable place to raise a family and in the year 1851 moved to Steuben County, New York, where he purchased an improved farm on which he resided during the remainder of his life, the farm still, in the year 1915, being in possession of the youngest son of his family. 1850 Federal Census of Southern Division, Bedford County, Virginia C. Basset - 40 - M - New York - Farmer Mary M. - 30 - F - New York Samuel C. - 6 - M - New York Benjamin C. - 4 - M - Virginia James - 1 - M - Virginia Sally Bill - B - 12 - F - Virginia 1860 Federal Census of Campbell, Steuben County, New York Clark Bassett - 50 - M - New York - Farmer 2500 800 Mary Ann - 40 - F - New York Samuel C. - 15 - M - New York Benjamin - 13 - M - New York James - 10 - M - New York Mary C. - 8 - F - New York Matilda E. - 6 - F - New York George S. - 4 - M - New York Emma N. - 1 - F - New York 1865 State Census of Campbell, Steuben County, New York Clarke Bassett - 55 - M - Delaware Mary M. - 45 - F - Delaware Samuel C. - 21 - M - Delaware Benjamin - 19 - M - Virginia James W. - 16 - M - Virginia Mary C. - 13 - F - Virginia Tillie - 11 - F - Steuben County George S. - 9 - M - Steuben County Emma - 6 - F - Steuben County 1880 Federal Census of Campbell, Steuben County, New York Clark Bassett - 70 - M - NY-VT-CT - Head - Farmer Mary - 60 - F - NY-CT-CT - Wife - Keeping House Mary - 28 - F - VA-NY-NY - Daughter - Teacher Tillie - 25 - F - NY-NY-NY - Daughter - Teacher George - 23 - M - NY-NY-NY - Son - Works on Farm Emma - 21 - F - NY-NY-NY - Daughter - At Home Edwin Cornell - 19 - M - NY-NY-NY - Other - Works on Farm
  Person ID	I592	1B John Bassett of Connecticut
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2012

  
  

  Father	Stephen Hanford
  Mother	Mary
  Family ID	F430	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clark Bassett,   b. 9 Feb 1810, Dutchess County, New York ,   d. 1883  (Age 72 years)
  Married	1843
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Clay Bassett,   b. 14 Jul 1844, Walton, Delaware County, New York ,   d. Mar 1926, Buffalo County, Nebraska  (Age 81 years) + 2. Benjamin Clark Bassett,   b. 24 Aug 1846, Bedford, Virginia ,   d. 8 Oct 1922, Painted Post, Steuben County, New York  (Age 76 years)   3. James Weaver Bassett,   b. Abt 1849, Virginia   4. Mary Clark Bassett,   b. 4 Jan 1852, Roanoke, Bedford County, Virginia   5. Matilda E. Bassett,   b. Abt 1854, Steuben County, New York + 6. George S. Bassett,   b. 26 Oct 1856, Steuben County, New York ,   d. 22 Feb 1931, Coopers Plains, New York  (Age 74 years)   7. Emma N. Bassett,   b. Abt 1859, Steuben County, New York
  Family ID	F229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart