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- Daily Herald, Biloxi, Mississippi, Saturday, May 9, 1936
Negro Held For Slaying Planter in Scott County
Meridian, Miss., May 9 ? (AP) ? H. Clay Bassett, 60, a white farmer of Harperville, died today in a Meridian hospital from gunshot wounds and a fractured skull which officers said were inflicted by a negro tenant.
Sheriff D.D. Austin, of Scott County, reported that Luther Benton, 45-year-old negro tenant on the Harperville place, surrendered to City Marshal Howard McCrory and was turned over to him in connection with the farmer?s death.
The sheriff said Benton made a statement to officers on the shooting but its contents were not disclosed.
Hospital attaches said the farmer appeared to have been beaten severely.
Bassett is survived by his widow and four daughters, Misses Mary, Marian, Lois, and Mildred Bassett.
1880 Federal Census of Beat #3, Newton County, Mississippi (22 Jun 1880)
W.S. Bassett - 27 - M - MS-SC-MS - Head - Farmer
Mary H. - 18 - F - MS-GA-GA - Wife - Keep House
Henry C. - 8/12 - M - MS-MS-MS - Son - Born Sept.
Mary E. - 50 - F - GA-GA-GA - Mother - Assists Keeping House
1900 Federal Census of Beat 5, Scott County, Mississippi (14 Jun 1900)
Mary H. Bassett - 38 - F - Sep 1861 - MS-GA-GA - Head
Henry P. - 20 - M - Sep 1879 - MS-MS-MS - Son - Farmer
Robert L. - 17 - M - Dec 1882 - MS-MS-MS - Son - Farm Laborer
Sarah F. - 15 - F - Mar 1885 - MS-MS-MS - Daughter
Adella N. - 13 - F - Jan 1887 - MS-MS-MS - Daughter
James B. - 11- M - Jun 1889 - MS-MS-MS - Son - Farm Laborer
Messic H. - 9 - M - Mar 1891 - MS-MS-MS - Son
Darthy J. - 7 - F - Jan 18892 - MS-MS-MS - Daughter
Covington C. - 5 - M - Jan 1895 - MS-MS-MS - Son
Sidney C. - 3 - M - Mar 1897 - MS-MS-MS - Son
William C. - 2 - M - Apr 1898 - MS-MS-MS - Son
(13 children, 11 living)
1910 Federal Census of Forest, Scott County, Mississippi (10 May 1910)
H.C. Bassett - 30 - M - MS-MS-MS - Boarder - Salesman Oil Company
Stellar - 32 - F- MS-MS-MS - Boarder
(Living with many others)
1930 Federal Census of Beat 5, Scott County, Mississippi (10 Apr 1930)
H. Clay Bassett 50 M MS MS MS Head Farmer General Farm
Stella M. 52 F MS MS MS Wife
Mary 19 F MS MS MS Daughter
Marion A. 19 F MS MS MS Daughter
Lois R. 15 F MS MS MS Daughter
Mildred 12 F MS MS MS Daughter
(Married at 30 & 32)
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