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Hiram Bassett

Male 1881 - 1955  (74 years)


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  • Name Hiram Bassett 
    Born 19 Feb 1881  Hopkins County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID BC413DC87B559D438D60D5DF690F702F6A36 
    Died 24 May 1955  Hopkins County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Evansville Courier, Wednesday, May 25, 1955
      Hiram Bassett Sr.

      MADISONVILLE, Ky., May 24 ? (Special) ? Hiram Bassett Sr., 74, member of a pioneer Hopkins County family, died at 1:40 p.m. today in Hopkins County Hospital here. He had been ill three years with a heart ailment.
      Surviving are the wife, Ella Wilson Bassett, a son, Hiram Bassett Jr.; one daughter, Mrs. B.L. Hobgood; a sister, Mrs. Cordie Rich, and four grandchildren, all of Madisonville.
      Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. (CST) Wednesday at William L. Barnett Funeral Home with the Rev. Harold Tallant officiating. Burial will be in Grapevine Cemetery.
      The body is at the funeral home where friends may call.



      Hopkins County, Kentucky
      Volume I - 1988
      Bassett
      The Bassett family was a prominent family in Kentucky having lived here for many years, since the great grandparents of Amos Bassett came in the early 1800's.
      Amos (1815-1899), the second son of Captain John Stout Bassett, served as Deputy Sheriff of Bracken County before coming to Hopkins County in 1841. He married Lucy Waller Nesbit on Sept. 20, 1842. They had eleven children: Lucien, George, William (Bud), Mark K., Elijah, Laura, Samuel, Jenny, Fannie, John and Jessie.
      (I) Lucien married Agnes Pritchett and his children were: James, Alvin Gordon and Mary Lee Bassett.
      (II) George (1846-1914) was unmarried. George, William and Elijah owned a livery stable and saw mill in Hopkins Co. George had a contract to do the first paving of Madisonville streets.
      (III) William (Bud), farmer and sawmill owner, married Josie Fugate. Their children were: Hirom, Lucy, Lizzie, Sammie, Cordie and Nina (1) Hirom married Ella Wilson and they had three children: (1a) Mary Ruth who married B.L. Hobgood, parents of Byron Lee Hobgood, Attorney, and Carolyn Williams (deceased). (1b) Hiram Jr., who married Mary Etta Beeny, parents of Michael and Beverly Bassett. (2) Lucy, unmarried, reared the family of her sister, Sammie Bassett Tapp (deceased). (3) Lizzie (1894-1910). (4) Sammie married Willis J. Tapp and their children were: (4a) W.R. (Bob) Tapp (deceased) married Mary Eleanor Huston. (4b) Josephine Tapp married Samuel James Baker (deceased). They had one daughter (deceased). (4c) Margaret Tapp married Hugh Davis Noe and had two children, Sarah Noe Davis and Sam Noe. (5) Cordie married James Rich. (6) Nina married Hal Jackson Tapp and their children were: (6a) Lucy Bassett Tapp married Walter C. Hopkins - children Thomas W. Hopkins, Louisville, KY, and Peggy Hopkins Landini, Washington, D.C. (6b) Betsy Tapp of Louisville, KY.
      (IV) Mary K. married Dr. Mandely Winstead and their children were: Kate and Amos.
      (V) Elijah married Mrs. Cordie Rover and at her death married Margaret Bull.
      (VI) Laura (1855-1858).
      (VII) Samuel married Mary Jones and had one child, Elizabeth, who married Fred Earhart whose children were: Ann Earhart and Charles Earhart.
      (VIII) Jenny married Yateman Johnson and had two children: (1) Lucien married Myrtle Tucker and had four children - Sarah Alice, Ray, Frank and Roy. (2) Lucy married R.L. Ferguson.
      (IX) Fannie married Ed Kirkwood and had three children: (1) George Bassett Kirkwood (married). (2) Willis Kirkwood. (3) Nan Kirkwood married Mr. Beard and at his death Mr. Shaw. One daughter, Frances, now deceased.
      (X) John married Sally Morgan and their children were: (1) Fannie Waller married Lana Graham. (2) Mildred married Strother Branson. (3) Mary Ellen married Robert Nixon. (4) Elijah married Ruth Crick. (5) Sarah married Mr. Wilkerson.
      (XI) Jessie married Alvin Sisk and had six children: (1) Samuel Bassett Sisk, (2) Bart Sisk, (3) Hanson Sisk, (4) Alvin Sisk, Jr., married Grace Jones, (5) Jessie Sisk married Ferguson Brown and (6) Louise Sisk married Mr. Newkirk.
      Submitted by Margaret Tapp Noe and Lucy Tapp Hopkins.
    Person ID I865  8B John Bassett of Hunterdon County, New Jersey
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2015 

    Father William (Bud) Bassett,   b. 29 Jun 1848,   d. 9 Mar 1919  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Josie Fugate,   b. 1 Nov 1853,   d. 3 Jan 1894  (Age 40 years) 
    Married 11 Feb 1874 
    Family ID F189  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ella Douglas Wilson 
    Married 26 Nov 1913  Hopkins County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Mary Ruth Bassett,   b. Hopkins County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 2000, Madisonville, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. James William Bassett
    +3. Hiram Bassett, Jr.
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2015 
    Family ID F303  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart