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Edgar Maltessee Bassett

Male 1866 - 1941  (75 years)


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  • Name Edgar Maltessee Bassett 
    Born 4 May 1866  Neshoba County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 71DA14283C8EE048954A9376B154FB92F3DE 
    Died 3 Jun 1941  Neshoba County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Federal Census of Dixon & Waldo, Neshoba County, MS (29 Jun 1900)
      Edgar Bassett 34 M May 1876 MS GA TN Head Farmer
      Susie 30 F Oct 1868 MS GA GA Wife
      Willie E. 11 M Dec 1888 MS MS MS Son Farm Labor
      Erenst R. 7 M Nov 1892 MS MS MS Son
      Bertha 5 F Apr 1895 MS MS MS Daughter
      Mertle 10/12 F Jul 1899 MS MS MS Daughter
      (Married 12 years, 4 children, 4 living)

      Edgar M. Bassett
      Neshoba Baptist Church Records
      Neshoba Community, Neshoba County, MS

      Brother Edgar M. Bassett was born in Neshoba County May 4, 1866. He was the oldest son of Captain W.L. and Geraldine Bassett. He died at his house near Union 1941. Bro. Bassett joined the New Hope (The Neshoba Baptist Church) in Aug 1884. With the exception of a short time in which he lived at Union, he was a faithful and beloved member of his church until the day of this death, almost 60 years. Bro. Bassett was married to Miss Susie Adams in December 1881. At this writing Mrs. Bassett is still living. To this union were born 3 boys and 2 girls. One of the boys, Emett, died in 1922, Ethel of San Antonio, Texas, Earle of Meridian, Miss., Bertha (Mrs. Ed Rivers) of Neshoba and Myrtle, Mrs. George Sayles of Texarkana, Texas, are still living. Bro. Bassett was a Christian gentleman and a useful citizen, a good neighbor and a loving husband and father. In his death our Church and community has sustained a distinct loss, but we give thanks to an all-wise God that such a man lived and that enjoyed the blessing of Bro. Bassett having spent such a long and useful life in our midst. Therefore be it resolved by the Neshoba Baptist Church in conference that we give this expression of Bro. Bassett's influence and usefulness in our Church and our sorrow at his passing. Be it resolved further that a copy of the resolutions be written into our church record and that a copy be presented to each member of Bro. Bassett's family with our sympathies and prayers. Committee: B.F. Rhodes, R.B. Vance, B.H. Walton.
    Person ID I944  48B Francis Bassett of South Carolina
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2013 

    Father William Laudius Bassett,   b. 16 Dec 1835, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1908, Neshoba County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Lucy Jeroline Crockett,   b. 8 May 1839,   d. 1 Jun 1898  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 7 Feb 1865  Neshoba County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F171  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Susan "Susie" Frances Adams,   b. Oct 1868, Newton, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1954, Meridian, Lauderdale Co., Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Children 
    +1. William Ethel Bassett,   b. 23 Dec 1888, Neshoba County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1965, Devine, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. Ernest Randolph Bassett,   b. 8 Nov 1892, Neshoba County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1922, San Antonio, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years)
     3. Bertha Eola Bassett,   b. 11 Apr 1895, Neshoba County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1974, Meridian, Lauderdale Co., Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +4. Myrtle Jeroline Bassett,   b. 22 Jul 1899, Neshoba County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1967, Texarkana, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    +5. Living
    Family ID F534  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart