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- The Messenger, May 2000
Mary Ruth Bassett Hobgood
Madisonville, Ky. - Mary Ruth Hobgood, 83, of Madisonville, died at 11:15 a.m. Sunday May 21, 2000, at her residence. She was born in Hopkins Co., Ky., to the late Hiram Bassett and Ella Wilson Bassett. She was a housewife and a member of First Christian Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband B.L. Hobgood, on May 5, 1998, and one daughter Carolyn Williams on July 29, 1967. She is survived by one son, Byron Lee Hobgood of Madisonville; one brother, Hiram Bassett, Jr., 4 granddaughters; three great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Services will be 2 p.m. today at Barnett-Strother Funeral Home, with the Rev. Tom Webster officiating. Burial will be in Grapevine Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Jonathan Winstead, Timothy Huddleston, Mike Bassett, Rusty Holland, H.G. Davis, and Greg Davis.
Memorial contributions may take the form of donations to the Shriner's Hospital. Memorial contribution envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
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.
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Bassett Family Association Database
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