Alexander Bassett

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1850 Federal Census of Neshoba County, Mississippi (16 Sep 1850)
Hansford Bassett - 41 - M - South Carolina
Mary - 20 - F - Mississippi
William - 15 - M - Alabama
Alexander - 11 - M - Mississippi
Elizabeth - 9 - F - Mississippi
Lysander - 7 - M - Mississippi
Christopher - 6 - M - Mississippi
Sarah - 1 - F - Mississippi

1860 Federal Census of Township 9, Range 10, Neshoba County, Mississippi (30 Aug 1860)
H. Bassett - 50 - M - South Carolina - Farmer 8250 6378
Mary E. - 30 - F - Mississippi - House Keeper
Alexander - 21 - M - Mississippi - Farmer 175
Elizabeth - 19 - F - Mississippi - Assistant House Keeper
Lisander W. - 18 - M - Mississippi - Farmer
Christopher - 16 - M - Mississippi
Sarah W. - 11 - F - Mississippi
Betsey N. - 9 - F - Mississippi
Windfield - 7 - M - Mississippi
Floyd McC - 5 - M - Mississippi
James G. - 1/12 - M - Mississippi

Family/Spouse: Laney Box. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Masonic Cemetery, Newton County, Mississippi
J.H. Bassett - 02/07/1862 - 12/28/1928 - age 66
Lula B. Bassett (wife of J.H. Bassett) - 02/12/1862 - 10/09/1918 - age 56
W.S. Bassett - 10/14/1852 - 5/20/1923 - age 70

1870 Federal Census of Township 7, Range 10 North, Newton County, Mississippi (20 Jul 1870)
James H. Bassett - 8 - M - Mississippi
Living with James B. and Amanda Box (ages 61 & 47)

1900 Federal Census of Beat 3, Newton County, Mississippi
James H. Bassett - 38 - M - Feb 1862 - MS-MS-MS - Head - Farmer
Lulu - 38- F - Feb 1862 - MS-MS-MS - Wife
Jessie M. - 19 - F - Dec 1882 - MS-MS-MS - Daughter
Leonard - 15 - M - Jun 1884 - MS-MS-MS - Son - Farm labor
Bennie M. - 14 - F - Jul 1885 - MS-MS-MS - Daughter
Felix R. - 11 - M - Aug 1888 - MS-MS-MS - Son - Farm labor
(Married 18 years, 7 children, 4 living)

1910 Federal Census of Newton, Newton County, Mississippi (18 Apr 1910)
James H. Bassett - 48 - M - MS-AL-AL - Head - Agent Insurance
Lulu D. - 48 - F - MS-NC-NC - Wife
Rayburn F. - 21 - M - MS-MS-MS - Son - Carpenter House
(Married 27 years, 8 children, 4 living)

1920 Federal Census of Newton, Newton County, Mississippi (15 Jan 1920)
James H. Bassett - 57 - M - MS-MS-MS - Boarder - Agent Insurance
Cinta - 27 - F - MS-MS-MS - Boarder
(Living on Church Street)

Family/Spouse: Lulu B.. Lulu was born on 12 Feb 1862 in Mississippi; died on 9 Oct 1918 in Mississippi; was buried in Masonic Cemetery, Newton County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1900 Federal Census of Beat 3, Newton County, Mississippi
James H. Bassett - 38 - M - Feb 1862 - MS-MS-MS - Head - Farmer
Lulu - 38- F - Feb 1862 - MS-MS-MS - Wife
Jessie M. - 19 - F - Dec 1882 - MS-MS-MS - Daughter
Leonard - 15 - M - Jun 1884 - MS-MS-MS - Son - Farm labor
Bennie M. - 14 - F - Jul 1885 - MS-MS-MS - Daughter
Felix R. - 11 - M - Aug 1888 - MS-MS-MS - Son - Farm labor
(Married 18 years, 7 children, 4 living)

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1900 Federal Census of Beat 3, Newton County, Mississippi
James H. Bassett - 38 - M - Feb 1862 - MS-MS-MS - Head - Farmer
Lulu - 38- F - Feb 1862 - MS-MS-MS - Wife
Jessie M. - 19 - F - Dec 1882 - MS-MS-MS - Daughter
Leonard - 15 - M - Jun 1884 - MS-MS-MS - Son - Farm labor
Bennie M. - 14 - F - Jul 1885 - MS-MS-MS - Daughter
Felix R. - 11 - M - Aug 1888 - MS-MS-MS - Son - Farm labor
(Married 18 years, 7 children, 4 living)

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1900 Federal Census of Beat 3, Newton County, Mississippi
James H. Bassett - 38 - M - Feb 1862 - MS-MS-MS - Head - Farmer
Lulu - 38- F - Feb 1862 - MS-MS-MS - Wife
Jessie M. - 19 - F - Dec 1882 - MS-MS-MS - Daughter
Leonard - 15 - M - Jun 1884 - MS-MS-MS - Son - Farm labor
Bennie M. - 14 - F - Jul 1885 - MS-MS-MS - Daughter
Felix R. - 11 - M - Aug 1888 - MS-MS-MS - Son - Farm labor
(Married 18 years, 7 children, 4 living)

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Masonic Cemetery, Newton County, Mississippi
James Leroy Bassett (son) - b. 10/9/1914 - d. 1/13/1969 - age 54
Raybon Felix Bassett (father) - b. 8/17/1888 - d. 5/23/1967 - age 78
Margaret Rachel Bassett (mother) - b. 2/3/1890 - d. 8/4/1933 - age 43
Orange A. Bassett - b. 10/11/1889 - d. 1/11/1941 - age 51
Blanche Miley Bassett (married 1/1/1912) - b. 8/3/1890 - d. 3/21/1982 - age 91
William Harper Bassett - b. 12/23/1912 - d. 3/10/1993 - age 80
Jarie Rhodes Bassett (married 1/1/1956) - b. 8/29/1922

1900 Federal Census of Beat 3, Newton County, Mississippi
James H. Bassett - 38 - M - Feb 1862 - MS-MS-MS - Head - Farmer
Lulu - 38- F - Feb 1862 - MS-MS-MS - Wife
Jessie M. - 19 - F - Dec 1882 - MS-MS-MS - Daughter
Leonard - 15 - M - Jun 1884 - MS-MS-MS - Son - Farm labor
Bennie M. - 14 - F - Jul 1885 - MS-MS-MS - Daughter
Felix R. - 11 - M - Aug 1888 - MS-MS-MS - Son - Farm labor
(Married 18 years, 7 children, 4 living)

1910 Federal Census of Newton, Newton County, Mississippi (18 Apr 1910)
James H. Bassett - 48 - M - MS-AL-AL - Head - Agent Insurance
Lulu D. - 48 - F - MS-NC-NC - Wife
Rayburn F. - 21 - M - MS-MS-MS - Son - Carpenter House
(Married 27 years, 8 children, 4 living)

1920 Federal Census of Newton, Newton County, Mississippi (5/9 Jan 1920)
Felix R. Bassett - 30 - M - MS-MS-MS - Head - Carpenter - House
Margee - 29 - F - MS-MS-MS - Wife
Mary - 9 - F - MS-MS-MS - Daughter
Curtis - 5 - M - MS-MS-MS - Son
Dixie - 5/12 - F - MS-MS-MS - Daughter

Family/Spouse: Margaret Rachel Allen. Margaret was born on 3 Feb 1890 in Mississippi; died on 4 Aug 1933; was buried in Masonic Cemetery, Newton County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Times-Post
Houston, Mississippi
Week of February 2, 2005
Margie Allen DeMoville
Okolona - Services for Mrs. Margie Allen DeMoville, 91, who died Sunday, January 30, 2005 at her daughter's home in Tupelo will be held Wednesday, January 2, 2005 at 11 a.m. at the Okolona Presbyterian Church with Reverend Jennifer Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in Oddfellows Cemetery. Lee Memorial/Okolona Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. DeMoville was born in Newton on June 6, 1913 to the late Rayburn Felix and Margaret Rachel Allen Bassett. She was graduated from Mississippi State College for Women (The "W") at the age of 19 with a B.S. in English. Her teaching career included the Egypt School in Chickasaw County where she met her husband, the late J.Q. "Jock" DeMoville, Macon Schools in Noxubee County and substitute teaching in the Okolona Public Schools. She and her husband owned DeMoville Farms, which she oversaw after his death. She had a strong love of the land and its produce and attended area farm meetings until her death.
Mrs. DeMoville was a past President of the PTA in Okolona, the Lanier Club and was an active supporter of the area's visual and performing arts. She was active later in life as an officer in the Daughters of the American Revolution and was a charter member and officer of the Daughters of the American Colonists. She was an award winning poet and author, having published two books of poetry, a distinguished member of the International Poets Society and was often invited to do workshops with various literary groups, including the "W". She was an active member of the Okolona Presbyterian Church for over six decades where she was an honorary elder, President of the Presbyterian Women, a former pianist and organist and active in the choir. She was an avid Mississippi State fan, a generous and quiet philanthropist and beloved mother. She enjoyed her many travels and cruises in the U.S.A. and around the world and revered her homeplace, Twin Oaks, south of Okolona.
Survivors include two daughters, primary caregiver, Margaret Jock DeMoville of Tupelo and Dixie Allen DeMoville Johnson and husband, Robert, of Germantown, Tennessee; two grandchildren, Hugh Allen Johnson of New Orleans and Robert Johnson of Jackson; two brothers-in-law, Louie DeMoville of Okolona and Clifford Yanes of Tennessee.
She was preceded in death by her husband, J.Q. "Jock" DeMoville, who passed away on November 13, 1984; one sister, Dixie Lois Bassett Haynes, one brother, James Lee Bassett.
Pallbearers will be Nick Chandler, Dr. Lloyd Clark, Harvey Fisher, Bob Henson, John Herrod, Sr., John Herrod, Jr., Walter Koehn, Dr. Reynolds McCain, Houston Minniece, Howard Miskelly, Tonquin Stovall, Charles Wardlaw and Sid Whitlock. Memorials may be made to Okolona Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 142, Okolona, Mississippi 38860.

A History of Chickasaw County, Mississippi
By The Chickasaw County Historical and Genealogical Society
Curtis Media Corporation (1985)
F212 DeMoville, John Quin and Margie Allen Bassett
John Quin DeMoville, called Jock, was born in Egypt, March 26, 1909. His parents were Larkin Edward and Johnnie Quin Thornton DeMoville. They are the subject of another story in this book. Margie Allen Bassett's parents were Rayborn Felix and Margaret Rachel Allen Bassett of Newton, Mississippi. She graduated from Newton High School and Mississippi State College for Women and taught English at Egypt and Macon high schools prior to her marriage. Jock was a graduate of of Egypt High School and a member of the school of science, class of 1932, of Mississippi A&M College. There, he was a member of Beta Kappa Fraternity. Jock and Margie Allen were married December 20, 1940 in the First Methodist Church, Macon, Mississippi. They first lived in his family's home three miles west of Egypt which they purchased from the other heirs. In 1956 they moved into their new home half way between Egypt and Okolona on highway 45 A. Here their two daughters would grow up.
Dixie Allen is Jock and Margie Allen's elder daughter. She graduated from Okolona High School and Southwestern at Memphis and taught English and was children's librarian at White Station Library in Memphis. Her husband is Robert Hugh Johnson and they are the parents of Hugh Allen, a student at Memphis University School, and Robert Quin, who attends Christ United Methodist Church School. The DeMoville's second daughter is Margaret Jock who is married to Gary L. Carnathan, an attorney, and lived in Tupelo. Margaret is a graduate of Okolona High School, Mississippi State University, and Trans World Airlines Stewardess School in Kansas City. Before her marriage she lived in New York where she flew with and was a public relations speaker for Trans World Airlines and was a model.
Margie Allen is very talented literarially and musically. She has published two books of poetry. In her devotion to the Okolona Presbyterian Church she has served as organist for many years. Jock was one of the largest and most successful planters and cattlemen in north Mississippi. Possessing an acute intelligence and capacity for detail, his sense of humor and unusual memory for faces made many friends. His generosity, in both time and money, was widely recognized. Jock was an Elder in the First Presbyterian Church and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Okolona at the time of his death. In 1966 he received Okolona's Community Award for oustanding service. Long active in the Mississippi Cattlemen's Association, Jock received that group's certificate of merit for outstanding service in 1962, served as its president in 1968, and, in 1982, was inducted into its Hall of Fame. Magazines and periodicals recognized Jock's accomplishments. In 1965, he and his family received the Master Farm Family of Mississippi Award and were featured in the Progressive Farmer magazine. In March 1958 Jock's cattle operations were the lead story in Mississippi Stockman - Farmer magazine. Commerical Buyer's Guide and Southern Beef Producer carried stories on his cattle and calf business. Jock was a Patron of Excellence for the Mississippi State University Development Foundation and served on its board of directors. He was a colonel on the staffs of Governors Hugh White and John B. Williams and was chairman of the Mississippi Penitentiary Board for two governor's administrations. The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce recognized Jock with its Award for Extraordinary and Outstanding Service to Mississippi Agriculture. He received the Certificate of Merit from the Chickasaw County Soil Conversation District. For many years Jock was chairman of the Chuquatonchee Drainage District. Jock died as a result of an automobile accident November 13, 1984. His worth to his community and delightful, happy personality will be long remembered.

1920 Federal Census of Newton, Newton County, Mississippi (5/9 Jan 1920)
Felix R. Bassett - 30 - M - MS-MS-MS - Head - Carpenter - House
Margee - 29 - F - MS-MS-MS - Wife
Mary - 9 - F - MS-MS-MS - Daughter
Curtis - 5 - M - MS-MS-MS - Son
Dixie - 5/12 - F - MS-MS-MS - Daughter

Margie married John Quin (Jock) DeMoville on 20 Dec 1940 in First Methodist Church, Macon, Mississippi. John (son of Larkin Edward DeMoville and Johnnie Quin Thornton) was born on 26 Mar 1909 in Egypt, Mississippi; died on 13 Nov 1984. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Masonic Cemetery, Newton County, Mississippi
James Leroy Bassett (son) - b. 10/9/1914 - d. 1/13/1969 - age 54
Raybon Felix Bassett (father) - b. 8/17/1888 - d. 5/23/1967 - age 78
Margaret Rachel Bassett (mother) - b. 2/3/1890 - d. 8/4/1933 - age 43
Orange A. Bassett - b. 10/11/1889 - d. 1/11/1941 - age 51
Blanche Miley Bassett (married 1/1/1912) - b. 8/3/1890 - d. 3/21/1982 - age 91
William Harper Bassett - b. 12/23/1912 - d. 3/10/1993 - age 80
Jarie Rhodes Bassett (married 1/1/1956) - b. 8/29/1922

1920 Federal Census of Newton, Newton County, Mississippi (5/9 Jan 1920)
Felix R. Bassett - 30 - M - MS-MS-MS - Head - Carpenter - House
Margee - 29 - F - MS-MS-MS - Wife
Mary - 9 - F - MS-MS-MS - Daughter
Curtis - 5 - M - MS-MS-MS - Son
Dixie - 5/12 - F - MS-MS-MS - Daughter

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]