A Genealogy Report For WILLIAM M BASSETT - INGenWeb

William M Bassett Direct Relations
Saul (Samuel) Bassett, 13, M, W, IA
Alice Bassett. 10, F, W, IA
James, 7, M, W, IA
Sherman, 5, M, W, IA
Newton, 2, M, W, IA
Thomas, 2 mo, M, W, IA [born July 1870]State: Iowa County: LINN Locale: PUTNAM TWP, Post Office: Cedar Rapids
Series: M593 Roll: 405 Part: 1 Page: 388A,, Post Office: Cedar Rapids. Roll: M593_405 Page: 388 Image: 702 Year:
1870.Taken 7 August 1870
1880 US Census
Thomas BASSETT, 46 Est year: place: IN Occupation: Farmer, Marital status: Married Race: White Male, Head of
household: Thomas BASSETT Father's birthplace: IN Mother's birthplace: IN
Elizabeth Bassett, wife, 42, W, F, IN
Sherman, 15, son, M, W, IA
Newton, 13, son, M, W, IA
Robert, 10, son, M, W, IA
Thomas C, 7, son, M, W, IA
Eva, 5, dau, F, W, IA
Oscar, 2, son, M, W, IA
Cora, 3 mo, dau, F, W, IA [born March 1880]
Image Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: Putnam, Linn, Iowa; Roll: T9_351; Family History Film: 1254351; Page: 351C;
Enumeration District: 274; Image: 0704. Taken 17 June 1880.
BIOGRAPHY:
1. History of Linn County,1878, Iowa, Chicago: Western Historical Company, LaCrosse: Brookhaven Press, 2001: Bassett,
Thomas page 780.
A History of Linn County, Iowa, containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c., a Biographical Directory of its
Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and
Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Linn County, Constitution of the United States,
Miscellaneous Matters, &c.
Biographical Directory, Putnam Township.
Thomas Bassett: Farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Ely; born in Ripley Co., Ind., in September, 1834. Married Elizabeth Gilliland in
1855; she was born in Ripley Co., Ind., in 1838; moved to Linn Co., Iowa, in 1855; they have had ten children, eight
living--Sarah, Samuel, Alice, Sherman, Newton, Robert, Thomas and Eva; James deceased. Mr. Bassett owns 275 acres of
land, valued at $40 per acre. Mr. and Mrs. Bassett are members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Bassett was one of the early
pioneers of Linn Co., Iowa.
2. Cross Plains Baptist Church (Brown Twp., Ripley Co.) The Cross Plains Baptist Church was founded May 18, 1843
when ten men and eleven women joined and associated with the Laughery Baptist Association. The History of Switzerland
Co. (p. 1162) reports that Cross Plains grew out of Brushy Fork Baptist Church, which also produced Cross Plains' first
minister, the Rev. Robert Stevenson who was ordained at Brushy Fork and who preached in so many churches in
Southeastern Indiana. At this point, Stevenson had not yet been ordained.
The action is reflected in the Brushy Fork minutes of the third Saturday in April 1843 which report that "the church granted
Several members of dismission namely, Augustus Lathrop and wife, Henry Reed and wife and Samuel Reed and wife and
Gerua D. Grover. Second the church has agreed to send six of her members to the Cross planes to aid in Constituting of a
church namely John Mathis, John Christie, Robert Stevenson, Alfred Miles, Joseph Voyles, Wm Wicuff." (Punctuation added)
The original church structure was completed in June 1844 and is still in use. George A. .and Mary Roberts sold the
trustees one acre for $12 on Dec. 25, 1845 in the N1/2 NW1/4 Section 28 Twp. 6N Range 12E (Ripley Co. Deed Book M p.
499.) The trustees were Augustus Lathrop, William Bassett and Thomas Bassett. The church joined the Long Run Baptist
Association on the third Saturday September 1852. Messengers were J.M. Nicholson and John Bassett. The church reported
forty members at the time. The church graveyard dates from at least February 1855 when it is first mentioned in church
records.
http://myindianahome.net/gen/jeff/records/church/chscott1.html
3. Civil War - Military Service There is a Thomas Bassett listed in Ripley Co., IN, Civil War Veterans: rank of Corp, in the
146th Regiment, A Co., mustered out on 14 Feb 1865, from Cross Plains, IN.
146th Regiment Infantry - Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in March 9, 1865. Left State for Harper's Ferry, W.
Va., March 11. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Provisional Division, Army of the Shenandoah. Duty at Charleston, Winchester,
Stevenson's Depot, Jordan's Springs and Summit Point until July 27. Ordered to Baltimore, Md., July 27, and assigned to
duty in the Military District of Delaware by detachments. Mustered out at Baltimore, Md., August 31, 1865.
Lost 31 by disease during service.
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