 1828 - 1907 (78 years)
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| Name |
BASSETT, Charles Henry |
| Birth |
14 Mar 1828 |
Ossian, Allegheny, Ny  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
26 Feb 1907 |
Salt Lake City, S.Lk, Ut |
| Burial |
1 Mar 1907 |
Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA |
| Notes |
- PROPERTY:
Nauvoo Northeast corner of Ripley and Warsaw
- see www.early.lds.com search for Charles Henry Bassett
- Through Bill Bassett from "Jeffery" in Illinois
Charles Henry Bassett was born March 14, 1828, in Ossian, Allegany, New York. He is the son of Elias Basssett and Matilda Salter, of this McGaw Pioneer Company. He married Permilia Mindwell Dayton March 18, 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock Illinois. She is the daughter of Hyrum Dayton and Permelia Bundy and was born February 11, 1823, in Farmington, Geauga, Ohio. In December 13, 1846, they are in Montrose, Lee, Iowa where their daughter Helen Maria was born. By August 5, 1848, they are in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa with the Saints when their daughter Flora Elizabeth was born. They are not listed in the 1850 or 1852 census in Iowa. Charles Henry Bassett was called to be Captain of the 4th Ten in the James McGaw Pioneer Company. A picture of Charles Henry Bassett is in Utah Pioneers and Prominent Men. He was a High Priest and a missionary to Ohio in 1854. He was a brilliant, scholarly, gentleman. At the age of 15, he taught school. In Council Bluffs, Iowa, he clerked in a store. He developed an interest in merchandise sales and purchasing. After his arrival in the Salt Lake Valley he went, by horse team, to Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, to obtain goods for retail sales, becoming a very successful merchant. He later became a bookkeeper in the Bishop General Storehouse. He served on a mission to Ohio in 1864. He became a High Priest in the Liberty Stake of Zion. Permilla died April 9, 1876, in Salt Lake City, Utah of pneumonia. The 1880 Federal Census locates Charles Bassett living in Salt Lake City, where he is a clerk in store. Charles H. Bassett wrote an essay called “Death and Burial on the Plains. This essay tells of life and death on the plains while they are camped on the Wood River in Iowa. He records the death of Joel Sprouse, how he died and was buried. Permela is mentioned in this report. He is listed as C.H. Bassett age 24, wife Permela age 29, and children Helen (Marie) age 6, Florinda(Elizabeth ) age 3, and Charles (Julius) aged 8 months.
- He was a brilliant, scholarly gentleman. At the age of fifteen he taught school. In Council Bluffs. IA he clerked in a store. During this time he developed a particular interest in buying and selling merchandise. He went by team to Los Angeles and San Francisco to obtain goods for retail sales. He was a successful merchant. Later he was a bookkeeper in the Bishop's General Storehouse. He served on a mission to Ohio in 1864. He was a zealous, devout and faithful member of the church of his choice. He became a High Priest in the Liberty Stake of Zion.
From "Family Record of Hiram Dayton and
Permilia Bundy Dayton" published Sept 1961 pg 35
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| Person ID |
I15 |
Our Generations Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
13 Jun 2009 |
| Father |
BASSETT, Elias, b. 16 Feb 1800, Stephentown, Raensaleaer, Ny d. 24 May 1869, Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Ut (Age 69 years) |
| Mother |
SALTER, Matilda, b. 16 Jul 1800, Northfield, Ontario, Ny d. 18 Oct 1878 (Age 78 years) |
| Family ID |
F1233 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
DAYTON, Permilia Mindwell, b. 11 Feb 1823, Farmington, Geauga, Oh d. 9 Apr 1876, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Ut (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage |
18 Mar 1845 |
| Children |
| | 1. BASSETT, Helen Marie, b. 13 Dec 1846, Montrose, Lee, IA d. 1 Oct 1921, Provo, Utah, Utah (Age 74 years) |
| | 2. BASSETT, Flora Elizabeth, b. 5 Aug 1848, Council Bluffs IA d. 3 Dec 1916, Provo, Utah, Utah (Age 68 years) |
| + | 3. BASSETT, Charles Julius, b. 3 Nov 1851, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, IA d. 26 Nov 1918, Boise, Ada, ID (Age 67 years) |
| + | 4. BASSETT, Charles Henry II, b. 4 Mar 1855, Salt Lake City, UT d. 24 July 1940, Lago, Caribou, ID (Age 85 years) |
| | 5. BASSETT, Francis Augustus, b. 1856, Salt Lake City, Utah d. 7 Aug 1919, Lago, Caribou, ID (Age 63 years) |
| | 6. BASSETT, Annie Matilda, b. 17 Aug 1861, Salt Lake City, UT d. 10 Sep 1886, Salt Lake City, UT (Age 25 years) |
| | 7. BASSETT, Fred Clayton, b. 26 Jun 1865, Salt Lake City, UT d. 29 Oct 1946, Salt Lake City, UT (Age 81 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1236 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
7 Nov 2007 |
| Family 2 |
KNIGHT, Mary Elizabeth, b. 16 Jun 1836, Gallatin, Clay County, Mo d. 16 Nov 1926, Salt Lake City, S.lk, Ut (Age 90 years) |
| Marriage |
5 Mar 1853 |
Salt Lake City, S.lk, Ut |
| Children |
| | 1. BASSETT, Mary Ellen, b. 9 Jun 1854, Salt Lake City, S.L., Ut d. 14 Feb 1917 (Age 62 years) |
| | 2. BASSETT, Melvie Amanda, b. 28 Jul 1856, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Ut d. 24 Dec 1938, Ogden, Weber, Ut (Age 82 years) |
| + | 3. BASSETT, William Henry, b. 14 Mar 1858, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Ut d. 29 Dec 1929, Pocatello, Bannock, Id (Age 71 years) [Father: Sealing] [Mother: Sealing] |
| | 4. BASSETT, James Lester, b. 25 Jan 1860, Salt Lake City, S.l., Ut d. 7 Sep 1860 (Age 0 years) |
| + | 5. BASSETT, Ernest Knight, b. 13 Jun 1861, Salt Lake City, S.L., Ut d. 18 Apr 1944, Salt Lake City, UT (Age 82 years) |
| | 6. BASSETT, Lutie Canfield, b. 13 Jul 1868, Salt Lake City, S.l., Ut d. 20 Sep 1869 (Age 1 year) |
| | 7. BASSETT, Ruby Rosaltha, b. 13 May 1871, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Ut d. 15 Apr 1957, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Ut (Age 85 years) |
| | 8. BASSETT, Roscoe Knight, b. 28 May 1874, Salt Lake City, S.L., Ut d. 11 Jul 1878 (Age 4 years) |
| + | 9. BASSETT, Lois Knight, b. 13 Apr 1879, Salt Lake City, , Ut d. 18 Jun 1947, Salt Lake City, , Ut (Age 68 years) |
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| Family ID |
F939 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 4 |
WRIGHT, Amanda Melvina, b. 18 Jan 1838, Philadelphia, PA |
| Marriage |
9 Nov 1856 |
| Notes |
- see www.early.lds.com search for Charles Henry Bassett
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| Children |
| | 1. BASSETT, Millie Elizabeth, b. 21 Sep 1857, Salt Lake City, UT d. 25 Dec 1915 (Age 58 years) |
| | 2. BASSETT, Minnie Mindwell, b. 26 Feb 1860 |
| | 3. BASSETT, Clarice Amanda, b. 6 Jun 1862, Salt Lake City, UT |
| | 4. BASSETT, Henry Lawrence, b. 28 May 1864, Salt Lake City, UT |
| | 5. BASSETT, Alfred Wright, b. 1 Oct 1866, Salt Lake City, UT |
| | 6. Bassett, LaNora Lucy, b. 06 Jan 1869, Salt Lake City, UT |
| | 7. BASSETT, David Walter, b. 21 Feb 1871, Salt Lake City, UT |
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| Family ID |
F1238 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
17 Oct 2010 |
| Family 5 |
PHIPPEN, Permelia Francelia, b. 31 Aug 1854, Grantsville, Ut d. 11 Aug 1941, Oakland, Ca (Age 86 years) |
| Marriage |
25 Jul 1871 |
| Children |
| | 1. BASSETT, Don Carlos, b. 16 SEPT 1873, Salt Lake City, UT d. 19 Oct 1916 (Age 43 years) |
| | 2. BASSETT, Issac, b. 26 Jun 1877, Salt Lake City, UT d. 26 Jun 1877 (Age 0 years) |
| | 3. BASSETT, Gertrude P, b. 4 Jun 1878, Salt Lake City, UT d. 16 Dec 1887 (Age 9 years) |
| | 4. BASSETT, Freeman Phippen, b. 28 Dec 1881, Salt Lake City, UT |
| | 5. BASSETT, Hyrum Dexter, b. 8 Oct 1886, Salt Lake City, UT d. 1 Aug 1887 (Age 0 years) |
| | 6. BASSETT, Allen Salter, b. 28 Nov 1887 |
| | 7. BASSETT, Cora Ada, b. 8 Jul 1890 |
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| Family ID |
F1235 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
17 Oct 2010 |
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| Sources |
- [S5] #2, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utahpage 740.
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