BASSETT, Charles Julius

1851 - 1918  (67 years)

• Photos » Slide Show		Rasmussen: Christina Rassmussen, wife of Charles Julius Bassett
  		Bassett: Beaver Canyon - 1885 Bassett Stage Office and Hotel. This was the beginning of the 100 mile stage coach trip to Fire Hole Basin in Yellowstone Park with the Bassett Bro. Stage Line.
  		Bassett: Charles Julius Bassett

  
  

  Histories		Bassett: Bassett Bros. Stage Line The stage line began operation in about 1881. It Operated from Beaver Canyon, Idaho to Fire Hole Basin in Yellowstone Park, about 100 miles, with tours through the park.
  		Bassett Brothers Proprietors of Yellowstone National Park Stage Line Six sons of Charles Henry Bassett operated a stagecoach and freight hauling business from Beaver Canyon, Idaho to Yellowstone Park from 1880 to 1896. Some of them were in Virginia City, Montana the winter of 1880-81 as mail carriers at the time the vigilantes were ridding the town of thieves. No one was safe leaving the town because of thieves and murderers along the main road. They saved themselves by abandoning their horses and gear and walking out away from the main road.

  
  

• Name	BASSETT, Charles Julius
  Birth	3 Nov 1851	Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, IA
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Nov 1918	Boise, Ada, ID
  Burial	Pioneer Cemetary, Boise, ID
  Notes	Julius was a talented pianist. He was associated with the Bassett Brothers Yellowstone Park Stage line. He was employed with the Utah Northern Railroad from 1878-1879. The family moved to Blackfoot, Idaho in 1884. He was Commissioner of Immigration from 1897-1899; Secretary of the Territorial Legislature in 1880. He became Secretary of State of Idaho in 1901-1902. He was a kind. gentle and intelligent gentleman and a most efficient government adminstrator. He was a devoted husband and father. From "Family Record of Hiram Dayton and Permilia Bundy Dayton" published Sept 1961 pg 51
  Person ID	I2681	Our Generations Ancestors
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2007

  
  

  Father	BASSETT, Charles Henry,   b. 14 Mar 1828, Ossian, Allegheny, Ny d. 26 Feb 1907, Salt Lake City, S.Lk, Ut (Age 78 years)
  Mother	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
  Family ID	F1236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rasmussen, Christina,   b. 03 Mar 1854, Copenhagen, Denmark d. 10 Sep 1927, home 818 No 8th St, Boise, ID (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1 Mar 1876	Salt Lake City, UT
  Children	1. BASSETT, Annie Permelia,   b. 27 Dec 1876, Salt Lake City, UT d. 01 May 1940, Salt Lake City, UT (Age 63 years)   2. BASSETT, Charles Julius,   b. 20 Oct 1878, Salt Lake City, UT d. 04 Sep 1903, Boise, ID (Age 24 years)   3. BASSETT, Bertha,   b. 08 May 1883, Salt Lake City, UT d. 10 Apr 1900, Boise, ID (Age 16 years)   4. BASSETT, Helen,   b. 08 May 1883, Salt Lake City, UT d. 29 Apr 1942, Boise, ID (Age 58 years)   5. BASSETT, J. Dale,   b. 24 Nov 1887, Blackfoot, ID d. 24 Jul 1888, Blackfoot, ID (Age 0 years)   6. BASSETT, Idaho,   b. 18 Jul 1890, Blackfoot, ID
  Family ID	F1336	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2007