Hermon Bassett (b. 1828)

BASSETT, JENKINS

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 6/23/2005 at 23:07:35

Bassett, Hermon, farmer, Section 11; PO Strawberry Point; born in Lee, Berkshire Co., Mass. in 1828; moved to Sterling, Whiteside Co., Illinois in 1854; located in this county in 1866. Married Miss Pamelia A. Jenkins in 1854; she was born in Cayuga Co., New York in 1833; had seven children --- Edwin J. born April 28, 1857; L. Henry, Sept. 24, 1858; Clara A., June 6, 1861; Charles H., Feb. 12, 1863; Rhoda M., Aug. 3, 1865, died March 16, 1868; John H., Jan. 10, 1869; Nathan A., Aug. 7, 1875, died in 1876. Congregationalists; Republican. Has been Justice of the Peace three years; Township Assessor, one year, Township Clerk and Assessor several terms in Whiteside Co., Illinois. He owns 217 acres of land work $30 per acre.

Page 616-617, 1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa
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