Individual Details
Charles Bassett
(4 Mar 1824 - 11 Apr 1909)
Charles Bassett and Sarah Anne Bassett nee Dennis
This certifies that the heraldic arms of Charles Bassett and Sarah Anne Dennis which were borne by the former's 5th great-grandfather John Bassett are registered and described by the blazon below
Arms: Or, three piles meeting in the base Gules on a canton Argent three bars wavy Azure. Please include for the crest; The upper portion of a woman holding a loaf of bread and a butchers knife proper.
Descent from the last Bassett Armiger
at Bassett Manor in North Luffenham Rutlandshire England
Father: Eldad Bassett (1784-1859) Hamden, CT / Owego, Tioga, NY
Charles Bassett was born at Hamden, New Haven, CT, on 4, March 1824. He was the son of Eldad Bassett and Harriet (Stacey) Bassett. His father Eldad moved the family to Owego, Tioga, NY. Harriet died on the 23rd day of November 1841. There is a discrepancy in the 1850 U.S federal census regarding the birth place of Fredrick .
Charles and Sarah Anne Dennis were married in New York State in 1852. They headed west in 1853 from Broome county, NY, according to the Hopkins City Historical Society, arriving in the Minnesota territory in May of 1854. His wife Sarah Anne Dennis was the daughter of Oliver H. Dennis who was a blacksmith born in the state of CT, in 1810. He later settled at Wayzata, MN, where he died on 19, November, 1872.
This certifies that the heraldic arms of Charles Bassett and Sarah Anne Dennis which were borne by the former's 5th great-grandfather John Bassett are registered and described by the blazon below
Arms: Or, three piles meeting in the base Gules on a canton Argent three bars wavy Azure. Please include for the crest; The upper portion of a woman holding a loaf of bread and a butchers knife proper.
Descent from the last Bassett Armiger
at Bassett Manor in North Luffenham Rutlandshire England
Father: Eldad Bassett (1784-1859) Hamden, CT / Owego, Tioga, NY
Charles Bassett was born at Hamden, New Haven, CT, on 4, March 1824. He was the son of Eldad Bassett and Harriet (Stacey) Bassett. His father Eldad moved the family to Owego, Tioga, NY. Harriet died on the 23rd day of November 1841. There is a discrepancy in the 1850 U.S federal census regarding the birth place of Fredrick .
Charles and Sarah Anne Dennis were married in New York State in 1852. They headed west in 1853 from Broome county, NY, according to the Hopkins City Historical Society, arriving in the Minnesota territory in May of 1854. His wife Sarah Anne Dennis was the daughter of Oliver H. Dennis who was a blacksmith born in the state of CT, in 1810. He later settled at Wayzata, MN, where he died on 19, November, 1872.
Events
| Birth | 4 Mar 1824 | Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut, United States | |||
| Marriage | Ca 1852 | Sara Dennis | |||
| Death | 11 Apr 1909 | Hopkins, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States | |||
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Families
| Spouse | Sara Dennis (1834 - 1911) |
| Child | Viola Almina Bassett (1870 - 1939) |
| Father | Eldad Bassett (1784 - 1859) |
| Mother | Harriett Stacy (1791 - 1841) |
Notes
Description
Charles and Sarah Anne Bassett were charter members of the Mizpah Congregational church at Hopkins, MN, where Anne Mabel Bassett played the organ. Eleven children were born to Charles and Sarah Ann Bassett: Ellen, Charles, Hattie, Lyman, Jennie, Lillian, Elizabeth, Clara,Viola, and Anna Mabel, Myrtle. All were born in Hopkins and were all raised on the Bassett farm. Anne Mabel Bassett became a teacher at the Burnes school in Hopkins.Mr. Charles Bassett died at his farm on the 11th day of April 1909 at the age of 85 years. Charles was laid to rest at Grandview Park Cemetery Hopkins, MN. Sarah Ann followed in death at Minneapolis, MN, on the 17th day of December 1911 at the age of 77. She was laid to rest next to her husband.