BASSETT, Lois Knight

Lois married Gatrell, Cyrus Grosvenor on 24 Apr 1920. Cyrus (son of Gatrell, George and Beckwith, Amelia) was born on 19 Aug 1874 in Jackson, JC. Michigan; died on 27 Sep 1959 in Salt Lake City, UT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living

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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

Charles married KNIGHT, Mary Elizabeth on 5 Mar 1853 in Salt Lake City, S.lk, Ut. Mary (daughter of KNIGHT, Joseph [jr.] and COVERT, Betsy) was born on 16 Jun 1836 in Gallatin, Clay County, Mo; died on 16 Nov 1926 in Salt Lake City, S.lk, Ut; was buried in Nov 1926 in Salt Lake City, S.lk, Ut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Baptized (LDS):
Baptized in 1844 by T. Riggs. Confirmed by J. Johnson. Rebaptized July 9, 1853.
From history by Athleen Bassett.

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Residence 1849/1852 North Pigeon Branch, Harrison, Iowa, USA see www.earlylds.com

PROPERTY:
Kimball 1st: Block 5 Lot 55
see www.earlylds.com


Baptized (LDS):
also 16 Apr 1997 ARIZO

Name:
Elias Bassett is a son of #12B Oliver and Betsey Bassett.

A copy of this obituary was provided to me by Steven Passey.

Deseret News Weekly, 3 Jun 1868


Died:
At the residence of James McGaw, Ogden city, May 25th, Elias Bassett, in the 69th year of his age. Deceased was the father of C.H. Bassett, Salt Lake City, and Mrs. Mary M. McGaw, Ogden city. He was born in Rensalaer county, near Albany, N.Y.; was baptized in to the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Alleghany county, N.Y., in 1843; the following year emigrated to Nauvoo, Ill,; was driven thence by mob violence in 1846; moved to Winter Quarters in 1847, recrossed the Missouri river into Iowa in 1848; and gathered here in 1852.
Bro. Bassett was among the very few of whom it may be said, ?He never had an enemy.? He was a kind husband, a tender father and devout Christian. In life he was beloved by all who knew him, and his death is mourned by many sorrowing friends. ? COM

(Note: Sunday was actually 24 May 1868 instead of the 25th as stated in the article.)

Taken from July 2008 newsletter Bassettbranches.org

Elias married SALTER, Matilda. Matilda (daughter of SALTER, John and Phebe) was born on 16 Jul 1800 in Northfield, Ontario, Ny; died on 18 Oct 1878; was buried on 22 Oct 1878 in Ogden City Cemet, Ogden, Weber, Ut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married COVERT, Betsy on 22 Mar 1832 in Kirtland, Oh. Betsy (daughter of COVERT, James and JUDD, Martha) was born on 27 Jul 1813 in Mayfield, Cuyoga Co., Oh; died on 5 May 1876 in Salt Lake City, Ut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Phebe about 1779 in New York. Phebe was born about 1780 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joseph Knight, one of the earliest members of the Church, was an American by birth, though the exact place and date of birth is not known. He was well advanced in years when the work of the Lord in these last days began to come forth . From the journal of his son, Newel Knight, it is learned that Joseph Knight Sen., married Polly Peck; that he moved into the State of New York in 1809, and settled on the Susquehanna river, near the great Bend, in the township of Bainbridge, Chenango county. Two years later he moved to Colesville, Broome county, NY, where he remained nineteen years. "My father," says Newel Knight in his journal owned a farm, a grist mill and carder machine. He was not rich, yet he possessed enough of this world's goods to secure to himself and family, not only the necessities, but also for the comforts of life. His family, consisting of my mother, three sons and four daughters, he reared in a genteel and respectable manner and gave his children a good common school education. My father was a sober, honest man, generally respectedd and beloved by his neighbors and acquaintances . He did not belong to any religious sect, but was a believer in the universalian doctrine." The business in which Joseph Knight, sen., engaged made it necessary at times for him to hire men, and the Prophet Joseph was occasionally employed by him. To the Knight family, who were greatly attached to him, the young prophet related many of the things God had revealed respecting the Book of Mormon, then as yet to come forth, So far at least was the elder Knight taken in to the Prophet's confidence that he purposely so arranged his affairs as to be at the Smith family residence near Manchester, at the time the plates of the Book of Mormon were given into Joseph's possession. Mr. Knight had driven to the Smith residence with a horse and carriage, and in this conveyance, according to the statement of both Lucy Smith, mother of the Prophet (see Lucy Smith's History of the Prophet Joseph Smith, chapter 23), and Joseph Knight sen., Joseph in company with his wife Emma drove away very early-- before daylight--on the morning of Sept. 22nd, 1827-- it is presumed, of course the Prophet drove to the hill Cumorah and there received from Moroni the plates of the Book of Mormon, etc. Mr. Knight remained at the Smith residence at Manchester, several days and was there the day Joseph brought home the plates, and in company with Joseph Smith, sen., and Mr. Stoal-- who was also present at the Smith residence in company with Mr. Knight-- went in search of those men who had assailed the Prophet while on his way home with the plates, but they did not find them. Joseph Smith in his history of Aug. 22, 1842, refers to Joseph Knight in the following endearing terms: "I am now recording in the Book of Law of the Lord, of such as have stood by me every hour of peril, for instance, my aged and beloved brother, Joseph Knight, sen., who was among the number of the first to administer to my necessities, while I was laboring in the commencement of the bringing forth of the work of the Lord and of laying the foundation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints. For fifteen years he has been faithful and true, and even-handed, and exemplary, and virturous, and kind , never deviating to the right hand or to the left. Behold he is a righteous man; may God Almighty lengthen out the old man's days; and may his trembling, tortured and broken body be renewed and the viggo of health turn upon him, if it be thy will, consistently, O God; and it shall be said of him by the sons of Zion, while there is one of them remaining, that this man was a faithful man in Israel, therefore his name shall never be forgotten. There are his sons , Newel Knight and Joseph Knight, jun., whose names I record in the Book of the Law of the Lord with unspeakable delight, for they are my friends."
("Mill. Star" 19:756.)

Joseph married PECK, Polly on 18 Jan 1796 in , Vermont. Polly (daughter of PECK, Joseph and READ, Elizabeth) was born on 6 Apr 1774 in Guilford, Windham, Vt; died on 6 Aug 1831 in Kaw Twp, Independence, Jackson, Mo; was buried on 7 Aug 1831 in Kaw Twp, Independence, Jackson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married JUDD, Martha. Martha (daughter of JUDD, Thomas and SCOTT, Mercy) was born in 1784; died in 1833 in Mayfield, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]