 1858 - 1929 (71 years)
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| Name |
BASSETT, William Henry |
| Born |
14 Mar 1858 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Ut  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
29 Dec 1929 |
Pocatello, Bannock, Id |
| Buried |
2 Jan 1930 |
Lago Cemetary, Caribou, Id |
| Notes |
- Charles Henry II and William Henry Bassett filed claims on the Trout Creek area, the original cabin of Charles Henry II being the site of the Rex Bassett home. William Henry succeeded Mr. Lusher as postmaster and built the general merchandise store. The four brothers, along with a fifth, Fred, ran a stage coach line from Beaver Canyon to Yellowstone Park, called the Gentile Valley-Oneida County Stage and Express for the first few of these early years when the homesteads weren't too profitable. But relative posperity must have come as exhibited by the homes the brothers built. Mary Ellen, sister of William, was a schoolteacher and was persuaded to come to teach school in Lago, especially since her husband, Lorenzo Barnes Rodeback had come to build their homes. They bought a section of property from Joseph Wright and moved their family from Cedar Fort, Utah.
Charles II and William Bassett were the only two who stayed and lived out their lives in Lago. They were half brothers, Charles being the son of Permelia Mindwell Dayton, first wife of Charles Henry Bassett I: William was the son of Mary Knight, second wife.
William Henry was born in Salt Lake City on 14 March 1858. At the age of eighteen he was sent to Cedar Fort, Utah to manage the Z.C.M.I. store. It was there he met the twin daughters of Bishop Cook. Janette and Marette . He courted Marette and married her on 2 October 1876.They were the parents of seven children, Lutie, Grantley, Harry, and Clarence born in Cedar Fort; Sophoronia, Ross, and Adelia were born in Lago, Idaho
In 1881 Will and his brothers started operations of a stage freight line from Beaver Canyon (near Spencer Idaho) to Yellowstone Park and other places. The family spent their summers in the park and the winters in Cedar Fort until the Bassett Brothers homesteaded in Lago, Then they would spend their winters there.
In the spring they would round up their horses, which were around 60 head, and take their families and travel to the Park for the summer. Their home in Beaver Canyon was so near the railroad tracks that the house would shake and rumble when a train went by.
William H Bassett with his brothers Charles H Bassett Jr, and C.J. Bassett continued to operate this stage line until about 1889 at which time they disposed of the business.
Until the time of his death Mr. Bassett gave his whole time to his farming and stock raising operations in Gentile Valley which he had established and built up along with the stage and freight business at Beaver Canyon.
Some years after closing his business at Beaver Canyon, Mr Bassett established a general merchantise Store at Lago in Gentile Valley. After the Bassett Store was built the post office was moved from the Lusher home to the store. The store and post office were somewhat of a community center for this rural section and his home a large factor in the community social life.
Mr Bassett passed away on December 29, 1929 following an automobile accident. He was buried in the Lago Cemetery.
Marette was very active in community and church affairs. She was an accomplished seamstress and did exceptionally fine handwork. She loved sewing for others. She made beautiful wedding gowns for her two oldest daughters, Sophronia and Lutie. She also gave very freely of her time in helping other members of her family.
She passed away on 10 May 1931. She was buried by her husband in the Lago cemetery.
Gems of Our Valley 1977 pg 339-340
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| Person ID |
I3 |
Our Generations Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
14 Jun 2009 |
| Father |
BASSETT, Charles Henry, b. 14 Mar 1828, Ossian, Allegheny, Ny , d. 26 Feb 1907, Salt Lake City, S.Lk, Ut (Age 78 years) |
| Relationship |
Sealing |
| Mother |
KNIGHT, Mary Elizabeth, b. 16 Jun 1836, Gallatin, Clay County, Mo , d. 16 Nov 1926, Salt Lake City, S.lk, Ut (Age 90 years) |
| Relationship |
Sealing |
| Married |
5 Mar 1853 |
Salt Lake City, S.lk, Ut |
| Family ID |
F939 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
COOK, Marette (Twin), b. 17 Mar 1856, Cedar Forte, Utah, Ut , d. 10 May 1931, Lago, Caribou, Id (Age 75 years) |
| Married |
2 Oct 1876 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Ut |
| Notes |
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| Children |
| + | 1. BASSETT, Lutie Marette, b. 28 Aug 1877, Cedar Fort, Utah, Ut , d. 11 Mar 1957, Soda Springs, Caribou, Id (Age 79 years) |
| | 2. BASSETT, William Grantly, b. Feb 1880, Cedar Forte, Utah, Ut , d. Jun 1884 (Age 4 years) |
| + | 3. BASSETT, Harry Freeman, b. 26 Aug 1882, Cedar Valley, Utah, Ut , d. 1 Jun 1954, Las Vegas, Clark Co., Nv (Age 71 years) |
| | 4. BASSETT, James Clarence, b. 15 Dec 1884, Cedar Fort, Utah, Ut , d. 1 Jun 1954, Los Angeles, California (Age 69 years) |
| | 5. BASSETT, Sophronia, b. 4 May 1887, Lago (Trout Creek), Bannock, Id, USA , d. 2 Mar 1920 (Age 32 years) |
| + | 6. BASSETT, Roscoe Cook, b. 13 Dec 1891, Lago (Trout Creek), Bannock (Caribou), Id , d. 17 May 1965 (Age 73 years) |
| + | 7. BASSETT, Adelia Dubois, b. 3 Sep 1894, Lago (Trout Creek), Bannock, Id, USA , d. 13 Feb 1942, Soda Springs, Caribou, Id, USA (Age 47 years) |
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| Family ID |
F6 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Photos
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 | Bassett: William Henry Bassett and Marette Cook family and spouses about 1920 in front of the WH house in Lago.
Back Row: Ross, child, Inez; Lutie, Hyrum; Mae, Harry; Margaret, Clarence; William Henry
Front Row: Sophronia, Byron; Marette
Alfred and Adelia Hansen not present
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 | Bassett: William Henry Bassett about 1928
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 | Bassett: William Henry Bassett
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 | Bassett: William Henry Bassett Store
General Merchandise store in Trout Creek (Lago), Idaho about 1900 |
 | Bassett: William Henry Bassett and Marette Cook home.
Taken in 1952. Originally the house had a very large front yard that was surrounded by Lombardy Poplars. The pickett fence was added about the time this picture was taken. The large trees are Black Willows. They have huge spreading trunks. |
 | Bassett: William Henry Bassett Store
Inside the General Merchandise store in Trout Creek (Lago), Idaho about 1900 |
 | Bassett: William Henry Bassett Store
General Merchandise store in Trout Creek (Lago), Idaho built about 1900. This picture about mid 1960s |
 | 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: Fire Hole Basin in Yellowstone Park in the early 1880's.
This was the destination for the Bassett Bro. Stage Line bringing passengers from Beaver Canyon, Idaho, to Yellowstone Park. The river behind the trees is probably the Firehole River as it runs through the meadow at Firehole Basin.
The woman by the tent may be Marrette Cook Bassett. She was spending summers here at this time. It is probably the cook tent mentioned in the Bassett Bros. Stage Co. history. |
 | Bassett: Firehole Basin in Yellowstone Park in the 1880s
This was the destination for the Bassett Bro. Stage Line bringing passengers from Beaver Canyon to Yellowstone Park.
The little girl on the left is probably Lutie Bassett, child of W. H. and Marette Cook Bassett. She was between 5 and 8 and they were spending summers in Firehole Basin at this time. The boy is probably Don Bassett, son of C. H. and Mollie Lee Bassett. They were born the same year.
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 | Bassett: William. H. Bassett and Marrette Cook home
This picture was taken around 1960. The house was built in at least three sections. The right hand side is log (abt 10" diameter) with willow lath and plaster on the inside and drop siding on the outside. The left hand side is two story frame. The back part is one story frame. The parts were undoubtedly built at separate times, but there is no written or verbal history except birth of children to signify when. The first child born there was Sophronia (1887) followed by Roscoe (1891) and Adelia (1894). 1887 was when the the Bassett Stage Line (see history) was operating and WH and CHII Bassett moved their winter horse range from Cedar Fort, Utah to Lago (Trout Creek), Idaho. Hence the log part was probably built then, the back part being added later and the two story frame being completed around 1900. The drop siding on the log part was probably added when the frame sections were built. There are verbal stories of Indians looking through the windows during the early years. Roscoe Bassett and his wife, Inez, lived in the back part for a few years then moved to Ogden, Utah. Then Alfred Hansen and family lived in the back part until WH and Met's death when they occupied the entire house. It became unoccupied in the 1960's and burned down. See Lago (Trout Creek) and W. H. Bassett histories. |
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