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Henry George Bassett

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Henry George Bassett

Birth
Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota, USA
Death
11 Mar 1911 (aged 33)
Rushmore, Nobles County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec D Row 4
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George Henry Bassett, son of E. H. and H. A. Bassett. Born July 20th, 1877. Died, March 19th, 1911.

He was born in Faribault, Rice Co., Minn. His parents came to Rushmore, Minn., when he was nine months old where they have lived ever since. He was a member of Co. H. Fifteenth Minnesota, Volunteer Infantry and also of Co. G. Forty-fifth U.S. Volunteer Infantry in the Spanish-American War, having served two years in the Philippines.

In the year of 1900 he went to Canada where he has resided ever since. He has been a sufferer for the last three months of Migraine, an obscure nervous disease, which specialists were unable to cure and which finally caused his death.

The funeral was held from his home at Rushmore at eleven o'clock a.m., Thursday, March 23, and the remains were laid to rest in the Lakeside cemetery in Worthington beside those of his father and little brother. Rev. Babcock officiated at the funeral.
Source: Worthington Globe (March 23, 1911)
George Henry Bassett, son of E. H. and H. A. Bassett. Born July 20th, 1877. Died, March 19th, 1911.

He was born in Faribault, Rice Co., Minn. His parents came to Rushmore, Minn., when he was nine months old where they have lived ever since. He was a member of Co. H. Fifteenth Minnesota, Volunteer Infantry and also of Co. G. Forty-fifth U.S. Volunteer Infantry in the Spanish-American War, having served two years in the Philippines.

In the year of 1900 he went to Canada where he has resided ever since. He has been a sufferer for the last three months of Migraine, an obscure nervous disease, which specialists were unable to cure and which finally caused his death.

The funeral was held from his home at Rushmore at eleven o'clock a.m., Thursday, March 23, and the remains were laid to rest in the Lakeside cemetery in Worthington beside those of his father and little brother. Rev. Babcock officiated at the funeral.
Source: Worthington Globe (March 23, 1911)

Inscription

Co E 45th US Vol. Inf. US Soldier Phillipines, Puerto Rico, Cuba, The War With Spain.



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