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)
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)
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Co E 45th US Vol. Inf. US Soldier Phillipines, Puerto Rico, Cuba, The War With Spain.
Family Members
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Carrie May Bassett Henriksen
1871–1955
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Louis Benjamin Bassett
1873–1947
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Elmer Howard Bassett
1874–1938
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Roy Verne Bassett
1878–1883
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Edward Napier Bassett
1880–1966
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Lelia Adel Bassett Smith
1882–1979
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Georgie Sylvia Bassett
1884–1894
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Bernice Alda Bassett Lawrence
1886–1939
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Morton Harrison Bassett
1889–1961
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Marguerite Ethelwyn Bassett Rice
1891–1969
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