Oliver Harmon Bassett
M, #11400, b. 1809, d. 1853
| Father* | Samuel Chipman Bassett b. 23 Sep 1779, d. 1816 |
| Mother* | Anna Harmon b. 26 Mar 1783, d. 23 Mar 1849 |
| Charts | Bassett (paternal side) - William Bassett (1)(Immigrant 1621) |
| Reference | B64.5 |
| Note* | DNA proves that He(r)man is a descendant of William Bassett of the Fortune. There are various proofs that Oliver Harmon Bassett is the son of Samuel Chipman Bassett and Anna Harmon and that there was another son of that union. Oliver was married to Lucy Celesta Stanton. Their daughter Semira specifically says that her mother married her father's brother Herman. It is interesting to note that someone else also had Lucy married to both Oliver Harmon and Herman. Christensen triviton@msn.com on an Ancestry tree (no longer there) has this Lucy Celesta Stanton married to both a Heman and an Oliver Harman. | |
| Birth* | 1809 | Oliver Harmon Bassett was born in 1809 at Vermont age 41 in 1850. |
| (Witness) Census1820 | 1820 | He is assumed to be one of the household of Aaron Daniels in the 1820 census, pg 108a, Mentor, Geauga Co. (now Lake Co.), Ohio, who has 4m0-10 (Oliver & Heman, and two by Daniels) 1m10-16 (Robert) 2m16-26 (Samuel & ?) 1m45+ (Aaron) 3f10-16 (Lydia, Olive, & ?) 1f26-45 (Anna) 3 in agriculture. |
| Marriage* | circa 1833 | Oliver Harmon Bassett married Lucy Celesta Stanton aka Laah Ciel Manatoi, daughter of Daniel Stanton and Clarinda Graves, circa 1833 date guess based on birth of son probably OH. |
| (Witness) History | 1 May 1834 | Oliver Harmon Bassett witnessed It was in 1834 that Joseph Smith formed and led a paramilitary unit known as Zion's Camp on a 900-mile march from church headquarters in Ohio to western Missouri, in an attempt to restore the Missouri Mormons to the lands from which they had been driven. This trail started in Kirtland, Ohio (left May 1st), and proceeded via Akron, Mansfield, and Dayton, Ohio; Richmond, Indianapolis, and Clinton, Indiana; Paris, Decatur, Springfield and Pittsfield, Illinois; Louisiana, Moberly, and Richmond, to near Liberty, Missouri. on 1 May 1834. |
| MovedTo* | March 1839 | He and Lucy Celesta Stanton aka Laah Ciel Manatoi moved to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, in March 1839 daughter says "when I was ten months old."1 |
| Event-Misc* | 1842 | In 1842 Oliver Harmon Bassett had the following misc event: That he had three children by this time is found in his daugher's autobiography. "My father and mother separated when I was 4 years old, I then went to live with my grandparents in Lima. My father had so little faith in Mormonism he wished to return to Ohio to his mother and take his 3 children with him." No indication whether the grandparents in Lima were the Stantons or not, not sure where they lived at this time. Also unknown is if he did indeed take the children for awhile or not but later implication is that he took son but not daughters.1 |
| Divorce* | 6 September 1843 | He and Lucy Celesta Stanton aka Laah Ciel Manatoi were divorced on 6 September 1843 at Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois; SLC 1839548 The "card" describing says: 6 Sep 1843 Box C9 Case 294 Divorce Bassett, Harmon (c) Bassett, Lucy Ann (d) and has the following (w) Crandall, Sally Cook, Warren Graham, Carter Whitney, Mr (the carpenter) Next is the envelope cover that has their names and Divorce and Disposed of September Term 1843. Next is the notice to the sheriff to summom the 4 witnesses. Next is the actual Subpoena. On the side of it is "This ____ is returned without service by order of the Plaintiff" And that's it. The implication is that he started to file for divorce but changed his mind. But his daughter's autobiography states that they split up when she was about 4, so who knows if the divorce actual took place. Since there is so little info, I did not copy the pages. |
| Marriage* | 14 November 1846 | Oliver Harmon Bassett married Marion Prior on 14 November 1846 at Clark Co., Missouri, per Missouri Marriages to 1850 Record on Ancestry. Jeffrey Bassett said he also found "a listing for a marriage between the same Oliver H. Bassett and Marion Prior on 14 Nov 1846 in Pennington County, South Dakota. Not sure which location or if either location is accurate." |
| Census1850* | 1850 | Oliver Harmon Bassett appeared on the 1850 census as the head of household, pg 223b #194-202, Kirtland, Lake Co., Ohio, along with Marion Prior, Oliver Harmon Bassett and Mary Bassett . His info on the census included Balseth (sic), Harmon 41 b.VT. |
| MovedTo | 1 June 1852 | Oliver Harmon Bassett and Semira LaCelestine Rosalin Bassett moved to Utah on 1 June 1852 Semira said: We moved to Utah, my father mother and brother all going back into the eastern States we arrived in Salt Lake City Sept 28 after a long and tedious journey.1 |
| Death* | 1853 | Oliver Harmon Bassett died in 1853 source? AFN? |
| Relationships | 3rd great-granduncle of David Lee Bassett Great-granduncle of Charles Henry "Charlie" Bassett |
Family 1 | Lucy Celesta Stanton aka Laah Ciel Manatoi b. 8 Dec 1816, d. 4 Mar 1878 | |
| Marriage* | circa 1833 | He married Lucy Celesta Stanton aka Laah Ciel Manatoi, daughter of Daniel Stanton and Clarinda Graves, circa 1833 date guess based on birth of son probably OH. |
| Divorce* | 6 September 1843 | Oliver Harmon Bassett and Lucy Celesta Stanton aka Laah Ciel Manatoi were divorced on 6 September 1843 at Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois; SLC 1839548 The "card" describing says: 6 Sep 1843 Box C9 Case 294 Divorce Bassett, Harmon (c) Bassett, Lucy Ann (d) and has the following (w) Crandall, Sally Cook, Warren Graham, Carter Whitney, Mr (the carpenter) Next is the envelope cover that has their names and Divorce and Disposed of September Term 1843. Next is the notice to the sheriff to summom the 4 witnesses. Next is the actual Subpoena. On the side of it is "This ____ is returned without service by order of the Plaintiff" And that's it. The implication is that he started to file for divorce but changed his mind. But his daughter's autobiography states that they split up when she was about 4, so who knows if the divorce actual took place. Since there is so little info, I did not copy the pages. |
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Family 2 | Marion Prior b. 1812 | |
| Marriage* | 14 November 1846 | Oliver Harmon Bassett married Marion Prior on 14 November 1846 at Clark Co., Missouri, per Missouri Marriages to 1850 Record on Ancestry. Jeffrey Bassett said he also found "a listing for a marriage between the same Oliver H. Bassett and Marion Prior on 14 Nov 1846 in Pennington County, South Dakota. Not sure which location or if either location is accurate." |
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| Last Edited | 19 Sep 2012 |
Citations
- [S1604] Lyman Stephen Wood Journal (also with sketch by his wife Semira Bassett) - 45meg pdf available at http://www.bassett.net/genealogy/Bassett/LymanStephenWoodBio.pdf, Lyman Stephen Wood.