Solon Plumb Bassett

Brief Life History of Solon Plumb

When Solon Plumb Bassett was born on 23 January 1834, in Clay, Missouri, United States, his father, Oliver Harmon Bassett, was 25 and his mother, Lucy Celesta Stanton, was 17. He married Mary Margaret Howard on 20 January 1855, in Montgomery, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 2 June 1870, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Solon Plumb Bassett
1834–1870
Mary Margaret Howard
1834–
Marriage: 20 January 1855
Oliver Howard Bassett
1856–1912

Sources (6)

  • Solon P. Bassett, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Solon Bassett, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Solon P Bassett in entry for O H Bassett, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

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World Events (5)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): from Old French basset ‘of low stature’, a diminutive of basse ‘low, short’, either a nickname for a short person or a status name for someone of humble origins.

Altered form of French Bessette 1 or Besset (see Bessette 2).

History: William Bassett (c. 1598–1667) came to Plymouth, MA, from Kent, England, in the 1620s; c. 1650 he moved to Duxbury and subesequently to Bridgewater. He had many prominent descendants, among them one of the earliest families on Martha's Vineyard. — The surname Bassett of French origin (see 2 above) is listed in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of America.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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