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 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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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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