Brief Life History of Loren Elias
When Loren Elias Bassett Jr was born on 13 October 1844, in Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Loren Elias Bassett Sr, was 35 and his mother, Hulda Dimeras Vaughn, was 36. He married Emma Emmaline Durfee on 24 December 1865, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Hancock Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Providence, Cache, Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 29 August 1915, in Mendon, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Beaver Dam Cemetery, Beaver Dam, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- Warren Basett, "United States Census, 1870"
- Loren Elias Bassett, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Loren Elias Bassett in entry for Milo Ammon Bassett, "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007"
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1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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David Edwin Bassett Chapter from Gathering Scattered Tribes of Hulda Dimeras Vaughn
David Edwin Bassett was born 9 Oct 1846 – the second child of Loren Elias Bassett and Hulda Dimeras Vaughn Harmon. He was part of a “yours, mine, and ours” family, being Hulda’s eleventh child and Lo …
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