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Rev Sanford Bassett

Birth	:	29 Oct 1824 Jefferson County, New York, USA
Death	:	24 Aug 1893 Loup City, Sherman County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Long Grove Cemetery, Maynard, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.7708000, -91.8766000
Plot	:	Section 11
Description	:	Farmer, minister, temperance leader and reputed Underground Railroad activist. Sanford married Mary Ann Kuffel (Koffel) in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1845. They moved about 1850 to a farm in Butler Twp., DeKalb County, Indiana, where, according to a family tradition handed down through the line of their daughter Sarah Bassett Kester, they operated a stop on the Underground Railroad. In 1871, Sanford was elected president of the first DeKalb County temperance association. In 1873, he platted "Sanford Bassett's Addition to the Town of Waterloo" in DeKalb County. This does not seem to have been a very successful venture. ... Read More	Farmer, minister, temperance leader and reputed Underground Railroad activist. Sanford married Mary Ann Kuffel (Koffel) in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1845. They moved about 1850 to a farm in Butler Twp., DeKalb County, Indiana, where, according to a family tradition handed down through the line of their daughter Sarah Bassett Kester, they operated a stop on the Underground Railroad. In 1871, Sanford was elected president of the first DeKalb County temperance association. In 1873, he platted "Sanford Bassett's Addition to the Town of Waterloo" in DeKalb County. This does not seem to have been a very successful venture. In 1879, he disposed of the unsold lots and moved with Mary Ann and their three youngest children to Sherman County, Nebraska. They were preceded there by John Hogue a neighbor of theirs in Butler Twp. who was treasurer of the temperance association when Sanford was its president. Hogue later returned to DeKalb County, but the Bassetts stayed in Nebraska. Mary Ann died in 1883. Sanford remarried shortly thereafter. Sanford and Mary Ann had eight children: Leander Sceva, born February 28, 1847, in Ohio (died in infancy); Sarah Marilla, born Oct. 10, 1848, in Ohio; Harriet Beacher, born March 14, 1851, in Indiana; Lucius Matlack, born June 2, 1853, in Indiana; Lewis Daniel, born February 29, 1856, in Indiana; Sanford Sceva, born January 6, 1859, in Indiana; Martha Ann, born May 23, 1861, in Indiana; and Cyrus Prindle, born October 19, 1863, in Indiana. Sanford and his second wife, Rebecca Rosenberry, had four children: Alice (October 1885?), Victor Byron (June 1886?), Della M. (May 1888) and Mabel (September 1890). (Note: birth dates for first two children are too close for both to be correct.) It is not certain in what denomination Sanford was ordained. Although the Bassetts lived near Cedar Creek Chapel, a Methodist Protestant congregation in Butler Twp. that still exists as Altarstar United Methodist Church, they were charter members of what is now the LaOtto Wesleyan Church in the former town of Simon's Corners (now LaOtto), just across the county line in Swan Twp., Noble County. Both the MP and Wesleyan Methodist denominations were noted for their anti-slavery positions. I am indebted to Diane Weston for telling me where the Bassetts are buried; to Susan Engelhardt for the birth dates of Sandford's children by both marriages; and to Alexander Jokay as the source for the Bassetts' connection to the Wesleyan Methodist Church in LaOtto.

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Where is Rev Sanford Bassett's memorial?
Rev Sanford Bassett's memorial is located at: Long Grove Cemetery, Maynard, Fayette County, USA.
When did Rev Sanford Bassett death?
Rev Sanford Bassett death on 24 Aug 1893 in Loup City, Sherman County, Nebraska, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Rev Sanford Bassett's memorial?
Latitude: 42.7708000
Longitude: -91.8766000

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Mary Ann Kuffel Bassett

(1826 - 1883)

Children

Sanford S. “Sam” Bassett

(1855 - 1947)

Alice Loretta Bassett Angell

(1885 - 1938)

Victor Byron Bassett

(1886 - 1960)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Long Grove Cemetery
Maynard, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7708000, -91.8766000

2. Center Grove Cemetery
Randalia, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8185997, -91.8756027

3. Hope Cemetery
Westgate, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8027992, -91.9610977

4. Calvary Cemetery
Westgate, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7663994, -91.9860992

5. Grandview Cemetery
Fayette, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8301697, -91.8020172

6. Saint Francis Cemetery
Fayette, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8511009, -91.8261032

7. Garden Prairie Cemetery
Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7310982, -91.7647018

8. Saint Peter Lutheran Cemetery
Westgate, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7863998, -92.0028000

9. Woodlawn Cemetery
Oelwein, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6805992, -91.9356003

10. Union United Methodist Cemetery
Westgate, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8185100, -91.9992100

11. Oakdale Cemetery
Oelwein, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6732000, -91.9164500

12. Old Catholic Cemetery
Oelwein, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6728000, -91.9169000

13. Dunham Grove Cemetery
Randalia, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8767014, -91.8458023

14. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Fayette, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8768997, -91.8094025

15. Green Wood Cemetery
Westgate, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7768000, -92.0423000

16. Otsego Cemetery
Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6467018, -91.8778000

17. Prairie View Cemetery
Fayette, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8993580, -91.8330000

18. Oran Township Cemetery
Oran, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6571999, -91.9721985

19. Kint Cemetery
Hazleton, Buchanan County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6357994, -91.8799973

20. Stanley Cemetery
Stanley, Buchanan County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6371994, -91.8146973

21. Lima Cemetery
Lima, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8689000, -91.7373000

22. Floral Hills Memorial Gardens
Hazleton, Buchanan County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6293983, -91.9103012

23. Arlington Cemetery
Arlington, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7380981, -91.6856003

24. South Windsor Cemetery
Donnan, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9211006, -91.8747025