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SUBMITTED BY: Sue Bassett Folawn
e-mail: F122775@aol.com
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HUSBAND: William Augustus BASSETT
date and place of birth: 1856, Houston Co. GA (1)
date and place of marriage: Feb. 8, 1879 (3)
date and place of death: Jan. 1929, Fort Valley, GA (2)
father: Stephen Elisha BASSETT
mother: Frances Emmoline HICKS
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WIFE: Martha Candace MAYNARD
date and place of birth: Sept. 24, 1854 (3)
date and place of marriage: Feb. 8, 1879, probably Forsyth, GA
date and place of death: Feb. 24, 1921
mother's father: William Tansel MAYNARD
mother's mother: Martha Malinda DEWBERRY
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CHILD 1: Francis Augustus BASSETT
date and place of birth:
married: Era JOYNER
date of marriage: 1904
date of death: Before 1930
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CHILD 2: William Emil BASSETT
date and place of birth: Sept. 30, 1884 (3)
married: Alice WILLIAMS
date and place of marriage: Oct. 11, 1917
date and place of death: Jan 24, 1948
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CHILD 3: Homer Maynard BASSETT (3)
date and place of birth: N/A
date and place of death: N/A
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CHILD 4: Stephen Xenophen BASSETT
date and place of birth: Houston Co.
married: Lucy FULWOOD (3)
date and place of marriage: Houston Co.
date and place of death: Houston Co.
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CHILD 5: Elisha Tansel BASSETT
date and place of birth: 1889, Houston Co. (3)
married: N/A
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CHILD 6: Hillyer Gordon BASSETT
date and place of birth: Dec. 3, 1893 (3)
married: Gender HANCOCK
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SOURCES for above data:
1-Family Bible
2-Macon Telegraph, Jan. 7, 1929
3-Family records
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William Augustus "Gus" Bassett and his wife "Candy" lived for a part of
their married life in the Forsyth area according to family lore. At the time of
his father's death in 1897, Gus inherited substantial property in Fort
Valley where he grew peaches for many years. His obituary, printed Jan. 7, 1929
in the Macon Telegraph reads;

GUS BASSETT
Fort Valley, GA, Jan 6
Gus Bassett, one of the oldest Peach Co. farmers, died early today. The
funeral will be held Moday afternoon at 2 o'clock. A brother, Charlie
Bassett, of Minnesota and a sister, Miss Fannie Bassett of Fort Valley and
four sons survive.
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