Mary Hunter Bassett wrote "A band of about 40 settlers, mostly Bassetts and their relatives left Henry County, Virginia by wagon train with the expectation to buy cheap land in Missouri and engage in the raising of tobacco." The women and children rode in wagons and the men walked to Wheeling, West Virginia. From there boats carried them down the Ohio River to Cairo, Illlinois then up the Mississippi to Hannibal, Missouri. From Hannibal the wagons carried them westward to the then thriving town of Middle Grove where they bought land.
Mrs. Bassett appears not to have been satisfied in Missouri. She advised her son, Alexander, to stay in Virginia and she, herself, wanted to return and made elaborate plans but complications prevented her escape. Her son, Alexander, remained in Henry county, where his children founded the highly successful Bassett Furniture Company.
Thanks to contributor Anna Jaech for the above information.
Mary Hunter Bassett wrote "A band of about 40 settlers, mostly Bassetts and their relatives left Henry County, Virginia by wagon train with the expectation to buy cheap land in Missouri and engage in the raising of tobacco." The women and children rode in wagons and the men walked to Wheeling, West Virginia. From there boats carried them down the Ohio River to Cairo, Illlinois then up the Mississippi to Hannibal, Missouri. From Hannibal the wagons carried them westward to the then thriving town of Middle Grove where they bought land.
Mrs. Bassett appears not to have been satisfied in Missouri. She advised her son, Alexander, to stay in Virginia and she, herself, wanted to return and made elaborate plans but complications prevented her escape. Her son, Alexander, remained in Henry county, where his children founded the highly successful Bassett Furniture Company.
Thanks to contributor Anna Jaech for the above information.
Family Members
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Samuel Staples Bassett
1833–1923
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Burrell Braxton Bassett
1835–1911
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John James Bassett
1837–1915
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Thomas Edward Bassett
1842–1916
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Poet Powhatan Bassett
1847–1936
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Tennessee M. Bassett
1848–1919
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Robert Hairston Bassett
1850–1933
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Alexander Martin Bassett
1853–1923
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Mary Virginia "Mollie" Bassett Jennings
1856–1943
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