Byron Bassett

November 20, 1863 - March 1, 1945

Born near Mayville, Wisconsin; Byron Bassett was a son of Edwin B. and Mary (nee Furlong) Bassett.  Edwin B. Bassett was a pioneer of York Township and Civil War veteran.  On October 18, 1892 he married the former Carrie Gardner, a daughter of Wolf and Elizabeth Gardner.  Since his father’s second wife was Sophronia Windsor Lawrence, he was a stepbrother to Margaret Benedict, Rollie Benedict’s mother.[cemeteries/footer_gif.html]