Seventh Generation (Continued)
Family of Sebastian Brainerd BASFORD (267) & Mary W. SHELDON

662. Mary BASFORD (Sebastian Brainerd6, David5, Benjamin4, Joseph3, James2, Jacob1). Born on 13 Jun 1849 in Vermont. [898] Mary died on 12 Nov 1850(?). [898] year difficult to read. aka: Nellin. [448]

She is not listed with her parents in the 1860 census. [232] She had probably died before that time. Her death is given in the family Bible records, [898] however the year is difficult to read.

One source indicated that she might have died in 1920. [232]

[17], [232], [448], [898], [249, Basford Genealogy, p. 7]

663. Orville Harmon BASFORD (Sebastian Brainerd6, David5, Benjamin4, Joseph3, James2, Jacob1). Born on 14 Oct 1851 in Wisconsin. [898] Orville Harmon died in Hibbing, MN, on 1 Mar 1927. [1366], [977] Death Cause: Died in fire. [1366]

1880 ferderal census for Township 99 (Range 52, ED 26), Turner Co., [South] Dakota Territory. 2 Jun 1880, sheet 2B, page 289B, line 36, dwelling 20, family 20 [1367]
Orville Busford, male, age 29, b. WI, father b. VT, mother b. VT, divorced, farmer

He must have been married at least three times. He was divorced at the time of the 1880 census; he is presumably the Orville Basford of Turner Co., SD who had a daughter Emma Marie born 29 Apr 1882 by his wife Mary M. Chamberlain; and he must also be the Orville Harmon Basford of Edmunds Co., SD who had a daughter Etta Orahgene born 5 Jul 1886, and a son Samuel Sherman born on 13 Mar 1888, by his wife Nancy Jane Walburn. [909]

1900 federal census for Winona, 3rd Ward, Winona Co., MN, 6 Jun 1900, p. 282B [976]
Arvill Basford, male, head, age 49, b. Oct 1851, OH, father b. OH, mother b. OH, carpenter,
married 16 years
Mancey, female, wife, age 48, b. Apr 1852, WI, father b. VT, mother b. VT,
married 16 years, 6 children, 5 living
Etta, female, daughter, age 14, b. Jul 1886, SD, father b. OH, mother b. WI, at school
Samuel, male, son, age 12, b. Mar 1888 12, SD, father b. OH, mother b. WI, at school
Maggie, female, daughter, age 7, b. Jan 1893, MN, father b. OH, mother b. WI, at school
Mame, female, daughter, age 3, b. Jul 1897, MN, father b. OH, mother b. WI
John, male, son, age 11/12, b. Jul 1899, MN, father b. OH, mother b. WI

1910 federal census for Brainerd, Crow Wing Co., MN, ED 31, 201 Main St., p. 35A [981]
Orville H. Basford, male, head, age 58, b. WI, father b. VT, mother b. VT,
carpenter-house, first marriage, married 24 years
Nancy J., female, wife, age 52, b. OH, father b. OH, mother b. OH,
first marriage, married 24 years, 3 children, 3 living
Maggie, female, daughter, age 17, b. SD, father b. WI, mother b. OH, single
Naomi C., female, daughter, age 12, b MN, father b. WI, mother b. OH, single
John, son, age 10, b.WI, father b. WI, mother b. OH, single
Emma C. Day, female, sister-in-law, age 59, b. OH, father b. OH, mother b. OH,
first marriage, married 29 years, no children
William Day, male, brother-in-law, age 58, b. NJ, father b. NJ, mother b. NJ,
carpenter-house, first marriage, married 29 years

He was living with his daughter Etta in Brainerd, ED 122. Crow Wing Co., MN at the time of the 1920 census. [1038]

He must have married a fourth time because a newspaper article describing his death in a tragic fire on 1 Mar 1927 indicated that his wife had died on that date a year earlier at Brainerd. [1366]

[976], [232], [23], [909], [1368], [583], [898], [1366], [1045], [249, Basford Genealogy, p. 7], [650], [981], [1369], [977], [1100]

He first married Alice E. BARLOW on 9 Apr 1871 in Green Co., WI. [1045] Born abt 1853 in England. [649] age 27 in 1880 census. Alice E. died ? . They were divorced bef 1880. [1367]

1880 federal census for Mt. Pleasant, Green Co., WI, p. 171A [649]
John H. Titus, male, age 55, b. VT, father b. CT, mother b. NH, grocer
Alice, female, wife, age 27, b. England, father b. England, mother b. England, keeping house
Nellie Bassford, female, step-daughter, age 8, b. WI, father b. WI, mother b. England

[649], [23], [1045]

They had one child:
1104 i. Nellie Alice (1872-?)

Orville was divorced at the time of the 1880 census. [1367]

He second married Mary M. CHAMBERLAIN ? . Born ? . Mary M. died ? .

[909]

They had one child:
1105 i. Emma Marie (1882-1970)

He third married Nancy Jane WALBURN, daughter of William WALBURN & Lydia SISON, on 5 May 1885 in Grand Island, NE. [232] Born on 4 Apr 1846 in Athens, OH. [232] Nancy Jane died in Crow Wing Co, MN, on 22 Feb 1920. [977]

[1368] gives birth as 14 Apr 1858.

[976], [232], [909], [1368], [981], [977], [1100]

They had the following children:
1106 i. Etta Oragene (1886-1973)
1107 ii. Samuel Sherman (1888-1969)
1108 iii. Myrtle (Died as Child) (?-<1900)
1109 iv. Margaret Ellen (1893-1987)
1110 v. Naomi Cecelia (1898-1973)
1111 vi. John Walburn (1899-1955)
1112 vii. Gladys (Died as Child) (?-<1910)

664. Samuel David BASFORD (Sebastian Brainerd6, David5, Benjamin4, Joseph3, James2, Jacob1). Born on 25 May 1855 in Wisconsin. [898] Samuel David died bef 1910. [906] wife a widow in 1910 census.

1880 federal census for Bozeman, Gallatin Co., MT, p. 211C [1370]
William Y. Smith, male, age 35, b. Canada, father b. England, mother b. Scotland, freighter
Samuel Bassford, male, other, age 25, b. WI, father b. VT, mother b. VT, laborer

1885 census of Edmunds Co., SD, June 1, 1885 [901]
S.D. Basford, age 30 yrs, b Wisconsin, father b. VT, mother b. VT, farmer

He is probably the Samuel David Basford of Campbell Co., SD who had a son Earl Rice born 27 Jan 1887 by his wife Sadie L. Rice? [909]

1900 federal census for Hot Springs, 2 Ward, Fall River Co., SD, 2 Jun 1900, p. 140A [908]
Samuel D. Basford, male, head, age 45, b. May 1855 45 WI, father b. VT, mother b. VT.
day laborer, married 14 years
Sade L., female, wife, age 42, b. May 1858, IA, father b. NH, mother b. CT, news dealer,
married 14 years, 3 children, 3 living
Earl R., male, son, age 13, b. Jan 1887, SD, father b. VT, mother b. IA, at school
Emmett S., male, son, age 11, b. May 1889, SD, father b. VT, mother b. IA, at school
Helen S., female, daughter, age 8, b. Apr 1892, SD, father b. VT, mother b. IA, at school

[232], [909], [583], [898], [901], [249, Basford Genealogy, p. 7], [650], [1370], [908]

He married Sadie L. RICE abt 1886. [908] married 14 years in 1900 census. Born in May 1858 in Iowa. [908] Sadie L. died in Los Angeles Co., CA, on 28 Jul 1934. [1371], [1372]

1910 federal census for Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA, ED 254, 953 East 31st St., p. 114A-114B [906]
Sadie Bassford, female, head, age 51, b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. IA, seamstress, widow
Helen S.?, female, daughter, age 18, b. SD, father b. IA, mother b. IA,
seamstress-at home, single

[909], [908], [906], [1371], [1372]

They had the following children:
1113 i. Earl Rice (1887-1972)
1114 ii. Everett Samuel (1889-1961)
1115 iii. Helen A. (1892-?)

665. Walter Sebastian BASFORD (Sebastian Brainerd6, David5, Benjamin4, Joseph3, James2, Jacob1). Born on 11 Mar 1860 in Wisconsin. [898] Walter Sebastian died on 30 Jul 1898. [898]

He is probably the Walter Sabastian Basford of Edmunds Co., SD who had a daughter Nina Waletta born 8 May 1886, and a son Carl born on 16 Dec 1888, by his wife Etoille Olive Williamson? [909]

[649], [232], [909], [583], [898], [249, Basford Genealogy, p. 7], [650]

He married Etoille Olive WILLIAMSON bef 1886. birth of Nina. Born in Dec 1862 in Wisconsin. [908] Etoille Olive died ? . They were divorced bef 1893. [908] wife remarried abt 1893.

1900 fedearl census for Glenn Twp., Walworth Co., SD, 4 Jun 1900, p. 272B-273A [908]
Enoch Rose, male, head, age 41, b. Dec 1858, Canada, father b. PA, mother b. PA,
farmer, married 7 yeras, year of immigration 1843
Etoile, female, wife, age 37, b. Dec 1862, WI, father b. VT, mother b. NY, married 7 years,
6 children, 4 living
Nina W. Basford, female, step-daughter, age 14, b. May 1886?, SD, father b, WI,
mother b. WI, at school
Carl, male, step-son, age 12, b. Dec 1887, SD, father b, WI,
mother b. WI, at school
Algy? B. Rose, male, single, age 4, b. May 1896?, SD, father b. Canada, mother b. WI
Arthur G., male, son, age 2, b. Sep 1897, SD, father b. Canada, mother b. WI

1910 federal census for Roundup School Dist., Fergus Co., MT, 130 3rd St. East, p. 297A [1373]
Enoch Rose, male, head, age 51, b. Canada (French), father b. Canada (French),
mother b. Canada (French), carpentry-house, second marriage, married 17 years,
year of immigration 1890
Etoile, female, wife, age 47, b. WI, father b. VT, mother b. NY,
second marriage, married 17 years, 6 children, 6 living
Carl Basford, male, step-son, age 22, b. SD, father b. WI, mother b. VT, single
Alsa Rose, male, son, age 13, b. SD, father b. Canada (French), mother b. VT, single
Arthur, male, son, age 12, b. SD, father b. Canada (French), mother b. VT, single
Doris, female, daughter, age 9, b. SD, father b. Canada (French), mother b. VT, single
Delmar, male, son, age 6, b. SD, father b. Canada (French), mother b. VT, single

[232], [909], [908], [1373]

They had the following children:
1116 i. Nina Waletta (1886-?)
1117 ii. Carl (1888-1970)

666. Etta BASFORD (Sebastian Brainerd6, David5, Benjamin4, Joseph3, James2, Jacob1). Born on 20 Dec 1861 in Wisconsin. [898] Etta died ? .

[649], [232], [898], [650]

667. Emma BASFORD (Sebastian Brainerd6, David5, Benjamin4, Joseph3, James2, Jacob1). Born on 20 Dec 1861 in Wisconsin. [898], [541, place] Emma died ? .

[898] gives the death of an Emma Basford as 10 Feb 1879 (the year is not certain as it is difficult to read). However, it must be a different Emma, since there is an Emma (Basford) Herrick in the 1900 census of Cleark Lake, IA that must correspond to this Emma. [541] Perhaps the death record is for her sister Etta?

[232], [898], [1045], [650]

She married James B. HERRICK on 3 Dec 1882 in Green Co., WI. [1045] Born in Sep 1859 (or 1849?) in Wisconsin. [541] birth year in 1900 census given as Sep 1849, but age given as 40. James B. died ? .

1900 federal census of Cleark Lake, Cerro Gorde Co., IA, 6 Jun 1900, p. 21B [541]
James Herrick, male, age 40, b. Sep 1849 [sic], WI, mother b. NY, father b. NY,
Com(?) Traveler, married 17 years
Emma D.(?), female, wife, age 38, b. Dec 1861, WI, father b. VT, mother b. VT,
married 17 years, mother of 1 child, 1 child living
Chester A., male, son, age 16, b. Sep 1883, IA, father b. WI, mother b. WI, at school
P. W. Basford, female, mother-in-law, age 72, b. Jan 1828, VT, father b. VT, mother b. VT,
widow(?), mother of 1 child [sic], 1 child living [sic]

Note that the 1900 census gives his age as 40, but his birth as Sep 1849, which is inconsistent. [541] I will assume that the birth year should be 1859 which would make his age more consistent with Emma, but it could be the age which is incorrect.

[541], [1045]

They had one child:
1118 i. Chester A. (1883-?)

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