Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-10-08

On the 23th day OF September, 1878. at the res
idenee Of her parents in clarse county; Va;
Lucy Y. Carter.Aaged IL years. nonths andS
days.
On September sth. 1878. Mrs. CATHARINE E.
JONES, wife of Hiram s. Jones, aged 50 years
IL months and Is davs.
Near Bunker I'LL BsEke,ey county n on the st
Heushaw, Esq. in the 18th year of her age.
On Snptember 2sth, 1878, in Martinsburg, Mrs.
DRUSILLA GROVE, aged Ga years. mouths
and 10 days.
In shepherdstown. on the 3oth of September.
1915 Sir. JACOB HILL. aged so years. months
and 25 days.
At his residence. at Scrabble. Berkeley county;
on the 9th of September, 1878, Mr. DAVID
MYERS, aged 6S years and 10 days.
IN MEMoRIAM-
Died. Sunday. the 25th of August. at his
Il HanSxsT ssPEnf
ST.. in the seventy-nuth year of his age.
Without indulging in the language of labored
eulogy. il is an honored custom to pay a becom-
ing tribute to the memory of a venerable and
esteemed friend who represented many of the
ties and traditions of the past.
Long active and useful member of the
church of his ancestors, when the remains of
our lamented friend were laid i'll the church,
yard near his residence, the church, CROWDED
with sorrowIng friends of all classes. testified
to the grief of n whole community in paving
the last tribute of their affection to the memory
of their beloved and hOuored friend. whilst the
galleries were crowded with his old plantation
fearful eyes. to the charitable and humane
Christian qualites the ge9er o bos9isity
friends. neigh bors. and deDeI dents.
We refer to the distinguished ancestry of our
cold ear Of death can only be soothed by the un-
faltering faith and trust which he had from
early manbood-bnt as a part of the history of
the State and of its early traditions.
The first ancestor of Mr.. BAssErT Roy
alist refugee from ENGLAND. who left after the
execution OF Charles |. and patented large tracts
of land on the Pampnlsey liver in 1649.
Another was a member of the Colonial Coun-
Anne, and another was member of the Con-
yention of 17SS, which ratified the Federal Con-
Mr.. BAssETr was married to his wife. Betty
Lewis. daughter of Captain Robert Lewis,
ingrnn. in Fredercksbnre, VIRGINIA. on the 1st
of August, 1926. they having resided for the past
thirty five wears at their seat in Han.ver conn
ty. and Gel ,bratcd their golden wedding in the
centennial wear.
We will note those mostdistinguished in history:
First. osmund Bassett the Norman, whose
name. as favored follower of William the
Conqucror. appears on the roll of Battle Abbey
after the battle of Hastings.
Second. Lord Ralph Bassett. Chief Justice of
England in the reign of Henry II.
On the maternal side we find: LIST. sir. An
'thony Brown. Kisconnt Montacute. standard
bearer to Henry VII at the battle of Bosworth,
who nourished at three coronations. and for his
distinguished services was permitted to wear
his helmet cap in the presence of the King. I'd.
Jonn Churchill. Duke of Marlborough. whose
direct descendant, Elizabeth Churchill, married
sH Of Sir BAss SFr q Sd gilbert B%r
net, b shop of Salisbury, the celebrated prelate.
politician, and author (the confidential friend
of William of OTangcl. whose GRANDDAUGHTER
Mary Burnet, daughter of William Burnett, Gov
ernor OF New York and Massachusetts, married
William Browne, descendant of Sir Thomas
Browne brother of Sir AnthOny-this Mary Bur-
net being the great grandmother both of MI.
and Mrs. Basseit. VIII" wore Cousins
GEORGE WASHINGTON BASSETT was grandson
of Anna Maria cambridge, sister of Mrs. Martha
Washington. Sue married Col Bassett, OF
Ethan member of the Con ventlon of 17SS
The subject of this sketch was born in 1900,
when Lady Washington was in deep atftictloR
for the loss of her distinguished husband, and
she requested her nephew to call his infant son
GEORGE WASHINGroN. Her name appears in
the family Bible as sponsor at his baptism.
Mrs. BaSSett Is q great-niece of General wash
iuptou being the granddaughter of bis only
sister, Betty, who n arried Col. Fielding Lewis,
of Warner Hall, Gloucester county.
The English BasSetts are known by title as
Lords de Dunstanville."
In the blending of the Bassett. Browne and
Burnet families the number three" Is singular
~ rcpeated--as, for Instance, in the coats-of-
arms.
The Baesett coat-nf-arms. three bars wavy."
p"pulo." The Browne coat-of-arms Is "three
spread eagles:" and the Barnet coat-of-arns
"three holly leaves in hunting horn"
1t is fitting 70 add of earnest Christian life
"Jiat tho beauty of his simple faith bet
ter gift than rman blood.'-X.>
[Iiichmond STANDARD. -
mrs. Ella B. Washington. widow of the late
Col. Lewis w. Washington, and Mrs. Chas. T.
Mitchell. both of Charlestown. are daughters of
the deceased Col. George Washington Bassett.1