Excerpt from Autobiography of Isaac Newton Bassett (1892)
"My wife died in January 1861 and left me with the five children. I was indeed desolate and would not have cared to live if it had not been for my children. When my wife died in 1861, I had her buried in a cemetery East of Denver and as marble or stone monuments could not then be procured I procured a wooden one painted and lettered to mark her grave, hoping that when railroads got to Denver I could have the remains moved to Aledo, but the monuments were destroyed so that the grave could not be identified. I regretted this as I thought it would have been a comfort to her children as well as myself to have her ashes in the family cemetery.
I was, also unfortunate in losing the identity of Clayton's grave. He was buried at Sugar Grove, and I had a tomb stone and materials to enclose his grave and a man paid to put them up which he was to do after I went to Denver, but he neglected it and when I returned I could not identify his grave. I have the names of my wife and Clayton Webster both on the monument in Aledo Cemetery."
Scienda is actually buried near Denver, CO. However, her husband Isaac was unable to located her grave in Denver. Isaac had a gravestone at Aledo Cemetery for his wife Sciendia and son Clayton.
"My wife died in January 1861 and left me with the five children. I was indeed desolate and would not have cared to live if it had not been for my children. When my wife died in 1861, I had her buried in a cemetery East of Denver and as marble or stone monuments could not then be procured I procured a wooden one painted and lettered to mark her grave, hoping that when railroads got to Denver I could have the remains moved to Aledo, but the monuments were destroyed so that the grave could not be identified. I regretted this as I thought it would have been a comfort to her children as well as myself to have her ashes in the family cemetery.
I was, also unfortunate in losing the identity of Clayton's grave. He was buried at Sugar Grove, and I had a tomb stone and materials to enclose his grave and a man paid to put them up which he was to do after I went to Denver, but he neglected it and when I returned I could not identify his grave. I have the names of my wife and Clayton Webster both on the monument in Aledo Cemetery."
Scienda is actually buried near Denver, CO. However, her husband Isaac was unable to located her grave in Denver. Isaac had a gravestone at Aledo Cemetery for his wife Sciendia and son Clayton.
Excerpt from Autobiography of Isaac Newton Bassett (1892)
"My wife died in January 1861 and left me with the five children. I was indeed desolate and would not have cared to live if it had not been for my children. When my wife died in 1861, I had her buried in a cemetery East of Denver and as marble or stone monuments could not then be procured I procured a wooden one painted and lettered to mark her grave, hoping that when railroads got to Denver I could have the remains moved to Aledo, but the monuments were destroyed so that the grave could not be identified. I regretted this as I thought it would have been a comfort to her children as well as myself to have her ashes in the family cemetery.
I was, also unfortunate in losing the identity of Clayton's grave. He was buried at Sugar Grove, and I had a tomb stone and materials to enclose his grave and a man paid to put them up which he was to do after I went to Denver, but he neglected it and when I returned I could not identify his grave. I have the names of my wife and Clayton Webster both on the monument in Aledo Cemetery."
Scienda is actually buried near Denver, CO. However, her husband Isaac was unable to located her grave in Denver. Isaac had a gravestone at Aledo Cemetery for his wife Sciendia and son Clayton.
"My wife died in January 1861 and left me with the five children. I was indeed desolate and would not have cared to live if it had not been for my children. When my wife died in 1861, I had her buried in a cemetery East of Denver and as marble or stone monuments could not then be procured I procured a wooden one painted and lettered to mark her grave, hoping that when railroads got to Denver I could have the remains moved to Aledo, but the monuments were destroyed so that the grave could not be identified. I regretted this as I thought it would have been a comfort to her children as well as myself to have her ashes in the family cemetery.
I was, also unfortunate in losing the identity of Clayton's grave. He was buried at Sugar Grove, and I had a tomb stone and materials to enclose his grave and a man paid to put them up which he was to do after I went to Denver, but he neglected it and when I returned I could not identify his grave. I have the names of my wife and Clayton Webster both on the monument in Aledo Cemetery."
Scienda is actually buried near Denver, CO. However, her husband Isaac was unable to located her grave in Denver. Isaac had a gravestone at Aledo Cemetery for his wife Sciendia and son Clayton.
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