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From: Glenn W Place <>
Subject: [BASSETT] Howdy Dick!!!
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 23:13:23 -0700

Richard Myhre,
If I wasn't so stupid I wouldn't have had to wait till you
pointed it out to me, but I know who you are now! You are a cousin of
Kirk Cooper as well as Latricia. He gave me a copy of your family tree
a year or so ago, since then he has got more interested in genealogy.
He said if did any good that he would get in tough with me. So far I
have found a George B. Shepard with a son name Hiram born in 1813 and
the family on back to where they came from England. As of yet I have
no proof that this is the right Hiram.
I am Glenn Warren Place b. Prescott, Az. 4/15,1934 son of Ralph
Clark Place and Freda Rose Wetmore, I married:
Latricia Ann Rathbun b. 12/27/1940 Ridgefield, Clark Co., Wa.
dau. of Doris Sophia Shepeard and James William Rathbun. Jim descended
from John Rathbun, on of the original founders of Block Island, off RI.
USA.
We have two tall, handsome, healthy sons Warren marrying a
Sasha Warren and Wayne marrying a Kim Fuller, both of them are lovely
ladies, but likely cousins. Latricia and I were distant cousin from
several different lines. I wonder sometimes if this makes a
difference These Old English families were so inbreed before they came
over from England and been continuing it every since.
Have you had any luck taking the Bassett Family across the
pond to England?
I find over there dating way back, but nothing that I could even come
close to connecting to William except that his father may have been named
Wiliam or Walter and his mother maybe was Cecellia Light or something
similar.
We live a couple miles SE of Yacolt, in Cark Co., Wa.
About half a mile down the road from the Old Shepard Farm, where Doris
and her siblings grew up.
Talk later, have a nice day!!!
Glen and Latricia

On Thu, 12 Aug 1999 15:40:49 -0700 "Richard J. Myhre" <>
writes:
>Hi Glen:
>
>Your wife and I sure have the same line. Cassius M. Bassett was my
>grandfather, Florence M. Bassett was my mother and Hattie Bassett
>Sheppard was my aunt.
>
>I bought a book entitled "The Wreck of the General Arnold" which told
>about the wreck of the vessel on which Fortunatus died.
>Unfortunately, it was primarily about efforts to salvage the wreck,
>although it described the loss of the vessel and personnel. However,
>it mentioned names of survivors and reported their story of the wreck,
>but it did not mention the names of the ones that died in the wreck.
>I'm still looking for that information.
>
>I guess you know that Tim Hurst is descended from Cornelius Fortunatus
>Bassett. Tim's mother and I have known each other since we were
>preteens and our families were quite close. I'm glad to know about
>your wife, Latricia, and that she is descended from Hattie and Rastus.
>What is the names of her parents. I must know them too.
>
>Thanks for the e-mail. Hope we can keep in touch and share info.
>
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