Bassman, John Casper Miller Co. Autogram October 9, 1930BASSMAN, John Casper
SURVIVED BY ONE SON AND FOUR DAUGHTERS; FUNERAL SERVICES WERE
CONDUCTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON BY ELDER A. L. ALEXANDER AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
John Casper Bassman passed away Saturday morning, October 4th, at
eight o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mr. J. F. Wright of
Tuscumbia, following an illness of several months duration.
He was born in St. Louis county, Mo., October 29, 1850, and was a son
of George Casper and Barbara Eva Ott Bassman.
He came to Cole Co., Mo. with his parents when he was six years old,
and spent his boyhood days on a farm near Jefferson City.
He was united in marriage Apri8l 1, 1879, to Miss Lucy Evelyn
Birdsong of Tuscumbia, and she preceded him in death January 15, 1929.
By this union five children survive, they being Mrs. C. W. (Lena)
Holtzman of Chicago; Mrs. L. A. (Ercell) Wright of Tuscumbia; J. L.
Bassman of Kansas City, Mo. and Mrs. H. E. (Phreda) Lang of Kansas
City, Mo. Two sons preceded him in death----Fritz who died in infancy;
and William D., who died two years ago in Union, Mo., at the age of 48
years.
Two years before he married he bought out the farm near Tuscumbia
now owned by S. P. Hawken, later buying the farm on Saline Creek, now
owned by Oliver Kallenbach. He sold the farm in 1899 and moved to
Tuscumbia where he resided until he moved to Kansas City in 1918. He had
been feeble for more than a year and had been in very poor health since
undergoing an operation at St. Luke's hospital in Kansas
City last December.
He returned to Tuscumbia last April, and was making his home with his
daughter, Mrs. J. F. Wright, when he passed away.
Besides the five children, he is survived by four brothers--John
Augustus, George Casper, and Albert N Bassman all of Jefferson City. and
William H. Bassman of Claremore, Oklahoma. He also leaves to mourn his
departure 18 grandchildren.
