Bio from "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), pp 1690-1691.
ORVILLE S. BASFORD is a native of the old Green Mountain state, having been born in Shelburne, Vermont, on the 28th of August, 1848, and being a son of Samuel and Henrietta (Kingsbury) Basford, the former of whom was a mechanic by vocation, while both passed their entire lives in New England.
In the agnatic line the genealogy is traced back to four brothers who came to America from England in the latter part of the eighteenth century, having been originally from Wales, and their descendants in the new world are now numerous and found in the most diverse sections of the Union. While the orthography of the name has become varied, Basford, Bassford, Bashford, etc.
The subject received his early education in the common schools and then completed a four-years classical course in the University of Vermont, as a member of the class of 1876. Prior to his graduation he was regularly stationed as a licentiate of the Vermont conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and later was duly ordained to elder's orders.
After five years of successful work in the ministry of his church in Vermont, at Milton, Hyde Park and Essex, he came to the territory of Dakota, in 1880, his prime object being to induce his brothers, who were merchants, to avail themselves of advantages offered in the securing of government lands. He was given a Methodist circuit embracing the south half of Spink County, and within the three years following he organized four societies and erected three churches, at Hitchcock, Crandon and Redfield. He then became concerned in political affairs and withdrew from the active work of the ministry.
In 1894, he was chosen chairman of the Republican state central committee, maneuvered his forces with much ability during the campaign of that year, and in the spring of the following year resumed ministerial functions removing to Missouri, where he was for four years pastor of a church at Wellsville, Montgomery County, and for three and one-half years incumbent of a charge at Linnens, Linn County.
His health became impaired and he accordingly returned to South Dakota, where the invigorating climate soon enabled him to recuperate his energies.
He is now associated with his two sons, Frank and Harry, and is manager and editor of the Redfield Press, which is published by the firm of Basford Brothers & Basford. He was postmaster of Redfield from 1890 to 1894, inclusive, and in 1887-1888 was editor and publisher of the Dakota Methodist.
He has been an active worker in the cause of the Republican party, as has already been noted in this context, and fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order, the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Good Templars and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which last he was elected grand master of the grand lodge of the state, at Deadwood, in 1890, while in the following year he was elected grand representative at Yankton.
Mention should be made of the fact that Mr. Basford enlisted, in 1864, as a member of the Seventeenth Vermont Volunteer Infantry, but was rejected by reason of his youth and was thus unable to assist in the defense of the Union during the Civil War.
He was a member of the board of commissioners of Spink county from 1884 to 1886, inclusive, and was a member of the board of regents of the Mitchell University in 1887-8-9.
On August 22, 1871, at Georgia, Vermont, Mr. Basford was united in marriage to Miss Arminda M. Blake. They are the parents of six children, namely: William B., Caroline A., Delta C., Frank W. Orville K. and Harrison D.
Contributor: Heather Hall (48030601)
ORVILLE S. BASFORD is a native of the old Green Mountain state, having been born in Shelburne, Vermont, on the 28th of August, 1848, and being a son of Samuel and Henrietta (Kingsbury) Basford, the former of whom was a mechanic by vocation, while both passed their entire lives in New England.
In the agnatic line the genealogy is traced back to four brothers who came to America from England in the latter part of the eighteenth century, having been originally from Wales, and their descendants in the new world are now numerous and found in the most diverse sections of the Union. While the orthography of the name has become varied, Basford, Bassford, Bashford, etc.
The subject received his early education in the common schools and then completed a four-years classical course in the University of Vermont, as a member of the class of 1876. Prior to his graduation he was regularly stationed as a licentiate of the Vermont conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and later was duly ordained to elder's orders.
After five years of successful work in the ministry of his church in Vermont, at Milton, Hyde Park and Essex, he came to the territory of Dakota, in 1880, his prime object being to induce his brothers, who were merchants, to avail themselves of advantages offered in the securing of government lands. He was given a Methodist circuit embracing the south half of Spink County, and within the three years following he organized four societies and erected three churches, at Hitchcock, Crandon and Redfield. He then became concerned in political affairs and withdrew from the active work of the ministry.
In 1894, he was chosen chairman of the Republican state central committee, maneuvered his forces with much ability during the campaign of that year, and in the spring of the following year resumed ministerial functions removing to Missouri, where he was for four years pastor of a church at Wellsville, Montgomery County, and for three and one-half years incumbent of a charge at Linnens, Linn County.
His health became impaired and he accordingly returned to South Dakota, where the invigorating climate soon enabled him to recuperate his energies.
He is now associated with his two sons, Frank and Harry, and is manager and editor of the Redfield Press, which is published by the firm of Basford Brothers & Basford. He was postmaster of Redfield from 1890 to 1894, inclusive, and in 1887-1888 was editor and publisher of the Dakota Methodist.
He has been an active worker in the cause of the Republican party, as has already been noted in this context, and fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order, the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Good Templars and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which last he was elected grand master of the grand lodge of the state, at Deadwood, in 1890, while in the following year he was elected grand representative at Yankton.
Mention should be made of the fact that Mr. Basford enlisted, in 1864, as a member of the Seventeenth Vermont Volunteer Infantry, but was rejected by reason of his youth and was thus unable to assist in the defense of the Union during the Civil War.
He was a member of the board of commissioners of Spink county from 1884 to 1886, inclusive, and was a member of the board of regents of the Mitchell University in 1887-8-9.
On August 22, 1871, at Georgia, Vermont, Mr. Basford was united in marriage to Miss Arminda M. Blake. They are the parents of six children, namely: William B., Caroline A., Delta C., Frank W. Orville K. and Harrison D.
Contributor: Heather Hall (48030601)
Bio from "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), pp 1690-1691.
ORVILLE S. BASFORD is a native of the old Green Mountain state, having been born in Shelburne, Vermont, on the 28th of August, 1848, and being a son of Samuel and Henrietta (Kingsbury) Basford, the former of whom was a mechanic by vocation, while both passed their entire lives in New England.
In the agnatic line the genealogy is traced back to four brothers who came to America from England in the latter part of the eighteenth century, having been originally from Wales, and their descendants in the new world are now numerous and found in the most diverse sections of the Union. While the orthography of the name has become varied, Basford, Bassford, Bashford, etc.
The subject received his early education in the common schools and then completed a four-years classical course in the University of Vermont, as a member of the class of 1876. Prior to his graduation he was regularly stationed as a licentiate of the Vermont conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and later was duly ordained to elder's orders.
After five years of successful work in the ministry of his church in Vermont, at Milton, Hyde Park and Essex, he came to the territory of Dakota, in 1880, his prime object being to induce his brothers, who were merchants, to avail themselves of advantages offered in the securing of government lands. He was given a Methodist circuit embracing the south half of Spink County, and within the three years following he organized four societies and erected three churches, at Hitchcock, Crandon and Redfield. He then became concerned in political affairs and withdrew from the active work of the ministry.
In 1894, he was chosen chairman of the Republican state central committee, maneuvered his forces with much ability during the campaign of that year, and in the spring of the following year resumed ministerial functions removing to Missouri, where he was for four years pastor of a church at Wellsville, Montgomery County, and for three and one-half years incumbent of a charge at Linnens, Linn County.
His health became impaired and he accordingly returned to South Dakota, where the invigorating climate soon enabled him to recuperate his energies.
He is now associated with his two sons, Frank and Harry, and is manager and editor of the Redfield Press, which is published by the firm of Basford Brothers & Basford. He was postmaster of Redfield from 1890 to 1894, inclusive, and in 1887-1888 was editor and publisher of the Dakota Methodist.
He has been an active worker in the cause of the Republican party, as has already been noted in this context, and fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order, the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Good Templars and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which last he was elected grand master of the grand lodge of the state, at Deadwood, in 1890, while in the following year he was elected grand representative at Yankton.
Mention should be made of the fact that Mr. Basford enlisted, in 1864, as a member of the Seventeenth Vermont Volunteer Infantry, but was rejected by reason of his youth and was thus unable to assist in the defense of the Union during the Civil War.
He was a member of the board of commissioners of Spink county from 1884 to 1886, inclusive, and was a member of the board of regents of the Mitchell University in 1887-8-9.
On August 22, 1871, at Georgia, Vermont, Mr. Basford was united in marriage to Miss Arminda M. Blake. They are the parents of six children, namely: William B., Caroline A., Delta C., Frank W. Orville K. and Harrison D.
Contributor: Heather Hall (48030601)
ORVILLE S. BASFORD is a native of the old Green Mountain state, having been born in Shelburne, Vermont, on the 28th of August, 1848, and being a son of Samuel and Henrietta (Kingsbury) Basford, the former of whom was a mechanic by vocation, while both passed their entire lives in New England.
In the agnatic line the genealogy is traced back to four brothers who came to America from England in the latter part of the eighteenth century, having been originally from Wales, and their descendants in the new world are now numerous and found in the most diverse sections of the Union. While the orthography of the name has become varied, Basford, Bassford, Bashford, etc.
The subject received his early education in the common schools and then completed a four-years classical course in the University of Vermont, as a member of the class of 1876. Prior to his graduation he was regularly stationed as a licentiate of the Vermont conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and later was duly ordained to elder's orders.
After five years of successful work in the ministry of his church in Vermont, at Milton, Hyde Park and Essex, he came to the territory of Dakota, in 1880, his prime object being to induce his brothers, who were merchants, to avail themselves of advantages offered in the securing of government lands. He was given a Methodist circuit embracing the south half of Spink County, and within the three years following he organized four societies and erected three churches, at Hitchcock, Crandon and Redfield. He then became concerned in political affairs and withdrew from the active work of the ministry.
In 1894, he was chosen chairman of the Republican state central committee, maneuvered his forces with much ability during the campaign of that year, and in the spring of the following year resumed ministerial functions removing to Missouri, where he was for four years pastor of a church at Wellsville, Montgomery County, and for three and one-half years incumbent of a charge at Linnens, Linn County.
His health became impaired and he accordingly returned to South Dakota, where the invigorating climate soon enabled him to recuperate his energies.
He is now associated with his two sons, Frank and Harry, and is manager and editor of the Redfield Press, which is published by the firm of Basford Brothers & Basford. He was postmaster of Redfield from 1890 to 1894, inclusive, and in 1887-1888 was editor and publisher of the Dakota Methodist.
He has been an active worker in the cause of the Republican party, as has already been noted in this context, and fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order, the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Good Templars and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which last he was elected grand master of the grand lodge of the state, at Deadwood, in 1890, while in the following year he was elected grand representative at Yankton.
Mention should be made of the fact that Mr. Basford enlisted, in 1864, as a member of the Seventeenth Vermont Volunteer Infantry, but was rejected by reason of his youth and was thus unable to assist in the defense of the Union during the Civil War.
He was a member of the board of commissioners of Spink county from 1884 to 1886, inclusive, and was a member of the board of regents of the Mitchell University in 1887-8-9.
On August 22, 1871, at Georgia, Vermont, Mr. Basford was united in marriage to Miss Arminda M. Blake. They are the parents of six children, namely: William B., Caroline A., Delta C., Frank W. Orville K. and Harrison D.
Contributor: Heather Hall (48030601)
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