Clarissa Bassett married Williamson Terrill Anderson on 24 Nov 1866 in Shelby Co., IN and they were the parents of Matilda Anderson and their other children identified below.
Clarissa was a half-sister of Jeremiah Bassett, who was the son of Samuel Bassett and his unidentified first wife.
Clarissa was a full sister of Robert Bassett, Margaret Bassett, and Mary Bassett, children of Samuel Bassett and his second wife, Permelia Drake.
Tipton Daily Tribune 20 Mar 1919 (Thursday)
MRS. CLARISSA ANDERSON DEAD
Well-known Resident of Tetersburg Community Passes Away
Mrs. Clarissa Anderson, widow of William T. Anderson, died at the home of her son Arthur Anderson in Tetersburg, about nine o'clock Wednesday evening of pneumonia, and with her passing the Tetersburg community has lost one of the good mothers loved by every one.
Mrs. Anderson was born in Shelby County, September 1st 1845 and was the daughter of Samuel and Melia Bassett, pioneers of that county. Her father who had enlisted in the service of his country in the civil war was killed in the battle of Peach Creek, when she was about twenty years old.
She was married to William Terrell Anderson in Shelby County, about fifty years ago last September, and became the mother of seven children, three of whom are deceased, Albert Anderson, Mrs. Nannie James, Tillie Anderson. Those surviving the mother are Mrs. Hettie Pyle and Harve Anderson, of Tipton, Mrs. Gertrude Moulden and Arthur Anderson at Tetersburg. She is also survived by one brother, Robert Bassett of Alexandria, the only surviving one of a family of six children. Grandmother Anderson is also survived by sixteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Besides rearing her own family, she reared two grandchildren, Maude James and Myrtle Anderson, whom she took in infancy, when they were left motherless. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson came to Tipton County about 50 years ago, locating at Tipton for a short time until they could get possession of their farm which they had purchased in the vicinity of Tetersburg, and where she has since resided.
She had been a member of the M.E. church since early girlhood and her delight was in the church and its principles to which she lived faithful and when able she never missed a service. Her membership was with the Goldsmith church, but when not able to attend there she worshipped at the Tetersburg church.
When seized with her last illness Mrs. Anderson realized her condition and gave the members of her family and friends a lasting assurance of her faith and hop in her Master. She had been making her home with her son and family during the winter as a convenience for them in caring for her, but requested the children that she might be taken to her own home adjoining her son's as soon after death as possible, and made other arrangements for her funeral, and these requests have all been complied with by her children.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Tetersburg church Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. Leroy Myers, of Atlanta, her former pastor.
Burial will be at the Tetersburg cemetery beside her late husband and the other members of her family who are all buried there.
Clarissa was a half-sister of Jeremiah Bassett, who was the son of Samuel Bassett and his unidentified first wife.
Clarissa was a full sister of Robert Bassett, Margaret Bassett, and Mary Bassett, children of Samuel Bassett and his second wife, Permelia Drake.
Tipton Daily Tribune 20 Mar 1919 (Thursday)
MRS. CLARISSA ANDERSON DEAD
Well-known Resident of Tetersburg Community Passes Away
Mrs. Clarissa Anderson, widow of William T. Anderson, died at the home of her son Arthur Anderson in Tetersburg, about nine o'clock Wednesday evening of pneumonia, and with her passing the Tetersburg community has lost one of the good mothers loved by every one.
Mrs. Anderson was born in Shelby County, September 1st 1845 and was the daughter of Samuel and Melia Bassett, pioneers of that county. Her father who had enlisted in the service of his country in the civil war was killed in the battle of Peach Creek, when she was about twenty years old.
She was married to William Terrell Anderson in Shelby County, about fifty years ago last September, and became the mother of seven children, three of whom are deceased, Albert Anderson, Mrs. Nannie James, Tillie Anderson. Those surviving the mother are Mrs. Hettie Pyle and Harve Anderson, of Tipton, Mrs. Gertrude Moulden and Arthur Anderson at Tetersburg. She is also survived by one brother, Robert Bassett of Alexandria, the only surviving one of a family of six children. Grandmother Anderson is also survived by sixteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Besides rearing her own family, she reared two grandchildren, Maude James and Myrtle Anderson, whom she took in infancy, when they were left motherless. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson came to Tipton County about 50 years ago, locating at Tipton for a short time until they could get possession of their farm which they had purchased in the vicinity of Tetersburg, and where she has since resided.
She had been a member of the M.E. church since early girlhood and her delight was in the church and its principles to which she lived faithful and when able she never missed a service. Her membership was with the Goldsmith church, but when not able to attend there she worshipped at the Tetersburg church.
When seized with her last illness Mrs. Anderson realized her condition and gave the members of her family and friends a lasting assurance of her faith and hop in her Master. She had been making her home with her son and family during the winter as a convenience for them in caring for her, but requested the children that she might be taken to her own home adjoining her son's as soon after death as possible, and made other arrangements for her funeral, and these requests have all been complied with by her children.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Tetersburg church Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. Leroy Myers, of Atlanta, her former pastor.
Burial will be at the Tetersburg cemetery beside her late husband and the other members of her family who are all buried there.
Clarissa Bassett married Williamson Terrill Anderson on 24 Nov 1866 in Shelby Co., IN and they were the parents of Matilda Anderson and their other children identified below.
Clarissa was a half-sister of Jeremiah Bassett, who was the son of Samuel Bassett and his unidentified first wife.
Clarissa was a full sister of Robert Bassett, Margaret Bassett, and Mary Bassett, children of Samuel Bassett and his second wife, Permelia Drake.
Tipton Daily Tribune 20 Mar 1919 (Thursday)
MRS. CLARISSA ANDERSON DEAD
Well-known Resident of Tetersburg Community Passes Away
Mrs. Clarissa Anderson, widow of William T. Anderson, died at the home of her son Arthur Anderson in Tetersburg, about nine o'clock Wednesday evening of pneumonia, and with her passing the Tetersburg community has lost one of the good mothers loved by every one.
Mrs. Anderson was born in Shelby County, September 1st 1845 and was the daughter of Samuel and Melia Bassett, pioneers of that county. Her father who had enlisted in the service of his country in the civil war was killed in the battle of Peach Creek, when she was about twenty years old.
She was married to William Terrell Anderson in Shelby County, about fifty years ago last September, and became the mother of seven children, three of whom are deceased, Albert Anderson, Mrs. Nannie James, Tillie Anderson. Those surviving the mother are Mrs. Hettie Pyle and Harve Anderson, of Tipton, Mrs. Gertrude Moulden and Arthur Anderson at Tetersburg. She is also survived by one brother, Robert Bassett of Alexandria, the only surviving one of a family of six children. Grandmother Anderson is also survived by sixteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Besides rearing her own family, she reared two grandchildren, Maude James and Myrtle Anderson, whom she took in infancy, when they were left motherless. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson came to Tipton County about 50 years ago, locating at Tipton for a short time until they could get possession of their farm which they had purchased in the vicinity of Tetersburg, and where she has since resided.
She had been a member of the M.E. church since early girlhood and her delight was in the church and its principles to which she lived faithful and when able she never missed a service. Her membership was with the Goldsmith church, but when not able to attend there she worshipped at the Tetersburg church.
When seized with her last illness Mrs. Anderson realized her condition and gave the members of her family and friends a lasting assurance of her faith and hop in her Master. She had been making her home with her son and family during the winter as a convenience for them in caring for her, but requested the children that she might be taken to her own home adjoining her son's as soon after death as possible, and made other arrangements for her funeral, and these requests have all been complied with by her children.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Tetersburg church Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. Leroy Myers, of Atlanta, her former pastor.
Burial will be at the Tetersburg cemetery beside her late husband and the other members of her family who are all buried there.
Clarissa was a half-sister of Jeremiah Bassett, who was the son of Samuel Bassett and his unidentified first wife.
Clarissa was a full sister of Robert Bassett, Margaret Bassett, and Mary Bassett, children of Samuel Bassett and his second wife, Permelia Drake.
Tipton Daily Tribune 20 Mar 1919 (Thursday)
MRS. CLARISSA ANDERSON DEAD
Well-known Resident of Tetersburg Community Passes Away
Mrs. Clarissa Anderson, widow of William T. Anderson, died at the home of her son Arthur Anderson in Tetersburg, about nine o'clock Wednesday evening of pneumonia, and with her passing the Tetersburg community has lost one of the good mothers loved by every one.
Mrs. Anderson was born in Shelby County, September 1st 1845 and was the daughter of Samuel and Melia Bassett, pioneers of that county. Her father who had enlisted in the service of his country in the civil war was killed in the battle of Peach Creek, when she was about twenty years old.
She was married to William Terrell Anderson in Shelby County, about fifty years ago last September, and became the mother of seven children, three of whom are deceased, Albert Anderson, Mrs. Nannie James, Tillie Anderson. Those surviving the mother are Mrs. Hettie Pyle and Harve Anderson, of Tipton, Mrs. Gertrude Moulden and Arthur Anderson at Tetersburg. She is also survived by one brother, Robert Bassett of Alexandria, the only surviving one of a family of six children. Grandmother Anderson is also survived by sixteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Besides rearing her own family, she reared two grandchildren, Maude James and Myrtle Anderson, whom she took in infancy, when they were left motherless. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson came to Tipton County about 50 years ago, locating at Tipton for a short time until they could get possession of their farm which they had purchased in the vicinity of Tetersburg, and where she has since resided.
She had been a member of the M.E. church since early girlhood and her delight was in the church and its principles to which she lived faithful and when able she never missed a service. Her membership was with the Goldsmith church, but when not able to attend there she worshipped at the Tetersburg church.
When seized with her last illness Mrs. Anderson realized her condition and gave the members of her family and friends a lasting assurance of her faith and hop in her Master. She had been making her home with her son and family during the winter as a convenience for them in caring for her, but requested the children that she might be taken to her own home adjoining her son's as soon after death as possible, and made other arrangements for her funeral, and these requests have all been complied with by her children.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Tetersburg church Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. Leroy Myers, of Atlanta, her former pastor.
Burial will be at the Tetersburg cemetery beside her late husband and the other members of her family who are all buried there.
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