Bassett is part of Iola, Allen County, Kansas. -----Original Message----- From: Janey614@aol.com <Janey614@aol.com> To: KSBOURBO-L@rootsweb.com <KSBOURBO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 11:31 AM Subject: [KSBOURBO-L] John Scott Death 1919?? >Have been seeking info on my grandfather, John Scott who lived in Ft. Scott >from before 1900 until his death in Nov. 1919 (?) My dad, now 86 years old , >was , as best he can remember, 7 at the time and belives he was buried in a >cemetary on the south side of town (south of the town square and he believes >then east) Does Ft. Scott have a town square? I contacted the state and they >have no death certificate for this man. He would probably be buried next to >his first wife, Roda (died in childbirth) who shows up in Ft. Scott with him >in the 1900 census. By the 1910 census he was married to my grandmother, >Sadie Dugan Scott, and dad was born in 1912 in Bassett, KS (anyone know where >Bassett is?) but then they were again in Ft. Scott when he died. Would love >to find this gravesite and hopefully some documentation on him. He came to KS >from Pennsylvania sometime before 1900 and Dad says his widowed mother, name >unknown, came at that time also. She may also be buried close by. Quite a >mystery and it's proving a tough one to solve! > >Mary Strotkamp >janey614@aol.com >