Bassfords (a brief synopsis)

  • Two who went down with the ship
    • Thomas Franklyn Bassford and wife 1829-1856 Atlantic Ocean on the way to Milan
    • Frank Jones Bassford 1858-1883; lost off the coast of Alaska on a seal hunting expedition
  • One who didn’t
    • Joseph MacDonald Bassford 1821-1894:(California arrival 1850); 1857 SS Central America sidewheeler 160 miles off the coast of South Carolina, sailing from Colon, Panama with a full shipment of Gold Rush gold; only 153 of 578 were rescued (primarily women and children;) Joseph was rescued several days after the sinking
  • The businessmen
    • Abraham 1795-1864 piano and billiard manufacturer
    • Thomas Bassford 1792-1852 Tobacconist
    • William Burleigh Bassford 1813-1866 jeweler
    • Henry Bassford 1814-1897 florist
    • George Washington 1824-1896 florist
    • Stephen Bassford 1827-1904 cigar merchant
    • Abraham B Bassford 1837-1922 Real Estate
  • Those who went to California
    • Joseph MacDonald Bassford 1821-1894 (1850)
  • Those who went to Colorado
    • Abraham Lockwood II Bassford 1824-1896
    • Henry Evesson Bassford 1854-1935
    • Mary Elizabeth Wright Bassford 1832-1908
  • Tennis players
    • Abraham B Bassford 1876-1947
  • The artists
    • Abraham Bassford 1795-1864 performed as a musician in the War of 1812
    • William Kipp Bassford 1839-1902; composer and musician who performed in both Europe and America
    • Thomas Franklyn Bassford 1829-1856; composer of operas
    • Isabel Evesson actress
    • Estelle Evesson actress