Emma Emmaline Bassett

Emma or Emmaline was born 18 Mar 1845 in Nauvoo, Illinois. She had three brothers and a sister. During the mob violence in Nauvoo, while her father was away, his cattle were stolen, his home burned, and his wife put out into the snow. Emma's mother caught cold and died three days later. Emma's father, Francillo Durfey, helped the children cross the Missouri River with the first compnay of Saints and start for the Rocky Mountains. He then joined the Mormon Battalion and left the children for others to bring to the valley. Emma was five years old when they arrived in Salt Lake City on 12 Oct 1849. Emma married Loren Elias Bassett in 1865, and they settled in Cache Valley, Utah. She died in Arbon, Power, Idaho in 1907 and Loren died in 1917. Both are buried at Beaver Dam, Box Elder County, Utah.

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• Residence: Lincoln, Grundy, Missouri, United States - 1880
• Residence: Lincoln, Grundy, Missouri - 1900
• Residence: Lincoln Township, Grundy, Missouri, United States - 1900
• Residence: Lincoln, , Missouri - 1910