The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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Two stones: 1] gravestone laying flat on the ground, contemporary with the death of the Patriot. 2] Large upright monument, not contemporary with the death of Patriot. There is also a DAR plaque listing soldiers buried in the cemetery.
Photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR
The record showed grave GPS as: 39.16755100, -84.53072600
The Monument is across the road where Sections 113, 115, and 116 join to the North end of the Woodland Preserve
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Cemetery located at 4521 Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati.
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Author: Michael J. Blum
Benjamin Bassett died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, on 1 January 1830, of “paralysis” and was buried on his farm in Delhi Township. His remains were removed and reinterred in Spring Grove Cemetery, Lot 140, Section 14, no stone.
Many families reburied their ancestors at Spring Grove because of the quality of perpetual care provided and the beauty and serenity of the grounds. On 15 May 1976, a bronze tablet was placed on a large granite boulder listing some of the Revolutionary War soldiers buried at the Cemetery. This memorial is across the road where Sections 113, 115, and 116 join to the North end of the Woodland Preserve. [Lat. 39.1672739 Ln. -84.5349940.]
He Married Abigail Nickerson.
Sources:
Spring Grove Cemetery Records. Microfiche. Now also available online, http://www. Springrove.org.
Hamilton County Recorder’s Office. Veterans’ Graves Registration Cards. (Cards are located at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.)
{ Works Progress Administration (WPA) Revolutionary War Veteran burial records in Ohio; Cincinnati-Hamilton County Public Library, History/Genealogy department.}
Revolutionary War Soldiers, Buried in Hamilton County, Ohio”; Little Miami Publ. Co. Milford, Ohio, 2010. By DAR, Cincinnati Chapter.
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