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- 1860 Federal Census of Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio (Jun 1860)
J. Basset 26 M Lower Canada Clergy --- 150
(Living with Pat Bates)
1870 Federal Census of Englewood, Lake Township, Cook County, IL (11 Jul 1870)
James Bassett 35 M Canada Preacher 5000 3000
Abigail 30 F New York Keeping House
Abby 4 F Wisconsin
Winnie 2 F Wisconsin
& 3 others
1880 Federal Census of Deerfield, Lake County, Illinois
James Bassett 45 M NY NY NY Head Minister
Abby 40 F NY NY NY Wife
Abby 14 F WI NY NY Daughter
Winefred 11 M WI NY NY Son
Mary 9 F IL NY NY Daughter
James 3 M PE NY NY Son
(PE = Persia)
1900 Federal Census of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, NY (14 Jun 1900)
James Bassett 60 M Jan 1834 CN VT VT Head Clergyman
Abigail 60 F Nov 1839 NY NY NY Wife
Mary L. 29 F Mar 1871 IL CN NY Daughter School Teacher
(Married 36 years, 7 children, 5 living)
1910 Federal Census of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA (19 Apr 1910)
Abigail W. Bassett (Wd) 70 F NY NY NY Head
Abigail S. Godfrey 43 F WI CN NY Daughter (Married 0/12)
Winifred Bassett 40 F WI CN NY Daughter
Mary L. 37 F IL CN NY Daughter
James H. 34 M PE CN NY Son Teacher Public School
Ruth P. 27 F PE CN NY Daughter Teacher Public School
(PE ? Persia)
Edited Appletons Encyclopedia, 2001
James Bassett
BASSETT, James, missionary, born near Hamilton, Canada, 31 January 1834. He was graduated at Wabash in 1956, and at Lane theological seminary in 1859. He served as chaplain in the United States volunteer army in 1862-?3. From 1863 until 1871 he held pastorates in the Presbyterian Churches of Newark and Englewood, New Jersey, and in 1871 became a missionary for the Presbyterian board. He traveled extensively in Europe, passed many years in Turkey and Persia, and was the first American to settle in Teheran, and the first known to have traveled as far east as the alleged tomb of Haroun-al-Raschid at Mashhad. As a pioneer of missionary work, he gained a wide acquaintance with the manners and customs of central and eastern Persia. He is the author of ?Hymns in Persian? (Teheran, 1875 and 1884); ?A Grammatical Note on the Simnuni Dialects of the Persian,? from the ?Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society? (London, 1884); ?Among the Turcomans? (?Leisure Hour,? London, 1879-?80); ?Persia the Land of the Imams? (New York, 1886); and a translation of the gospel according to Matthew into Gaghatti Tartar (London, 1880).
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1834 - 1906 (72 years)