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- James and Dorliska lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was a Republican. They kept a summer home in the Hamptons.
1850 Federal Census of Southampton, Suffolk County, New York (15 Aug 1850)
Fanny Basset 59 F New York 500
David Congden 32 M Connecticut Merchant
Frances P. 28 F New York
Julius F. 6 M New York
Louisa G. 4 F New York
James F. Basset 25 M New York Clerk
George Basset 37 M New York Seaman
Prucence Fordham 84 F New York 400
1870 Federal Census of McGregor, Mendon Twp., Clayton County, IA (8 Sep 1870)
James Basset 45 M New York Produce Dealer 10,500 21,000
Dorliska 41 F New York Keeping House
Frank 12 M New York
Kittie 9 F Iowa
Bertha 3 F Iowa
& 2 servants
Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, New York
Frank C., son of James F. & Dorliska F. Bassett 1858 - 1872
James F. Bassett 1824 - 1895
Dorliska F., Wife of J.F. Bassett 1828 - 1910
Georga Bassett, wife of Alexis P. Bartlett 1875 - 1913
Bertha Bassett Lewis, wife of John M. Lewis, Born Jan. 27, 1867, Died Nov. 11, 1936
John M. Lewis M.D., Born June 17, 1858, Diec July 1, 1914
The History of Aurora County, Andreas' Historical Atlas of Dakota (1884)
Messrs. Bassett, Hunting and Co. of McGregor, Iowa erected a grain
elevator with a grain capacity of 40,000 bushels in August 1883. The business
in Plankinton managed by D.D. Fraser.
Historical and Reminiscences of Chickasaw County, Io
By J.H. Powers, (1894)
Bassett was named after one of the firm of Bassett & Hunting, a
extensive wheat buying firm along the line of the railroad, they both living
in McGregor.
History of Clayton County, Iowa, 1882 p. 968
Mendon Township, James Bassett was born in Sag Harbor, Long Island, on
the 5th day of November, 1824, and was a son of John and Frances P. (Fordham)
Bassett. His father was a native of Connecticut, and a soldier in the war of
1812; his mother, a native of Long Island. The subject of this memoir came to
Clayton County in 1857, where he has been actively engaged in business
pursuits since. In 1857 he married Dorliska F. Conkling, a daughter of
Jedediah Conkling, of Long Island. Mr. and Mrs. Bassett are the parents of
three living children -- Kate, Bertha and Georgia. Mr. Bassett is a member of
the Masonic Fraternity, Bezer Lodge, No. 135, and was a member of the
convention that nominated James A. Garfield.
Brooklyn Eagle, 13 Apr 1899, Page 8
Long Island Obituary Record
Sag Harbor, L.I. - James F. Bassett died at his home in Minneapolis,
Minn. Monday last, aged over 70 years. Mr. Bassett was a native of Sag Harbor
and spent his early life here. He was one of the California argonauts in '49
and on his return settled in McGregor, Ia., and went into the wheat business
with William F. Huntting, a native of Southampton, continuing until abo
twelve years ago, and conducting one of the largest enterprises of this kind
in the West. On the death of Mr. Huntting, Mr. Bassett removed to Minneapolis
and formed the co-partnership of Commons, Bassett & Co. Mr. Bassett married a
daughter of the late Jedediah Conklin of this village and has always spent his
summers here and owned the finest residence in the village, overlooking the
bay, on the site of Mrs. Bassett's former home.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1824 - 1899 (74 years)