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- 1870 Federal Census of 4th Ward, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio (14 Jul 1870)
John F. Bassett 23 M Kentucky Machinist
Living in boarding house of Frank Ziebold
1910 Federal Census of 5th precinct, Anderson County, Texas (28 Mar 1910)
John F. Bassett 63 M KY NH KY Head Farmer - General Farm
Pioneer Families of Anderson County Prior to 1900
Anderson County Genealogical Society
BASSETT
JOHN FOREE BASSETT was born 16 August 1847, the only child of E
Bassett and Edna Holt Foree. As a young man he worked in the railroad shops
around Cincinnati and Louisville, eventually becoming a master mechani
He married Elizabeth McLeod on 26 August 1873 in the First Baptist
Church of Covington, Ky. She was born 3 Sep 1854, the third child of Alexander
McLeod (1829-1909) and Elizabeth McNeil (ca.1826-1908). The parents lived in
Hamilton, Ohio and had emigrated from Portobello, Scotland via Canada.
Siblings were William Henry (1851-1905), Anna Jane (Cavanaugh) (1852-1908) and
Alexander Jr. (1857-1885).
The family had eight children:
1. Harry Elbrige, b. 4 Aug. 1874, d. 15 Jan. 1960, m. 1 Charlie
Emmaline
Gore (1876-1946) 18 Sept. 1900, one son; m. 2 Bess Engli
(1894-1977) 30 April 1933, no children.
2. Libby, b. 27 March 1876, d. 5 Oct. 1882.
3. Edna Foree, b. 31 July 1881, d. 22 May 1972, m. Emory Brown
Thompson
(1870-1935) 23 Feb. 1898, two children.
4. Jennie, b. 25 Oct. 1884, d. 14 Aug. 1979, m. Thomas Lamar Slaughter
(1879-1945) 24 Jan. 1905, three daughters.
5. John Foree Jr., b. 10 March 1886, d. 11 Dec. 1969, m. Fann
Elizabeth Jones (1889-1979) 18 May 1909, three son
6. Elizabeth, b. 5 April 1888, d. 5 March 1983, m. John Mark Wilson
(1885-1963) 7 Nov. 1906, two sons, five daughter
7. William Alexander, b. 25 Jul 1890, d. 21 May 1922, m. Margar
Morrow
(1893-1983) 3 June 1914, one daughter.
8. Edward Holt, b. 6 July 1893, d. 20 Nov. 1969, m. Lydia Belle Lewis
(1893-1962) 21 Dec. 1913, four sons, four daughter
The eldest child, Harry, was born in Kentucky, all the others in
Anderson County, Texas, so the family emigrated to Texas about 187
All the men of the family were railroad workers, mostly in the shops.
Harry became a master mechanic, Edward a sheetmetalsmith, John a boilermaker
and William was a brakeman. When their union lost their strike in 1922, John
Sr., John Jr. and Edward were black-balled and had to find other work. John,
Sr. returned to his farm, John Jr. became a dairyman and Edward opened his own
plumbing and roofing business. Neither Harry nor William was involved in the
strike. About five years after their marriage, Elizabeth and her husband Mark
moved to Arizona where he became a rancher and in his later years a cattle
buyer. Jennie's husband Thomas was an engineman all his life, working out of
Palestine. Edna's husband, Emory was with the railroad also, he worked out of
San Antonio.
John Foree Bassett died 11 September 1923 and his wife Elizbeth on 16
March 1934.
All these people are buried in the Palestine City Cemetery except Edna
and Elizabeth. Edna and her husband are buried in San Antonio, Elizabeth and
Mark in Safford, Arizona.
by J.K. Rogers
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Bassett Family Association Database
1847 - Deceased