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- 1840 Federal Census of Byrd Township, Brown County, Ohio
George Bassett 000001000-00001000
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1850 Federal Census of Russell Village, Brown County, Ohio
George Bassett 41 M New York Grocer 1400
Nancy 32 F Ohio
Sarah 9 F Ohio
Cyrus 7 M Ohio
Lewisa? 5 F Ohio
Laura 3 F Ohio
George 9/12 M Ohio
(Moved to Knox County, Illinois in 1860)
1860 Federal Census of Abingdon, Cedar Township, Knox County, Illinois
George Bassett 52 M New York Merchant 800 4000
Nancy 42 F Ohio
Sarah A. 20 F Ohio Clerk
Cyrus W. 18 M Ohio
Louise 15 F Ohio
Laura E. 13 F Ohio
George M. 10 M Ohio
Julia 8 F Ohio
Charles 1 M Illinois
1870 Federal Census of Abingdon, Indian Point Twp., Knox Co., IL (13 Jun 1870)
George Bassett 61 M New York Store Keeper
Nancy 52 F Ohio Keeping House
Cyrus W. 28 M Ohio Store Keeper
George M. 20 M Ohio Drug Clerk
Julie H. 18 F Ohio At home
Charles K. 11 M Illinois Attends School
1880 Federal Census of Abingdon, Knox County, Illinois
C.W. Bassett 38 M OH NY OH Head Secy. G.L.I.O.G.I
Mary C. 38 F MA MA MA Wife Keeping House
1880 Federal Census of Hallock, Peoria County, Illinois
George M. Bassett 29 M OH OH OH Other Pastor M.E. Church
Living with the Mary Will Family
Nebraska, The Land and the People, Vol. 2
George Bassett was born in 1809, and he and his wife were married at Russellville, Ohio, in September, 1837. When still a boy George Bassett left his home in New York State and came as far west as Ohio, and for some years worked at anything honest he could find to do, saving his money and investing it profitably until he had a sufficient amount to start in the mercantile business, which he did at Russellville, and there he achieved an admirable success, and there all of his children, with the exception of Charles K., were born. Leaving Russellville, he moved to Abingdon, Illinois, having sold his interests in his former home, and in his new one repeated his former successes, and during the war period of the '60s, served as postmaster of Abingdon, and was its leading merchant. A zealous Republican, he and his sons were loyal supporters of its principles and the Union, and when a miscreant tried to cut down the flagpole, from which the flag was kept flying in the public square, one of the sons shot at him and prevented the desecration. The life of this useful citizen and great patriot terminated in 1889, when he was over seventy-nine years old. His wife survived him for some years, passing away in 1906, at the age of eighty-eight years. They had three sons and three daughters, namely: Sarah, who married D. N. Strain, had three children; Cyrus, who served in the Union army during the war between the states, died from tuberculosis contracted in the war, shortly after the declaration of peace, [p.456] leaving his widow, formerly Mary Merrill; Louise, who married Paul Fearing, an uncle of Vice President Dawes, and they have two sons and one daughter; George M., who is a minister of the Methodist Episcopal faith, is now superintendent of the Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, and is married; Julia, who married W. F. Shoop, has three sons; and Charles K., who is the youngest.
Atlas Map of Knox County, Illinois (1871)
Geo. Bassett & Co. living in Abingdon, Cedar/Indian Pt. Township. Born in New York. Came from Brown County, Ohio in 1855.
C.W. Bassett living in Abingdon, Cedar/Indian Pt. Township. Born in Ohio. Came from Brown County, Ohio in 1855.
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George M. Strain, Reporter for the "Republican-Register"; Galesburg, where he was born march 4, 1873; educated in Knox College. His father, David Newton Strain, was born near Greenfield, Ohio; his mother, Sarah A. Strain, was born at Russelville, Ohio. On the paternal side, his great-grandparents were David and Nancy (Montgomery) Strain. His grandfather, James Strain was born in South Carolina; his grandmother was Martha Garrett Strain. On the maternal side, his great-grandparents were John and Sabra (Witter) Bassett; his grandparents were George Bassett, born in Benton Township, New York, and Nancy (Wilson), born in Russelville, Ohio.
After leaving the public schools, at the age of twelve, he worked for the O.T. Johnson Company for two years; attended Knox Academy three years; worked for Kellogg, Drake and Olson for three years; attended Knox College for three years, during which time he was special reporter for the Republican-Register, held a regular position as reporter on the same paper from Mun 1896 to AUgust 1989; attended Knox College for the senion year, and after graduation, returned to this former position on the Republican-Register.
His parents came to Galesburg in April 1865, having residing in the State from 1854. His father, D.N. Strain, was a grocer for twenty years, but is now retired. One brother, Orves B. Strain, returned from Germany in 1898, after a two years' course of study under a Blatchford fellowship from the Chicago Technological Seminary, and is now assistant pastor of the New England Congregational Church, Chicago. In religion, G.M. Strain is a Congregationalist. In politics he is a republican.
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