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- 1880 Federal Census of 2nd Ward, Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa
Geo. Bassett 53 M CN VT VT Head Land Agent
Emily Kinkup 48 F CN VT VT Sister Keep. House
Minnie 21 F IA EN CN Niece Music Teacher
Georgia 19 F IA EN CN Niece At Home
L.W. Bassett 87 F VT VT VT Mother At Home
Lizzie Beck 17 F GM GM GM Other Servant
E. Hondale 19 M NY -- -- Other Servant
George Bassett 1827 - 1896
George W. Bassett was born in Canada in 1827. He received his
education in Wabash College, Indiana, and the Cincinnati Law School. He came
to Iowa in 1856, studying law with John A. Kasson in Des Moines. He located at
Fort Dodge in 1858 where he practiced his profession. In 1861 he was a
lieutenant in a company of cavalry raised at Fort Dodge which was attached to
the Army of the Potomac. He was disabled by wounds in battles and had to
resign in consequence. Upon his return to Fort Dodge in 1863 Lieutenant
Bassett was elected to the State senate for the northwestern district
consisting of twenty-eight counties and represented more than one-third of the
territory of the State in the Tenth and Eleventh General Assemblies. For
nearly twenty years Mr. Bassett was the general agent for the leasing and sale
of the lands embraced in the Agricultural College grant, disposing of nearly
200,000 acres of lands. He died in California on the 6th of February, 1896.
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