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- Pioneer and General History of Geauga County (1880)
Harvey Bassett was born Connecticut; came to Auburn first in 1831, and taught school in Twinsburgh in the winter of 1831 and 1832; went back to Connecticut in 1832, and returned to Auburn again in 1845 and purchased a farm of Willis Woods, north of the corners, and in 1847 was married to Hannah Coats. They had four children - Mary E., Alice M., Lucy C., and Chattie I. Mr. Bassett resided in Auburn until 1860, when he sold out and purchased a farm near Chagrin Falls, where he now resides. Mary E. died at the age of seventeen years. Mr. Bassett brought the first lucifer matches into Auburn. Mrs. Bassett died in January, 1880.
1850 Federal Census of Auburn, Geauga County, Ohio (3 Sep 1850)
Harvey Bassett - 28- M - Connecticut - Farmer 2,000
Hannah - 25 - F - New York
M.E. - 2 - F - Ohio
Mary Coats - 51 - F - New York
1860 Federal Census of Chester Township, Geauga County, Ohio (18 Jun 1860)
H. Bassett - 48 - M - Connecticut - Farmer 3500 800
H. - 35 - F - New York
E. - 12 - F - Ohio
A. - 7 - F - Ohio
L. - 1 - F - Ohio
M. Coates - 66 - F - Rhode Island
1870 Federal Census of Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (1 Jul 1870)
Harvey Bassett - 57 - M - Connecticut - Farmer 5200 600
Hannah - 45 - F - New York - Keeping House
Lucy - 11 - F - Ohio - Housework
Charley - 1 - M - Ohio - At Home
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