Ferris Wilson Bassett

1883 -

• Name	Ferris Wilson Bassett
  Born	21 Nov 1883	Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
  Gender	Male
  _UID	B44D9A875C804F4D87B69328C9F2AAC1B820
  Notes	Champaign, Illinois County Biography Rollo Stewart Bassett is a lumberman of wide and thorough experience in both the manufacturing and business ends of the industry, and for the past ten years has been district manager of the Alexander Lumber Company, with headquarters at Champaign. Mr. Bassett was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 9, 1872, a son of Charles F. and Bertha (Stewart) Bassett. His father was born in Cincinnati and his mother in Newport, Kentucky. His father is an old time lumberman, is an honored veteran of the Civil War, having served three years in the armies of Burnside, and is still living at Cincinnati, being connected with the National Flag Company of that city. His wife died at the age of forty-two. There were four children: Rollo S.; Edna, deceased; Newton of El Paso, Texas; and Ferris of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Rollo S. Bassett attended local schools at Cincinnati, and at the age of sixteen began working with his father in the lumber business. Later he attended high school and also the Art and Mechanical Institute of Cincinnati, where he perfected himself in mechanical designing and illustrating. Mr. Bassett at the age of twenty-two went to Chicago and was connected with a wholesale milling concern in that city until 1908. In that year he came to Champaign as his headquarters, and as district manager for the Alexander Lumber Company his territory covers Rantoul, Villa Grove, Penfield, Royal, Mansfield, Sidell, Champaign and Decatur. Mr. Bassett was married September 13, 1893, to Miss Ethel Sibley Benham, of Cincinnati. Their two children are Stewart Sibley and Margaret Benham. Mr. Bassett is an accomplished musician, and while in Chicago he served as organist for the First Congregational Church. He is now deacon in the First Congregational Church of Champaign. Mr. Bassett is a Knight Templar Mason and in politics is a Republican. 1910 Federal Census of Glenfield Borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (15 Apr 1910) W. Ferris Bassett - 26 - M - OH-OH-KY - Head - Stenographer B. Myrtle - 19 - F - PA-PA-PA - Wife C. Willis - 2 - M - PA-OH-PA - Son (Married 2 years)
  Person ID	I2398	1B John Bassett of Connecticut
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Charles Ferris Bassett,   b. 25 Aug 1843, Linwood, Hamilton County, Ohio
  Mother	Robertha (Bertha) Stewart,   b. 22 Jul 1851, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio ,   d. 13 Jul 1896, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio  (Age 44 years)
  Married	8 Mar 1871	Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
  Family ID	F893	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Myrtle Cornell,   b. Abt 1891, Pennsylvania
  Married	May 1907
  Children	1. Willis Cornell Bassett,   b. 28 Dec 1907, Pennsylvania ,   d. Oct 1987  (Age 79 years)   2. Grace Bassett
  Family ID	F897	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart