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The Biographical Annals of Ohio, 1902
George A. Bassett (Included picture)
George A. Bassett, attorney-at-law, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., June 6, 1859. He has lived in Ohio thirty-five years, and in Toledo twenty-four years. He was educated in the public school and began life as a printer at the age of sixteen. He worked for a time in the mechanical department of the Toledo papers, and was telegraph editor of the Commercial for some time, and later became financially interested in a couple of county seat papers in Northwestern Ohio.
Mr. Bassett was admitted to the bar in 1859, and the next year was appointed an assistant in the office of the city solicitor of Toledo, which position he held for four years. He is an active worker for the success of the Republican party, being a member of the County Executive Committee several times, and believes in fair play in politics as in everything else. He is one of the charter members of the Lincoln Club, and to that organization has devoted much of his time.
Mr. Bassett is a member of Sanford L. Collins Lodge, No. 396, F. & A.M., of Toledo.
February 21, 1933
Judge Bassett Wed 50 Years
Jurist and Wife Observe Golden Anniversary Tuesday
(Picture of Judge and Mrs. George Bassett included in article)
Judge and Mrs. George A. Bassett Tuesday celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in their home, 318 Islington street, with several members of their immediate family and friends present.
Married in 1883 to Elizabeth J. Brinkerhoff of Tiffin, the judge recalled with a chuckle that the famous flood of ?83 here threatened to postpone his wedding, scheduled for the farm residence of his bride. Finally, with his future brother-in-law, Robert Brinkerhoff, father of the famed cartoonist, he was taken across the raging Maume in a tug late at night, the flood having torn two spans form the old Cherry street bridge.
Judge Bassett was born in Perrysburg, where he worked on the old Journal. Coming to Toledo in 1880, he was with the old Morning Commercial, now the Times, for two years. He studied shorthand and became a court reporter. He began a study of law, was admitted to the bar in 1895 and served in the state legislature from 1903 to 1908.
Then he was appointed a judge of the common pleas court here by the late Governor Harris and served two years. He still practices law and has offices at 918 Board of Trade building.
Judge and Mrs. Bassett have three children, Mrs. Ada Hoffmeister of Fall River, Mass.; Mrs Herman Ereausquin of Toledo, and George of Los Angeles, All except one of five grandchildren are here for the anniversary.
The Toledo Blade, May 22, 1946
George A. Bassett Stricken By Death After Year?s Illness
Former Newspaperman and Legislator Also Served as Common Pleas Judge
(Picture included)
George A. Bassett, who started as a newspaperman and then became a member of the state legislature and a common pleas court judge, died today in his home, 106 Rosalind Pl. He was 87.
One of the two oldest members of the Lucas County Bar Association, he had been ill a year.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Mr. Bassett joined the staff of the old Perrysburg Journal and in 1880 came to Toledo as a member of the old Morning Commercial, now the Times.
He studied shorthand and two years later left the newspaper field to become a court reporter. This led to the study of law and his admission to the bar in 1895.
Mr. Bassett served in the state legislature from 1903 to 1908 and then was appointed judge of the common pleas court in Toledo by the late Governor Harris.
He was married 63 years to the former Elizabeth J. Brinkerhoff, who survives him. The marriage took place in 1883 on the farm residence of his bride in Tiffin, O., after Mr. Bassett braved the famous flood of that year to go from Toledo to the ceremony.
Th flood had destroyed two spans of the old Cherry Street Bridge and Mr. Bassett was taken across the Maumee aboard a tug by his future brother-in-law, R.E. Brinkerhoff, father of Robert Brinkerhoff, New York cartoonist.
Wild Pigeon Hunter
Mr. Bassett?s most vivid recollections of his youth were the wild pigeon hunts he and his Uncle William conducted in Wood County in 1872-3. Flocks of pigeons were caught alive in huge nets, 200 and 300 at a time, and shipped east to shooting clubs.
Mr. Bassett was a member of Sanford L. Collins Lodge, F. & A.M.
Surviving besides his wife are son, George B., daughters, Mrs. W.F. Hoffmeister, Fall River, Mass., and MRs. German Erausquin, Toledo, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m., Friday in the Boyer Feilbach and Van Wormer Mortuary, Collingwood Memorial. Burial will be in South Bend Cemetery, McCuthison, O.
Toledo Times, May 23, 1946
Former Judge Expires at 87
George Bassett Dies In His Home
George A. Bassett, 87, former state legislator and Common Pleas judge, died yesterday in his home, 106 Rosalind place, after a year?s illness. He was one of the two oldest members of the Lucas County Bar association.
Mr. Bassett started as a newspaperman, with the old Perrysburg Journal and the old Toledo Morning Commercial, no the Toledo Times. He became a court reporter and in 1895, was admitted to the bar.
After serving in the state legislature from 1903 to 1908, he became a Lucas county Common Pleas judge.
He was a member of Sanford L. Collins lodge, F. & A.M.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Bassett; son, George B. Bassett; daughters, Mrs. W.F. Hoffmeister, Fall River, Mass., and Mrs. German Erausquin, Toledo, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services will be tomorrow at 1 p.m. in the Boyer-Feilbach & Van Wormer mortuary, Collingswood Memorial, with burial in South Bend cemetery, McCuthison, O.
1880 Federal Census of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
George Bassett 22 M NJ NJ NJ Head News Reporter
(Living with many others) (Not sure if this is our George or not)
1910 Federal Census of 5th ward, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio (15 Apr 1910)
George A. Bassett 50 M NY US US Head Lawyer Law Office
Elizabeth J. 47 F OH PA OH Wife
Ada E. 26 F OH NY OH Daughter
George B. 19 M OH NY OH Son
Margaret A. 14 F OH NY OH Daughter
(Living at 21 19th Street)
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