Charles Wallace Bassett descends from William Bassett of Plymouth as follows:
William Bassett and wife Elizabeth
William Bassett (b. 1624) and wife Mary Raynesford
Nathan Bassett (b. 1677) and wife Mary Huckens
William Bassett (b. 1702) and wife Ann Mayhew
Nathan Bassett (b. 1751) and wife Martha Bassett
Nathan Bassett (b. 1785) and wife Rhoda Merry
Isaac Chauncey Bassett (b. 1815) and wife Lucinda Boutwell
Charles Wallace Bassett (b 1844)
The American School Board Journal, January 1906
Leading In Its Line
The McIntosh Stereopticon Company and Its Manager
The stereopticon lantern has become an indispensable factor in the education effort of the country. Its utility is generally recognized and no first-class college or high school is without certain projective apparatus. The lecturer on popular subjects not only adds interest to his subject but enlivens it to the highest degree by the use of lanterns.
The wonderful perfection which has been attained in stereopticons or projective apparatus is due more largely to the enterprise of the manufacturer than to any improvements suggested by scientists. The possibilities were recognized by the manufacturer, and through him the knowledge of the scientist was brought into play.
There are those among the manufacturers in this line that cannot be ignored in any discussion of the subject. Notably among then, C.W. Bassett of Chicago, one of the pioneers in this industry, who must be mentioned for the part he has taken in its development.
As manager and manufacturer he has a long career of useful service behind him. The McIntosh Stereopticon Co., of which he is the directing head, and has been for many years, has seen the growth and development of an industry which furnished valuable accessories to the pursuit of educational effort. With one exception, the McIntosh Company is the oldest lantern house in the country. It furnishes stereopticons not only to the leading lecturers in this country, but abroad as well. When Dwight I. Elmendorf, the famous lecturer, was in Chicago recently, he ordered a complete lantern outfit from the McIntosh concern for his European trip. Foreign orders recently included some from India.
Mr. Bassett’s personal history has some interesting phases. At the age of seventeen he became a soldier in the war of the Rebellion on the Union side. After gallant service he entered upon a mercantile career and soon drifted into the sale and manufacture of surgical instruments. From this he became connected with the old established McIntosh Battery and Optical Company.
With this company he has pursued his labors to this date. He became the president of the company and directed its affairs until it developed into the present company, which makes an exclusive feature of stereopticons and projection apparatus.
The years of patient application and industry which he has given to the work can better be appreciated by those who know the man and his qualities of head and heart, than can be told in a brief and cursory sketch.
The writer knew Mr. Bassett when he was a sturdy, Handsome, blond-haired gentleman, with a military bearing. Today he is a stately man, whose beard is tinged with gray, and whose features have assumed a determined air, but who is withal a genial entertainer and whole-souled companion.
