Ira Baxter Bassett descends from #1A William Bassett of Plymouth as follows:
William Bassett and wife Elizabeth
Nathaniel Bassett and wife Dorcas Joyce
Joseph Bassett and wife Susannah Howes
Daniel Bassett and wife Elizabeth Crowell
Daniel Bassett and wife Hannah Bearse
Joseph Bassett and wife Zerviah Bearse
Zenas Doane Bassett and wife Mary Palmer Howland
Zenas Doane Bassett Jr. and wife Hersilia D. Baxter
Ira Baxter Bassett
The Iron Trade Review, June 15, 1911
Bassett-Presley Co.
Sells Its Warehouse and Stock to the Carnegie Steel Co.
The Carnegie Steel Co. has purchased the warehouse and stock of the Bassett-Presley Co., Cleveland, and will take possession July 1. The warehouse is 154 x 300 feet, and is located on Thirty-ninth street, between Superior and St. Clair. It is very conveniently located near the Pennsylvania tracks for carrying on a jobbing business.
The officers of the Bassett-Presley Co. are: President, Ira B. Bassett; vice president, C.E. Kollfrath; secretary and treasurer, F.H. Dietz. Mr. Bassett came to Cleveland in 1869, when 21 years old, and entered the employ of the jobbing firm of Butler, Wick & Co., where he remained until 1871, when he was employed by another jobbing firm, W.H. McCurdy & Co. The latter firm became involved financially, a few years later, and Mr. Bassett carried on the business for the creditors for two years, after which the business was, turned over to him, and in 1886, with George Presley Jr., he organized the firm of Bassett & Presley. For a few years A.R. Train, now of Duxbury, Mass., was a member of the firm, and during that period, the firm was known as Bassett, Presley & Train. In 1901, the Bassett-Presley Co. was organized. Mr. Presley died in 1902.
“This sale”, said Mr. Bassett, “is not caused by unfair treatment of any kind on the part of the Steel Corporation. The advances were made by myself and negotiations have been pending for a number of months. There is nothing whatever to complain of concerning our treatment at the hands of the Steel Corporation.”
As announced in the Daily Iron Trade Review of Oct. 17, 1910, the Carnegie Steel Co. at that time inaugurated a jobbing business in Cleveland territory, and has since been carrying it on, making deliveries from its Pittsburg warehouse. With the warehouse which it has just acquired, it will be able to carry on its jobbing business in a much more satisfactory manner.
The Carnegie Steel Co. has also acquired a lot covering 120 feet frontage on Thirty-ninth street, adjoining the warehouse, and this makes possible the adding of buildings and cranes for the handling of plates and structural material, which have not been carried by the Basset-Presley Co.
Judge Gary, when asked in New York about the purchase of the Bassett-Presley property, said:
“The Steel Corporation has been acquiring sites for buildings for the establishment of distributing stations for its products for several years in various parts of the country. The purchase of the Risdon Iron Works at San Francisco recently, which will be used for warehouses, was a part of this policy. The Waverly warehouse in Newark, N.J., now serves the same purpose in the east.”
Ira was previously featured in the June 2008 Bassett family newsletter.
http://www.bassettbranches.org/newsletters/2008/20080615/20080615.shtml
