Norman Carl Bassett descends from William Bassett of Plymouth as follows:
William Bassett and wife Elizabeth
Nathaniel Bassett (b. 1628) and wife Dorcas Joyce
Samuel Bassett (b. 1670) and wife Elizabeth Jones
Samuel Bassett (b. 1700) and wife Alice Weaver
Samuel Bassett (b. 1740) and wife Tabitha Waite
John Bassett (b. 1770) and wife Clarissa Kellogg
Charles Rogers Bassett (b. 1808) and wife Maria Jane Frieze
Norman Carl Bassett (b. 1855) and wife Helen Besler
1890 patent for N.C. Bassett
Elkhart Weekly Review, Indiana, Saturday, August 8, 1908
Had Worked Too Hard
Manager of an Allis-Chalmers Department Found Wandering
with $50,000 on His Person
Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 7 – His mind unbalanced by work and heat Norman C. Bassett, aged fifty, manager of a department of the Allis-Chalmers plant, wandered for several hours about town until a patrolman took him to the police station. He carried a sachel which was found to contain $50,000 in money, bonds and other negotiable papers, when opened at the emergency hospital.
When taken into custody Bassett talked incoherently, was unable to tell the officers anything about himself, even his name, and imagined he was in a strange foreign city pursued by thieves. Bassett is a bachelor, and enthusiastic golfer, being a member of the Blue Mound and Country clubs, and a man of means.