Frederick Leonard Bassett descends from William Bassett of Plymouth as follows:<\/p>\n
William Bassett and wife Elizabeth
\nNathaniel Bassett (b. 1628) and wife Dorcas Joyce
\nSamuel Bassett (b. 1670) and wife Elizabeth Jones
\nSamuel Bassett (b. 1700) and wife Alice Weaver
\nSamuel Bassett (b. 1736) and wife Tabitha Waite
\nJohn Bassett (b. 1770) and wife Clarissa Kellogg
\nSamuel Kellogg Bassett (b. 1804) and wife Jane Augusta Bradford
\nOwen Abbott Bassett (b. 1834) and wife Josephine Eliza Butland
\nFrederick Leonard Bassett (b. 1873)<\/p>\n
The following two articles is about the same story, but shows how things can get distorted when reported by different newspapers.<\/p>\n
The Lawrence Gazette, Thursday, October 20, 1892<\/p>\n
Fred Bassett, son of Judge O. A. Bassett, of Lawrence, shot W. E. Higgins and John Craycroft, students at the university, the other day because they crossed his father’s yard contrary to his orders. They will recover. Young Bassett, who is only 18 years old, was arrested.<\/p>\n
Bay City Times, Wednesday, October 12, 1892
\nTwo Students Shot
\nThey Trespassed Upon a Farmer\u2019s Land After Being Warned<\/p>\n
Lawrence, Kan., Oct. 12 \u2013 Fred Bassett, a farmer, shot and seriously wounded E. Higgins and Jack Cracoft, students of the Kansas university, because they walked across his land which he had warned all the students to keep off of. Both were members of the University football team and returning home from a practice game. The shooting was done with a double barreled shotgun. Higgins\u2019 wounds are probably fatal, his left hand and arm being torn away and a number of shots lodged in his left breast. Cracoft is shot in the right leg but will recover. Bassett has been arrested and acknowledged that he did the shooting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Frederick Leonard 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 … Continue reading