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- Asahel died at his home.
1870 Federal Census of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York (6 Sep 1870)
Ashel Basset 35 M New York Farmer -- 300
Nancy 28 F New York Keeping House
William 10 M New York
George 3 M New York
Ettie 1 F New York
Ellen Murphy 18 F Ireland Domestic
Margaret Collens 23 F Ireland Domestic
George Vincent 30 M Ireland Farm Hand
Edward Lefungy? 23 F Ireland
1880 Federal Census of Rodgers Park, Cook County, Illinois
Asahel O. Bassett 45 M NY RI NY Head Mfg. Picture Frames
Nancy B. 38 F NY NY NY Wife Keeping House
Wm. D. 19 M NY NY NY Son Bookkeeper
George 12 M NY NY NY Son At School
Etta 11 F NY NY NY Daughter At School
Hattie 5 F IL NY NY Daughter At School
Emma 1 F IL NY NY Daughter
Martha Compton 26 F IL MA NY Other Servant
State of Illinois Death Certificate
Asahel O. Bassett
Male, white, 67 years, 1 month, 2 days.
Born: Delaware County, New York
Living in Illinois 32 years
Died 4th February 1902 at 3 o’clock a.m.
Place of death: 1124 Asbury Ave. Evanston, Illinois
Burial: Rosehill, 5 Feb 1902
Cause: Pneumonia
Tributory: Dilatation of Heart
Chicago Daily Tribune, 5 Feb 1905
Obituary, Asabel C. Bassett
Asabel C. Bassett died yesterday at his residence, 1124 Asbury avenue,
Evanston, of pneumonia, aged 67 years. He had been a resident of Evanston for
twenty years, and formerly he lived in Chicago. A widow and five childr
survive. The funeral will be held this afternoon.
Asahel O. Bassett
(Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Evansto
1906
Asahel O. Bassett (deceased), formerly one of the most substantial and
prominent citizens of Evanston, Ill., was born in Delhi, Delaware Count
N.Y., January 2, 1837, the son of Hon. Cornelius Bassett, who was an extensive
farmer, and owner of a fine country residence, and at one time a member of the
New York Legislature. The Bassett family was of English extraction, and
settled at an early period in Martha's Vineyard.
Asahel O. Bassett received his early training partly in the public
schools of New York State and partly in Illinois. He grew up on his father's
farm until he was about ten years of age, when his mother having die
accompanied his uncle, Reuben Coffin, to Illinois, the family locati
Buffalo Grove, Ogle County. After remaining there two years, the family came
to Chicago, and, on the trip, Mr. Bassett had a good opportunity of observing
pioneer life in that section of the State from which the farmers were
accustomed to haul their grain to Chicago by team. In 1849, Mr. Bassett went
to New York City, where he remained five years, and was there trained to the
grocery business. Thence he went to Tarrytown, N.Y., where he was first
engaged in that line of trade on his own responsibility. At a later period he
embarked in the manufacturing business, but shortly after his marriage, took
charge of the large estate of his wife's father, who was an extensive land-
owner at Tarrytown.
After living about ten years at Tarrytown, Mr. Bassett moved to
Chicago, where he engaged in the plumbing and gas-fitting business. He
suffered heavy loss by the fire of 1871, but at once resumed operations, and
afterwards conducted a large business on the Methodist Church Block.
Subsequently withdrawing from the plumbing trade, he embarked in the
manufacture of picture mouldings and frames on a large scale, employing about
100 men, and shipping his product throughout the United States. In this
connection he suffered further losses by fire, when he turned his attention to
the lumber trade, in which he was engaged until his retirement from active
business, a few years before his death. Mr. Bassett was always a very active
and energetic business man, and maintained a wide acquaintanc
In 1859, Mr. Bassett was united in marriage, at Tarrytown, N.Y., with
Nancy B. Decker. Her father, William J. Decker, was in early life a
shipbuilder in New York City, but subsequently became an extensive landowner
in Westchester County, N.Y. The Deckers were an old Knickerbocker family, and
were also akin to the Bayles and Storm families, ancestors of Mrs. Bassett on
the maternal side. Mrs. Bassett was born in New York City, but spent her youth
in the Tarrytown home, which is located amid historic surrounding
within four miles of White Plains, a famous battlefield of the Revolutionary
War. At Tarrytown, the noted British spy, Major Andre, was captured, a member
of the family of Mrs. Bassett's mother having taken part in the capture.
Within a mile of the Tarrytown home stood the headquarters occupied by
Washington during a portion of the struggle for Independence. Of the Decker
estate Mrs. Bassett is still part owner. In the vicinity are the summer homes
of John D. Rockefeller, Edwin Gould, Helen Gould and other noted people. Mrs.
Bassett's mother, who died at the old home in 1902, was born in the same
vicinity on the Holland estate, afterwards the property of Cyrus W. Field.
Mr. and Mrs. Bassett became the parents of the following named
children: William D., of Loveland, Colo.; George, who is connected with the
First National Bank of Chicago; Etta (Mrs. Dr. Freeman), of Evanston; Harriet,
wife of Harry H. Mallory, of Evanston; and Emma, who married Vernon S. Watson,
of Oak Park, Ill.
In 1882, Mr. Bassett established his home in Evanston, purchasing a
residence at No. 1124 Asbury Avenue. His home, which then stood almost alone,
is now in a compactly built portion of the city. It was there that he departed
this life on February 4, 1902.
In religious belief, Mr. Bassett was a Baptist, and for 18 years
officiated as deacon of the First Baptist Church of Evanston. In fraternal
circles, he was identified with the Royal Arcanum. He was devotedly attached
to the home circle, and his domestic life was exceedingly pleasant. Although
quiet and unassuming in demeanor, he was a man of genial, amiable nature and
winsome disposition, and won many friends. In life he was cordially esteemed,
and his death was deeply lamented.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1835 - 1902 (67 years)