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- 1910 Federal Census of Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota (22 Apr 1910)
John Q. Bassett 45 M CT CT CT Head President Bank
Harriet J. 42 F MN NY NY Wife
Ruth L. 17 F SD CT MN Daughter Student
Helene W. 15 F SD CT MN Daughter Student
Marjorie E. 13 F SD CT MN Daughter Student
Clark D. 5 M MP CT MN Son Student
(Clark born in Minneapolis, MN) (Married 17 years, 5 children, 4 living)
Evening Huronite, Huron, South Dakota, Friday, April 24, 1931
Bassett, Pioneer Aberdeen Banker, Dies in California
Head of Aberdeen National Bank Succumbs to Abdominal Ailment
Was Father of Mrs. Clarence Boteler, Huron
LOS ANGELES, April 24 (AP) – J. C. Bassett, 65, of Aberdeen, S.D.,
prominent South Dakota banker and pioneer, died in a hospital here yesterday.
He had been ill for several months of an abdominal ailment while spending the
winter here.
Bassett was chairman of the board of the Aberdeen National Bank and
Trust company, and a director of the ninth district federal reserve bank and
the First Bank Stock corporation.
His widow, a son and three daughters survive. Funeral services will be
held at Aberdeen.
Banking Leader
ABERDEEN, April 24 – (AP) John C. Bassett, pioneer Aberdeen banker who
died yesterday in Los Angeles, had been a leader in Aberdeen banking circles
for more than 20 years.
Born in Willimantic, Conn., in 1865, Bassett came west to Minneapolis
in 1886. Two years later he came to South Dakota and became associated with
the Commercial State bank at Langford.
Bassett came to Aberdeen in 1900, serving as president of the Aberdeen
National bank from 1901 to 1929. He then became chairman of the board. When
the Aberdeen National became a member of the First Bank Stock corporation,
Bassett was elected a member of the corporation’s board of director
Daughter in Huron
He also was elected to the executive council of the American Bankers’
association and was state chairman of the liberty loan drive during the World
war.
Clarke Bassett, his son, is associated with the Aberdeen National.
Besides his widow, other survivors are his daughters, Mrs. Dale Goldthwaite of
Yankton, Mrs. Clarence Boteler of Huron and Mrs. Earl Wilkinson of Oak Park,
Ill.
The banker’s body will arrive in Aberdeen Monday, relatives sai
Funeral services will be on Tuesday.
History of South Dakota by Doane Robinson, Vol, II (190
John C. Bassett, president of the Aberdeen National Bank, and one of
the well-known and successful bankers of South Dakota, was born in Killingly,
Windham county, Connecticut, August 26, 1864, the son of Augustus and Sarah J.
Bassett. The parents were born in Connecticut and their family names ha
identified with New England for many generations.
John C. Bassett was educated in the public schools of Danielson, and
began his business career in 1880 as secretary of a milling company at
Danielson. In 1888 he came to South Dakota and located at Langford, Marshall
county, where he engaged in the banking business. In 1900 he was elected
cashier of the Aberdeen National Bank, and removed his residence to that city.
In 1902 he was elected president of the above bank. Mr. Bassett's banking and
financial interests are extensive, as besides holding the presidency of the
Aberdeen National Bank, he is president of the Commercial Bank of Langford,
South Dakota, president of the State Bank of Pierpont, South Dakota, vice-
president of the First State Bank, of Aberdeen, and a stockholder in other
banking institutions. In politics Mr. Bassett is a Republican, and he belongs
to the different Masonic bodies and to the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He
and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church.
On June 29, 1892, Mr. Bassett was married to Harriet Galbraith, who
was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 12, 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Bassett
are the parents of the following children; Ruth, Hellene, Margery and Clarke.
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1864 - Deceased