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- A.J. Bassett
A.J. Bassett, president and treasurer of the Grand Crossing Tack
Company, was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1852, and was educated in his
native town. In 1872 he settled in Chicago as agent for the Taunton Tack
Company, and remained in their employ until 1876 when he became connected with
the Chicago Tack Company as commercial manager. This he continued until 1883,
when the Grand Crossing Tack Company was organized, of which he is a co-
partner.
1880 Federal Census of Hyde Park, Cook County, Illinois (22 Jun 1880)
Arthur J. Bassett M MA MA MA Head
Theo E. F NY ST EN Wife
Sarah Gray F IL IL IL Servant
The Iron Age, May 8, 1902
A.J. Bassett
The death of A.J. Bassett, formerly treasurer of the Grand Crossing Tack Company of Chicago, will be deplored by a wide circle of personal and business friends. Mr. Bassett died April 25, after an illness of about two years. He was better known to the trade through his long connection with the Grand Crossing Tack Company than through any other of his business relations. He removed to Chicago about 1870 to assume the duties of Western sales agent for the Taunton Tack Company. Some time afterward he engaged with the Chicago Tack Company, of which his father, Orrin N. Bassett, was proprietor. In connection with the Messrs. Hutchinson, the present proprietors of the Grand Crossing Tack Company, in 1883 he established the business of that now well-known company. They started in a very modest way, manufacturing Tacks and small Nails on a limited scale, and gradually adding to their facilities until in the course of time they developed into manufacturers of Wire Rods, Wire Nails and other Wire products, at the same time continuing their original business of manufacturing Tacks. In the development of this business, Mr. Bassett took a very important part, his thorough knowledge of the Nail trade being of very great value in establishing the commercial relations of the company. His devotion to his duties in the course of time resulted in his health being undermined, and about two years since he was compelled to retire from business activity. Mr. Bassett was a man of charming personality, possessing talents which gave him an exceptionally high social standing, and his enforced retirement from business was accompanied by unusual expressions of regret from those with whom he had come in contact.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1852 - 1902 (49 years)
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