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Edward Wilson Bassett, is a native of Indiana, and was born in
Tippecanoe county, near Battle Ground, June 20, 1864. His father, Oliver L.
Bassett, married Elizabeth J. Montgomery, whose people being for the union,
moved north from Blount county, Tenn., to avoid the war which was foreseen. An
uncle of his father was the editor of the Western Recorder at Cincinnati, one of
the first, if not the first papers established in that city, and his parents
helped to people the Ohio valley and who removed from Cincinnati to Jefferson
county, Ind., in the early years of the present century. Young Bassett's early
education was received in country and village schools, and he made the most of
his opportunities. Without a collegiate education, he began the li
country school teacher at the age of sixteen. Without business training,
except such as could be obtained in a general store in a country tow
readily mastered the details of the business, and aspiring to a broader field
of activity, he entered the grain business in Indianapolis in 1895, since which
time he has handled a very large business. Mr. Bassett in politics is a
Republican who has never held an office, devoting his time to a prosperous
business, which is steadily increasing in volume. Mr. Bassett finds relaxation
in his connection with fraternity of the F.& A.M., the Scottish and the
Columbia club and some other organizations. Mr. Bassett is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church. He was married Jan. 1, 1890, at Stockwell, Ind.,
to Miss Carrie E. Howard, and has two children, Esther M., born Feb. 25, 1894,
and Edwin H., born Sep. 30, 1897. Mr. Bassett is one of the young progressive
men of Indianapolis where he has established a large and growing business.
History of Greater Indianapolis
by Jacob Piatt Dunn, Volume I
Edward Wilson Bassett is the president of the Bassett Grain Company.
He has been a resident of Indianapolis since 1892. When he came to this city
he embarked in the grain business, and in 1898 he formed his present business
association. The Bassett Grain Company are among the largest handlers of grain
in Indianapolis, being both buyers and shippers. Edward Wilson Bassett was born
near Battle Ground, on the southern border of White County, Indiana, June 20,
1864, a son of Oliver L. and Elizabeth J. (Montgomery) Bassett, the father
born in Jefferson County, Indiana, in 1825, and the mother near Knoxville,
Tennessee, in 1831. They were married near Madison, Indiana, in 1847, and of
the seven children which blessed their marriage union Edward W. was the fifth
born. Oliver L. Bassett, a carpenter and farmer, spent his early life in
Madison County, Indiana, from whence he later moved to White County, th
state, where his children were born and where he spent the last years of his
life, dying in 1875, while his wife, Elizabeth J., survived him until 1904. He
was an acceptable member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics
was a Republican.
After an education in the village schools of Battle Ground, Indiana,
Edward W. Bassett began teaching at the age of sixteen, and he continued in
the profession until he had attained the age of twenty-two. From that time for
about six years he was numbered among the merchants of Stockwell, and at the
close of that period came, as above stated, to Indianapolis. He married Carrie
E. Howard January, 1, 1890. She was born at Stockwell, in Tippecanoe County,
Indiana, a daughter of Nelson K. and Eliza P. (Miller) Howard. The father,
born in Indiana, enlisted during the Civil War in Company A., Fortieth
Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, and he was severely wounded at the battle of
Kenesaw Mountain, a bullet passing through his body and lungs and rendering
him an invalid during the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1874.
The two children born to Mr. and Mrs. Bassett are Esther M. and Edwin H.
Edward W. Bassett is prominently connected with the Masonic fraternity,
holding membership relations with Mystic Tie Lodge, the Indianapolis Chapter,
Raper Commandery, Indiana Consistory and Murat Temple. He is also a member of
the Columbia, Commercial and Canoe clubs and of the Board of Trade, and his
politics are Republican.
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