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- 3B325431. Leroy Bassett - born 1830 in New York, married Ella Potter.
BIRTH, MARRIAGE: Family Group Records - Main Record Section (Archive Record), family group record of Loren Elias Bassett (1809) and Rachel (formerly English) and Temple Record Index Bureau (TIB): "Leroy Bassett born about 1830 in New York, son of Loren Elias Bassett and Rachel English. Married to Ella Potter."
CENSUS: Leroy has not been found in the 1850 or later censuses. The various census indexes have been searched to locate him.
OCCUPATION: Leroy was a professional gambler and owned a plush gambling house in Kansas City. See historical sketch written by a member of the Harlow Gillette Bassett family.
From Bassett Report 20 Jun 1991, by Nel Lo H. Bassett:
Harlow Bassett had one brother, LeRoy, who was a professional gambler and owned a plush gambling house in Kansas City. The gambling casino was operated by LeRoy and a half brother, whose name may have been Edwin, since it is known that Harlow did have a brother by that name. The story is told that at the end of each day's business, the two men would spread on a table all the silver taken in, and without counting, LeRoy would "cut" the pile in two with his hand and each man would take "half".
LeRoy gave Harlow a farm in Brown County, Kansas, on which he and Mary and their chlidren were living at the time of her death from childbirth.
We have more information on file for LeRoy [igb]
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