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- Byron L. Bassett (Source unknown)
November 20, 1863 - March 1, 1945
Born near Mayville, Wisconsin; Byron Bassett was a son of Edwin B. and Mary
(nee Furlong) Bassett. Edwin B. Bassett was a pioneer of York Township and
Civil War veteran. On October 18, 1892 he married the former Carrie Gardner, a
daughter of Wolf and Elizabeth Gardner. Since his father's second wife was
Sophronia Windsor Lawrence, he was a stepbrother to Margaret Benedict, Rollie
Benedict's mother.
History of Clark County, Wisconsin (1918)
Byron L. Bassett, a well-known farmer of York Township, was born in
Mayville, Dodge County, Wis., Nov. 20, 1863, son of Edwin B. and Mary
(Furlong) Bassett. The father was a native of Massachusetts and the mother of
Ireland, the former being a farmer, who located at Dundee, Wis., from which
place he removed with his family, about 1870, to Neilsville, Clark County.
Without stopping there long he began farming at Spencer, where he remained for
some years, finally locating in section 9, York Township, on a tract of partly
improved land. There he remained, except last few years of his life spent with
his son Byron, until his death. His wife died in Fond du Lac, Wis. Byron L.
Bassett attended school in Spencer, and in both Beaver and York township. He
grew to manhood in York Township and when strong enough began working in the
woods with the logging gangs, which occupation he followed for twenty winters,
during one winter of which he conducted a camp for Mr. Simmons. In 1879 he
bought his present place in section 9, York Township, having been saving money
for such a purpose ever since he was 16 years old. The tract was perfectly
wild and there was neither a road nor trail to it. Here he erected a barn and
started improvements, and then, being ready to enter upon domestic life, was
united in marriage with Carrie Gardiner, a native of Canada, whose father,
Wolf Gardiner, was a pioneer in section 8, York Township. After his marriage
Mr. Bassett built a frame residence on his land, a building that he has since
enlarged. His tract consisted of forty acres and he had a yoke of oxen and two
cows. He often walked to Neillsville and back, taking produce or bringi
supplies. His subsequent career has been one of steady progress and he now has
eighty acres of land cleared by his own work and has a good basement barn, 36
x 66 feet in size. Mr. Bassett raises a good grade of stock and is doing a
profitable business as a farmer. He has held office as a member of the school
board. His wife died Mar. 29, 1904, at the age of 34 years. She left fo
children: Alma, who married Michael Beaver, and has three children, Catherine,
John and Louise, all residing with Mr. Bassett; Sylvia, wife of Ed Pagelsdorf,
who has two children, Carroll and Harold; and Vivian and Clayton.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1863 - 1945 (81 years)