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- Allen Bassett was born about 1872 in Illinois.
1880 Federal Census of 2nd Ward, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
Rich. A. Bassett - 53 - M - NY-NJ-NJ - Head - Sells Milk Safes
Mary A. - 47 - F - NY-NJ-NJ - Wife - Keeps House
George W. - 17 - M - NY-NY-NY - Son - Laborer
Allen - 8 - M - IL-NY-NY - Son
1900 Federal Census of Collinwood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (25 Jun 1900)
Allen Bassett - 27 - M - Mar 1873 - IL-NY-NY - Head - Electrical Engineer
Emma L. - 24 - F - Sep 1875 - NY-NY-NY - Wife
Mary A. (Wd) - 68 - F - Jan 1832 - NY-NY-NY - Mother
(Living at 2 Kent St.)
(Married 2 years, no children, Mary 3 children, 2 living)
1910 Federal Census of Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (21 Apr 1910)
Allen Bassett - 37 - M - IL-NY-NY - Head - Bookkeeper Factory Office
E. Louise - 36 - F - NY-NY-NY - Wife
Allen O. - 7 - M - NY-IL-NY - Son
Mary H. - 3 - F - NY-IL-NY - Daughter
(Living on Dille Street)
(Married 12 years, 2 children, 2 living)
1920 Federal Census of Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (9 Jan 1920)
Allen Bassett - 46 - M - IL-NY-NY - Head - Stock Clerk Crane Mfg.
Emma L. - 44 - F - NY-NY-NY - Wife
Allen H. - 16 - M - NY-IL-NY - Son
Mary H. - 13 - F - OH-IN-NY - Daughter
(Living on Cushman Rd.)
1930 Federal Census of Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (8 Apr 1930)
Allan Bassett - 53 - M - IL-NY-NY - Head - Treanner(?) Hoisting Factory
E. Louise - 52 - F - NY-NY-NY - Wife
George E. Armington - 28 - M - OH-MA-OH SonL - Mechanical Engineer Road Machinery
M. Helen - 23 - F - OH-IL-NY - Daughter
(Living at 1571 Dille Road) (Married at 26 & 24)
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake (1893)
Captain Richard A. Bassett, of Wickliffe, Lake County, Ohio, is a veteran of the late war and a prominent and highly respected citizen. Of his life we present the following brief review.
Captain Richard A. Bassett was born in Yates county, New York, February 20, 1829, son of Allen Bassett and grandson of Daniel Bassett. The Bassett family in America are descended from Lady Bassett, a weathly English heiress, who had many suitors, but who refused to accept any one of them unless he would assume her name. Thus the name was perpetuated.
Allen Bassett was a native of North Haven, Connecticut. He moved to New York, and for sixty years lived on the same farm in Yates county. He died there in 1875, at the age of eighty years. He was a musician in the war of 1812. His first wife, a native of New York and of English descent, was by maiden name Miss Drusilla Eddy. She died in 1829. They had five children. By a subsequent marriage Allen Bassett had ten children.
The subject of our sketch was reared on his father's farm, receiving his education in the district schools and the Dundee Academy. From 1857 until 1860 he was engaged in teaching school in Michigan. Eight of his brothers and sisters were also teachers. It was in 1854 he went to Flint, Michigan, and for one year he kept a hotel there. After that, when not engaged in teaching, he was variously employed until the Civil War came on, when he returned to Yates county, New York.
Upon his return to New York, Mr. Bassett aided in recruiting a company of his old neighbors and schoolmates for service in the war. He enlisted August 8, 1862, in Company B, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth New York Volunteers, going into service as First Lieutenant. He was captured at Harper's Ferry, was paroled and sent to Chicago, and the following December was exchanged. He then went to Centerville, Virginia, where he was on out-post guard duty. In the spring of 1863 he was attached to the Army of the Potomac, and soon afterward went into battle at Gettysburg. In that battle he commanded Company B of his regiment, and thirty-four out of his forty-four men were killed and wounded, one of his brothers being among the killed. Our subject, however, escaped without a scratch. After the battle he was promoted to the captaincy of Company E, same regiment. In the spring of 1864, as soon as General Hancock had recovered from the wounds he had received at Gettysburg, he placed Captain Bassett in command of his headquarter guard, composed of 100 infantry and fifty cavalry. Captain Bassett then took part in all the engagements from the crossing of the Rapidan till the close of the war. He was discharged in the spring of 1865, on account of physical disability. While a member of Hancock's guards, he became afflicted with hernia and hemorrhage of the lungs, from which disorder he has suffered more or less ever since. He is now the recipient of a pension of $24 per month.
Since the war Captain Bassett has been located at various places. He spent two years in St. Peters, Minnesota; one year in St. Louis, Missouri; about ten years in Rockford, Illinois; in 1880 moved to Cleveland, Ohio; and since 1887 has been a resident of Lake county. While in these various localities he was engaged in the hat, cap and jewelry business. He now has the management of 150 acres of land, upon which are 1,200 fruit trees, and a vineyard covering several acres. In horticultural affairs he takes an active interest. He is the auditor of the Euclid Grape Growers' Shipping Association.
Captain Bassett was married in 1852 to Mary Ann Hendrickson, a native of New York. They have had three children; Edward P., George W. and Allen. Edward P. is deceased.
Our subject affiliates with the Democratic party. He is a Royal Arch Mason, a comrade of the G.A.R., and a member of the Chosen Friends. Mrs.Bassett is a Presbyterian.
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Bassett Family Association Database
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