Bassett Family Association Database
Frederick Leonard Bassett
1873 - 1928 (54 years)-
Name Frederick Leonard Bassett Born 19 May 1873 Lawrence, Kansas Gender Male Died 13 May 1928 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Notes - The Lawrence Gazette, Thursday, October 20, 1892
Fred Bassett, son of Judge O. A. Bassett, of Lawrence, shot W. E. Higgins and John Craycroft, students at the university, the other day because they crossed his father's yard contrary to his orders. They will recover. Young Bassett, who is only 18 years old, was arrested.
Bay City Times, Wednesday, October 12, 1892
Two Students Shot
They Trespassed Upon a Farmer?s Land After Being Warned
Lawrence, Kan., Oct. 12 ? Fred Bassett, a farmer, shot and seriously wounded E. Higgins and Jack Cracoft, students of the Kansas university, because they walked across his land which he had warned all the students to keep off of. Both were members of the University football team and returning home from a practice game. The shooting was done with a double barreled shotgun. Higgins? wounds are probably fatal, his left hand and arm being torn away and a number of shots lodged in his left breast. Cracoft is shot in the right leg but will recover. Bassett has been arrested and acknowledged that he did the shooting.
Person ID I12849 1A William Bassett of Plymouth Last Modified 16 Nov 2014
Father Owen Abbott Bassett, b. 16 Jul 1834, Troy, Bradford County, Pennsylvania , d. 19 Jul 1896, Ellsworth, Kansas (Age 62 years) Mother Josephine Eliza Butland, b. 27 Nov 1835, Baltimore, Maryland , d. 18 Mar 1901, Las Vegas, New Mexico (Age 65 years) Married 19 Nov 1857 New London, Iowa Family ID F03372 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Margaret Ellen Kelly, b. 6 Apr 1876, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois , d. 8 Nov 1963, Encino, California (Age 87 years) Married 25 Jun 1903 Ogden, Utah Children 1. Unknown Bassett, b. 13 May 1904, d. 13 May 1904 (Age 0 years) [Natural] 2. Unknown Bassett, b. Aug 1905, d. Aug 1905 (Age ~ 0 years) [Natural] + 3. Frederick Leonard Bassett, Jr., b. 10 Jul 1906, Salt Lake City, Utah , d. 18 Jul 1976, Melrose Park, Cook County, Illinois (Age 70 years) [Natural] 4. Thomas Bradford Bassett, b. 22 Jan 1909, d. 29 Jul 1917, Salt Lake City, Utah (Age 8 years) [Natural] 5. Raymond Kelly Bassett, b. 19 Mar 1910, North Platte, Nebraska , d. 17 Apr 1975, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio (Age 65 years) + 6. Margaret Elizabeth Bassett, b. 24 Oct 1915, Salt Lake City, Utah , d. 13 May 1990 (Age 74 years) [Natural] + 7. Mae Josephine Bassett, b. Private [Private] Family ID F05255 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- The Lawrence Gazette, Thursday, October 20, 1892