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- 1900 Federal Census of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas (4 Jun 1900)
James E. Bassett - 37 - M - Jan 1863 - KY-KY-KY - Head - Clerk RR office
Elizabeth - 35 - F - May 1865 - MS-MS-MS - Wife
Hays E. - 11 - M - Jan 1889 - TX-KY-MS - Son - At School
Allen J. - 8 - M - Aug 1891 - TX-KY-MS - Son - At School
Addie F. - 6 - F - Sep 1893 - TX-KY-MS - Daughter
Lucy C. - 4 - F - Jun 1895 - TX-KY-MS - Daughter
Lawrence E. - 3 - M - Sep 1896 - TX-KY-MS - Son
Mary E. - 10/12 - F - Jul 1899 - TX-KY-MS - Daughter
Beatrice Carter - 23 - F - Jul 1876 - MS-MS-MS - SisterL
1910 Federal Census of 6th Ward, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas (20 Apr 1910)
J. Edward Bassett - 47 - M - KY-KY-MS - Head - Cook Railway
Mrs. J. Edward - 44 - F - MS-MS-MS - Wife
Hays E. - 21 - M - TX-KY-MS - Son - Clerk Bank
Allen F. - 18 - M - TX-KY-MS - Son
Addie - 16 - F - TX-KY-MS - Daughter
Luan - 14 - F - TX-KY-MS - Daughter
Lawrence E. - 13 - M - TX-KY-MS - Son
Mary E. - 10 - F - TX-KY-MS - Daughter
(Married 22 years, 7 children, 6 living)
The Dallas Morning News, 14 Mar 1933
Retired Railroad Man, James E. Bassett, Dies
James Edward Bassett, 70, retired, resident of Dallas for forty-eight years and for more than forty years an employee of the Texas & Pacific Railroad, died Monday at his home, 5607 Goodwin.
Mr. Bassett came to Dallas from Mount Sterling, Ky. his first railroad work in Dallas was in the auditing department. Later he was transferred to the superintendent's office where for a number of years he was in charge of purchasing. He was an elder of the Colonial Presbyterian Church.
Surviving him are three sons, H.E. and L.E. Bassett of Dallas and the Rev. Allen Bassett, Presbyterian missionary at Bangkok, Siam, and three daughters, Mrs. Madson B. Adams, Miss Addie Bassett and Miss Lucy Cage Bassett, all of Dallas.
Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Colonial Presbyterian Church, Forest and Wendelken, with the Rev. L.L. McCutchen, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Grove Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers, Dr. Rufus Whitis, George L. Crofford, H.W. Burr, Cecil McCutchen, Robert W. Sheegog and S.E. Rhodes.
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