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- 1860 Federal Census of 2nd W., Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (12 Nov 1860)
Joel Bassett - 43 - M - New Hampshire - Lumberman 10,000 500
Aurelia - 41 - F - Maine
Wm. - 6 - M - Minnesota - School
Julia Chase - 15 - F - Maine - School
Dudley Chase - 39 - M - Maine - Laborer
George Rusk - 21 - M - New Hampshire - Clerk
Washington Carpenter - 21 - M - Maine - Sawyer
Elias Carpenter - 25 - M - Maine - Teamster
Isabell Patterson - 23 - F - Ireland - School
1900 Federal Census of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (1 Jun 1900)
William Bassett - 40 - M - Feb 1860 - VT-VT-VT - Head - Mfg Lumber
Ella - 34 - F - Sep 1865 - MN-VT-VT - Wife
Jay - 13 - M - Apr 1887 - MN-VT-MN - Son - School
Norman - 12 - M - Feb 1888 - MN-VT-MN - Son - School
2 Boarders and 3 Domestics
(Living at 30 Grove St.) (Married 14 years, 2 children, 2 living)
1910 Federal Census of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Wm. L. Bassett - 55 - M - MN-MN-MN - Head - Lumberman Prospector
Ella - 50 - F - MN-ME-NY - Wife
Jay - 26 - M - MN-MN-MN - Son
Norman - 18 - M - MN-MN-MN - Son
(Living at 30 Grove St.) (Married 27 years, 2 children, 2 living)
Minneapolis Morning Tribune, Thursday, July 18, 1946, page 18
William L. Bassett
Funeral services will be Thursday in Los Angeles for William L. Bassett, 91, member of a pioneer Minneapolis family and son of the man for whom Bassett's creek here was named.
Word of Mr. Bassett's death at his California home was received Wednesday by T.G. Dolliff of the L.P. Dolliff Lumber Co., a former business associate, in a wire from J. Bean Bassett, a son.
History of the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota (1893)
Joel B. Bassett.
The Bassett family belongs to the French Huguenot stock. After St. Bartholomew, some of its members passed to the British islands, whence they joned the emigration which brought exiles from religious intolerance and persecution to the American colonies. The town records of Lynn, Mass., show the name among the citizens of that town as early as 1640, and the family records indicate that they remained there some years after the close of the Revolutionary war, whence they removed to New Hampshire.
In the early part of the present century Daniel Bassett, Sr., was a resident of Wolfboro, Stafford County, N.H. He cultivated a farm, and having been raised with religious principles promulgated by George Fox, he cultivated the gift within him, as the spirit gave him utterance, in the earnest but simple worship of the Society of Friends. He was uncompromising in his religious and political opinions. He was an early anti-slavery man, manumitting by a formal deed a slave that the laws of his state allowed him to hold as a chattel. In politics he was a Federalist, firmly supporting the Adams, and when the Whig party took the sucession, followed the fortunes and teachings of Clay and Webster, until it in turn was merged into the Republican organization.
The state of New Hampshire was Democratic from its organization until the year 1850. Franklin Pierce and John G. Atherton had full control of the Democratic party in the state, and distributed the federal and state patronage among their supporters. The question of slavery entered largely into political discussions. When John P. Hale, Mason W. Tappan and Daniel Bassett, Jr., with their associates, undertook to wrest the state from the Democratic party, and succeeded in electing a Republican governor and sent John P. Hale to the United States Senate, no man in the state did more to bring about the political revolution than the last named of the above.
Joel B. Bassett was born at Wolfboro, New Hampshire, in 1817, being the son of Daniel Bassett, Sr.
His early life was laborious, and frugal, being passed upon the rugged farm, which he assisted his father and brothers to cultivate. His scholastic advantages were such as the country school afforded, and an academy located in the village adjacent to the farm, which he attended about two years. He was endowed with a mind eager for the acquisition of knowledge, and with a keen perception of facts and occurrences passing before him, so that by reading and observations he acquired a general education in practical things. Throughout his busy life he has been an omniverious reader of the news of the day, of periodical literature, and of books of science, history, and the practical arts. He has at his home one of the most extensive and valuable private libraries to be found in the city, where he spends much of his leisure time.
As was customary with New England boys, young Bassett, remained at home, assisting his father in the labor of the farm until he reached his majority. He then went to the state of Maine and engaged in lumbering, working in the pineries, on the rivers, and in the mills for twelve years. During this time he was united in marriage with Miss Carpenter, who has been his life companion until one year ago, when she passed away. The only child of the marriage is W.L. Bassett, who was born and received his training and education in Minneapolis. He graduated with much eclat at the Minnesota State University, and after spending one year at Ann Arbor in the University of Michigan, in the law department, he engaged with his father in the management of the extensive lumber business of J.B. Bassett & Co.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1855 - 1946 (91 years)