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- 1860 Federal Census of Hartford Township, Madison County, Kansas (8 Aug 1860)
E.D. Bassett - 35 - M - Massachusetts - Farmer 1500 200
Mary A. - 31 - F - Massachusetts
Herbert A. - 7 - M - Massachusetts
Benjamin F. Tonkly - 25 - M - Indiana 1600 100
1880 Federal Census of Indian, Hamilton County, New York
Frederick Bassett 27 M MA MA MA Head Guide
Anna R. 16 F NY NY NY Wife Keeping House
Leona Plue 16 F NY NY NY Other Works in House
George Fuller 19 M NY NY NY Other
John Pike 46 M NY NY NY Other Guide
Joseph Witney 58 M NY NY NY Other Guide
Fred Stephenson 28 M NY NY NY Other Guide
Alfred Saunders 15 M NY NY NY Other
William H. Saunders 17 M NY NY NY Other
1900 Federal Census of Saranac Lake, Franklin County, NY (16 Jun 1900)
Anna R. Bassett 34 F Jun 1865 NY NY NY Head Seamstress
Edison D. 10 M Sep 1889 NY CT NY Son At school
Nettie Lynch 25 F Nov 1874 NY NY NY Sister Cook
Forrest 5 M Oct 1894 NY NY NY Son
(Married 16 years, 4 children, 1 living) (#58B)
(Nettie married 10 years, 1 child, 1 living)
(Living on Dorsey Street)
1910 Federal Census of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York (21 Apr 1910
Anna R. Bassett (Wd) 43 F NY NY NY Wife Own Income
Edison D. 20 M NY MA NY Son
Laura Millington 9 F NY NY NY Niece
& 1 Lodger
(4 children, 1 living) (Living at 169 Willoughby Avenue)
1920 Federal Census of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York (13 Jan 1920)
Anna R. Bassett 54 F NY NY NY Head Operator Factory
Edison D. 30 M NY NY NY Son Engineer Electrical
Nellie E. 30 F NY MA Y DauL
1900 Federal Census of Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut (12 Jun 1900)
Fred H. Bassett - 46 - M - Nov 1853 - MA-MA-MA - Head - Optician
1910 Federal Census of Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut (21 Apr 1910)
Fred H. Bassett - 58 - M - MA-MA-MA - Head - Optician
Emilie E. - 33 - F - SW-SW-SW - Wife
Emelie A. - 4 - F - CT-SW-SW - Daughter
Edna L. - 2 - F - CT-SW-SW - Daughter
Eleanor B. - 2 - F - CT-SW-SW - Daughter
& 1 servant (Fred 2nd marriage, married 6 years, 3 children, 3 living)
(SW - Switzerland) (Father's place of birth incorrect in census)
Notes from Mrs. H.C. Loney, 1417 South Maple, Spokane, Washington (1930's)
My father was an optician and quite an inventor, having at one time as many as 200 patents registered. Worked on invention similar to Holland tunnel machines (Discussed several times with Holland), also window shades, traps, etc. Had a complete small shop in back of his optical shop in Georgetown, D.C. for turning out models. He went to Kansas at age of six, his father ran post office and general store in Kansas (1858), built first church and first to be buried there - Hartford, Kan. He returned to Mass. shortly afterwards (due to his parents deaths), but during that time lived with Indians (after their death and while waiting for his uncle to arrive, via Prairie schooner, from St. Louis). Some years later my father guided in the mountains at Lake Placid, N.Y. later met Robert Louis Stevenson, and knew him well, thence moved to N.Y. City and worked in a shop on Madison Ave. in opticians' shop.
The Electrical World, October 5, 1895, Page 389
The Holmes & Bassett Company, Waterbury, Conn., has been formed to manufacture and deal in curtain fixtures, electrical appliances, etc. The promoters are Walter W. Holmes, Charles L. Holmes, Waterbury, Conn.; Fred H. Bassett, Saranac Lake, N.Y. Capital stock $20,000.
Scientific American, February 1, 1896, Page 86
The Bassett Curtain Fixture
We illustrate on this page an excellent device for an adjustable and self-locking window curtain, which has been patented by Mr. F.H. Bassett, of Saranac Lake, N.Y., and is being manufactured and sold by The Holmes & Bassett Company of Waterbury, Conn.
The Elizabethtown Post, October 24, 1889, Page 2
The Bassett Curtain Fixture Co., of Saranac Lake has been organized with F. H. Bassett, president; C.H. Kendall, secretary, and J.H. Mill, treasurer. Their capital stock is $10,000, and they will manufacture the celebrated adjustable curtain fixture invented by Mr. F.H. Bassett, at that place.
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