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- Memoral and Biographical History of Northern California
The Lewis Publishing Company (1891)
William D. Bassett, a farmer three miles south of Lakeport, is a native of Ohio, born in Coshocton, February 4, 1840; his parents were natives of New York State, from whence they emigrated in an early day to Ohio. Here Wm. D. received his education in the public schools. In 1853 they again started westward, crossing the plains with ox teams to California. They first settled in Tehama County, where they engaged in farming four years. They then removed to Sonoma County, where they remained about one year. In 1858 they came to Napa County and settled near where the Bradford mine is now located, where they were engaged in stock-raising for nine years. In 1867 they bought a ranch named Glenbrook, where the father, mother and brother now reside. In 1884 William D. bought 160 acres, three miles south of Lakeport, where he now lives and has a beautiful home. His products are grain, hay and stock. He has a fine residence and barn, a large orchard of bearing fruit trees and good improvements throughout.
He was married June 16, 1887, to Miss Nancy Millikan, a daughter of Henry and Rachel Millikan, natives of Indiana. They have one child, William Cornelius. Politically, Mr. Bassett is a staunch Republican.
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