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- History of Anderson County, Texas
Harry E. Bassett Jr.
Harry E. Bassett Jr., County Clerk of Anderson County, is one of our
most exemplary and popular young men. Born in Palestine, July 11, 1901,
educated in the public school here, his entire life has been spent here. His
daily walk has been an open book to his constituents, who last election paid
him the high compliment of electing him to the important office he now fills.
Quiet, unassuming, modest, Harry Bassett yet has the self-confidence
required to succeed in any undertaking. His previous occupation, machinist for
the I. & G.N. Railway, would seem to have afforded every opportunity for
preparation for his present work; for, step into his busy office at the Court
House and see if you doubt his ability to carry on the new job! You will find
his large force of clerks working with the precision of clock work, whi
Harry, himself, though the busiest of the group, it may be, is ever ready,
with a smile and an air utterly unhurried and unworried, to give your affairs
his undivided attention.
Mr. Bassett comes of pioneer stock, his maternal grandparents, "Uncle
Billie" and "Aunt Charity" Gore having been amongst the early settle
Anderson County. Born and reared in Anderson County, South Carolina, they were
among those settlers who established their homes in Brushy Creek in 1873. The
tale of their travels from South Carolina to Texas in the wagon train, with a
large number of other families, would make another epic such as Emerson Hough
depicted in that classic of pioneering, "The Covered Wagon."
Mr. Bassett's paternal grandparents, John F. and Elizabeth Bassett,
were reared in Covington, Kentucky. They came to Palestine in the early days
of the Railroad. Mr. John F., worked for the Railroad as a machinist. Harry
Bassett's parents are Harry E. Bassett, Sr., of Palestine, who was born at
Newcastle, Kentucky, and Charlie Emeline (Gore) Bassett, who was born near
Blackfoot, in Anderson County.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1901 - Deceased