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- William Thomas Bassett was a farmer. He homesteaded from approximately 1915 to 1920 in Queen Creek, then to Gilbert and Rialto, Arizona. He worked for Santa Fe Railroad. He later clerked at the Hotel Kansan in Topeka, Kansas.
Burlingame City Cemetery, Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas
Bassett, Cynthia A. - b. 1836, d. 1923
Bassett, John R. - b. 1821, d. 1913
Bassett, Ralph E. - b. 1875, d. 1902
Bassett, Sophie M. - b. 1876, d. 1939
Bassett, Will Thomas - b. 1857, d. 1945
1860 Federal Census of Mercer County, Illinois
John R. Bassett - 38 - M - Kentucky
Cynthia A. - 24 - F - Kentucky
Willie - 2- M - Illinois
Mary C. - 4/12 - F - Illinois
1870 Federal Census of Millersburg Township, Mercer County, Illinois (29 Jun 1870)
John R. Bassett - 48 - M - Kentucky - Farmer 15,000 1700
Cynthia A. - 36 - F - Kentucky - Keeping House
Willie T. - 12 - M - Illinois
Mary E. - 10 - F - Illinois
Lewis - 6 - M - Illinois
Henry C. - 4 - M - Illinois
Martha C. - 3 - F - Illinois
1880 Federal Census of Millersburg, Mercer County, Illinois
John R. Bassett - 58 - M - KY-NJ-VA - Head - Farmer
Cynthia A. - 44 - F - KY-KY-KY - Wife - House Keeper
Willie T. - 22 - M - IL-KY-KY - Son - Farmer
Lizzie - 19 - F - IL-KY-KY - Daughter - At home
Louis - 16 - M - IL-KY-KY - Son - At home
Henry C. - 14 - M - IL-KY-KY - Son - At home
Martha - 12 - F - IL-KY-KY - Daughter - At home
Ralph E. - 6 - M - IL-KY-KY - Son - At home
Arthur - 2 - M - IL-KY-KY - Son - At home
Frank - 9 - M - IL-KY-KY - Son - At home
1900 Federal Census of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (7 Jan 1900)
William Bassett - 38- M - Jan 1862 - IL-KY-KY - Head - Car Inspector
Sophie - 24 - F - Nov 1875 - IL-UN-UN - Wife
Ralph - 3 - M - Sep 1896 - KS-IL-IL - Son
??? - 1/12 - M - Apr 1900 - KS-IL-IL - Son
(Living at 325 Brunner Street) (Married 5 years, 2 children, 2 living)
1910 Federal Census of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (13 Apr 1910)
William Bassett - 43 - M - IL-KY-KY - Head - Farmer
Sophie - 34 - F - IL-IL-IL - Wife
Ralph - 13 - M - KS-IL-IL - Son
George - 10 - M - KS-IL-IL - Son
Benjamin - 5 - M - KS-IL-IL - Son
(Living at 325 Brunner Street) (Married 15 years, 3 children, 3 living)
Excerpt from Autobiography of Isaac Newton Bassett
My brother John R. studied law in Kentucky and commenced the practice of law there in 1854 or 55 at Clarksburg the county, seat at that time of Lewis Co. KY. My Father who then had no children with him moved to Clarksburg and Brother John lived with them. John R. was married to Cynthia A. Stricklett at Clarksburg in the fall, Dec 21st of 1856 and in the spring of 1857 he came to Keithsburg, Ill where I was located practicing law and entered into a co-partnership with me and remained until 1869. In the meantime he served on term as Co. judge of Mercer Co. He then bought a farm near Aledo, Ill and moved to that and remained there until the spring of 1883 serving 5 years during that time as County Judge. He then moved to Burlingame Kansas and is now on a farm 8 miles from there. He has children living, to wit: William who is married and lives at Topeka, Kansas and is car-inspector in the shops of the A.T. and S.F.R.R. Co; Elizabeth [added later: "Green," perhaps her married name] who is unmarried, is a teacher and is now at the Rosebud Indian Agency, South Dakota. Mattie, who is married to Alex Stahl and lives near her father; Lewis who lives with his father; Henry Clay who is conductor on the Santa Fe Railroad. Other children, Effie, Frank and Arthur, Ralph, (Effie and Ralph are dead).
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Bassett Family Association Database
1858 - 1945 (87 years)