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- Francis Peterson Bassett farmed with his brother, DeWitt Clinton Bassett Jr. After graduating from Interlaken High School, he continued his studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Amherst Museum Niagara Frontier Avaitor Hall of Fame
Francis ?Pete? Bassett
From his first student pilot license in 1929, spurred by his interest in Lindbergh?s Atlantic flight, this Cambria resident and inventor has maintained a life-long love of aviation.
He became an aircraft designer with the Thomas Morse Aircraft Co. in Ithaca in 1929, stayed with the firm through its absorption by Consolidated Aircraft and then moved to the Curtiss Aeroplane Co. in 1932 and Bell Aircarft Corp. in 1939. He retired from Bell in 1979.
He holds four patents for aircraft innovations, including the ski-type landing gear on Bell helicopters. He was project engineer for the Bell RP-63 ?Pin Ball? target plane, used to train World War II bomber gunners by recording hits from special bullets.
The Buffalo News, New York
October 30, 1992
F. Peter Bassett
Aviation Pioneer, Inventor
F. Peter Bassett, 85, an aviation pioneer, died Wednesday (October 28, 1992) in the Harris Hill Nursing Home, Clarence, after a short illness. He was born in Covert and lived in Lockport for more than thirty years. He attended the University of Michigan's School of Engineering. Bassett worked at Bell Aircraft as an aeronatuical designer and project engineer for more than forty years, retiring in 1970. He had several aircraft inventions and was issued patents that applied to airplanes and helicopters. He was an avid pilot of light aircraft. He was a member of the Aero Club of Buffalo, the Airplane Owners and Pilot Association and the OX5 Aviation Pioneers. He also was a member of Dutch Reform Church of Interlaken. Survivors include his wife, the former Elsie M. Schaefer of Williamsville; a daughter, Jane E. Wright of Maryland, and two grandsons. A private memorial service will be held at a later date.
Bassett Family Bible
Diane Bassette Nelson
The family believes the Bible was presented to Mary Catherine Peterson and Dewitt Clinton Bassette at the time of their marriage in 1887. The dates for their births and for the parents' births and marriages were entered at that time. With some exception most events occurred in the Town of Covert, Seneca County, New York. All burials are at Lake View Cemetery, Interlaken, Seneca County, New York. Some members of the family dropped the final "e" from the Bassette name.
Births
Mary Jane Wintersteen - March 18, 1834
Abram D. Peterson - January 24, 1830
Mary R. Wheeler - September 5, 1827
Jared B. Bassette - September 28, 1824
Mary Catherine Peterson - September 30, 1863
Dewitt Clinton Bassette - August 28, 1859
Harold D. Bassette - May 12, 1889
Myron W. Bassette - October 22, 1892
Dewitt Clinton Bassette Jr. - August 13, 1899
Lemuel J. Bassette - October 15, 1901
Francis P. Bassette - May 7, 1908
Margaret F. Stone - March 8, 1893
Arthur Stone Bassette - October 23, 1909
Mary Catherine P. Bassette - April 5, 1911
Jim Wheeler Bassette - September 25, 1913
Myron W. Bassette Jr. - November 15, 1916
Leland F. Bassette - September 7, 1922
Jared Franklin Bassette - June 25, 1923
Deaths
Mary J. Wintersteen - June 25, 1901
Abram D. Peterson - December 20, 1904
Mary R. Wheeler - June 18, 1900
Jared B. Bassette - June 17, 1894
Harold D. Bassette - October 1, 1890
Mary P. Bassette - Jul 16, 1920 (age 9 years)
D. Clinton Bassette - February 13, 1941
Mary Catherine Bassette - August 15, 1949
Myron W. Bassette - September 15, 1961
Lemuel J. Bassett - April 30, 1982
Dewitt C. Bassette - May 1, 1983
Leland F. Bassette - July 29, 1985
Francis Peterson Bassett - October 28, 1992
Marriages
Mary J. Wintersteen and Abram D. Peterson - September 22, 1852
Mary R. Wheeler and Jared B. Bassette - January 17, 1849
Mary C. Peterson and Dewitt C. Bassette - October 6, 1887
Margaret F. Stone and Myron W. Bassette - March 3, 1909
Edna May Predmore and Dewitt C. Bassett Jr. - November 30, 1919
Alice Burlingame and Lemuel J. Bassette - June 29, 1926
Marian Colgate VanVleet and Francis P. Bassette - January 4, 1930
On an additional sheet of paper:
Catherine Ada Bassett - born May 6, 1930
Richard Jay Bassett - born Janaury 17, 1932
Betty Ann Bassett - born April 3, 1934
Jane Elizabeth Bassett - born June 4, 1942
Alice Marie Bassette - born September 30, 1943
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Bassett Family Association Database
1908 - 1992 (84 years)