Henry Clay Bassett

1865 - 1948  (83 years)

• Name	Henry Clay Bassett
  Born	10 Nov 1865	Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  _UID	E20DD6C4151B7349B08530D3E071D0B58349
  Died	23 Dec 1948	Topeka, Kansas
  Notes	Henry Clay Bassett lived in Merriam, Kansas in 1945. He was a Santa Fe railroad conductor. 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 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).
  Person ID	I236	8B John Bassett of Hunterdon County, New Jersey
  Last Modified	24 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Judge John Ray Bassett,   b. 2 Aug 1821, Vanceburg, Kentucky ,   d. 26 Sep 1913, Burlingame, Kansas  (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Cynthia Ann Stricklett,   b. 1 Feb 1836, Black Oak Bottom, Kentucky ,   d. 1 Dec 1923, Burlingame, Kansas  (Age 87 years)
  Married	21 Dec 1856
  Family ID	F87	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth (Madge) Atherton,   b. 29 Jul 1878, England ,   d. 8 Jun 1953, Merriam, Kansas  (Age 74 years)
  Married	27 Jun 1901
  Children	+ 1. Ruth Cynthia Bassett,   b. 10 Jan 1903, Kansas City, Kansas ,   d. 29 Jul 1988, Parkville, Missouri  (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F97	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart