Ralph Emerson Bassett

1875 - 1902  (26 years)

• Name	Ralph Emerson Bassett
  Birth	17 Oct 1875
  Gender	Male
  _UID	CD4DE369F547B44795A47E233A4335D6FFDA
  Death	15 Jun 1902	Burlingame, Kansas
  	Cause: Tuberculosis
  Burial	Burlingame City Cemetery, Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas
  Notes	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 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	I239	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)
  Marriage	21 Dec 1856
  Family ID	F87	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart