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Chester Arthur Bassett

Male 1878 - 1964  (85 years)


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  • Name Chester Arthur Bassett 
    Born 3 Nov 1878  Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 6E28046C94A7CB4D9085A7612D1333DFC8D0 
    Died 30 Mar 1964  Topeka, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Chester Arthur Bassett operated the Bassett Plumbing and Heating Company. According to his World War I Draft Registration in 1918 he worked for the Holtman Heating Company.

      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

      1920 Federal Census of 5th Ward, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (15 Jan 1920)
      Arthur Bassett - 41 - M - IL-KY-KY - Head - Metal Worker Factory
      Fannie - 37 - F- KS-IL-IL - Wife
      Howard - 5 - M - KS-IL-KS - Son
      (Living at 1621 Harrison Street)

      1930 Federal Census of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (14 Apr 1930)
      Chester A. Bassett - 50 - M - IL-KY-KY - Head - Sheet & Metal Tin Shop
      Fannie L. - 48 - F - KS-KY-IL - Wife
      Howard E. - 15 - M - KS-IL-KS - Son
      (Living at 1628 Harrison Street) (Married at 33 & 31)

      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 I240  8B John Bassett of Hunterdon County, New Jersey
    Last Modified 24 May 2012 

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

    Family 1 Fanny Lenora Jarboe,   b. 22 Feb 1882, Burlingame, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1957, Topeka, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 5 Dec 1912 
    Children 
    +1. Howard Eugene Bassett,   b. 17 Sep 1914, Burlingame, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 2006, Phoenix, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    Family ID F93  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Patience Pugh,   b. 26 Jul 1901, Lawrence, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1987, Topeka, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 5 Jan 1958 
    Family ID F94  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart