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Source: HISTORY OF WYOMING CO., NY
BY: F. W. BEERS, 1880
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JAMES L. BASSETT, was born in Pittston, Albany Co., NY, July 17th, 1817, and came to Java, Wyoming Co., NY with his parents in the fall of 1819, where he afterward followed shoemaking for a time. In 1845 he removed to Madison Co., NY, and the following spring was married to ABBIE J. COOK, of Connecticut, who died March 21st, 1856. In April, 1858, he located at North Java. He was married to CLORINDA WARREN, his present wife, July 31st, 1856. She is a daughter of Ami Warren, and was born in Sheldon, Oct. 19th, 1819. Mr. Bassett's father, Elijah Bassett, was born in Connecticut in December, 1791, and was married about 1813 to LYDIA WARREN, of Bristol, R.I. In 1815 he removed to Albany Co., NY, and in 1819 to Java. His wife died in March, 1830. He soon after located at North Java, where he was the first to engage in shoemaking. In 1848 he removed to Warsaw, NY, where he died November, 1871.
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d. 26 Oct 1871, Warsaw, New York