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- The Gazette
Colorado Springs, Colorado
January 28, 1989
Leslie R. Bassett
Leslie R. Bassett, 86, of Colorado Springs died Sunday in Colorado Springs. He was a retired coal miner. Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday at Swan-Law Funeral home, 501 North Cascade Avenue. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home with the Reverend Jessie E. Vaughn officiating. Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery. Mr. Bassett was born November 5, 1902, in Pueblo. He had lived in Colorado Springs since 1958 and was a former resident of Walsenburg. Mr. Bassett is survived by his wife, Myrtle A.; four sons, Robert L. of Los Angeles, Donald A., who is serving with the military at Waipahu, Hawaii, and Terry Lee and Timothy A., both of Colorado Springs; four daughters, Betty Hixon of Calumet Park, Illinois, Clara McDonald of Rochester, New York, and Ella Mae Messick and Doris E. Ivery, both of Colorado Springs; 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers, two sisters and two daughters.
1910 Federal Census of Pictou, Huerfano County, Colorado (12 May 1910)
Aden Bassett - B - 43 - M - IL-VA-VA - Head - Miner Coal Miner
Ella - B - 35 - F - TX-MO-MO - Wife
Clara - B - 14 - F - TX-IL-MO - Daughter
Katie - B - 10 - F - CO-IL-MO - Daughter
Leslie - B - 8 - M - CO-IL-MO - Son
Emmet - B - 5 - M - CO-IL-MO - Son
Charles - B - 3 - M - CO-IL-MO - Son
(Married 16 years, 9 children, 5 living)
1920 Federal Census of Rouse, Huerfano County, Colorado (14 Feb 1920)
Adon Bassett - B - 52 - M - IL-IL-IL - Head - Miner Coal Mine
Ella - B - 43 - F - TX-MO-MO - Wife
Leslie (twin) - B - 17 - M - CO-IL-TX - Son - Miner Coal Mine
Kitty (twin) - B - 17 - F - CO-IL-TX - Daughter
Charles - B - 11 - M - CO-IL-TX - Son
1930 Federal Census of Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado (4 Apr 1930)
Leslie Bassett - Negro - 27 - M - CO-IL-TX - Head - Laborer Coal Mine
Myrtle A. - Negro - 17 - F - CO-VA-IL - Wife
Clara E. - Negro - 1-4/12 - F - CO-CO-CO - Daughter
Leslie L. - Negro - 4/12 - M - CO-CO-CO - Son
(Married at 25 and 16)
(West Third Street) (Living next door to father, Aden Bassett)
1940 Federal Census of Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado (4 Apr 1940)
Leslie Bassett - Negro - 37 - M - CO - Head - Miner Coal Mine
Myrtle - Negro - 28 - F - CO - Wife
Clara - Negro - 11 - F - CO - Daughter
Leslie - Negro - 10 - M - CO - Son
Doris - Negro - 9 - F - CO - Daughter
Myrtle - Negro - 5 - F - CO - Daughter
Robert Lee - Negro - 3 - M - CO - Son
Myrtle Swanigan (Wd) - Negro - 65 - F - IL - Mother-in-Law
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