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Alexander R. Bassett

Male Abt 1874 -


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  • Name Alexander R. Bassett 
    Born Abt 1874  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID A5AC1045F9615948B18D85412E87FB267BCD 
    Notes 
    • Alexander R. Bassett was at one time the treasurer of the Pittsburgh Knife and Forge Company.

      History of Pittsburgh and Environs
      James Guy Bassett
      James Guy Bassett has been a member of the Allegheny County bar, practicing his profession at Pittsburgh since 1894. He was born and has always resided on the North Side of the city of Pittsburgh, being the son of Edwin and Sarah (Guy) Bassett, the family being located at Pittsburgh since the early part of the nineteenth century.
      Mr. Bassett has always been largely interested in local manufacturing interests and is at present a director of the Pittsburgh Knife and Forge Company; Sharon Pressed Steel Company; Keystone Machine and Engineering Company; and Walkers Mill Stone and Brick Company, being interested also in other industries.
      On November 23, 1916, Mr. Bassett married Mary Knox, in Pittsburgh, and they have two children: James Guy, Jr. and Alexander Knox.
      The Pittsburgh Knife and Forge Company, named above, is one of the largest industries of Pittsburgh, doing a business which, in its various ramifications, reaches all over the world. The enormous output of this company is manufactured in two separate plants: The Pittsburgh factory, covering an area of two acres, bounded by Ridge, Chartier, Rebecca and Bellwood streets, constituting a city block, regularly employs three hundred hands, and turns out fifteen tons of forgings daily. The outside plant is located at Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, and covers ten acres. This is a new plant, erected to take care of the rapidly increasing business, which the city plant was unable to do. Here three thousand tons of forgings are daily produced by the five hundred men employed. This plant is a marvel of completeness and a model of the latest construction and equipment.
      The Pittsburgh Knife and Forge Company produces forgings for big manufacturing concerns only, the Ford Motor Car Company being one of their customers. Many other large manufacturers of machinery and motor vehicles use extensively the product of this concern, and in this way there is hardly a country on the earth where its product does not go.
      The personnel of the company, which was incorporated in 1909, is as follows: W.H. Schoen, chairman of the board; Edwin Hodge, Jr., president; W.H. Schoen, Jr., vice president; A.R. Bassett, treasurer; and James G. Bassett, secretary.

      1880 Federal Census of Allegheny, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
      Mrs. Bassett - 30 - F - PA-IR-IR - Head - Keeping House
      Jas. G. - 8 - M - PA-PA-PA - Son - At School
      Alx. R. - 6 - M - PA-PA-PA - Son - At School
      Hugh Boyce - 49 - M - IR-IR-IR - Other - Real Estate Agent
      Bella - 40 - F - PA-PA-IR - Other
      Mary J. - 19 - F - PA-IR-PA - Other - At School
      James - 14 - M - PA-IR-PA - Other - At School
      Sadie - 12 - F - PA-IR-PA - Other - At School
      Hattie - 9 - F - PA-IR-PA - Other - At School
      Edw. Basil Boyce - 2/12 - M - PA-IR-PA - Other
      Wm. Hamilton - 24 - M - PA-PA-PA - Other - Bookkeeper
      A.B. McMillan - 44 - M - IR-IR-IR - Other
      Chas. Bassett - 23 - M - PA-EN-PA - Other - Paper Hanger
      Wm. Wilson - 45 - M - EN-EN-EN - Other - Photo Agt
      M.J. Chatum - 55 - F - PA-IR-IR - Other

      1910 Federal Census of 21st Ward, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (20 Apr 1910)
      James G. Bassett - 38 - M - PA-PA-PA - Head - Lawyer General Practice
      Alexander R. Bassett - 35 - M - PA-PA-PA - Brother - Pressman Forge Plant
      Matthew R. Guy - 65 - M - PA-IR-IR - Uncle
      Margaret J. - 68 - F - PA-IR-IR - Aunt
      Mary Wyble - 20 - F - AU-AU-AU - House Servant
      (AU - Austria)
      (Living on Bidwell Street)
    Person ID I51  65B George Bassett of PIttsburgh, Pennsylvania
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2013 

    Father Edwin Bassett,   b. 6 Dec 1845, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1875  (Age 29 years) 
    Mother Sarah Guy, (Ross?),   b. 14 Dec 1849,   d. 18 Oct 1909  (Age 59 years) 
    Family ID F14  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart