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- Titus Bassett was a soldier in the War of 1812.
1820 Federal Census of Adams, Jefferson County, New York
Titus Bassett 100220-10110-0003
1850 Federal Census of Adams, Jefferson County, New York
Titus Bassett - 66 - M - Connecticut - Hatter 800
Sarah - 60 - F - Massachusetts
Laura - 34 - F
Marvin - 24 - M
1860 Federal Census of Adams, Jefferson County, New York (6 Jul 1860)
Titus Bassett - 80 - M - Connecticut - Hatter 1500 200
Sarah - 74 - F - Massachusetts - Housework
Laura - 45 - F - New York - Straw Braiding
Childs's Gazetteer of Jefferson County, Town of Adams
Titus Bassett was born in New Haven, Conn., in 1781, and in 1804 removed to Adams, where he died in 1867. He married Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel Warriner, and their children were Harvey, Marvin, Marvin, 2nd, of Oswego, and Laura of Adams. Harvey Bassett was born in Adams in 1819, and here learned the hatters' trade. He married Jane, daughter of Abram and Leah (Van Buskirk) Ouderkirk in 1843, by whom he had a daughter, Sarah Jane, who was born in 1842 and died in 1964, and a son, Daniel D., who was born in 1844. He died in 1956. Daniel D., who learned the printers' trade, served in the First N.Y. Vet. Cav. until the close of the war. He married Angerase, daughter of John and Mary (McGovern) Foley, of Ellisburgh, in 1866, by whom he had had a son and a daughter, viz: Lena R., who died February 14, 1883, aged 15 years, and Floyd H., born May 4, 1873. Mr. Bassett is foreman of the Journal printing office in Adams village, and resides on Clay street.
The Growth of a Century, By John A. Haddock, Eli Thayer
In the fall of 1804 Titus Bassett came from Granville, and in 1805 married a daughter of Nathaniel Warriner. He was a hatter by trade and for many years Bassett's hats supplied the wants of the surrounding country. He is rememberred as an estimable citizen. Mrs. Bassett lived to the age of 93 and died in 1880, having resided in Adams since 1805.
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