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- Clark Bassett came with his parents to Delaware County, New York in 1820, and when fourteen years of age, his father having died, he was bound out for a term of seven years to learn the wagon maker's trade at Derby, Connecticut. When of age, with a suit of clothes and one hundred dollars in money, he returned to the family home and for thirteen years labored on the home farm, caring for his mother and younger and unmarried sisters.
After marrying in 1843, he moved in a covered wagon to Virginia, where in the town of Bedford, and later in the village of Big Lick, in Roanoke Conty, he engaged in the mercantile business and, there being no public schools, his wife, Mary taught a private school. Being in political belief an anti-slavery Whig and a reader of the New York Tribune, he realized that the slave holding state of Virginia was not a desirable place to raise a family and in the year 1851 moved to Steuben County, New York, where he purchased an improved farm on which he resided during the remainder of his life, the farm still, in the year 1915, being in possession of the youngest son of his family.
Clark Bassett probate records list the following heirs: George Bassett, Campbell; Samuel & James Bassett, Gibbon, Buffalo County, Nebraska; Benjamin Bassett, Erwin; Mary Bassett, Urbana; Lillie Bassett, Campbell; Emma Bassett, Campbell.
Historical Gazetteer of Steuben County, New York (1891)
Clark Bassett was born in Connecticut in 1810, and after a residence in Delaware County moved to the state of Virginia, thence to this town in 1853, where he settled on the farm now owned by his widow. He married Mary M. Hanford. Their children were Samuel C., Benjamin C., James W., Mary C., Matilda C., George S., and Emma N. Benjamin C. was born in Bedford, Virginia, August 24, 1846, and came to this town with his parents when seven years of age. He received his education in the common schools and in the business college at Elmira. For ten years he was engaged in stock raising in the west. He returned and engaged in business at Painted Post. His first wife was Alsatia Hitchcock, and his present wife Helen M. Lambert.
1840 Federal Census of Walton, Delaware County, New York
Clark Bassett 000111000-000030001
1M15-20, 1M20-30, 1M30-40, 3F20-30, 1F60-70
1850 Federal Census of Southern Division, Bedford County, Virginia
C. Basset - 40 - M - New York - Farmer
Mary M. - 30 - F - New York
Samuel C. - 6 - M - New York
Benjamin C. - 4 - M - Virginia
James - 1 - M - Virginia
Sally Bill - B - 12 - F - Virginia
1860 Federal Census of Campbell, Steuben County, New York
Clark Bassett - 50 - M - New York - Farmer 2500 800
Mary Ann - 40 - F - New York
Samuel C. - 15 - M - New York
Benjamin - 13 - M - New York
James - 10 - M - New York
Mary C. - 8 - F - New York
Matilda E. - 6 - F - New York
George S. - 4 - M - New York
Emma N. - 1 - F - New York
1865 State Census of Campbell, Steuben County, New York
Clarke Bassett - 55 - M - Delaware
Mary M. - 45 - F - Delaware
Samuel C. - 21 - M - Delaware
Benjamin - 19 - M - Virginia
James W. - 16 - M - Virginia
Mary C. - 13 - F - Virginia
Tillie - 11 - F - Steuben County
George S. - 9 - M - Steuben County
Emma - 6 - F - Steuben County
1880 Federal Census of Campbell, Steuben County, New York
Clark Bassett - 70 - M - NY-VT-CT - Head - Farmer
Mary - 60 - F - NY-CT-CT - Wife - Keeping House
Mary - 28 - F - VA-NY-NY - Daughter - Teacher
Tillie - 25 - F - NY-NY-NY - Daughter - Teacher
George - 23 - M - NY-NY-NY - Son - Works on Farm
Emma - 21 - F - NY-NY-NY - Daughter - At Home
Edwin Cornell - 19 - M - NY-NY-NY - Other - Works on Farm
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Bassett Family Association Database
1810 - 1883 (72 years)
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