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- 1930 Federal Census of Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia (7 Apr 1930)
Eli A. Bassett 37 M SY SY SY Head Proprietor Confectionary
Najla 27 F SY SY SY Wife
Clement 7 M WV SY SY Son
Luther 6 M WV SY SY Son
Eli A. Jr. 1 11/12 M WV SY SY Son
Arif Khaire 24 M SY SY SY BroL Salesman Confectionary
(Married at 27 & 17)
The Charleston Gazette, Sunday, June 22, 1941
Welch’s Syrian Colony is Small
Welch has only a few Syrian-American families, but all of the have been successful in business, including confectioneries, restaurants and department stored.
The leader of the small colony generally is recognized to be Elias A. Bassett, who was born at Kafair, Syria, in 1892 and came to Welch in 1910.
Here he started a small mercantile business and then went into the restaurant business with his brother, Charles Bassett. In 1914, he opened a confectionery, the Palace of Sweets.
Charles Bassett served in the U.S. army during the World war, and after he returned to Syria and married Magla Khourie. They had three sons.
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