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- James H. Bassett served in the Civil War in Company F, Hamptons Ind. Bat. as a corporal.
Centennial History of Columbus & Franklin County, Ohio (1909)
G. Ralph Bassett
G. Ralph Bassett, junior member of the architectural firm of Maetzel, Treselt & Bassett, of Columbus, is well known in business circles in this city. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 3, 1876, a son of James and Agnes Bassett. The father was also born in Pittsburgh, in 1838, and at one time was a prominent lumberman of that city. He served in the Civil War as lieutenant of Hampton's Battery, remaining at the front for three years. His father, George Bassett, was for many years captain of the steamboat Flora, making trips between Pittsburgh and New Orleans. James Bassett is now deceased, his death occurring August 19, 1902, when he was sixty-six years of age. The mother was a daughter of Thomas Stewart, of Pittsburgh, who was a mason contractor and built the first stone bridge across the Ohio river at Wheeling, West Virginia. She is also a direct descendant of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States.
1850 Federal Census of Fourth Ward, Allegheny City, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (4 Sep 1850)
George Bassett - 47 - M - England - Plasterer 5000
Isabella - 29 - F - Scotland
George - 22 - M - England - Plasterer
William H. - 20 - M - Pennsylvania - Painter
Emma J. - 18 - F - Pennsylvania
Frederick - 16 - M - Pennsylvania
James - 14 - M - Pennsylvania
Washigton - 12 - M - Pennsylvania
Albert - 10 - M - Pennsylvania
Marion - 8 - F - Pennsylvania
Edwin - 5 - M - Pennsylvania
Catharine - 3 - F - Pennsylvania
Mary - 1 - F - Pennsylvania
1880 Federal Census of Allegheny, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
James Bassett - 44 - M - PA-EN-EN - Head - Retired Gent.
Agness J. - 38 - F - PA-IR-PA - Wife - House Keeper
Harry C. - 9 - M - PA-PA-PA - Son
Ralph G. - 5 - M - PA-PA-PA - Son
Ann Stewart - 70 - F - PA-KY-KY - Mother-in-law
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Bassett Family Association Database
Abt 1836 - 1902 (66 years)