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- John David Bassett and Charles Columbus Bassett began cutting and selling ties to the Norfolk and Western Railway for the new road being built from Roanoke, Virginia, to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, about 1889 and later known as the "Punkin Vine" because of its many curves. From selling cross-ties they turned to operating a saw mill and shipping lumber to be manufactured into furniture. Soon the brothers and their brother-in-law, Reed L. Stone, decided to save shipping costs by making the lumber into furniture and selling the finished product. They pooled their resources of $27,000 and in 1902 opened their first furniture plant beside the tracks of the Norfolk and Western Railway line. They were joined in this new venture by their brothers, Joe and Sam, and then by other relatives and friends. This was the beginning of the Bassett Furniture Industries and of the town of Bassett, Virginia.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch
Wednesday, March 18, 1914
Samuel H. Bassett
Martinsville, Virginia - March 17 - Samuel H. Bassett, a prominent citizen of Bassett, this county died at his home here this afternoon after an illness of only two days. Death is thought to have resulted from kidney trouble. He was thirty-eight years old, and is survived by his wife and two children. He also leaves his father, John H. Bassett; three brothers, J.D. and C.C. Bassett, of Bassett, and Joe Bassett of Roanoke. He leaves two sisters, Mrs. Stone and Mrs. Ramsey, of Bassett.
1880 Federal Census of Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia
John H. Bassett - 53 - M - VA-VA-VA - Head - Farmer
Nancy - 40 - F - VA-VA-VA - Wife - Keeping House
Joshua - 18 - M - VA-VA-VA - Son - Works on Farm
Mary C. - 15 - F - VA-VA-VA - Daughter - At Home
John D. - 14 - M - VA-VA-VA - Son - Works on Farm
Charlie - 9 - M - VA-VA-VA - Son
Nancy S. - 7 - F - VA-VA-VA - Daughter
Sam - 6 - M - VA-VA-VA - Son
Pink - 5 - M - VA-VA-VA - Son
Joseph - 2 - M - VA-VA-VA - Son
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Bassett Family Association Database
1873 - 1914 (41 years)
d. 4 Feb 1915 (Age 87 years)