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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.
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
1910 Federal Census of Reed Creek, Henry County, Virginia (19 Apr 1910)
Joseph B. Bassett - 32 - M - VA-VA-VA - Head - Legislator State
Sallie A. - 32 - F - VA-VA-VA - Wife
Bernice - 6 - F - VA-VA-VA - Daughter
Merle - 4 - F - VA-VA-VA - Daughter
Alton E. - 3 - M - VA-VA-VA - Son
Edna - 1-4/12 - F - VA-VA-VA - Daughter
Lucy Stockton - B - 30 - F - VA-VA-VA - Servant
(Married 9 years, 5 children, 4 living)
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Bassett Family Association Database
1878 - 1966 (87 years)
d. 4 Feb 1915 (Age 87 years)