Bassett Family Association Database
Guerdon Neil Bassett
1896 - 1960 (63 years)-
Name Guerdon Neil Bassett Born 4 Mar 1896 Leroy Township, Bremer County, Iowa Gender Male Died 17 Feb 1960 Buried Balck Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota Notes - Guerdon served in the Ordnance Department of the U.S. Army during
World War I. He graduated in 1917 from the Mankato Commercial College a
attended the University of Minnesota School of Business. He worked in the
office of G. Sommers and Co., wholesaler and general merchandisers of S
Paul, Minnesota, for 19 years. The last 12 of these years he was the head of
the Accounts Payable Department. When the firm liquidated in March 1942, he
entered government service as an auditor, first in the War Department and then
in the General Accounting Offcie.
1930 Federal Census of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN
Guerdon N. Bassett 34 M IA ME US Head Accountant Dry Goods
Josephine 36 F MN IA IA Wife
Neil 1 6/12 M MN IA MN Son
(Living on Abbott Ave)
Person ID I12425 1A William Bassett of Plymouth Last Modified 3 Jan 2018
Father Hartwell Bassett, b. 24 Nov 1859, Moscow, Maine , d. 5 Apr 1941, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Age 81 years) Mother LaJune Fay, b. 27 Mar 1865, Menter, Iowa , d. 9 May 1940, Groveland (Lake Minnetonka), Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 75 years) Married 25 Aug 1887 St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa Family ID F03252 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Josephine R. Risser, b. 10 Apr 1894, d. 18 Jul 1960 (Age 66 years) Married 31 May 1924 Minnetonka Township, Hennepin County, Minnesota Children + 1. Neil Risser Bassett, b. 16 May 1928, Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota , d. 31 Oct 1990, Providence Hospital, Alaska (Age 62 years) [Natural] Family ID F05107 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Guerdon served in the Ordnance Department of the U.S. Army during