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- Francis and Mary Catherine moved from New York to Wisconsin for about 20 years, then moved to Minnesota.
1847 Territorial Census of Taycheedah Township, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Francis Bassett 3 white males/5 white females
1855 State Census of Taycheedah, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Name Males/Females
Francis Bassett 3/1
1860 Federal Census of Taycheedah, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin (30 Jul 1860)
Francis Bassett 39 M New York Farmer 2000 440
Catherine 37 F New York
Sarah 14 F New York
James 11 M Wisconsin
Jerome 9 M Wisconsin
Jason 3 M Wisconsin
Nancy 1 F Wisconsin
1880 Federal Census of Verona, Faribault County, Minnesota
Francis Bassett 59 M NY MA MA Head Farmer
Mary C. 54 F NY NY NY Wife Keeping House
Jason 23 M WI NY NY Son Working on Farm
Nancie 21 F WI NY NY Daughter
Belle MC Kibbens 9 F MN IL NY Granddau
Memorial Record of the Counties of Faribault, Martin, Watonwan and Jackson
The Lewis Publishing Company (1895)
Francis Bassett has been identified with Faribault county since 1866,
and, as one of its most prominent citizens, is deserving of more than a
passing notice on the pages of this work. The following resume of his life
will be of interest to many:
Francis Bassett was born in Lewis county, New York, June 1, 1821, and
is a descendant of English ancestors. Barachiah Bassett, his father, was born
on Martha's Vineyard, as also was Nathan Bassett, his grandfather. His mother,
whose maiden name was Nancy Butler, was a native of Massachusetts, a member of
a prominent Puritan family and was related to the well-known Benjamin F.
Butler. Barachiah Bassett was a soldier in the war of 1812. After his marriage
he lived for some years in Lewis county, New York, where he kept a hotel, and
from there moved to Jefferson county, same State, where he and his wife passed
the rest of their lives, she dying at the age of sixty years and he at eighty.
Mr. Bassett was a man of prominence in his day. In politics he was first a
Whig and later a Republican, and religiously he was a Methodist and an active
worker in the church. He and his wife had a family of eleven children, some of
whom died in their infancy, the others growing up to occupy honorable and useful
positions in life.
Their son Francis, with whose name we head this article, spent the
first sixteen years of his life in his native county, and there received a
fair education. He learned the trade of tinner when a young man and worked at
his trade for some years. In 1846, like many an ambitious young man, he was
seized with a desire to "go West," and before the end of the year we find him in
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, located on a tract of wild land three miles
from Fond du Lac. There he developed a farm and on it continued to resi
until 1866, when he sold out and came to Minnesota. Arrived in Faribault
county, he purchased what was known as the Carlton farm. This place he sold a
year later. He then bought of Mr. D. Mason the farm on which he has since made
his home, located on section 13, Verona township, Winnebago City being his
post office address, and here he now owns 300 acres of fine land. His two-story
residence is located on a natural building site and is surrounded with native
forest trees. He has two barns, one 38 x 40 feet, and the other 20 x 40 feet;
granary, carriage house, modern windmill, good fences, etc. Indeed, this farm
is in many respects a model one. Besides his property here Mr. Bassett owns
valuable real estate in California. He has spent two seasons in the sun
climate of the Golden State, - 1887 and 1890.
Mr. Bassett is a man of family. He married Miss Mary Catharine Boyer,
a most amiable woman who has shared his joys and sorrows for many years, and
to whose assistance and cheerful companionship he owes much of the success he
has attained in life. She was born in Jefferson county, New York, September
10, 1825, daughter of Solomon and Sarah (Fultz) Boyer, both natives of the
Empire State. Her father was born in Herkimer county, son of Michael Boyer, of
that State, the Boyers being of Holland Dutch origin and early settlers of New
York. Mrs. and Mrs. Boyer had four children, - Mrs. Bassett, Diana, Julia A.
and Jerome. The parents went from here to Creston, Union county, Iowa, where
they died, the father at the age of eighty-four and the mother at eighty-six.
Mr. Boyer was a veteran of the war of 1812 and the recipient of a pension for
services rendered in that war. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Mr. and Mrs. Bassett have five children, namely: Sara, wife of Charles
Andreas, of Creston, Iowa; James and Jerome, who reside on fruit ranches in
Santa Cruz county, California; Jason, who married Miss Carrie Holliday and
resides in this county; and Nancy, wife of William Haliday, of Minneapolis,
Minnesota. All have been well educated, and Mrs. Andreas was before her
marriage a successful teacher.
Both Mr. Bassett and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. In politics he is a Republican and has filled several township
offices, and he is a member of the I.O.O.F., Winnebago City Lodge, No. 30.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1821 - 1902 (81 years)