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- Past and Present of Marshall County, Iowa (1912)
George G. Bassett
The Bassett family has been highly regarded in the affairs of Marshall county since the early days here, each member having led a life free from paltry designs and in a manner to win material success along whatever line they directed their attention. One of the best known of the present generation is George G. Bassett, an efficient Marshalltown engineer.
Mr. Bassett was born at Ottawa, La Salle county, Illinois, June 16, 1852. He is the son of George W. and Sarah A. (Goddard) Bassett, the father born at Walton, Delaware county, New York, and the mother in Livingston county, New York. They grew up, were educated and married in their native state, and the father came to Marshall county, Iowa, in 1863, the rest of the family following in October, 1864, all locating at State Center. The father was a prominent and faithful minister in the Congregational church. He was pastor of the church at State Center for a short time. He preached in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Milwaukee. For a number of years he was pastor of the church at Ottawa, Illinois. He was an earnest, scholarly and forceful exponent of the Gospel and did an incalculable amount of good for the cause he espoused. His death occurred in State Center, Iowa, in 1880 at the age of sixty-eight years, and in that town his widow, a woman of beautiful Christian attributes, still lives, having reached the ripe age of ninety years. Their family consisted of three children, all of whom are living. Politically, the father was a Democrat in early life, later an Aboltionist and a supporter of the "underground railroad".
George G. Bassett was educated at State Center, later attending Leroy Academy at Leroy, New York. He began life as a farmer, which he followed until he was twenty-six years of age. Then for a period of fifteen years he was in the employ of W.H. Stipp in his elevator at State Center. He came to Marshalltown in 1895, working at his trade of engineer. In 1898 he became fireman at the water works, becoming an engineer at that plant in 1903, which position he has since held, as night engineer, giving the utmost satisfaction to all concerned, in view of the fact that he is always faithful to his duty and understands every phase of this work.
Politically, Mr. Bassett is a Republican, and he belongs to the Knights of Pythias. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian church.
Mr. Bassett has been twice married, first in 1881, to Emerett Munson, of Massachusetts, and to this union one son was born, Benjamin V., now living at Le Grand, Oregon. The wife and mother died in May, 1899, and in March, 1901, Mr. Bassett was united in marriage with Ida M. McNary, of State Center. To the latter union two children have been born, Mary Almira and Cora Irene.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1852 - 1880 (27 years)