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- 1920 Federal Census of Undilla, South Russell, Otoe County, Nebraska (28 Jan 1920)
Oscar Sasseen - 41 - M - KS-IA-IA - Head - Farmer
Mary E. - 39 - F - OH-OH-OH - Wife
Lillie M. - 12 - F - NE-KS-OH - Daughter
Morris M. - 9 - M - NE-KS-OH - Son
John W. Bassett Sr. (Wd) - 72 - M - OH-EN-EN - FatherL - Farmer
1930 Federal Census of South Russell, Otoe County, Nebraska (9 Apr 1930)
Oscar Saseen - 51 - M - KS-TN-IA - Head - Farmer - Own Farm
Mary E. - 49 - F - OH-OH-OH - Wife
Maria - 23 - F - NE-KS-OH - Daughter - Teacher Public School
Morris - 19 - M - NE-KS-OH - Son - Farm Laborer
John W. Bassett (Wd) - 82 - M - OH-EN-EN - FatherL
Undated newspaper from Otoe County, Nebraska
JOHN W. BASSETT, SR., 91, UNADILLA, IS DEAD
Funeral services for Long-Time Resident will be Saturday.
UNADILLA - Special to The News Press - John W. Bassett, Sr., 91, retired farmer and resident of the Unadilla vicinity for 57 years, died Wednesday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Oscar Sasseen, in Unadilla. He had been ill the past three weeks and death was caused by a paralytic stroke.
Funeral services will be Saturday at the Methodist church in Unadilla, internment in Unadilla cemetery, Rev. C.A. Norman of Beatrice Methodist church, a former Unadilla preacher, will officiate.
Mr. Bassett was born Dec. 10, 1847, in Cleveland, Ohio, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bassett. His father died when John was two years old and Mrs. Bassett and her son moved to her parents home at Northfield, Ohio. She married again when he was seven years old and the family moved to Bedford, Ohio. Here Mr. Bassett finished his education at the Bedford High School.
He married Martha Silver at Bedford in 1866 and the couple moved to a farm at Richfield, where they lived for 12 years. They moved to Nebraska with their four children in 1882 to farm three-quarters of a mile east of Unadilla. After 21 years on the place, they moved to town to the G.B. White place. Mrs. Bassett died April 21, 1915, in Unadilla.
Mr. Bassett was a charter member of the Methodist church here, which he helped found in 1883. He took an active part in community affairs and was an ambitious temperance worker. He helped to organize and served as secretary of the Farmers Elevator for 15 years before it was sold to Farmers Co-Operative.
He is survived by a son, John Jr., and a daughter, Mrs. Oscar Sasseen, both of Unadilla, and 11 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Deceased children are Nannie Dill, who died at the age of 5, Lillie May, 34, and William C., 43.
Mr. Bassett kept a diary for the past 70 years, running through Lincoln's assassination, his early manhood in Ohio, the immigration to the West before Unadilla was incorporated and including the latest history of the town and world events. He remained in fine health until his recent illness and until his health broke slightly three years ago, took daily walks of two or three miles. He still made his daily trips to town for the mail, however, and visited his farm, now occupied by his grandson, J. Ivan, regularly.
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