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Richland Township
Bassett, Leslie Captain - postmaster at Richland; he was born July 12, 1835 in Ohio; he was educated at Woodward and Oberlin college, there he lived til 1859, when he came to Washington county, Iowa; he enlisted in 1861 as a private in Company K, Thirteenth Iowa Infantry, was promoted to quartermaster sergeant after eight months service, to first lieutenant of his company September 17, 1862, and to captain February 1, 1863, served until the close of the war and was honorably discharged November 1, 1864; he was appointed acting assistant inspector general July 10, 1864, by order of Major General F.P. Blair, at the close of the war he came to Washington county, Iowa;; was married March 8, 1865 to Miss Mary Israel, a native of Ohio; she died July 3, 1871, leaving a family of two children living; Nellie A. and Bessie A. and one infant, deceased; was married again March 18, 1874 to Miss Lizzie Armentrout, a native of Ohio; she died October 12, 1878; since 1868 he has been in the drug business in Richland; he is now postmaster of Richland and a candidate for county auditor on the Republican ticket, is an honored member of the I.O.O.F.
Leslie Burr Bassett was listed as a widower in the 1880 census and his two daughters, Nellie and Bessie were living with his deceased wife's relatives (Israel).
1850 Federal Census of 6th Ward, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio (22 Jul 1850)
Abner Longley - 54 - M - Kentucky - Carpenter $6000
Sophronia Longley - 46 - F - Massachusetts
Lessley Bassett - 16 - M - Ohio - At school
Solomon Longley - 10 - M - Ohio - At school
Mary A. Longley - 8 - F - Ohio
Albert - 6 - M - Ohio
Ann Scanlon (Hanlon) - 57 - F - Ireland
Mary H. Scanlon (Hanlon) - 10
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Bassett Family Association Database
1835 - 1896 (60 years)