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- 1900 Federal Census of 3rd ward Rugby, Pierce Co., North Dakota (6 Jun 1900)
Fred C. Bassett 32 M Aug 1868 IL NY NY Head Carpenter
Minnie 24 F Nov 1875 IL Wife
Fred L. 5 M Mar 1895 NE IL IL Son
Claud 3 M Apr 1897 ND IL IL Son
Ruth A. 1 F Sep 1898 ND IL IL Daughter
(Married 6 years, 3 children, 3 living)
1900 Federal Census of Hastings, Adam County, Nebraska (6 Jun 1900)
Robert Kercheval 53 M Oct 1846 OH PA PA Head Drayman
Lydia 50 F Apr 1850 IN IN IN Wife
William 26 M Jun 1873 IL OH IN Son Drayman
Luella 20 F Apr 1880 IL OH IN Daughter At School
Edwin H. 16 M Apr 1884 IL OH IN Son At School
Edna 13 F Feb 1887 KS OH IN Daughter At School
Minnie Bassett 23 F Nov 1876 IL OH IN Daughter
Fred 5 M Jan 1895 NE IL IL Son
Claudie 3 F Apr 1897 ND IL IL Daughter
Ruth 1 F Sep 1898 ND IL IL Daughter
(Robert & Lydia married 28 years, 9 children, 5 living)
(Minnie married 6 years, 3 children, 3 living)
(Living at 813 Third Street)
1910 Federal Census of 2nd ward Denver, Denver County, Colorado (22 Apr 1910)
Fred Bassett 49 M IL IL IL Head Lather ?? Co.
Minnie 37 F IL OH IN Wife
Fred L. 15 M NE IL IL Son
Claud A. 13 M ND IL IL Son
Ruth A. 11 F ND IL IL Daughter
(Married 15 years, 4 children, 3 living)
1920 Federal Census of Denver, Denver County, Colorado (6 Feb 1920)
Fred L. Bassett 25 M NE KS KS Roomer Laborer Boiler Shop
Denver Post, Sunday, April 11, 1909
Thought He Had Tuberculosis, but is Now Much Better
An Invalid Three Years
Iron Long Imbedded in Lung Brittle as Piece of Ice
F.C. Bassett, a week ago today, coughed up a nail in inch long that had been imbedded in his lung for three years.
While working on a hotel in Colorado Springs at his trade of lathing he swallowed a nail that he had in his mouth, as is the custom of lathers that they may have both hands free for their work. At the time it did not pain him greatly, but it was not a month until he developed a cough, and it grew worse with the progress of time. He supposed that he had contracted tuberculosis and accordingly secured treatment for that disease. The trade of lathing is one that is carried on in dust, and he supposed that he had weakened his lungs so that they were not able to withstand infection. While here he lived at 2253 Champa street.
He moved to Gothenberg, Neb., thinking that he could get less arduous work in that town, but he grew worse and worse and his wife and family of three children were in despair.
Last Sunday morning, before getting up, he was seized with a violet fit of coughing and finally coughed up the nail, now entirely black. He took the nail to a physician, and he pinched it between his fingers and it crumbled to pieces.
The letter received by his mother-in-law, Mrs. W.T. Kercheval of 1327 Lawrence street, this city, stated that he was improving rapidly.
Dr. C.B. Lyman says that cases where people have swallowed nails, retained them in the body for years and then ejected them in a violet paroxysm of coughing are not unknown, but are very rare. He says that the blackening and softening of the nail was due to the large quantity of hydrochloric acid that is secreted in the body. Although Bassett’s recovery is not certain, Dr. Lyman thinks that he stands a much better chance for regaining his health than he would with the nail in the body.
It was only last week, in Chardon, Ohio, that 6-year-old Elton Parker coughed up a brass tack that had been imbedded in his lungs for the last three years. Elton was playing on the floor when he was 3 years old and, baby-like, put the bright tack that he found there in his mouth and swallowed it.
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