Learned Orin Bassett

1824 - 1894  (70 years)

• Name	Learned Orin Bassett
  Birth	16 Apr 1824	Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Oct 1894
  Notes	Learned was sometimes known as Orin L. He moved to Grand Crossing, Illinois and was there in 1879. 1860 Federal Census of Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts (8 Jun 1860) Orrin L. Bassett 34 M Massachusetts Tackmaker 1000 Sarah J. 33 F Massachusetts Allen K. 11 M Massachusetts Arthur J. 7 M Massachusetts Lillie G. 1 F Massachusetts Polly King Bassett 73 F Massachusetts 1880 Federal Census of Hyde Park, Cook County, Illinois Orin L. Bassett 57 M MA MA MA Head Tack Manufacturer Fredrick L. 14 M MA MA MA Son At School Nathan L. 12 M MA MA MA Son At School Mrs. Baily 27 F IL MA MA Other Housekeeper Mortin 4 F IL MA MA Other At Home Fannie 18 F IL MA MA Other At Home Orrin L. Bassett (From the History of Cook County) Orrin L. Bassett, proprietor of the Chicago Tack Company, was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, April 16, 1824. After leaving school he worked on the home farm, also learning the trade of wheelwright under his father. He afterward learned the trade of carpenter and pattern-maker, which he followed until the year 1848. He then went to California and engaged in mining. Returning to Massachusetts after an absence of about two years, he was employed in George P. Foster & Co't gun manufactory as pattern-maker. He was next employed by General Burnside as assistant superintendent in the wo department in a gun manufactory at Rhode Island. In 1858 he accepted a position in the Taunton Tack Factory, in Taunton, of which he was an owner and director, running and building machines. At the end of the second year he had constructed and built on a new plan a leather, carpet and tack machine, the same pattern of tack machine that is used today by the Chicago Tack Company, and from which nearly every tack machine built since has copied. With t exception of eleven months (from 1863 to 1864) during which he served in the war in the 3d Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Company K. He remained with the Taunton Tack Company eighteen years. In 1877 he removed to Cook County and established the Chicago Tack Company at Grand Crossing.
  Person ID	I05099	1A William Bassett of Plymouth
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2011

  
  

  Father	Jeremiah Bassett,   b. 29 Apr 1787, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. Deceased
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Lydia Stone,   b. Abt 1789   d. Deceased
  Relationship	Natural
  Marriage	22 Nov 1809	Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F01117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah J. King   d. Deceased
  Marriage	19 Sep 1847
  Children	1. Allen King Bassett,   b. 24 Feb 1849, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. 26 Apr 1879, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia (Age 30 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural] + 2. Arthur Judson Bassett,   b. 25 Aug 1852, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. 25 Apr 1902, Tioga, Tioga County, New York (Age 49 years)   3. Lillian Gray Bassett,   b. 17 May 1859, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. Deceased  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   4. Willie Moor Bassett,   b. 17 May 1859, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. 13 Aug 1859 (Age 0 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   5. Edward Lawrence Bassett,   b. 13 Apr 1862   d. 16 Aug 1863 (Age 1 year)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   6. Frederick Clarence Bassett,   b. 17 Jun 1866, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. Deceased  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   7. Nathan Stone Bassett,   b. 24 Sep 1867, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. Deceased  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
  Family ID	F02308	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	May C. Libby   d. Deceased
  Marriage	21 Nov 1881	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois   [2]
  Children	1. Curie Louise Bassett,   b. 2 Sep 1887, Grand Crossing, Illinois d. 8 Oct 1887 (Age 0 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   2. Curie Jewel Bassett,   b. 12 Feb 1889, Grand Crossing, Illinois d. Deceased  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
  Family ID	F02309	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  TVR. BFA1897.