BRUCE A. BASSETT
San Jose Rancher

 Bio-Pen Pictures

            Bruce A. Bassett, deceased, came with his family to Santa Clara County, in 1882.  He was a native of Ohio, born at Milan, Erie County, August 3, 1834, his parents being Cornelius and Clarissa (McKinney) Bassett, both natives of New York State.  He was reared to farm life and followed that vocation.  He was married, in Ohio, to Miss Weltha L. Taylor, a native of Erie County, and daughter of Julius H. and Aurilla (Allen) Taylor.  Her father was born in Ohio, and her mother in New York State, but she was reared in Ohio from her thirteenth year.  In 1882 the family came to California, and in August of that year Mr. Bassett purchased a ranch of 134 acres in the hill country east of San Jose, where the family now reside.  Here he followed farming until his death, which occurred on the sixth of March, 1887.  Mr. Bassett was an intelligent and active man; was a brother of the Superintendent of the Southern Pacific Railroad, Northern Division.  He was a Republican in his political views.  Mrs. Bassett has three children:  Arthur T., Linn A., and Clara A.

 

Pen Pictures From The Garden of the World or Santa Clara County, California, Illustrated. - Edited by H. S. Foote.- Chicago:  The Lewis Publishing Company, 1888.

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Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

Proofread by Betty Vickroy

 

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