W. Bassett
W. Bassett, farmer, P. O. Randolph, was born in Connecticut, January 14, 1830, son of Ezra L. and Susan Bassett, natives of Connecticut, who moved to this county about 1833, and remained here until the death of former in 1866; the latter is now nearly ninety-six years of age. Our subject was married December 4, 1860, to Celinda Winchell, born February 19, 1838, in Randolph, daughter of David and Eunice Winchell, natives of Connecticut, who came to this county in a very early day and remained until their death. To Mr. and Mrs. Bassett have been born three children, one of whom is now living—Emmett, born May 22, 1877. The deceased are Wilbur, born in 1868, drowned June 16, 1870, and Rosie, born December 22, 1872, died September 4, 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Bassett are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They own thirty-three acres of improved land, on which they reside with their family.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885