William Bassett accompanied his parents to Michigan in 1832, his father, Samuel Bassett, settling on a farm in Bloomfield township, Oakland County. At his marriage William Bassett settled on a farm in the township of Novi, which he traded for a store in Novi, but later purchased another farm in Bloomfield township on which he resided until his death in 1886. He was a most exemplary man. He was a member of the religious body known as the Second Adventists. His wife, who was a daughter of Eli and Sarah (Jennings) Curtis, died in 1891, having been the devoted mother of a large family, of which our subject is the sixth member, the others being: Ada; Lawrence, a member of the 17th Michigan, lost his life at the age of 21 years, from wounds received in defense of his country, at the battle of Resaca; Leila; Cleantha, deceased; Henry, of Bloomfield township; and Grosvenor and Milburn both deceased.
