Biography - Charles K. Bassett
CHARLES K. BASSETT. He is the editor of the Abingdon Register, and was born in that city Feb. 25, 1859, the son of George and Nancy (Wilson) Bassett, the former a native of NY and the latter of Ohio. Charles spent six years in the common schools of Abingdon and then commenced the printing business, issuing a tiny amateur paper. For his journalistic career we refer to sketch of his paper in this book.
Contributed by Joan Achille, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County, Illinois, published by Charles C. Chapman
