Stephen Hicks Bassett was a graduate of Emory College, Oxford, GA. He met his wife Maud there
during their college days. Following their marriage in 1884, they spent their lives in the Ft. Valley area. They had a large family, with 9 children, 4 of whom died in childhood.
Stephen and Maud lived at "the Claxton place" early in their marriage. In 1891, he purchased the "Bassett Homeplace" from his father, Stephen Elisha, and a second generation of Bassett children grew up there as their father farmed the large property. In their later years, they owned and operated the Bassett Hotel in downtown Fort Valley (formerly known as the Watson House). The purchase of the hotel occurred in 1918 and according to old letters, (*) was run as a boarding house.
(*)Letters from Maud to her son, Ralphiel Phillips Bassett, while he was in France during WWI.
during their college days. Following their marriage in 1884, they spent their lives in the Ft. Valley area. They had a large family, with 9 children, 4 of whom died in childhood.
Stephen and Maud lived at "the Claxton place" early in their marriage. In 1891, he purchased the "Bassett Homeplace" from his father, Stephen Elisha, and a second generation of Bassett children grew up there as their father farmed the large property. In their later years, they owned and operated the Bassett Hotel in downtown Fort Valley (formerly known as the Watson House). The purchase of the hotel occurred in 1918 and according to old letters, (*) was run as a boarding house.
(*)Letters from Maud to her son, Ralphiel Phillips Bassett, while he was in France during WWI.
Stephen Hicks Bassett was a graduate of Emory College, Oxford, GA. He met his wife Maud there
during their college days. Following their marriage in 1884, they spent their lives in the Ft. Valley area. They had a large family, with 9 children, 4 of whom died in childhood.
Stephen and Maud lived at "the Claxton place" early in their marriage. In 1891, he purchased the "Bassett Homeplace" from his father, Stephen Elisha, and a second generation of Bassett children grew up there as their father farmed the large property. In their later years, they owned and operated the Bassett Hotel in downtown Fort Valley (formerly known as the Watson House). The purchase of the hotel occurred in 1918 and according to old letters, (*) was run as a boarding house.
(*)Letters from Maud to her son, Ralphiel Phillips Bassett, while he was in France during WWI.
during their college days. Following their marriage in 1884, they spent their lives in the Ft. Valley area. They had a large family, with 9 children, 4 of whom died in childhood.
Stephen and Maud lived at "the Claxton place" early in their marriage. In 1891, he purchased the "Bassett Homeplace" from his father, Stephen Elisha, and a second generation of Bassett children grew up there as their father farmed the large property. In their later years, they owned and operated the Bassett Hotel in downtown Fort Valley (formerly known as the Watson House). The purchase of the hotel occurred in 1918 and according to old letters, (*) was run as a boarding house.
(*)Letters from Maud to her son, Ralphiel Phillips Bassett, while he was in France during WWI.
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