John D. Bassett
John David Bassett,Sr.(Yuli 14,ga wata a shekara ta alif ɗari takwas da a sittin da shida (1866)-ya mutu a watan Fabrairu 26,ga wata a shekara ta alif ɗari tara da sittin da biyar (1965) fitaccen ɗan kasuwan Amurka ne ,wanda ya kafa Kamfanin 'Bassett Furniture' a 1902.A ƙarshen 1960s,Bassett Furniture Industries Inc., shine mafi girman masana'antar kayan katako a duniya,tare da tallace-tallacen sama da dala miliyan 118 a 1968.
Rayuwar farko gyara sashe
“A nan an haifi wannan mutum mai himma da basirar gudanarwa a ranar 14 ga Yuli,1866,dan John H.da Nancy J.(Spencer) Bassett,wanda tsohon wanda aka haifa a kusa da Preston,Virginia a gundumar Henry,na karshen kuma a Patrick.County, Virginia,duka iyalai da farko an kafa su a Virginia." [1] Shi ne kuma jikan Alexander Hunter Bassett
A matsayinta na ɗan tsohon Sojan Ƙungiya a ƙauyen Virginia,John Bassett ya yi rayuwa kaɗan a matsayin manomi,tana aiki a matsayin mai shan taba.,mai kula da shago,ma'aikacin katako,da ma'aikacin katako da ke ba da alakar layin dogo don Norfolk da Western Railway a 1889.
Ta auri Pocahontas "Pokey"Hundley (Nuwamba 21,1862 - Janairu 11,1953),kuma tare suna da 'ya'ya hudu:William McKinley Bassett (1894-1960) ya auri Lela Gladys Clark kuma ya gina Eltham Manor a 1936;Blanche E. Bassett,wanda ya auri Taylor George Vaughan;Ann Pocahontas Bassett ta auri Thomas B. Stanley;John Douglas Bassett (1901-1966).
Lokacin da yake da shekaru 35,John D.Bassett da 'yan uwansa,Samuel Henry Bassett da Charles Columbus Bassett,da surukinsa,Reed Lewis Stone,tare da babban kuɗin dalar Amurka 11,000,sun shirya Kamfanin Bassett Furniture Company.[2] Kamfanin na asali ya fadada sosai tsawon shekaru,tana siye da siyar da kamfanoni masu ƙera kayan daki da masana'antu masu alaƙa,kuma a cikin 2009 yana da ma'aikata sama da 1,329.
Siyasa gyara sashe
Yayin da kudu maso yammacin Virginia ya kada kuri'a mai karfi na Demokradiyya a farkon karni na 20John D. Bassett ya goyi bayan tikitin Republican."A kokarin ciyar da mambobinta gaba game da tattalin arziki da kabilanci,Ku Klux Klan ya koma siyasa.A cikin 1925,baya ga goyan bayan daftarin doka da zai hana koyarwar juyin halitta a makarantun Virginia,Virginia Klan ta yi kamfen a kan John M.Purcell,ma'ajin jihar Demokrat kuma ɗan Roman Katolika.Membobin Klan sun yi watsi da goyon bayansu ga abokin hamayyar Purcell na Republican,John David Bassett, wanda suka kira "dan takara 100%."Bassett ya sha kaye a zaben, amma ya yi abin mamaki a cikin jihar da wata na'ura mai karfi ta Demokradiyya ke sarrafawa." [3]
Mutuwa da Jana'iza gyara sashe
John D.Bassett ya mutu a ranar 26 ga Fabrairu, 1965,kuma an binne shi a makabartar iyali ta Bassett a Bassett,Virginia. [4]
Legacy gyara sashe
John D. Bassett ne ya fara aikin Bassett Furniture a shekara ta 1902,wanda ya kasance shugabanta har zuwa 1930.
An ba wa garin Bassett, Virginia suna don danginsa.
An saka sunan Makarantar Sakandare ta John D. Bassett don girmama shi.
Littafi Mai Tsarki gyara sashe
- ↑ "Splinters From The Tree August 2006 " Bassett Family Association.
- ↑ Coe, Malcolm Donald, and Irene K. Harlan. Our Proud Heritage [a Pictorial History of Martinsville, Virginia and Henry County, Virginia ]. Bassett: Bassett Print. Corp, 1969. Pages 23-25. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6289214
- ↑ "Ku Klux Klan in Virginia." Contributed by John T. Kneebone.
- ↑ "JD" Bassett, Sr.