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- Albert died at his daughter Lillian's home on Main Street in Coventry aged 75 years, 6 months and 21 days.
(VRVC - Vital Records, Voluntown, Connecticut)
(VRCR - Vital Records, Coventry, Rhode Island)
1880 Federal Census of Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island
Albert Bassett 28 M CT CT CT Head Farmer
Dolly 19 F CT CT CT Wife Keeping House
Lillian 3 F CT CT CT Daughter At Home
Ralph 1 M CT CT CT Son At Home
A Modern History of New London, Connecticut, Lewis, 192
Albert Bassett
ALBERT BASSETT - Public responsibility, business endeavor, and the
tilling of the soil, all these have helped to fill the busy life of Albert
Bassett, now retired, of Voluntown, Connecticut.
Mr. Bassett is a son of Ralph and Sarah M. (Hill) Bassett. Ralph
Bassett was born in Voluntown, Connecticut, in the early years of the
nineteenth century. His education was limited to the opportunities of t
district schools of the day, and as a young man he took up farming in t
vicinity of his home. Later the lure of the precious metal beckoned him
Westward, and in 1858 he went to California, as a prospector. The gold rush of
history was still at that time a living force in the development of the West,
but while the young man met with more than a little success, he returned East
in 1862, locating in Voluntown. Again, in 1872, Mr. Bassett went to
California, this time taking his entire family with him. In 1882 he returned
permanently to Voluntown, retiring from active work, and making his home with
his son, Albert, who had preceded him some years earlier. He died in February,
1912. His wife, who was born in New London, Connecticut, died in 1884. They
were the parents of seven children, among them Albert, of whom furthe
Albert Bassett, fourth child of Ralph and Sarah M. (Hill) Bassett, was
born in Voluntown, New London county, Connecticut, on June 26, 1848. Receiving
his education in the district schools of the neighborhood, he assisted his
father on the farm until he was twenty-one years of age, then went to
Providence, Rhode Island, where he worked as guard at the State Prison,
remaining in that capacity for a period of four years. He then accompanied his
father to California, where he again became a guard in the State Prison, this
time remaining in the work for eight years. At the end of that time, Mr.
Bassett purchased a farm in Coventry, Rhode Island, which he conducted for
fifteen years. He then bought a farm in Voluntown, where he still resides.
A number of years ago Mr. Bassett retired from the active work of the
farm, turning over to younger hands the care of his interests along this line.
For a considerable time, however, he has been dealing in farm real estate, and
this business he continues to conduct with appreciable success and profit. His
activities along this line are not only of personal benefit to him, but they
tend to forward the progress of the community and the general prosperity.
Mr. Bassett is interested in every matter which involves the public
welfare, is a staunch supporter of the Democratic party. He is a member of
Providence Lodge, No. 3, Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is a member of
the Baptist church.
Mr. Bassett married, on September 17, 1875, Dolly Burdick, of
Voluntown, a daughter of Jowell and Caroline Burdick, and they have five
children, all living: Lillian, who became the wife of Simon Corp, now residing
in Washington, Rhode Island; Ralph, who married Dorothy Crandall, and n
lives in Boston, Massachusetts; Grace, who became the wife of Alfred I.
Bennett, of Rockland, Rhode Island; William, who married Bessie Gulisipy, and
now resides at Coventry, Rhode Island; and George H., a resident of
Providence.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1849 - 1924 (74 years)
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