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The Morning Journal-Courier, New Haven, Connecticut, Saturday, 7 October 1905
Thomas A. Bassett Dead
Head Of The Firm Of Thomas Phillips & Sons
Passed Away After Brief Confinement at Home
A Sterling Citizen and Business Man
The sad news of the death of Thomas A. Bassett, for a number of years past head of the widely known firm of Thomas Phillips & Son, marble workers on High street, will be much deplored, and a host of friends will experience deep sorrow at his loss. He passed away at his home on High street last evening at 5:30 o?clock. He had been confined to the house but a short time, and only a few days ago was about town. His health, however, had been gradually declining, owing to diabetes, which caused his death. He was a native of this city, was thirty-six years of age, born October 17, 1869. He was one of our much esteemed younger business men, ever courteous, affable, kindly in spirit, of highly pleasing manners and address, a man of honor, integrity, refinement and artistic tastes.
He was the only son of S.A. Bassett, one of our well known and esteemed citizens. He was a graduate of Dwight school and Hillhouse High school. he upon the death of his uncle, the lamented Thomas Humphrey Phillips, succeeded to the charge and management of the Phillips Marble works, established by his grandfather more than half a century ago. He developed and enlarged the business, keeping pace with the growth of the city and the increased demands in his line of business. He became first connected with the business at the age of seventeen. On the death of his uncle in 1900 he became head of the firm.
1900 Federal Census of New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut (4 Jun 1900)
Thos. A. Bassett 30 M Oct 1869 CT CT CT Head Mfg. Marble ??
Nettie 24 F Oct 1875 CT CT CT Wife
John H.P. 3 M Jul 1896 CT CT CT Son
Mary Crawford 23 F May 1876 IR IR IR Servant
(Living at 238 Lawrence) (Married 4 years, 1 child, 1 living)
Commemorative Biographical Record
Thomas A. Bassett. Prominent among the citizens of New Haven, both in
business circles and social life, is Thomas A. Bassett, proprietor of Thomas,
Phillips & Son, manufacturers of fine ornamental work. Mr. Bassett was born
Oct. 17, 1869, a son of Samuel A. Bassett, a native of what is now Seymour,
Conn., and the efficient vice-president of the New Haven Shoe Co. During his
boyhood our subject attended the excellent schools of New Haven completing
high school, and then entered the office of L. W. Robinson for a course of
study. In 1887 he became identified with Thomas Phillips & Sons' marble and
granite works, becoming a member of the firm in 1894. Upon the death of Mr.
John Humphrey Phillips, his uncle, Sept. 7, 1900, Mr. Bassett assumed complete
control, and has most successfully managed the great business since that time.
He is of the third generation to engage in business in the same location, No.
143 High Street.
On Oct. 30, 1895, Mr. Bassett wedded Miss Natalie Wilson, of
Bridgeport, and one child has been born to them, John Humphrey Phillips, born
July 28, 1896. Politically Mr. Bassett is a staunch Republican and a member of
the Young Men's Republican Club. In his fraternal relations he is a Mason,
being connected with Wooster Lodge, No. 79, F. & A.M. and Franklin Chapter No.
2, R.A.M.; he also belongs to Hillhouse Council, Royal Arcanum, and Pyramid
Lodge, Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is an expert gold player on the
local field, and belongs to the New Haven Gold Club; and also is a member and
governor of the Quinnipiac Club, of which his uncle was one of the founders.
Mr. Bassett is an ex-sergeant of the New Haven Grays. In his religious
connections he is a regular attendant upon the services of the Episcopal
Church, to which both he and his wife belong. Mr. Bassett is a true
representative of the progressive and successful young men who will leave an
impress upon the 20th century. While a thorough business man, showing decided
enterprise and public spirit, he permits himself the relaxation to be found in
athletics and social functions, these rounding out the character and making a
representative of a class destined to produce its effect in the society and in
the business world of the future.
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1869 - 1905 (35 years)