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Samuel Ellsworth Bassett

Male 1864 - 1941  (76 years)


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  • Name Samuel Ellsworth Bassett 
    Born 12 Dec 1864  Wainfleet, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 15 Jan 1941  Rochester, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Rochester Times-Union, Friday Evening, January 17, 1941
      Final Rites Arranged for S.E. Bassett

      Last rites for Samuel E. Bassett, 75, widely-known musician and Mason, who descended from Pilgrim stock, will be conducted tomorrow at 1 p.m. at 632 Lake Ave., with burial in Bergen.
      Mr. Bassett died Wednesday. He had been in ill health for about 1 year.
      He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bassett. An ancestor, William Bassett, came to Plymouth, Mass., in 1621, and was said to have participated in the first Thanksgiving dinner.
      Long a professional musician, Mr. Bassett was a cornet soloist. He formerly was director of the Shrine Band and was officially known as ?principal musician? of the old Third Regiment, National Guard.
      He was a member of a family which settled in Western New York about 1800. coming to this section from Connecticut. He was born in Canada, where his father, William Bassett, lived for a short time.
      Mr. Bassett was a member of Genesee Falls Lodge, F&AM; Hamilton Chapter, Monroe Commandery, Lalla Rookh Grotto, Damascus Temple, Rochester Musicians Protective Association and the West Avenue Methodist Church.
      He leaves his wife, Clara R. Bassett; a daughter, Mrs. Stanley Coville; a son, Philip T. Bassett, and four grandchildren.
    Person ID I11449  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 7 Feb 2017 

    Father Richard Evarts Bassett,   b. 9 Oct 1827,   d. 8 Dec 1907, Bergen, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Caroline Dilts,   b. Abt 1838,   d. Abt 18 Sep 1913, Bergen, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Married 22 Aug 1858 
    Family ID F02904  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clara Peck,   b. 6 Apr 1868, Bergen, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1945, St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 24 Oct 1890 
    Children 
    +1. Iris Marie Bassett,   b. 14 Jun 1895, Bergen, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1963  (Age 67 years)
    +2. Philip Theodore Bassett,   b. 22 Aug 1905, Rochester, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1981, Spencerport, Monroe County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F04741  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart