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- 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.
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