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- Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester, New York
Death Takes W.A. Bassett
Interlaken - Wheeler A. Bassett, 86, retired farmer, died Thursday night (February 22, 1945), in his home in West End Avenue, after a short illness.
Mr. Bassett was born on July 24, 1858, on a farm south of the village, which has been in the Bassett family since the early part of the nineteenth century.
A lifelong resident of this community, Mr. Bassett always took an active part in civic affairs. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Bassett celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary last January.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Agnes M. Thomas Bassett; three sons, Wilmer Bassett, Monticello, Florida; Henry Bassett, Watkins Glen and Corporal Thomas Bassett with the U.S. Army in England; two daughters, Mrs. Earl Wilson, Interlaken, and Mrs. Seward Brooks, Hayts Corners; 19 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Four of his grandsons are with the armed forces overseas.
Funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. today in the home by the Reverend George A. Cole Jr., pastor of the Baptist Church, with burial in Lakeview Cemetery.
1860 Federal Census of Covert, Seneca County, New York (23 Aug 1860)
B.E. Bassett - 37 - M - Seneca County, New York - Farmer 5500 1600
Matilda - 29 - F - Seneca County, New York
Julia A. - 7 - F - Seneca County, New York
Alice J. - 5 - F - Seneca County, New York
Wheeler - 1 - M - Seneca County, New York
Jane Johnson - 22 - F - Ireland - Domestic
Albert Tubbs - 22 - M - Seneca County, New York - Farm Laborer
1880 Federal Census of Covert, Seneca County, New York
Bennett E. Bassette - 57 - M - NY-CT-CT - Head - Farmer
Matelda - 49 - F - NY-CT-CT - Wife - House Keeping
Alice - 26 - F - NY-CT-CT - Daughter - At Home
Wheeler - 21 - M - NY-CT-CT - Son - At Home
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Bassett Family Association Database
1858 - 1945 (86 years)