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- George joined his father in business.
History of Worcester and Its People by Charles Nutt, Volume 3, Page 71
George Massa Bassett
Managing director of Johnson & Bassett, manufacturers of wool
spinning machinery, was born in Worcester, Nov. 3, 1864, son of Joseph
Massa and Elizabeth Alden (Kennan) Bassett. His ancestry was of old
Pilgrim and Puritan stock, on both sides of the family.
William Bassett, the first of the family in this country, on his
father's side, was born in England, and married in Leyden, Holland, Aug.
13, 1611, to Margaret Oldham. He came to Plymouth in 1621 on the ship
"Fortune", afterward living in Duxbury and Sandwich, and finally at
Bridgewater, a gunsmith by trade. He died at Bridgewater in 1667. He was
prominent in the colonial life, serving as deputy to the General Court.
On his mother's side, Mr. Bassett is a direct descendant of John Alden.
Mr. Bassett was educated in private and public schools in
Worcester, graduating from the Worcester High School, in the class of
1882. He entered Amherst in 1882, completing his course in 1886, and
immediately became associated in business with his father, and in 1893
was admitted to partnership in the firm of Johnson & Bassett. His father
retired in 1898, and since that time George M. Bassett has been managing
director of the business.
Mr. Bassett is a director in the Mechanics National Bank, vice
president and member of board of investment of the Mechanics Savings
Bank. He is a stockholder and director in various other industries.
He is a member of the Worcester Club; the Tatnuck Country Club; the
Quinsigamond Boat Club; and the Commonwealth Club of Worcester; the
Brookline Country Club, of Brookline, Mass.; and the New York Club, of
NY City. In politics he is a Republican.
Mr. Bassett married in Worcester, Nov. 7, 1888, to Cora Louise
Richards, born in Worcester, daughter of Seth and Louise Todd Richards.
They had 1 son, Paul Richards Bassett, who died in infancy. Their home
is at No. 15 Ripley Street, Worcester.
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