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- Lowell Daily Courier
Lowell, Massachusetts
Friday, November 18, 1881
Phoebe E Myerhear and Matthew Bassett, an eloping couple from Tarrytown, New York, were arrested at the Sagamore hotel in Lynn Wednesday on complaint of the woman’s husband.
The Evening Post
New York
Saturday, August 16, 1884
Matthew Bassett, of Tarrytown, while unloading coal from a canal boat yesterday, was seriously injured by the falling of a derrick.
The Herald Statesman
Yonkers, New York
Friday, December 18, 1934
‘Lonely Drinker’ Modern Bar Note
Tarrytown - Matthew Bassett, who started work at the Hotel Florence 51 years ago when the coach and four was running to New York, advised in an interview that sociability has gone out of the taproom.
“There is too much lonesome drinking today. People don’t mix with each other at the bar nearly as much as they used to,” he said.
The Daily News
Tarrytown, New York
Saturday, March 15, 1947
Bassett Will Mark Birthday
Matthew Bassett, one of Tarrytown’s fine oldtimers and dean of cocktail mixers now living with his niece, Mrs. Fred Hennessey at Richmond Hill, Long Island, will be eighty-five tomorrow.
Mr. Bassett, despite his great age, is enjoying good health aside from being unable to walk about as he could a couple of years ago, with the aid of a cane, however, he manages to get about some. Mentally he is quite as well as he was years ago.
Mr. Bassett was one of Tarrytown’s earliest restaurant men, his late brother William and himself operating a restaurant on Orchard Street, and later for many years they operated “The Office”, on Lower Main Street, which was one of the most popular taverns in this section and a stopping place for the professional and businessmen for many years up to the time they gave up the business in 1918.
After a number of years in retirement, Mr. Bassett accepted a position in charge of the Hotel Florence bar after the repeal of prohibition, serving up to about three years ago when he retired. Since going to reside with his niece at Richmond Hill, Mr. Bassett has returned occasionally to renew old acquaintances and each time he comes back there is a big welcome for him staged at the hotel.
1860 Federal Census of Mt. Pleasant, Westchester County, New York (29 Aug 1860)
Wm. Bassett - 28 - M - New York - Day Laborer --- 100
Amanda - 40 - F - New York
Parphonia - 9 - F - New York
Catherine - 5 - F - New York
Elizabeth Felter - 22 - F - New York
John Felter - 20 - M - New York
Marie Felter - 18 - F - New York
1870 Federal Census of Mt. Pleasant, Westchester County, New York (30 Jul 1870)
Wm. Bassett - 43 - M - New York - Bartender
Amanda - 52 - F - New York - Keeping House
Parthemiaa - 18 - F - New York
Kate - 15 - F - New York
William - 10 - M - New York
Martin - 8 - M - New York
Maria S. Felter - 25 - F - New York
1880 Federal Census of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York
William Bassett - 53 - M - NY-NY-NY - Head - Bar Tender
Amanda - 60 - F - NY-NY-NY - Wife - Keeping House
William - 20 - M - NY-NY-NY - Son - Bar Tender
Matthew - 18 - M - NY-NY-NY - Son Manufacturer of Tobacco
Parthenia Manning - 27 - F - NY-NY-NY - Daughter - At Home
Katie Bassett - 23 - F - NY-NY-NY - Daughter - At Home
Bertha Manning - 4 - F - NY-NY-NY - Granddaughter
1900 Federal Census of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York (7 Jan 1900)
Mathew Bassett - 38 - M - Mar 1862 - NY-NY-NY - Head - Restaurant
Mary - 34 - F - Oct 1865 - NY-NY-NY - Wife
Edwin W. - 15 - M - Jul 1884 - NY-NY-NY - Son - At school
Florence - 13 - F - Jun 1886 - NY-NY-NY - Niece - At school
(Married 17 years, 1 child)
(Living at 24 Orchard Street) (Brother William living at 23 Orchard Street)
1910 Federal Census of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York (21 Apr 1910)
Matthew Bassett - 47 - M - NY-NY-NY - Head - Retail Merchant Liquors and Wines
Mary E. - 41 - F - NY-NY-NY - Wife
Edward W. - 26 - M - NY-NY-NY - Son
(Married 27 years, 1 child, 1 living)
(Living at 20 John Street)
1920 Federal Census of Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York (27 Jan 1920)
Matthew Bassett - 57 - M - NY-NY-NY - Head
May E. - 50 - F - NY-NY-NY - Wife
1930 Federal Census of Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York (14 Apr 1930)
Mathew V. Bassett - 68 - M - NY-NY-NY - Head - Retired
May E. - 60 - F - NY-NY-NY - Wife
(Married at 20 and 15)
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Bassett Family Association Database
Abt 1862 - Aft 1947 (~ 86 years)