Isaac Bassett descends from #14B Jean Besset of Quebec, Canada as follows:
Jean Besset and wife Anne Seigneru
Jean Basset (b. 1672) and wife Anne Benoit
Jean Francois Besset (b. 1714) and wife Marie Joseph Girard
Joseph Bessette (b. 1753) and wife Marie Francoise Barriere
Joseph Bessette (b. 1779) and wife Angelique Georges
Edouard Bessette (b.1805) and wife Flavie Fonteneau
Isaie Bessette (b. 1855) and wife Sophie Gaboriault
Isaac Bassett (b. 1878)
Personal Sketches for Lenawee County
Isaac Bassett
Isaac Bassett, president of the Adrian Casting Company, was born December 15, 1878, at Montreal, Canada. His parents, Isaac and Sophia (Gabrault) Bassett, were born in that city in 1855. In 1883, when their son, Isaac, was five years old, Mr. and Mrs. Bassett moved to Chicago, where the father, a blacksmith, established himself in business. Isaac Bassett is still living but his wife died in that city. They were the parents of ten children, three sons and seven daughters, four of whom are now dead. One son, Lester, is a foreman in the plant of the Adrian Casting Company. Isaac Bassett, Jr., left school when he was fifteen years old to begin his career in the metal industry, which he has followed continuously since that tender age. He worked awhile at Jackson, going from that city to Detroit, where he remained only a few months. Returning to Jackson, he worked in the foundries in that city until 1914, when he accepted a position with the Adrian Steel Casting Company, as superintendent. In 1918 his experience and abilities won for him the post of vice-president and general manager. In 1901 Mr. Bassett married Clara Schuessler, of Harvey, Illinois. To this union were born two children: Arthur R., who was born April 3, 1902, and Carroll William, who was born September 28, 1904. On June 28, 1923, Mr. Bassett was again married. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Exchange club and the Chamber of Commerce. In addition to holding the positions of president and general manager of the Adrian Casting Company, Mr. Bassett is a director of that concern.
Daily Telegram, Adrian, Michigan, Friday, September 10, 1943
Stearns Buys Stock Of Bassett Foundry
Isaac Bassett Will Retire After 50 Years of Work
The Stearns Manufacturing Corporation has purchased all outstanding stock of the Bassett Foundry Company and in the future will operate the foundry as a separate corporation and subsidiary, E.F. Olsen, Stearns president announced today.
Isaac Bassett, president to the Bassett Company, plans to retire form business but will be available in an advisory capacity. He now is on vacation at Killarney lake. Mr. Bassett is a 50-year veteran in the foundry business. He started business in Chicago nearly half a century ago and came to Adrian from Jackson in 1914. The Bassett family operated a foundry in Jackson for about five years. The Adrian foundry is in the same location as when it was started here just prior to the outbreak of World War I in Europe.
Mr. Olsen is the new president of the board of directors of the Bassett Company, Walter Schutt is vice president and Carroll Bassett, son of Isaac Bassett, is secretary. Mr. Olsen and Mrs. Schutt also are officials of the Stearns Company. Carroll Bassett has been associated with his father in the foundry for several years and will continue in the business under the new ownership.
The foundry management will continue much as it has in the past,” Mr. Olson said today, “but we do hope to enlarge the working force and definitely increase production.”