Lewis Napoleon Bassett descends from William Bassett of Plymouth as follows:
William Bassett and wife Elizabeth
Nathaniel Bassett (b. 1628) and wife Dorcas Joyce
Samuel Bassett (b. 1670) and wife Elizabeth Jones
Samuel Bassett (b. 1700) and wife Alice Weaver
Samuel Bassett (b. 1736) and wife Tabitha Waite
William Bassett (b. 1765)
Samuel Bassett (b. 1795) and wife Elsie Lewis
Lewis Bassett (b. 1824) and wife Sarah Edgecomb
Samuel Harrison Bassett (b. 1848) and wife Margaret Mary Whipp
Lewis Napoleon Bassett (b. 1874)
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The Sunday News and Tribune, Jefferson City, Mo., Sunday, February 2
Railroad Pays Tribute to Line’s Vice President
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Feb. 1 – (AP) – Funeral services for Louis Napoleon
Bassett, 61 vice president of the Missouri and Arkansas railroad, will be held at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon in the Benton Avenue Methodist church here.
Operations of the railroad are to be suspended for two minutes during the services, honoring the memory of the dead official, it was announced last night at Harrison, Ark.
Mr. Bassett, who has been vice president of the Missouri and Arkansas lines since April 16, 1935, died at Harrison this morning, after a 10-day illness of pneumonia.
Mr. Bassett is survived by two sons, Dr. Clifford Bassett of Cushing, Okla., and W. Howard Bassett of Harrison, Ark. Howard Bassett is superintendent of the Missouri and Arkansas railroad.