Sam Bassett descends from #313B Samuel S. Bassett of NJ/CT as follows:
Samuel S. Bassett (b. 1815) and wife Sarah T. Mott
John Mott Bassett (b. 1850) and wife Lillian Martha
Sam Bassett (b. 1891) and wife Vera Helene Rosseaux
San Antonio Express, Texas, Thursday, April 12, 1956
Sam Bassett Rites Friday
Funeral service for Sam Bassett Sr., 64-year-old president of Sam Bassett Lumber Co. who died Wednesday at a local hospital, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Riebe Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Park.
A native of Weatherford, he had lived here for 17 years and was a member of the Alamo heights Methodist Church, Gray Lodge No. 329, A.F.&A.M., and Arabia Temple. He was a past president of the Texas Lumbermen’s Assn. and of the Houston Lumberman’s Assn.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bobbie J. Bassett; son, Sam Bassett Jr.; stepson, Billy Craig Rea, all of San Antonio; brothers, Revau Bassett of Dallas and Hugh Bassett of Wichita Falls; and two sisters, Mrs. Ira T. Moore and Mrs. W.C. Cullum, both of Dallas.
Picture of Sam Bassett Lumber Truck
San Antonio Light, Texas, Thursday, March 10, 1955
Divorce Given Wife of Lumberman
Fifty-seventh District Judge C.K. Quin Thursday granted a divorce to Mrs. Vera Helen Bassett from Sam Bassett, San Antonio lumberman.
Mrs. Bassett’s petition for divorce, alleging “unkind, harsh and tyrannical treatment,” reports the couple was married at Terrell on May 26, 1917. She charges Bassett abandoned her in July, 1954.
Under an agreed property settlement, Mrs. Bassett will receive the homestead at 138 Medford, along with the household furnishings.
INTEREST IN CAMP
She also will receive the couple’s one-fourth interest in Camp Slaunch, New Braunfels, and ownership and cash surrender value of $50,000 in insurance.
She also receives $200,000 in shares of the Sam Bassett Lumber co. of Houst0n, which represents all the capital stock in the company.
Bassett, 601 Frost bank building, receives $20,000 in capital stock in the Todd Lumber co. and $150,000 in capital stock in the Sam Bassett Lumber co. of San Antonio.
AWARDED LOTS
Among other considerations, Bassett is awarded 10 lots in the Cuada-Coma addition at New Braunfels and two lots in Galveston.
In addition, the agreement cancels his indebtedness to the Houston Lumber co.
Bassett will be retained for one year as president of the Houston company at $100 a month and traveling expenses of up to $50 a month.