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<\/a>This store was established by E.F. Bassett in 1855 on Bank Street.<\/p>\nHistory of New Haven County, Connecticut, Volume 2
\nBiographical Sketches<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Edward F. Bassett, born in Woodbury, Conn., in 1823, is s son of Zerah, a native of North Haven, born October 11th<\/sup>, 1795. His grandfather was Isaac Bassett, a soldier in the revolutionary war. His great-grandfather was Abram Bassett. Zerah was a carriage maker, and carried on business in Woodbury for upward of 25 years. He settled in Seymour about 1836. He married Miranda Doolittle, of Wallingford, Conn., born August 1st<\/sup>, 1795. They had two children, Edward F. and Maria L. Zerah Bassett died October 23d, 1839, and Miranda, his wife died January 21st<\/sup>, 1867. Maria L. Bassett married Isaac H. Davis. Edward F. married, in 1849, Laura Linsley, of Woodbury, Conn. They have one daughter, Jennie L. Mr. Bassett engaged in the furniture, undertaking and house furnishing business in Seymour in 1847, which he conducted until 1889, when he retired. He was town clerk for one year. His store was burned with all its contents in 1882, but he rebuilt and continued the business.<\/p>\n Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On the 18th<\/sup> of April, 1882, E.F. Bassett\u2019s large, three story furniture store on Bank Street was destroyed by fire, together with two smaller stores owned by S.Y. Beach and a house owned by L.A. and S.P. Camp. The impossibility of extinguishing the fire until four buildings had been burned, made the necessity of efficient fire apparatus quite evident.<\/p>\n Seymour and Vicinity, Business Directory<\/p>\n E.F. Bassett, dealer in Furniture and House Furnishing Goods, and General Furnishing Undertaker, Maple street, near First.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Edward. F. Bassett descends from #6B William Bassett of Connecticut as follows: William Bassett and wife Hannah (Dickerman) Ives Samuel Bassett (b. 1654) and wife Mary Dickerman Abraham Bassett (b. 1692) and wife Mehitable Street Abraham Bassett (b. 1733) and … Continue reading
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