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<\/a>Picture of Sam Bassett Lumber Truck<\/p>\nSan Antonio Light, Texas, Thursday, March 10, 1955
\nDivorce Given Wife of Lumberman<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fifty-seventh District Judge C.K. Quin Thursday granted a divorce to Mrs. Vera Helen Bassett from Sam Bassett, San Antonio lumberman.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Bassett\u2019s petition for divorce, alleging \u201cunkind, harsh and tyrannical treatment,\u201d reports the couple was married at Terrell on May 26, 1917. She charges Bassett abandoned her in July, 1954.<\/p>\n
Under an agreed property settlement, Mrs. Bassett will receive the homestead at 138 Medford, along with the household furnishings.<\/p>\n
INTEREST IN CAMP<\/p>\n
She also will receive the couple\u2019s one-fourth interest in Camp Slaunch, New Braunfels, and ownership and cash surrender value of $50,000 in insurance.<\/p>\n
She also receives $200,000 in shares of the Sam Bassett Lumber co. of Houst0n, which represents all the capital stock in the company.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
AWARDED LOTS<\/p>\n
Among other considerations, Bassett is awarded 10 lots in the Cuada-Coma addition at New Braunfels and two lots in Galveston.<\/p>\n
In addition, the agreement cancels his indebtedness to the Houston Lumber co.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 … Continue reading