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<\/a>\nCornell Alumni News, November 18, 1920<\/p>\n
The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y., Wednesday, November 3, 1920
\nVicinity Deaths
\nMiss Emma Bassett<\/p>\n
PAINTED POST , Nov. 3 \u2013 Word comes of the death Tuesday noon of Miss Emma Bassett, B.A., M.A., formerly of this village, who for thirty years was head of the house and teacher of history in Northfield Seminary, Massachusetts. She had been ill for some time at the home of her niece, Mrs. Minnie Bassett Morse, at Morristown, Pa., where she passed away. Her age was 61 years.<\/p>\n
Miss Bassett was the daughter of Clark and Mary Hanford Bassett, who came from Delaware County, N.Y., to Coopers Plains in 1856. She was born on the homestead farm, Feb. 6, 1859.<\/p>\n
In 1884 she was graduated from Cornell University, and in 1890 she received a master\u2019s degree from her Alma Mater, beginning work the same year at Northfield Seminary, the famous Moody School for Girls.
\nTwice Miss Bassett went abroad, remaining on one trip about six months in Spain, Italy and Greece and for about a like time on the other trip in England.<\/p>\n
She was a woman of marked culture and refinement, and an earnest Christian character. She was a deep student. She retained her membership in the Presbyterian Church at Painted Post.<\/p>\n
She leaves one sister, Mrs. Matilda Wallace, of Canandaigua, N.Y., and three brothers, Samuel C. Bassett, of Nebraska, Benjamin C. Bassett, of Painted Post, and George S. Bassett, Coopers Plains.<\/p>\n
The body will arrive in Corning at 8:37 o\u2019clock, Thursday morning, and be taken to the family home at Coopers Plains, where the funeral will be held at two o\u2019clock, Friday afternoon, in the presence of relatives and immediate friends. The Rev. John Knox will officiate.<\/p>\n
Interment will be made in the family plot at Coopers Plains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Emma Neal Bassett descends from #1B John Bassett of Connecticut as follows: John Bassett and wife Margery Robert Bassett and wife Mary Robert Bassett (b. 1640) and wife Elizabeth Riggs Samuel Bassett (b. 1692) and wife Deborah Bennett Joseph Bassett … Continue reading