Bassett Family Association Database
Eben Pierce Bassett
1876 - 1961 (84 years)-
Name Eben Pierce Bassett Born 18 Aug 1876 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Gender Male Died 27 May 1961 Belfast, Waldo County, Maine Buried UNKNOWN Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine Notes - Bangor, Maine Daily News, 29 May 1961, p.16
Searsport - Eben Pierce Bassett, 84, died Saturday evening at a Belfast
hospital following a long illness.
He was born at Providence, R.I., August 18, 1876, son of Alpheus and
Elizabeth (Lane) Bassett.
He was a graduate of the University of Maine in 1899 as an electrical
engineer. He was a second lieutenant in Coburn Ports Corps, ROTC. He worked
for General Electric Company at New York until 1929, when he retired.
Following his retirement he lived at Bayside for many years. He moved to
Searsport seven years ago.
He did research for the Penobscot Marine Museum on ships and sea
captains. He was a member of the New England Genealogical Society and t
American Genealogical Society. He compiled the Bassett genealogy.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Bassett, of Searsport;
a cousin, Albert Pierce of Bangor.
Funeral services will be at the First Congregational Church of
Searsport Tuesday at 1 p.m. Robert Sargent will officiate.
Interment will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor.
Friends may call at Young's Funeral Home, Searsport, Monday evening.
Person ID I09888 1A William Bassett of Plymouth Last Modified 14 Feb 2024
Father Alpheus Bassett, b. 13 Jul 1839, Blenburn, Penobscot County, Maine , d. 18 May 1884, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 44 years) Mother Elizabeth Lane Wheelden, b. 26 Apr 1843, South Orrington, Penobscot County, Maine , d. 22 Feb 1924, Schenectady, New York (Age 80 years) Married 19 Jan 1865 Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine Family ID F02371 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Elizabeth St. John, d. Deceased Married 7 Feb 1913 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Family ID F04168 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Rachel J. Best, b. Abt 1886, Cobleskill, New York , d. Deceased Married 17 Oct 1929 Belfast, Waldo County, Maine Family ID F04169 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Caroline Wilson, b. 17 Mar 1872, d. 14 Jan 1943, Stockton Springs, Waldo County, Maine (Age 70 years) Married 31 Aug 1931 Belfast, Waldo County, Maine Family ID F04170 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 4 Maybelle Wainwright Goodnow, b. 1 Oct 1885, d. Deceased Married 7 Nov 1943 Family ID F04171 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 5 Elizabeth Pendleton Havener, b. 3 Jun 1893, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts , d. 13 Jan 1963 (Age 69 years) Married 29 Apr 1955 Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Massachusetts Family ID F04172 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Bangor, Maine Daily News, 29 May 1961, p.16