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Samuel Andrew Bassett

Male 1833 - 1906  (72 years)


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  • Name Samuel Andrew Bassett 
    Born 1 Sep 1833  Seymour, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1 Aug 1906 
    Buried UNKNOWN  Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • A Modern History of New Haven and Eastern New Haven Coun
      Volume II (1918)

      In the death of Samuel Andrew Bassett, New Haven lost one of its
      valued citizens and representative business men, yet one whose nature was not
      centered alone upon commercial interests. He found time for the higher things
      of life and those interests which have cultural value. He was born in the town
      of Seymour, in New Haven county, Connecticut, September 1, 1833, and was a
      descendant of an old and prominent New England family. His father, Samu
      Bassett, also a native of Connecticut, was a paper manufacturer of what was
      then known as Humphreysville, now Seymour, and at that place spent practically
      his entire life. He wedded Mary Andrew, who was also a resident of Seymour.
      Samuel Andrew Bassett acquired his early education in the Glendenning
      Academy at Seymour and afterward attended the William H. Russell Milita
      School at New Haven, from which he was graduated. He was first employed in his
      father's paper factory and after working there for a few years went to New
      Milford, where he became a clerk in the store of A. W. Mygatt. After a brief
      period he removed to New Haven and found a position in the shoe store of
      Bristol & Hall, shoe manufacturers and dealers. When the business was sold out
      to W.B. Fenn, Mr. Bassett remained with the house and when it became known as
      the New Haven Shoe Company, he became one of the stock holders and was quite
      active in the management of the business. He was associated with the sh
      trade for over a half century and was very active in the control and direction
      of the store with which he was connected. He was a thoroughgoing business man,
      noted for his honorable dealings and his spirit of enterprise. No one ever
      questioned the reliability of his methods, for integrity was synonymous with
      his name.
      Mr. Bassett was much devoted to his home and family. In Christchurch,
      on the 24th day of January, 1865, the Rev. Joseph Brewster performed the
      wedding ceremony that united the destinies of Samuel Andrew Bassett and Miss
      Sophia Phillips, of New Haven, a daughter of Thomas and Sophia (Humphre
      Phillips, the former a well known resident of this city. Mrs. Bassett is now
      residing on Edgewood avenue and has many friends in New Haven, who know her as
      a lady of culture and refined taste, a devoted wife and mother. She w
      member of Christ Episcopal church for a number of years, later transferring
      her membership to Trinity Episcopal church. By the marriage there were two
      children. The daughter, Mary Elizabeth, became the wife of Joseph Leon
      Langbank and now resides with her mother. Thomas Andrew was married October
      30, 1895, to Natalie Wilson, of Bridgeport, and they became the parents of two
      children, John Humphrey Phillips and Sophie Louise Bassett, but the latter
      died young. Thomas Andrew Bassett passed away October 6, 190
      The death of Samuel A. Bassett occurred at his home on High street in
      New Haven, August 1, 1906, when he was approaching the seventy-third milestone
      on life's journey. He was a citizen of the highest type, a man of sterling
      character and actuated in all that he did by a stalwart Christian spirit. He
      held membership, first, in Christ Episcopal church and, later, in Trini
      church, of which he was communicant for many years, and he also belonged to
      Brooks Club of Trinity church, which was named in honor of Bishop Phill
      Brooks. He belonged to Wooster Lodge, A.F & A.M., of New Haven, and also to
      the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Seymour. In politics he was an ardent
      republican but not an office seeker. He was on the contrary a man of domestic
      taste, devoted to his home and family and finding his greatest happiness at
      his own fireside. He was also a lover of nature and fond of things beautiful.
      He enjoyed yachting and fishing, and was a great lover of the arts. He was
      also much interested in music, possessed a splendid voice and for many years
      was a member of Christ Church Choir. He also belonged to the Mendelsohn and
      Gounod Societies, excellent choral organizations of New Haven, and he was one
      of the organizers of the Apollo Club, a well known musical male club of New
      Haven. He thus did much to further the interests which removed man from the
      sordidness that entire concentration upon business often brings and he did
      much to further an interest in those lines which uplift the individual and
      bring a breadth of thought, interest and purpose. He stood as a high type of
      American manhood and chivalry, and his was the nobility of a refined nature
      and of Christian character.
    Person ID I10693  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 23 Sep 2011 

    Father Samuel Bassett,   b. 4 Sep 1809, Broadalbin, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1892  (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Mary Andrew,   d. 28 May 1854 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married 30 Sep 1832 
    Family ID F02610  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Hattie R. Knevals,   d. 1862 
    Married 17 Oct 1860 
    Family ID F04456  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sophia Phillips,   b. 5 Sep 1837,   d. 12 Jul 1932  (Age 94 years) 
    Married 24 Jan 1865 
    Children 
     1. Mary Elizabeth Bassett,   b. 28 Nov 1867, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased
    +2. Thomas Andrew Bassett,   b. 17 Oct 1869, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1905  (Age 35 years)  [Natural]
    Family ID F04457  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart