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- History of Genesee County, Michigan
Jacob Veit
The qualities of keen discernment, accurate discrimination, sound judgment and executive ability enter very largely into the makeup of Jacob Veit, of the firm of Veit & Perry, wholesale saddler, harness, leather and findings, of Flint. For many years he has been one of the prominent business men and esteemed citizens of Genesee county. Many admirable traits have been contributing elements to the material success which has come to him during his long and worthy business career.
Jacob Veit was born in Baden, Germany, in the village of Niederschopfhiem, February 15, 1847, a son of Sebastian and Elizabeth (Steiger) Veit, natives of France and Germany, respectively, of the Alsace-Lorraine country. Sebastian Veit was a glass worker. He came to the United States about 1846, but returned to the old country, later coming back to America, being followed by his family in 1848, Jacob being the youngest of his children. He settled with his family at Mt. Clemens, Michigan, where he followed his trade and spent the rest of his life, dying about the year 1857. His widow survived until she was seventy-two years old. They were reared in the Catholic faith, from which they never departed. To these parents six children were born, namely; Josephine, who married Anthony Gosse and is now deceased; Amelia, who married Charles Bassett, also deceased; Jacob, the subject of this sketch, and three who died in infancy. The father of Sebastian Veit was a physician who lived and died in France. His family consisted of three children, Margaret, Philip and Sebastian. The maternal grandparents were natives of Baden, Germany, where Grandfather Steiger kept a vineyard and made wine. He and his wife spent their lives there, reaching advanced years. Among their children were Michael, Brigita and Elizabeth.
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Bassett Family Association Database
d. 10 Apr 1914, Decatur, Morgan Co., Alabama