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- Waterville, Maine, 15 Sep 1937
George Bassett Dies Suddenly
Winslow Man Prominent As Lawyer Until Health Failed H
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George Kemble Bassett, Winslow native and prominent Central Mai
attorney until ill health forced him to retire from general practice several
years ago, died suddenly at his home 30 Lithgow street, yesterday short
before noon.
Mr. Bassett had just returned from Waterville when he complained to
his housekeeper that he felt ill and had suffered a heart attack while in this
city. Upon entering his room he suffered another attack and while the
housekeeper was securing medicine, Mr. Bassett dropped dea
He was born in Winslow Dec. 16, 1874, the son of Josiah W., and Ella
Cornish Bassett. He was graduated from Coburn Classical Institute in 1893 and
from Colby college in 1897. The next two years of his life were spent in
teaching schools in Baltimore and New York after which he enrolled at t
Harvard Law school from which he was graduated in 1905.
Immediately following his graduation, Mr. Bassett went to Augus
where, after passing the state bar examination, he practiced law with t
uncles, Leslie G. Cornish and Norman L. Bassett, both of who subsequent
became justices of the Maine Supreme Court..... (May be more but article cut
off here).
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Bassett Family Association Database
1875 - 1937 (61 years)