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- Horace Gilbert Bassett, son of Dudley and Nellie Bassett, was born 17 Feb 1898 in Ohio. He died Nov 1986 in St. Petersburg, Florida. He married Gladys, possibly a Peabody. Gladys was born 6 May 1900 (SSDI). She died 10 Jul 1984 (SSDI) in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida.
SSN# for Horace was 270-10-1565.
1920 Federal Census of Oberlin, Russia Twp., Lorain County, Ohio (6 Jan 1920)
Horace Bassett 23 M OH MI OH Head Carpenter (horses)
Gladys 21 F OH NY OH Wife
Horace 2 9/12 M OH OH OH Son
Maxim 1 4/12 F OH OH OH Daughter
Arola Peabody 18 F OH NY ON Sister-in-law Clerk (office)
1930 Federal Census of Wellington, Lorain County, Ohio
Horace Bassett 32 M OH MI OH Head Lineman for Telephone Co.
Gladys O. 31 F OH OH OH Wife
Horace P. 13 M OH OH OH Son
Maxine M. 11 F OH OH OH Daughter
Former Wellington Man Killed
Wellington – Injuries received in a Saturday night auto smash-up near Mansfield yesterday morning proved fatal to Horace G. Bassett, 37, former Wellington resident.
Mr. Bassett, who had been working as a painter in Jackson, Michigan, died at Mansfield General hospital several hours after the accident in which the car he was driving crashed into a utility pole on Rt. 30-S about five miles west of Mansfield at 10:20 p.m., Saturday.
Death was attributed to internal injuries.
He apparently lost control of the car in rounding a curve, State Highway Patrol officials reported.
Mr. Bassett formerly worked in Elyria as a tree surgeon.
Enroute to Wellington
The victim had been at Galilee for a two-week vacation, and was to return to Wellington to pay a final vacation visit to relatives there when the fatal crash occurred.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia, two daughters Sheryl Ann of Shaker Heights and Sandra Jean of Concord, Tenn.; a son Larry Gilbert, Concord, Tenn.; his parents Mr. and Mrs. Horace Bassett, Wellington; a sister Mrs. Howard Worcester, Wellington; and grandmothers Mrs. D.J. Nelson and Mrs. Gertrude Peabody, both of Wellington.
Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday from the Curtis-Truman Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Brown of the Methodist Church officiating.
Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1900 - 1984 (84 years)