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- History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Samuel Bassett, one of the present board of county commissioners of Bucks county, was born at Prospectville, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, January 24, 1850, and is a son of Samuel T. and Sarah (Daniels) Bassett. Samuel T. Bassett, the father, was born in Philadelphia, and resided in that city during his youth, learning the trade of a tailor, which he followed during life. In 1848, he removed to Prospectville, and resided there two years, and then removed to Camden, New Jersey, where he lived until his death, in April, 1875. He married Sarah Daniels, a native of Philadelphia, and they were the parents of nine children; Annie, residing in Philadelphia; William, a partner in Philadelphia; Samuel, the subject of this sketch; Andrew, a machinist in Camden, New Jersey; Hartley died in infancy; Edward, a prominent merchant and shipper in Camden, New Jersey; Harvey and Frank, who died young; and Jennie, now living in New York City. Sarah, the mother, died in 1871.
Samuel Bassett was educated in the high school of Camden, New Jersey. He served an apprenticeship of three years at the machinist trade in Camden, and then removed to Upper Makefield township, Bucks county, where he has since resided, with the exception of two years during when he was a proprietor of a restaurant at Carversville, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He has since been engaged in farming in Upper Makefield, where he has a farm of thirty-seven acres, and for several years has run a commission wagon to Philadelphia markets. He is also agent for commercial fertilizers. In politics he is a Democrat, and has for several years taken an active part in the councils of his party in the county. He was elected to the office of county commissioner in the fall of 1902. He is a member of Tuscarora Tribe, I.O., R.M., of Lambertville, New Jersey. Mr. Bassett married, January 28, 1875, Lizzie Wesner, born June 9, 1853, daughter of Stephen and Emma (White) Wesner, of Upper Makefield, and they are the parents of two children; Frank, born January 6, 1876; and Howard Eldridge, born January 11, 1879. Mrs. Bassett is an active member of Thompson Memorial Presbyterian Church, of Lower Solebury, Bucks county.
1880 Federal Census of Upper Makefield, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Saml. T. Bassett - 30 - M - PA-PA-PA - Head - Farms
Elizabeth - 27 - F - PA-PA-PA - Wife - Keeping House
Frank - 4 - M - PA-PA-PA - Son
Howard - 2 - M - PA-PA-PA - Son
1900 Federal Census of Upper Makefield, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (2 Jun 1900)
Samuel Bassett - 50- M - Jan 1850 - PA-PA-PA - Head - Farmer
Elisabeth C. - 46 - F - Jun 1853 - PA-PA-PA - Wife
Frank F. - 24 - M - Jan 1876 - PA-PA-PA - Son - Farm Laborer
(Married 25 years, 2 children, 2 living)
1910 Federal Census of Upper Makefield, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (20 Apr 1910)
Samuel Bassett - 60 - M - PA-PA-PA - Head - Farmer General Farm
Elizabeth - 57 - F - PA-PA-PA - Wife
(Married 35 years, 2 children, 2 living)
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Bassett Family Association Database
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d. Mar 1932, Bucks County, Pennsylvania