Sam Bassett^[1]

1891 - 1956  (64 years)

• Name	Sam Bassett
  Born	29 Jun 1891	Weatherford, Texas
  Gender	Male
  Died	11 Apr 1956	San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
  Notes	San Antonio Express, Texas, Thursday, April 12, 1956 Sam Bassett Rites Friday Funeral service for Sam Bassett Sr., 64-year-old president of Sam Bassett Lumber Co. who died Wednesday at a local hospital, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Riebe Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Park. A native of Weatherford, he had lived here for 17 years and was a member of the Alamo heights Methodist Church, Gray Lodge No. 329, A.F.&A.M., and Arabia Temple. He was a past president of the Texas Lumbermen?s Assn. and of the Houston Lumberman?s Assn. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bobbie J. Bassett; son, Sam Bassett Jr.; stepson, Billy Craig Rea, all of San Antonio; brothers, Revau Bassett of Dallas and Hugh Bassett of Wichita Falls; and two sisters, Mrs. Ira T. Moore and Mrs. W.C. Cullum, both of Dallas. San Antonio Light, Texas, Thursday, March 10, 1955 Divorce Given Wife of Lumberman Fifty-seventh District Judge C.K. Quin Thursday granted a divorce to Mrs. Vera Helen Bassett from Sam Bassett, San Antonio lumberman. Mrs. Bassett?s petition for divorce, alleging ?unkind, harsh and tyrannical treatment,? reports the couple was married at Terrell on May 26, 1917. She charges Bassett abandoned her in July, 1954. Under an agreed property settlement, Mrs. Bassett will receive the homestead at 138 Medford, along with the household furnishings. INTEREST IN CAMP She also will receive the couple?s one-fourth interest in Camp Slaunch, New Braunfels, and ownership and cash surrender value of $50,000 in insurance. She also receives $200,000 in shares of the Sam Bassett Lumber co. of Housotn, which represents all the capital stock in the company. Bassett, 601 Frost bank building, receives $20,000 in capital stock in the Todd Lumber co. and $150,000 in capital stock in the Sam Bassett Lumber co. of San Antonio. AWARDED LOTS Among other considerations, Bassett is awarded 10 lots in the Cuada-Coma addition at New Braunfels and two lots in Galveston. In addition, the agreement cancels his indebtedness to the Houston Lumber co. Bassett will be retained for one year as president of the Houston company at $100 a month and traveling expenses of up to $50 a month. 1930 Federal Census of Houston, Harris County, Texas (5 Apr 1930) Sam Bassett 38 M TX NJ GA Head Retailer Lumber Vera H. 32 F TX CN GA Wife (Living at 1534 Hawthorne) (Married at 26 & 20)
  Person ID	I20	313B Samuel Bassett of Connecticut or New Jersey
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	John Mott Bassett,   b. 23 Feb 1850, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 26 Nov 1919, Dallas, Texas, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Lillian Martha,   b. Abt 1856,   d. Aug 1927, Dallas County, Texas, USA  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Married	Abt 1879
  Notes	Possibly married in Georgia.
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Vera Helene Rosseaux,   b. 20 Nov 1895, Terrell, Texas ,   d. 17 Apr 1971, Houston, Harris County, Texas  (Age 75 years)
  Children	1. John Samuel Bassett,   b. 18 Oct 1931, Bexar County, Texas ,   d. 9 Feb 1970, Texas  (Age 38 years)
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F9	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] GEDCOM file imported on 2 September 2009.