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Caroline Louisa Wells

Female Abt 1840 - 1907  (~ 67 years)


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  • Name Caroline Louisa Wells 
    Born Abt 1840  New York City, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID 103C03EE78541D48BEBD031371BAFB769B94 
    Died Jan 1907  Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Theodore Sheldon Bassett
      Bassett, Theodore Sheldon, manufacturer, vice-president of the Birmingham Iron Foundry of Derby, president of the United States Rubber Reclaiming Works, and formerly treasurer of the Bassett Corset Company of Derby, was born in Birmingham, now Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut, April 26th, 1839. His parents were Sheldon and Harriet Hull Bassett. His father was a manufacturer who held the important position of president of the Birmingham Iron Foundry and was also judge of probate of the town of Derby. His mother was one of those splendid New England mothers whose influence was strongly for good in every particular.
      As he was brought up in a small country town Theodore Bassett had plenty of leisure for reading and study and he enjoyed both. He kept in touch with current events by intelligent and systematic reading of the newspapers and did a great deal of broad, general reading among many lines of learning. His actual schooling was confined to that offered by the local public schools and a few terms at boarding school.
      When he reached the age of sixteen, that is in 1855, Theodore S. Bassett went to New York to work as a clerk. Since reaching his mature manhood he has been engaged in the manufacturing business and the success he has earned as a manufacturer is proved by the influential position he holds in the concern with which he is so closely identified. He is vice-president of the Birmingham Iron Foundry of Derby, president of the United States Rubber Reclaiming Works, and was for some time treasurer of the Bassett Corset Company of Derby.
      In public affairs Mr. Bassett has also been active and prominent. From 1888 to 1892 he was postmaster of Derby. He was at one time treasurer of the town of Derby and of the borough of Derby, and is a member of the local board of trade.
      Mr. Bassett is a thirty-second degree Mason, member of the Algonquin and Calumet Clugs of Bridgeport and of the Republican Club of New York. For recreation he enjoys driving and automobiling. His home is Fort Trumbull Beach, Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. On April 26th, 1860, Mr. Bassett married Miss Caroline Wells, of New York City, who died at their Milford home in January, 1907. Of their three children, Caroline W., Harmon S., and Theodore Jr., but one, the last named, is living.

      1880 Federal Census of Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut
      Theodore Bassett - 41 - M - CT-CT-CT - Head - Prop. Iron Foundry
      Carrie - 40 - F - NY-NY-NY - Wife - Keeping House
      Herman - 13 - M - CT-CT-NY - Son - School
      Theodore - 10 - M - CT-CT-NY - Son - School
      Sheldon - 13 - M - CT-CT-NY - Other - School
      Margaret Gennelly - 33 - F - IR-IR-IR - Other - Servant
      Kate Donavan - 47 - F - IR-IR-IR - Other - Servant
      Lizzie Cullan - 20 - F - CT-IR-IR - Other - Servant
    Person ID I2022  1B John Bassett of Connecticut
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2012 

    Family Theodore Sheldon Bassett,   b. 26 Apr 1839, Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 26 Apr 1860 
    Children 
     1. Caroline Bryant Bassett,   b. 8 Oct 1864, New York City, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Harmon Sheldon Bassett,   b. Abt 1867, Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Theodore Wells Bassett,   b. Jul 1869, Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1936, Rye, Westchester County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years)
    Family ID F731  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart