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- 1850 Federal Census of Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut (15 Oct 1850)
Theophilus Bassett - 56 - M - Connecticut - Farmer - 5000
Electa - 53 - F - Connecticut
Lydia A. - 10 - F - Connecticut
George G. - 6 - M - Connecticut
Living next door
Enos Bassett - 41 - M - Connecticut - Farmer
Polly - 34 - F - Connecticut
Elizabeth - 19 - F - Connecticut
Eli W. - 17 - M - Connecticut
Elias - 58 - M - Connecticut - Farmer - 5000
Charlotte - 54 - F - Connecticut
COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
George A. Bassett is a prominent contractor and builder of Hamden, of whose skill many notable examples are to be seen in various parts of the county. Thoroughly reliable in all things, the quality of his work is a convincing test of his own personal worth. He was born in the town of Hamden Sept. 21, 1843, and there he continued to reside until his marriage, when he removed to the farm upon which he now lives. At the age of eighteen he commenced working at the carpenter's trade, but after following it for two years he turned his attention to the dairy businessm which occupied his time for the following ten years. Since then he has engaged in contracting and building, and has erected some of the best houses in East Haven, Woodbridge, North Haven and Hamden and other surrounding towns. He also owns and operates a good farm of fifty acres, and in all his undertakings he has been quite successful.
On Oct. 12, 1865, Mr. Bassett was united in marriage with Miss Evelena M. Goodyear, a daughter of Leverett F. Goodyear, of New Haven, and to them have been born three children, Louis L., a resident of Centerville, Hamden, Conn., who is engaged in drilling and sinking artesian wells; Dora A., wife of W. Johnson, of New Haven, Conn.; and Charles J., who is engaged in contracting and building with his father. The political support of Mr. Bassett and also of his sons is always given the men and measures of the Republican party, but he has never sought nor desired official honors, preferring to devote his undivided attention to his business interests. Fraternally he is a member of Day Spring Lodge, No. 30 F.& A.M., of Hamden. He is a worthy representative of that class of citizens who lead quiet, industrious, honest and useful lives, and constitute the best portion of a community.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1793 - 1870 (77 years)