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- The Lexington Intelligencer, Lexington, Missouri
Saturday, September 12, 1885
Death of Alexander A. Bassett
(From the Louisiana Press, September 3.)
In this city, at six o?clock last Sunday evening, Alexander A. Bassett. The deceased was born in mason county, Kentucky in 1831. While a small boy, his parents removed to this state, settling in St. Louis county, where young Bassett was reared, and where he spent the greater part of his manhood days. About the year 1858 he was married to Miss Eliza Edgar, of St. Louis, who lived afterward only eight years. They had only two children, a boy who died when two years of age, and Miss Zoe, a bright and accomplished young lady, who has been attending college at Lexington. Mr. Bassett was for a number of years engaged in the tobacco business in St. Louis, being associated with Col. Chiles, and the firm well and favorably known through the state. As a business man he was noted for his pleasant manner and for his strict integrity. There was nothing of the grasping or of the sordid in his nature, and every man was looked upon by him as honest and upright. While in business he made a good deal of money, but reverses came now and then, as they come to most men, and when he removed to this city a few years ago his means were quite limited. During his few years? residence here he made many friends. Modest and retiring, he was slow to make acquaintances, but no one who knew him could fail to see in him the generous and manly qualities that made him, at all times, and under all circumstances, the same quiet, unassuming and dignified gentleman. He was ill only about a week before his death, and just a few moments before he died he was cheerful and expressed himself as feeling more like himself than at any time during his illness. An affection of the heart, however, had done its work, and he passed away quietly as stated above. Monday afternoon, at the residence of Williamson Shaw, appropriate services were conducted by Elder Holt and Rev. Mr. Kemper, and Monday night his remains were taken to St. Louis in charge of the Masonic order for interment in the Bellefontaine cemetery. Mr. Bassett was a regular attendant of the Christian church. Truly, a good man has gone.
(From the Louisiana Journal, September 3)
Alexander A. Bassett, book-keeper for the Sam. Reid Tobacco Co., died in this city, between five and six o?clock Sunday evening, of heart disease. He had been ill for a short time, but on Sunday last there were some indications of improvement and his death, while not wholly unlooked for, owing to the nature of his disease, was a great shock to his relatives and friends. The funeral services were preached at the William Shaw residence, where he died, Monday afternoon, by Revs. Holt and Kemper. The remains were taken to St. Louis for interment in Bellefontaine cemetery. Beside the relatives the following persons accompanied the remains to St. Louis: A.W. Wehrman, J.M. Guile, Dr. H.B. Butts, of Globe lodge; Capt. W.H. Morrow and L.J Patrick of Perseverance lodge. Arriving in St. Louis the party were met by a delegation from Occidental lodge, No. 163, of which Mr. Bassett was a member. The funeral services were conducted under the auspices of this lodge, Wednesday afternoon, and the body then laid in its final resting place. Alexander A. Bassett was born in Mason county, Ky., Nov. 18, 1931. Married to Miss Eliza C. Edgar, in 1860. Two children blessed their union, a daughter Zoe, and a son named Charles. His daughter still survives, his son dying when a child and his wife in 1862. Has one brother living, Dr. Saml. F. Bassett, Richmond, Mo., and two sisters, Mrs. M.W. Wernwag, of Lexington, Mo., and Mrs. S.J. Martin, of Ripley county. He engaged in the tobacco business in St. Louis, the firm being known as Chiles & Bassett. He afterward went into the commission business with Craig Alexander. He removed to this city about five years ago. Mr. Bassett was a kindhearted, Christian gentleman, and became a friend of all who came in contact with him. His friends in this city mourn his loss deeply and extend their sympathy to the grief-stricken daughter, brother and sisters.
1850 Federal Census of Manchester, Bonhomme Township, St. Louis County, Missouri (2 Sep 1850)
Jane Bassett - 55 - F - Pennsylvania
Alexander - 19 - M - Kentucky - Teamster
Lucinda - 16 - F - Kentucky
David L. - 14 - M - Kentucky
Emly - 23 - F - Kentucky
Marian Keaf - 24 - F - Kentucky
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