John Mott Bassett^[1]

1850 - 1919  (69 years)

• Name	John Mott Bassett
  Born	23 Feb 1850	Connecticut, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Nov 1919	Dallas, Texas, USA
  Notes	Excerpt from a letter: "John Mott Bassett went to Georgia after the the Civil War and went to Texas with his wife where he lived and died in Dallas." 1880 Federal Census of 3rd ward, Austin, Travis County, Texas John M. Bassett 30 M CT NJ NJ Head Civil Engineer Lillian M. 24 F GA GA GA Wife At home Ruth 8/12 F GA GA GA Daughter Living with the John H. Fitzhugh family 1900 Federal Census of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas (7 Jun 1900) John M. Bassett 50 M CT PA NJ Head Civil Engineer Martha 44 F Jan 1856 GA GA GA Wife Ruth 20 F Sep 1879 GA NJ GA Daughter Liffey 15 F Sep 1884 TX NJ GA Daughter Hugh 11 M Mar 1889 TX NJ GA Son At school Sam 8 M Jun 1892 TX NJ GA Son At school Revo 3 M Jan 1897 TX NJ GA Son (Married 21 years, 10 children, 5 living) 1910 Federal Census of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas (1910) John M. Bassett 60 M CT CT VA Head Engineer Water Works Martha 50 F GA GA GA Wife Samuel 18 M TX CT GA Son Bookkeeper Contract Reveau 13 M TX CT GA Son Wife of Sam 18 F TX MA MS DauL Harry Hales 39 M TN TN TN Boarder Laborer Water Works John Young 51 M IR IR IR Boarder Watchman Water Works Charles David 49 M WV WV WV Servant Servant private family The Dallas Morning News, 27 Nov 1919 Veteran Engineer of City Waterworks Dies at Home J. M. Bassett, 69 years old, chief engineer of the waterworks of Dallas for the last twenty-eight years, died at 2:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon at his home, 2100 Oak Lawn avenue, after only a few hours’ illness. Funeral services will be held in the Second Presbyterian Church at 4 o’clock this afternoon, the Rev. J. L. Stephens officiating. The Masonic Fraternity will have charge of the service at the grave in Grove Hill Cemete The active pallbearers will be Dr. Rufus Whitis, H.M. Burr, W.O. Hoffman, E.A. Skiles, John Winders, J.W. Everman, Ed Hunter and J.E. Bassett. The honorary pallbearers will be Mayor Frank W. Wogencraft and Commissioners Fred Appel, E.B. Reppert, L.E. McGee, Hal Mosely and Jennings Moore, D. F. Sullivan, Ben Irelson, C.B. Gillespie, J.D. Cullum, C.B. O[Beirne, Joe Lawther, John Ryan, William Doran, Harry L. Seay, Hall Williamson, C.M. Colville, Robert Robinson, Howard Colcille, W.F. Lee, T. L. Lawhon and E.W. Rose. Mr. Bassett was born at New Haven, Conn. In early life he was a civil engineer and he located the routes of several of the first railroads built in Texas. He had been an active member of the Presbyterian Church from his youth and was an elder in the Second Presbyterian Church of Dallas for many years. Surviving Mr. Bassett are his wife and the following children: H.P. Bassett, R.M. Bassett and Mrs. W.H. Cullum of Dallas; Mrs. Ira T. Moore of Allen and Sam R. Bassett of Houston, and a sister, Miss Elizabeth of Rockaway, N.J. and the following grandchildren, John F. and Martha and Virginia Moore and Dorothy and Lillian Cullum.
  Person ID	I5	313B Samuel Bassett of Connecticut or New Jersey
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2009

  
  

  Father	Samuel S. Bassett,   b. Abt 1815, Connecticut or New Jersey, USA ,   d. Deceased
  Mother	Sarah T. Mott,   b. 29 Jul 1822, Rockaway, Morris County, New Jersey, USA ,   d. Deceased
  Married	Abt 1849
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lillian Martha,   b. Abt 1856,   d. Aug 1927, Dallas County, Texas, USA  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Married	Abt 1879
  Notes	Possibly married in Georgia.
  Children	+ 1. Ruth Bassett,   b. Sep 1879, Georgia, USA ,   d. Deceased   2. Lillian Bassett,   b. Sep 1884, Texas, USA ,   d. Deceased   3. Hugh Bassett,   b. 16 Mar 1889, Texas, USA ,   d. 30 Oct 1985, Dallas County, Texas, USA  (Age 96 years) + 4. Sam Bassett,   b. 29 Jun 1891, Weatherford, Texas ,   d. 11 Apr 1956, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas  (Age 64 years) + 5. Reveau Mott Bassett,   b. 9 Jan 1897, Texas, USA ,   d. Dec 1981, Texas, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] GEDCOM file imported on 2 September 2009. [S6] FL1952.