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Samuel T. Bassett

Male 1850 - 1932  (82 years)


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  • Name Samuel T. Bassett 
    Born 24 Jan 1850  Prospectville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 448B2744FE853C4DA53287B91A8CEAAF9C83 
    Died Mar 1932  Bucks County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    • Samuel T. Bassett Dies
      Former County Commissioner Died at His Home in Buckingham Today
      March 11, 1932, Page 3
      Buckingham - March 4 - Former County Commissioner Samuel T. Bassett died at his home here this morning at the age of 82 years. Mr. Bassett, who for many years had been a farmer in Upper Makefield township, was a son of the late Samuel and Sarah Daniels Bassett. Upon his retirement from farming some years ago Mr. Bassett became a resident of this community. Survivors are his wife, Elizabeth Bassett, and two sons, Frank Bassett, Wycombe, and Howard Bassett, Hatboro.

      History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania
      Samuel Bassett, one of the present board of county commissioners of Bucks county, was born at Prospectville, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, January 24, 1850, and is a son of Samuel T. and Sarah (Daniels) Bassett. Samuel T. Bassett, the father, was born in Philadelphia, and resided in that city during his youth, learning the trade of a tailor, which he followed during life. In 1848, he removed to Prospectville, and resided there two years, and then removed to Camden, New Jersey, where he lived until his death, in April, 1875. He married Sarah Daniels, a native of Philadelphia, and they were the parents of nine children; Annie, residing in Philadelphia; William, a partner in Philadelphia; Samuel, the subject of this sketch; Andrew, a machinist in Camden, New Jersey; Hartley died in infancy; Edward, a prominent merchant and shipper in Camden, New Jersey; Harvey and Frank, who died young; and Jennie, now living in New York City. Sarah, the mother, died in 1871.
      Samuel Bassett was educated in the high school of Camden, New Jersey. He served an apprenticeship of three years at the machinist trade in Camden, and then removed to Upper Makefield township, Bucks county, where he has since resided, with the exception of two years during when he was a proprietor of a restaurant at Carversville, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He has since been engaged in farming in Upper Makefield, where he has a farm of thirty-seven acres, and for several years has run a commission wagon to Philadelphia markets. He is also agent for commercial fertilizers. In politics he is a Democrat, and has for several years taken an active part in the councils of his party in the county. He was elected to the office of county commissioner in the fall of 1902. He is a member of Tuscarora Tribe, I.O., R.M., of Lambertville, New Jersey. Mr. Bassett married, January 28, 1875, Lizzie Wesner, born June 9, 1853, daughter of Stephen and Emma (White) Wesner, of Upper Makefield, and they are the parents of two children; Frank, born January 6, 1876; and Howard Eldridge, born January 11, 1879. Mrs. Bassett is an active member of Thompson Memorial Presbyterian Church, of Lower Solebury, Bucks county.

      1850 Federal Census of Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (27 Aug 1850)
      Samuel Basset - 31 - M - Pennsylvania - Tailor
      Sarah B. - 29 - F - Pennsylvania
      Anna - 9 - F - Pennsylvania
      William - 6 - M - Pennsylvania
      Samuel - 6/12 - M - Pennsylvania

      1860 Federal Census of Middle Ward, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey (16 Jul 1860)
      Samuel Basset - 44 - M - Pennsylvania - Tailor 200
      Sarah - 38 - F - Pennsylvania
      Anna - 17 - F - Pennsylvania - Milliner
      William - 16 - M - Pennsylvania - Clerk
      Samel - 9 - M - New Jersey
      Andrew - 6 - M - New Jersey
      Edward - 4 - M - New Jersey

      1880 Federal Census of Upper Makefield, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
      Saml. T. Bassett - 30 - M - PA-PA-PA - Head - Farms
      Elizabeth - 27 - F - PA-PA-PA - Wife - Keeping House
      Frank - 4 - M - PA-PA-PA - Son
      Howard - 2 - M - PA-PA-PA - Son

      1900 Federal Census of Upper Makefield, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (2 Jun 1900)
      Samuel Bassett - 50- M - Jan 1850 - PA-PA-PA - Head - Farmer
      Elisabeth C. - 46 - F - Jun 1853 - PA-PA-PA - Wife
      Frank F. - 24 - M - Jan 1876 - PA-PA-PA - Son - Farm Laborer
      (Married 25 years, 2 children, 2 living)

      1910 Federal Census of Upper Makefield, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (20 Apr 1910)
      Samuel Bassett - 60 - M - PA-PA-PA - Head - Farmer General Farm
      Elizabeth - 57 - F - PA-PA-PA - Wife
      (Married 35 years, 2 children, 2 living)
    Person ID I7  64B Samuel T. Bassett of Pennsylvania
    Last Modified 14 Jan 2013 

    Father Samuel T. Bassett,   b. Abt 1819, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1874, Camden, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Mother Sarah Ball Daniels,   b. 6 Apr 1821, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1871  (Age 49 years) 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth (Lizzie) Wesner,   b. 9 Jun 1853 
    Married 28 Jan 1875 
    Children 
    +1. Frank F. Bassett,   b. 6 Jan 1876
    +2. Howard Eldridge Bassett,   b. 11 Jan 1879, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F4  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart