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Joseph Yarnell Bassett[1]

Male 1898 - 1968  (70 years)


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  • Name Joseph Yarnell Bassett 
    Born 7 Oct 1898  Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Died 6 Nov 1968  North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • 1920 Federal Census of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA (9 Jan 1920)
      Joseph Y. Bassett 21 M PA PA PA Lodger Engineer State Capital
      (Living with many other)

      1930 Federal Census of Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina (Apr 1930)
      Joseph Y. Bassett 31 M PA PA PA Head Office Engineer Textile Engineer
      Tillie M. 23 F NC NC NC Wife
      Joseph Y. Jr. 4 ?/12 M NC PA NC Son
      (Married at 26 & 18)

      The Ashville Citizen, Friday, Nov. 8, 1968
      Retired Businessman Joseph Bassett Dies
      Services for Joseph Y. Bassett Sr., 70, of 39 Lucernce Ave., retired
      vice president of Price Piping Co., who died Wednesday, will be held at
      2 p.m. Saturday in St. George's Episcopal Church, of which he was past
      treasurer.
      The Rev. Victor McGurie and the Rev. James Gilland will officiate.
      Burial will be in Green Hills Cemetery.
      Pallbearers will be J.W. Bell, Claude Harrill, R.L. Nahikian, E.F.
      Pierce, W.C. Price, E.B. Todd, N.A. Kuykendall and William Douglas.
      Members of John A. Nichols Masonic Lodge will conduct graveside rites.
      The lodge will open at 1 p.m.
      Honorary pallbearers will be J.C. Dennis, E.C. Joyner, Joe Higdon, J.R.
      Hughey, G.G. Gregg, J.R. Pinner, Dr. R. C. Nailling, Dr. W.E. Farmer,
      members of Biltmore Lions Club and John A. Nichols Masonic Lodge.
      Mr. Bassett, a veteran of World War I, was a member of John A. Nichols
      Lodge and a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason. He was co-chairman of the
      fund drive for Oxford Orphanage and Masonic and Eastern Star Homes.
      A member of the Asheville Shrine Club, Oasis Shrine Temple of Charlotte
      he had been a member of the Biltmore Lions Club for 16 years and was a
      past president.
      Mr. Bassett was president of the Buncombe County Association for the
      Blind, on the board of the North Carolina Association for the Blind from
      1964 to 1966 and was chairman of Lions Broom Sales in Asheville for the
      past five years.
      He had dedicated his civic activities to service for the blind and less
      fortunate people. In 1968, he received the Sam Cathey Award for
      outstanding service to the blind.
      The body will remain at Groce Funeral Home, where the family will
      receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.
    Person ID I870  44B Bassetts of St Enoder,Cornwall
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2014 

    Father William James Bassett,   b. Jun 1868, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased 
    Mother Jennie,   d. Deceased 
    Family ID F61  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mathilda Rachel Moore Robinson,   b. 19 Sep 1907, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1992, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Joseph Yarnell Bassett, Jr.,   b. Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 2014, Tucson, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F250  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] GEDCOM file imported on 24 June 2009.

    2. [S2] SSDI.

    3. [S3] SSDI.