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James Valentine Bassett

Male 1911 - 1964  (53 years)

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  • Name James Valentine Bassett 
    Birth 2 Jun 1911  New York City, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 18 Sep 1964  Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • New York Times, September 19, 1964
      James Bassett, 53, Borden CO. Official

      WESTPORT, Conn., Sept. 18 ? James V. Bassett of 12 Ellery Lane, a vice president of the Borden Company, died at his home today. He was 53 years old.

      Mr. Bassett was made vice president last January. He had joined the firm in 1942 as assistant to the controller and in 1945 he was put in charge of the Borden foods companies export division operating in Central and South America. In 1952 he was made vice president in charge of the division and in 1962 was promoted to president.

      Mr. Bassett had attended Columbia and New York Universities, and was a member of the Union League Club of New York City.

      He leaves his wife, Mrs. Jean Major Bassett; a son, Laurence W.; a daughter, Barbara Ann, and his mother, Mrs. Robert A. Bassett.
    Person ID I675  34B Bassetts of County Down, Northern Ireland
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2018 

    Father Robert Henry Bassett   d. 12 Feb 1915, Fordham Hospital, Bronx, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Eliza Valentine 
    Family ID F210  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jean Caroll Major,   b. 11 Mar 1927, Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 1989, Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Children 
     1. Laurence Wood Bassett,   b. 1942   d. 22 Dec 2019 (Age 77 years)
     2. Living
    Family ID F211  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2018