Bassett Family Association Database
James Valentine Bassett
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Name James Valentine Bassett Birth 2 Jun 1911 New York City, New York
Gender Male Death 18 Sep 1964 Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut
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
Mother Eliza Valentine Family ID F210 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jean Caroll Major, b. 11 Mar 1927, Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York
d. 22 Dec 1989, Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee
(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
- New York Times, September 19, 1964
