General agent The Provident Life and Trust Co. of Philadelphia, Pa.; born, Novi, Oakland Co., Mich., Jan. 21, 1848; son of John and Ervilla (Coomer) Bassett; graduate State Normal School, Ypsilanti, Mich., June, 1873; married at Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 23, 1876, Mary A. Baker. Taught school for two years after leaving normal school; studied law in Detroit for three years, was admitted to the bar and practiced until 1885; entered life insurance business and became general agent of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Boston, June, 1887, continuing for ten years; became general agent of The Provident Life and Trust Co. of Philadelphia, October, 1899, and six months later formed partnership with N. Resse, as Bassett & Reese, the firm since acting as general agents of the Provident Life and Trust Co. Member Detroit Life Underwriters' Association. Independent Democrat in politics. Universalist in church affiliation. Mason, Knight Templar. Recreations: Farming and forestry. Office: 44-45 Home Bank Bldg. Residence: 96 Canfield Av., W.

From the THE BOOK OF DETROITERS 1908 by Albert Nelson Marquis

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