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the business alone, but under the old
name. He then sold out to the Acker,
Merrall & Condit Company, of New York,
remaining with them as manager for
thirteen years. In August, 1915, he re-
signed, at the same time retiring from
business.
Always an adherent of the Republican
party, Mr. Kirk, since his release from
the cares of business, has taken an active
part in local politics, and m 1918 was
elected one of the assessors for a term of
six years. He affiliates with Union
Lodge, No. 5, Free and Accepted Masons,
and Puritan Lodge, No. 43, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows ; also a
member of Stamford Chamber of Commerce
since its organization.
Mr. Kirk married, June 22, 1887, C.
Frances Bassett, whose ancestral record
is appended to this biography, and they
are the parents of two sons: i. Bennett
Bassett, born July 31, 1889; volunteered
in the United States Army Ambulance
Corps, Section 563, and served eighteen
months, eleven months of that time being
spent in action in the Asiago sector on
the Italian front ; member Union Lodge,
No. 5, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
and Bloomsburg Consistory, Pennsylvania.
2. Frank Howard, born De-
cember 21, 1891
; volunteered and served
in Battery D, Fifty-sixth Regiment, Coast
Artillery Corps, eighteen months, nine
months on French front ; member of
Union Lodge, No. 5, Free and Accepted
Masons ;
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and Consistory of Connecticut
married, June 4, 1919, Edna E., daughter
of John Higgins, of Stamford. Both
sons are members of the Sons of the
American Revolution through a collateral
claim derived from Jacob Smith. Mrs.
Theodore Howard Kirk is a member of
the Congregational- church, Mr. Kirk be-
longing to the First Baptist.
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(The Bassett Line).
(I) Joseph Bassett, grandfather of Mrs.
Theodore Howard Kirk, was born Janu-
ary 26, 1760, and died October 23, 1838.
He married Mary , born October 4,
1758, died October 10, 1837. Among their
children was Bennett, mentioned below.
(II) Bennett Bassett, son of Joseph and
Mary Bassett, was born August 17, 1799,
in Washington, Connecticut, and became
a resident of Amenia, New York. He
married Mary Smith, of Northfield, Con-
necticut, whose ancestral record is appended
to this biography.
(III) C. Frances Bassett, daughter of
Bennett and Mary (Smith) Bassett, became
the wife of Theodore Howard Kirk,
as stated above.
(The Smith Line).
(I) James Smith, born in England, was
a proprietor of Weymouth, Massachu-
setts, in 1639. He married Joanna .
(II) Nathaniel Smith, son of James
and Joanna Smith, was born June 8, 1639,
in Weymouth, and married Experience
(III) Nathaniel (2) Smith, son of Nathaniel
(i) and Experience Smith, married,
July 3, 1677, Anna Hoskins, and
moved to Wethersfield, Connecticut. He
was one of the original proprietors of
Litchfield, Connecticut, where he died in
1725-
(IV) Jacob Smith, son of Nathaniel
(2) and Anna (Hoskins) Smith, lived at
Litchfield, Connecticut, and married Eliz-
abeth .
(V) Jacob (2) Smith, son of Jacob (i)
and Elizabeth Smith, was born in 1738,
at Northfield, Connecticut, and served
with the rank of lieutenant in the patriot
army of the Revolution. He married,
January 13, 1763, Mary Lewis, daughter
of Gershom and Mary (Maltby) Lewis,
of Cape Cod.