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Joseph Sassone 1901 - 1966

Joseph Anthony Sassone of Gloucester, Essex County, MA was born on April 28, 1901 in Armento, Province of Potenza County, Basilicata Italy, and died at age 65 years old in August 1966 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts United States. Joseph Sassone was buried at Beechbrook Cemetery 401 Essex Ave, in Gloucester.
Joseph Anthony Sassone
Gloucester, Essex County, MA 01930
April 28, 1901
Armento, Province of Potenza County, Basilicata, 85010, Italy
August 1966
Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
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  • Introduction

    Joseph Anthony Sassone was born to Paolo Paul Nicola Sassone (born 1860) and Maria Antonia Serardi (1865 - 1924). Both of his parents were born in Italy. Joseph had two sisters: Rosa (born 1890) and Josephine Sassone (1892 - 1967). Joseph Sassone married Evelyn Elizabeth Blatchford (1922 - 1997) on October 29, 1946 in Seabrook, New Hampshire and they had one son, Philip F. "Phil" Sassone (1953 - 2015) and a daughter, Mary Antoinette Sassone. He then married Anna Sassone Craig Vasi (1908 - 1984).
  • 04/28
    1901

    Birthday

    April 28, 1901
    Birthdate
    Armento, Province of Potenza County, Basilicata 85010, Italy
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Joseph was Caucasian of Italian heritage on his maternal and paternal lines. Both of his parents were born in Italy.
  • Nationality & Locations

    Born in Italy, Joseph arrived in the United States at age 5 in 1906. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1927, at age 26. Joseph lived in Massachusetts the rest of his life, dying in Gloucester in 1966 at the age of 65.
  • Early Life & Education

    When he was 40, in 1940, Joseph said that he had completed four years of high school.
  • Military Service

    There is no record of Joseph having served in the military.
  • Professional Career

    In 1950, at age 49, Joseph was a chef in a restaurant.
  • Personal Life & Family

    On his World War II draft card, dated February, 1942, Joseph was 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighed 170 pounds. He had brown eyes, gray hair, and a "dark brown" complexion. Joseph married Evelyn and they had two children, a son and a daughter: Paul and Mary. He then married Anna N. Sassone Craig Vasi.
  • 08/dd
    1966

    Death

    August 1966
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts United States
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Beechbrook Cemetery 401 Essex Ave, in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts 01930, United States
    Burial location
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In 1901, in the year that Joseph Sassone was born, John Pierpont "J. P." Morgan created U.S. Steel. J.P. Morgan was an American banker and financier who dominated U.S. business at this time. He had previously overseen the creation of General Electric, as well as International Harvester and AT&T. He has been referred to as America's greatest banker. U.S. Steel was the first billion dollar company in the world, worth $1.4 billion in 1901.
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In 1924, Joseph was 23 years old when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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