Cumberland County, Maine - Thomas Hassett
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Biography
Thomas Hassett
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 702


Thomas Hassett, freight receiver for the Grand Trunk Railway at Portland, Me.,
owns and occupies the residence at 18 Oxford Street which has been his home for
several years. He is a native of the Emerald Isle, having been born September
22, 1827, in Limerick, Province of Munster. His parents, John and Ellen
(Fogerty) Hassett, had but two children, himself, the only son, and a daughter.
Thomas Hassett was educated in the public schools of Limerick, living there
until seventeen years of age, when, taking passage on the good ship "Break of
Day," he sailed for America, landing in Boston in August, 1854. From that city
Mr. Hassett came directly to Portland, and for two years thereafter was employed
in the United States Hotel. In 1857 he secured a position in the Grand Trunk
Railway service, having now been in the employ of this company for thirty-eight
consecutive years. Beginning as a handler of freight, Mr. Hassett labored
faithfully in the interests of his employers, being rewarded by promotions, both
in rank and wages, until reaching the position of superintendent of the freight
department.

In his political affiliations an uncompromising Democrat, Mr. Hassett in 1880
and 1881, under Mayor Centre, was a member of the Board of Aldermen, a position
which he ably filled, and to which he has often since been solicited to accept a
nomination. For two years he was President of the Irish-American Relief
Association, and for several years was its Vice-President. For many years Mr.
Hassett was Treasurer of the Montgomery Guards and for two years the President.
Religiously, he is a faithful member of the Roman Catholic church. His wife was
a native of Portland, and was here reared and educated. She died some time
since, leaving him with seven children, four sons and three daughters.