Jennie Louise Crocker Fassett

Jennie Louise Crocker Fassett (1860 – 1939) was an American heiress, known for her philanthropy to the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California. Biography Born on May 2, 1860, in Sacramento, California, Fassett was the daughter of the California Supreme Court Justice Edwin B. Crocker and Margaret Rhodes Crocker. Her younger sister was the notorious Bohemian Aimée Crocker. She married lawyer and politician Jacob Sloat Fassett in 1879 and the couple moved to his hometown of Elmira, New York. They were frequent travelers and were among the first people from the west to enter the Royal Court of Korea, visiting there in 1912. She collected jade, ivory, sculpture, and ceramics from Korea. Their children were Bryant, a physician; Newton; Truman; Jacob Sloat, Jr.; Jennie; and Margaret. She and her husband had a Queen Anne style house, designed by Robert Bickford, built for the family. After her husband's death, she had the large house, called the Strathmont mansion, renovated into separate living spaces for herself and her secretary and his wife. She received an honorary degree from Elmira College. The Doctor of Humane Letters was awarded in 1933. She died on November 17, 1939 in Katonah, New York. She was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira.