Jacob Sloat Fassett (November 13, 1853 Elmira, New York – April 21, 1924 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) was a businessman, lawyer, and member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. He married Jennie Louise Crocker (1860–1939) in Sacramento, California on February 13, 1879. Jennie L. Crocker was the daughter of Judge Edwin B. Crocker (1818–1875) and Margaret Elenor Rhodes (1822–1901). It was Jennie Crocker's parents who founded the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California. Her father, Edwin B. Crocker was the brother of the wealthy railroad baron Charles Crocker.
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