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Doctor Simpson Overton Bassett

Male 1859 - 1892  (32 years)


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  • Name Simpson Overton Bassett 
    Prefix Doctor 
    Born 22 Jun 1859  Maryland or Washington D.C. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID F781867839F4B74D8636A8EBA00957C0B6A8 
    Died 4 Mar 1892  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Simpson O. Bassett sold 160 acres of land in Dickey County, North Dakota in 1885.

      Howard University, Medical Department
      Simpson Overton Bassett, M.D.
      Simpson Overton Bassett, M.D., born in 1858. Attended Howard University Medical College, sessions 9 to 11, 1876-1879, and graduated M.D. in 1879. He appears to have remained in Washington, D.C. until 1886, when he removed to Wadsworth, Nevada, thence to Ohio Pyle, Pennsylvania. In 1890 he was practicing medicine at Dunbar, Pennsylvania. Was taken sick and removed to Fredericktown, Pennsylvania, where the family of his wife (nee Ada Potter) resided. Died there March 4, 1892.

      1870 Federal Census of 8th Ward, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey (2 Jul 1870)
      Catharine Bassett - 46 - F - New Jersey - At Home
      Jenney - 18 - F - Virginia - At Home
      George - 17 - M - Virginia - Clerk
      Simpson - 11 - M - New Jersey - At Home
    Person ID I1328  1B John Bassett of Connecticut
    Last Modified 9 Jan 2013 

    Father John Maffit Bassett,   b. 12 Sep 1821, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1860, Washington, D.C. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years) 
    Mother Catherine Baldwin Clark,   b. 1824, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 1902, Washington, D.C. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 4 Mar 1846 
    Family ID F510  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ada Potter,   b. Sep 1864, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Arthur Mallory Bassett,   b. Mar 1884, Fort Totten, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1963, Tyler, Smith County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years)
    +2. Donald M. Bassett,   b. 17 Jul 1888, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1973  (Age 85 years)
    +3. Josephine Bassett,   b. Mar 1890, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F790  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart