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James Bassett

Male 1845 -


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  • Name James Bassett 
    Born Sep 1845  Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 7DC5894F15CD56458713BF527016DC83277E 
    Notes 
    • Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas
      The Goodspeed Publishing Company (1890)
      James Bassett, merchant and farmer of Marion, was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1845, and is the son of Samuel and Lydia (French) Bassett, who are natives of England. They came to the United States before their marriage and were united at Vicksburg, making their home there, whence he went into the Mexican War. Soon after his return from the war he died of yellow fever, and after his death the mother and family remained at Vicksburg where Mrs. Bassett was married to David McClure, a native of Mississippi. In 1856 Mr. and Mrs. McClure moved to Memphis, and in the following year to Crittenden County, Arkansas, where the aged mother still lives, her husband having died in 1871. To her first marriage were born two sons, James and Samuel D., and by the second marriage was born one child (now deceased). Before the war James Bassett made his home in Memphis most of the time and at the commencement of the war joined the Confederate army as a private in the Twenty-first Tennessee Regiment, under Colonel Pickett. He served three years and was not in any battles of note; was in Memphis when that city was besieged. After the war he returned to Crittenden County, where he has since lived and has been engaged in farming, and in 1883 embarked in the merchandising business at Marion, and today is one of the most prominent citizens of that place. He was married to Mary A. Fox, who was born in Memphis and reared in Arkansas, and a daughter of John H. and Eva (Echeiner) Fox, natives of Germany. The mother died in 1889 at a very old age. To Mr. and Mrs. Bassett have been born four children: Lydia E., Mary E. (who is the wife of Dr. T.O. Bridgeforth), Samuel D. and Virginia J. Politically, Mr. Bassett is a Democrat and is a member of the Knights of Honor, Lodge No. 3114 of Marion. This family is composed of fine-looking people and has been noted for some time for its remarkable health. Mr. Bassett in many ways is a typical western man, imbued with that vim, enterprise and push so characteristic of the free sons of the West, and has done much for the advancement of his county.

      1850 Federal Census of Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi (13 Aug 1850)
      David A. McClure - 28 - M - Louisiana - Blacksmith
      Lydia - 30 - F - England
      James Bassett - 6 - M - Mississippi
      Samuel Bassett - 2 - M - Mississippi

      1860 Federal Census of Fifth Ward, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee (11 Jul 1860)
      Lydia McClure - 42 - F - England - Landlady
      James - 16 - M - Mississippi
      Samuel - 11 - M - Mississippi

      1880 Federal Census of Jasper, Crittenden County, Arkansas
      James Bassett - 33 - M - MS-EN-EN - Head - Farming
      Mary A. - 28 - F - TN-GM---- - Wife - Keeping House
      Lilly E. - 10 - F - AR-MS-TN - Daughter
      Mary E. - 8 - F - AR-MS-TN - Daughter
      Samuel C. - 6 - M - AR-MS-TN - Son
      Virginia - 4 - F - AR-MS-TN - Daughter
      Abe Hamilton (B) - 24 - M - TN-TN-TN - Other - Farm Laborer
      George Butler (B) - 19 - M - AL-KY-GA - Other - Farm Laborer

      1900 Federal Census of Jasper, Crittenden County, Arkansas (20 Jun 1900)
      James Bassett - 54 - M - Sep 1845 - MS-EN-EN - Head - Farmer
      Mary A. - 49 - F - Nov 1850 - TN-GM-GM - Wife
      Mary E. Bidgforth (Wd) - 28 - F - May 1872 - AR-MS-TN - Daughter - Clerk
      Samuel C. Bassett - 25 - M - Jun 1874 - AR-MS-TN - Son
      Maud A. - 23 - F - Aug 1876 - AR-MS-TN - Daughter
      (Married 31 years, 4 children, 4 living)
    Person ID I4  72B Samuel Bassett of Vicksburg, Mississippi
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2013 

    Father Samuel Bassett,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1850 
    Mother Lydia French,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary A. Fox,   b. Nov 1850, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Lydia (Lilly) E. Bassett,   b. Abt 1870, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Mary E. Bassett,   b. May 1872, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Samuel Charles Bassett,   b. Jun 1874, Gavin, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Virginia (Maud) M. Bassett,   b. Aug 1876, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart