{"id":2486,"date":"2021-10-17T18:53:37","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T01:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/?p=2486"},"modified":"2021-11-25T18:56:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T02:56:08","slug":"rear-admiral-melvin-hughes-bassett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/rear-admiral-melvin-hughes-bassett\/","title":{"rendered":"Rear Admiral Melvin Hughes Bassett"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melvin Hughes Bassett descends from #1B John Bassett of Connecticut as follows:<\/p>\n

John Bassett and wife Margery
\nRobert Bassett and wife Mary
\nRobert Bassett (b. 1640) and wife Elizabeth Riggs
\nDaniel Bassett (b. 1743) and wife Elizabeth Bassett
\nSamuel Bassett (b. 1777) and wife Mary Caywood
\nJohn Bassett (b. 1816) and wife Ervilla Coomer
\nEugene Bassett (b. 1840) and wife Elizabeth Hamlin
\nFrank Peck Bassett (b. 1871) and wife Marion Foster Hughes
\nMelvin Hughes Bassett (b. 1899)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Naval History and Heritage Command<\/p>\n

Melvin Hughes Bassett was born in Convington, Virginia, on June 12, 1899, the son of Frank Peck Bassett and Mrs. Marion Hughes Bassett, both deceased.\u00a0 He attended Bellefonte Academy, Bellefond, Pennsylvania, before his appointment to the United States Naval Academy in 1916.\u00a0 He served during the summer of 1917 and 1918 as a midshipman aboard vessels of the Atlantic Fleet, engaged in the training of Armed Guard crews.\u00a0 Graduated with the Class of 1920 on June 6, 1919, he was commissioned Ensign, and subsequently progressed in grade until his promotion in 1944 to Captain, to rank from July 1, 1943.\u00a0 He was transferred to the Retired List of the Navy on December 1, 1950 and was advanced to Rear Admiral on the basis of combat awards.<\/p>\n

To read the complete article, click on the link below.<\/p>\n

Bassett, Melvin Hughes (navy.mil)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Melvin Hughes Bassett descends from #1B John Bassett of Connecticut as follows: John Bassett and wife Margery Robert Bassett and wife Mary Robert Bassett (b. 1640) and wife Elizabeth Riggs Daniel Bassett (b. 1743) and wife Elizabeth Bassett Samuel Bassett … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2489,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486\/revisions\/2489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}