{"id":3306,"date":"2024-06-16T12:55:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T19:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/?p=3306"},"modified":"2024-07-07T12:58:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T19:58:12","slug":"john-young-bassett-druggist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/john-young-bassett-druggist\/","title":{"rendered":"John Young Bassett, Druggist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. John Young Bassett descends from #8B John Bassett of New Jersey as follows:<\/p>\n

John Bassett of New Jersey
\nIsaac Bassett (b. 1763) and wife Ann Davidson
\nDr. John Young Bassett (b. 1805)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Democrat, Alabama, Friday, 12 September 1828<\/p>\n

DICTIONARY OF ALABAMA BIOGRAPHY<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bassett, John Young, physician in America and France, was born June 12, 1805, at Baltimore, Md., and died at Huntsville, November 2, 1851, son of Dr. Isaac and Nancy (Davidson) Bassett, the former born March 8, 1763, in the state of Delaware, was a physician, served as ensign in company from Delaware, in American Revolution; ancestor, Richard Bassett, was member of constitutional convention, 1787, Federal senator from Delaware, 1789-93, governor of Delaware 1798-1801, died in 1815; mother was first cousin to Robert Fulton; her parents lived in Baltimore. John Y. Bassett was a graduate of Washington medical college; settled in Huntsville; in 1836 went to Paris, was attached to Clinic of Velpeau at La Charite, appointed externe, July, 1836. He was a Mason. Author: contributed to Fenner’s Southern medical reports, vols. 1 and 2, 1849-51, articles on “Topography, Climate and Diseases of Madison County, Ala.” and in “Condemnation of Doubtful Remedies.” Married: April 21, 1831 at Huntsville, to Isaphoena Thompson, born in 1816, daughter of Dr. Asa and Polly (Watkins) Thompson, who lived in Elbert County, Ga., and Huntsville, the former died in 1832, granddaughter of James and Jane (Thompson) Watkins of Elbert County, Ga. Children: 1. Dr. Henry Willis, m. Carrie Neal, died in 1882; 2. Watkins Thompson, killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; 3. Alice Lee, M. D.B. Young, died in 1876; 4. Laura; 5. Lenore; 6. Bettina, died in 1844; 7. John Young, died in War of Secession; 8. William Davidson, died in 1897. Last residence: Huntsville.<\/p>\n

(Note: The article above lists Richard Bassett as an ancestor, but that wouldn\u2019t be a direct ancestor. Richard would be an uncle or great-uncle.)<\/p>\n

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Dr. John Young Bassett descends from #8B John Bassett of New Jersey as follows: John Bassett of New Jersey Isaac Bassett (b. 1763) and wife Ann Davidson Dr. John Young Bassett (b. 1805) The Democrat, Alabama, Friday, 12 September 1828 … 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-3306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306","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=3306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3308,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306\/revisions\/3308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}