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- Excerpts from the Isaac Newton Bassett Autobiography
My Uncle Amos was unfortunate in his first marriage and the family never referred to it and seemed desirous of blotting it out of their memory. [added in pencil: "nothing important now nor any disgrace".] He subsequently married a widow woman whose maiden name was Walinsgsford. A family who lived in Fleming Co, Kentucky and was in good circumstances. She first married a man named Waring, a very respectable family of Greenup Co. Kentucky. Her husband died leaving her with two children, Joseph and Frances. My Uncle married her and settled in the Valley of Montgomery Creek, two miles from my Father's place. His farm was in the little creek bottoms about 30 or 40 rods wide and extended along the creek over half a mile.
Uncle John's first wife died early. I never saw her. She had four children, three of whom drowned at the same time in the little stream of Montgomery, while quite young. Alexander, the 4th, lived to manhood, was married and bought part of this Father's place where he lived until about 1886. His wife died before him. She was Leah Meredith, a sister of his father's second wife. He left one son and two daughters. He was about six years my senior, was about 6 ft tall, well built, and of fine appearance. Was a most excellent man but wanting in energy. Although he inherited considerable property from his grandfather Waring's estate, and from an Uncle Waring, and from his father's estate, he failed in his financial career and had to borrow money from time to time from his cousin Joseph Waring, the step-son of his Uncle Amos. This indebtedness was more than his farm was worth which passed into the hands of Joseph Waring upon Alexander's death, but Joseph was very kind to him so long as he lived and would not foreclose his mortgage until after his death.
Joseph Waring, his stepson, bought the old place of my Uncle, married a girl by the name of Martin and raised a family of I think, six children. They are some of them living on the old place. Joseph died some three years ago.
Frances, the stepdaughter, married Reuben Thompson in 1838 or 1839. She died a few years after, having three children. I do not know where they are, nor their names.
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Bassett Family Association Database
d. 25 May 1857 (Age 61 years)