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Rev. William Bowden Bassett

Male 1842 - 1922  (79 years)


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  • Name William Bowden Bassett 
    Prefix Rev. 
    Born 11 Nov 1842  Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID BC609EABF0EDAD4FA0936568C2D864306C9E 
    Died 27 Jan 1922  Walden, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 28 Jan 1922  Garvin Cemetery, Centerville, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Buried at the Centerville Cemetery in Centerville, Georgia

      Bassett, W.B. 1843 27 Jan 1922
      Bassett, Albert H. 15 Aug 1917 9 Dec 1980
      Bassett, William B. 7 Mar 1875 25 Feb 1956
      Bassett, Sarah H. 23 Mar 1873 7 Jun 1951
      Bassett, Robert Lee 20 Jan 1903 23 Nov 1980
      Bassett, Larry M. 1948 1956
      Bassett, Jackie D. 1937 1977

      William was a private in the C.S.A. in Company E, 3rd Georgia Infantry. He enlisted 3 Jun 1861 and was wounded on 4 May 1863 at Dowman's Hill, Virginia. He was appointed corporal in 1864. He surrendered on 9 Apr 1865 at Appomatox, Virginia. He was a farmer in Houston County, Georgia, when he applied for a pension in 1902 and owned only a mule and one cheap buggy.

      1870 Federal Census of Perry, Houston County, Georgia (20 Jul 1870)
      William B. Bassett 27 M Georgia Farmer --- 500
      Mary R. 21 F Georgia Keeping house 400 ---
      Dossell? Filmore 16 M Georgia Farm laborer
      Camilla 15 F Georgia At home
      Lizzie 13 F Georgia Attending school
      John 7 M Georgia
      Ida 9 F Georgia

      Macon Telegraph, January 28, 1922
      Rev. W. H. Bassett

      Rev. W.B. Bassett, 70, died at the home of his brother-in-law, J. H. Duffell, at Walden, yesterday morning at 11:25 o’clock.
      Mr. Bassett was a pioneer resident of Houston county, and was a Baptist minister thirty years. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. J.O. McKinley, of Unadilla, and one brother-in-law, with whom he resided, J. H. Duffell, of Walden. Rev. Mr. Bassett was ill two weeks.
      Funeral services will be held from Harris church at Centerville at 2 o’clock central time this (Saturday) afternoon, Rev. J.P. Cargile officiating. Interment will be in Garvin cemetery.
    Person ID I438  48B Francis Bassett of South Carolina
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2013 

    Father Rev. John William Bassett,   b. 24 Apr 1818, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1898, Houston County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Martha Ann Corley,   b. 1818, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1892  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 21 May 1835  Bibb County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F71  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Priscilla Dorsett 
    Married 18 Sep 1865 
    Family ID F181  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Pinkie Pearl Duffel,   b. 7 Nov 1852, Fayette County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1906, Dunbar, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 10 Apr 1881 
    Family ID F182  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart