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- 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.
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