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- Caroline Depuy Ardinger is a lineal descendant of Dr. John Woodson and wife Sarah, who came to Virginia in 1619.
1880 Federal Census of St. Ferdinand, St. Louis County, Missouri
Samuel T. Basset - 53 - M - KY------ - Head - Doctor
Caroline D. - 42 - F - KY-VA-KY - Wife - Keeping House
Paul - 15 - M - MO-KY-KY - Son - At School
Maud - 12 - F - MO-KY-KY - Daughter - At School
Mary - 9 - F - MO-KY-KY - Daughter - At School
Samuel Taylor - 7 - M - MO-KY-KY - Son - At School
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Early in the spring of 1861 when it became apparent that war between the northern and southern states was inevitable, Dr. Bassett organized, in Caldwell county, Missouri, where he was then living, a company of "State Guards", of which he was elected and commissioned captain. Seeing that the Confederate States army was in need of men, he took his company to the southern part of the state where they were placed in Col. Hughes' regiment of infantry, in Gen. Slack's brigade. Dr. Bassett commanded the company in the battle of Wilson's Creek and also in the fight at Carthage.
There being a scarcity of experienced surgeons, he was transferred to the medical department and made surgeon of the regiment. Captain Thompson succeeded to the command of the company. Gen. Slack was mortally wounded at Wilson's Creek and died soon afterwards. In Dr. Bassett's company, were Robert Hyde Woodson, uncle of Mrs. Bassett, also her brother, Horace Woodson Ardinger. In 1863 when the company and regiment were engaged in the everyday fights around Vicksburg, Mississippi, Robert Hyde Woodson, received a wound from which he died.... At the close of the war Dr. Bassett returned to his home in Missouri and resumed the practice of his profession. He died in Richmond, Missouri, September 14, 1898, survived by his widow and several children. He was a Democrat and a member of the Methodist Church.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1838 - 1916 (77 years)