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- 1850 Federal Census of Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama (16 Dec 1850)
John Y. Bassett - 46 - M - Maryland - Doctor
Isaphino - 46 - F - Georgia
Henry W. - 18 - M - Alabama - Student
Mathias L. - 15 - M - Alabama
Alice L. - 13 - F - Alabama
Louisa - 11 - F - Alabama
Leanor - 10 - F - Alabama
John Y. - 6 - M - Alabama
William D. - 5 - M - Alabama
Margaret - 50 - F - Maryland
1860 Federal Census of Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama (15 Jun 1860)
Isapheona Bassett - 50 - F - Georgia 12000 10000
Laura - 19 - F - Alabama
Leonore - 17 - F - Alabama
John - 15 - M - Alabama
William - 13 - M - Alabama
Daniel B. Young - 36 - M - Tennessee - Lawyer ---- 2,000
Alice L. - 21 - F - Alabama
John B. - 6/12 - M - Alabama
University of North Carolina libraries
John Y. Bassett Papers, 1822-1871
Letters relating to medical, financial, and family matters of Dr. John Young Bassett, physician of Huntsville, Alabama, and family correspondence of his wife, Isaphoene (Thompson) Bassett. The correspondence includes letters from editors Theodore Parker and William Gilmore Simms, 1859-1850, criticizing Bassett's articles on race ethnology. After her husband's death in 1852, there are letters to Mrs. Bassett from her children, including sons Watkins and Henry William. Watkins wrote from Waco, Texas, where he was living with his uncle. Henry joined the Confederate Army and wrote from camps in Mississippi until his death at Shiloh. 153 items.
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