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Captain John Stout Bassett

Male 1791 - 1865  (73 years)


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  • Name John Stout Bassett 
    Prefix Captain 
    Born 22 Jun 1791  Washington County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID A6146302A6758A4AAED88C4BB6604FF0C07A 
    Died 19 Feb 1865  Hopkins County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Washington, Pennsylvania was first known as Catfish Camp and then as Bassett, Pennsylvania.

      John Stout Bassett came to Kentucky as a boy and later moved to Bassett's Ridge in Bracken County, Kentucky, where he was sheriff for 28 years.

      His son, James Bassett, ws administrator of his estate 13 Mar 1865.

      1860 Federal Census of Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky (4 Jun 1860)
      William Hulett - 38 - M - Kentucky - Farmer 1,000 1,000
      Emily - 33 - F - Kentucky
      Jas. A. - 3 - M - Kentucky
      John B. - 1 - M - Kentucky
      John Bassett - 68 - M - New Jersey

      Hopkins County, Kentucky Volume I - 1988
      John Stout Bassett
      Captain John Stout Bassett was born 22 Jun 1791 near Washington (formerly Bassett), PA, as his family migrated from Hunterdon County, New Jersey, to Kentucky. His parents were Amos and Susan Stout Bassett who were with General Symmes' party that came down the Ohio River to found Cincinnati. The Bassetts stopped at Limestone, now Maysville, and lived in Mason and Bracken Counties, KY. John served for 28 years as sheriff of Bracken County. In 1841 he and his family moved to Hopkins County where he bought a farm near Anton.
      On 24 Mar 1811 John Bassett married Jane Rogerson, daughter of William Rogerson, and they had eight children. They were Elijah, Amos, James, William P., Elizabeth, Susan, Emily and Jane Rogerson Bassett. Elijah is discussed in another article. William P. never married; Elizabeth married John Margness Pearl, Jr.; Susan married Lonny Niblick and Emily married William H. Hewlett. All four of these children died as young adults and are buried in the Bassett cemetery near Anton.
      Amos Bassett was born 15 Sep 1815 and married Lucy Waller Nesbit on 20 Sept. 1842. He had farms near Madisonville and members of this family have been prominent in Hopkins County since 1841. The children of Amos and Lucy were Lucien who married Agnes Prithcett, George never married, William "Bud" married Josei Fugate, Mary K. married Dr. Mandley B. Winstead, Elijah married Margaret Elizabeth Bull and then Mrs. Cordie rover, Laura A. died young, Samuel married Mary Jones, Jenny married Yateman Johnson, Fannie Waller married Ed Kirkwood, John married Sally Morgan and Jessie married Alvin D. Sisk. The Amos Bassett family owned a large tract of land in Madisonville called "Bassett Hill". It ran from Price Street east across what is now Highway 41 and contained two family-owned livery stables, a sawmill and a slaughter house. George Bassett had the first contract to pave streets in Madisonville. The residence of Byron Hobgood on Price Street is on the site of the home of his great-grandfather, William "Bud" Bassett. Byron is President and his uncle, Hiram Bassett, is Secretary-Treasurer of the Bassett-Anton Community Cemetery Association.
      James Bassett was the first of the family to come to West Kentucky. Soon after receiving his certificate to practice medicine in 1840, he rode westward to seek a location. He settled in Providence, then in Hopkins County. He married Frances America S. Given, daughter of Eleazer and Mary Eveline Savage Sittler Given. They had no children.
      Jane Rogerson Bassett was born 23 May 1828 and married Joe Smith Thomas on 7 Feb 1848. Their only daughter, Emma, married Henry Burle Williams and they had nine children. Jane and Joe Thomas lived in Hopkins County and are buried in the Bassett Cemetery near Anton.
      Submitted by Wm. Kerr Bassett

      Letter addressed to Dr. Samuel Taylor Bassett, Louisville University (Med Dept) Louisville, Kentucky
      Dr. Bassett was taking an advanced course in surgery.
      Madisonville, Ky. Jan 12th, 1854
      My dear Nephew
      I rrec'd your kind letter yesterday with a great deal of hearth felt pleasure, and that pleasure us very much Heightened by the fact that you are the first of my brothers children that has written me a letter without my first writing them. My health has not been good for three or four years.
      I have been troubled for that length of time with coal feet even in the very hottest weather, and a swimming head, but have appeared to be somewhat better for several weeks. I have been (as you have no doubt heard) very unfortunate wth my family.
      Since I came to this country having lost your Aunt your cousin William, and your cousin Elizabeth Pearl - no Susan Niblick has been lying with rheumatism for some four or five years. She has not walked a step, and for a long time she has not been able to move an part of her, anymore than if she eats is fed to her like feeding a baby. She suffers indescribably everyday. We have set up with her every night for the last five or six weeks.
      Amos has the chills all the Fall and Winter with some interruptions.
      The other children that are here are in common health. Elijah had gone to Bracken County and so has Mr. Pearl, Elizabeth's widowed husband. Amos lives two miles from me, James 20 miles, Susan 5 miles, Emily lives with me, Jan 3 miles.
      I have not rec'd a letter from any of your family since I have been in this country. About 3 years ago I saw a letter from your brother Wlliam in which he requested my son James to tell me to wrote to him a letter of my own inditing. In compliance with that request I wrote him a lengthy letter giving him a brief history of my family from the time I came to this country but I regret that I have not rec'd any from him since.
      A young man from our Country (Mr. Ashby) informed me that he fell in company with your mother last Spring am brought me a very satisfactory account of your family.
      I wrote to her shortly after he returned but have not rec'd an answer from her since. I regret exceedingly that it was not convenient for you to visit us before returning to Missouri but would request that you correspond with me and my family by letter and visit us early as practicable. Tell your mother and brother and sisters to write to me and my children, and visit us if it is possible they can, as persons as nearly related as we are should not neglect a practice through whith there is so much pleasure to be dreived at that is not completely in our power.
      Your Uncle Affectionately
      John Bassett
    Person ID I69  8B John Bassett of Hunterdon County, New Jersey
    Last Modified 29 May 2012 

    Father Amos Bassett,   b. Abt 1760, West Creek, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1832, Cynthania, Harrison County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Mother Susan Stout,   b. Abt 1769,   d. 1844  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Married 1789 
    Family ID F5  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Louisa Mayo 
    Family ID F37  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Jane Rogerson,   b. 14 Oct 1785,   d. 19 Jun 1842  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 24 Mar 1811  Bracken County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Elijah Bassett,   b. Abt 1813, Bracken County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1864, Webster County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 51 years)
    +2. Amos Bassett,   b. 15 Sep 1815, Near Brooksville, Bracken County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1899, Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    +3. Doctor James Bassett,   b. 1817,   d. 2 May 1882, Providence, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     4. William P. Bassett,   b. 18 Dec 1821,   d. 2 May 1849  (Age 27 years)
    +5. Elizabeth Bassett,   d. Bef 1854
     6. Susan Bassett,   b. 7 Mar 1824,   d. 3 Feb 1855  (Age 30 years)
    +7. Emily Bassett,   b. 1825,   d. 1888  (Age 63 years)
    +8. Jane Rogerson Bassett,   b. 23 May 1828,   d. 15 Dec 1878  (Age 50 years)
    Family ID F38  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart