Bassett Family Association Database
Thomas Karr Bassett
Abt 1839 - 1864 (~ 25 years)-
Name Thomas Karr Bassett Born Abt 1839 Kentucky Gender Male _UID 78F110248B76D6499021907E16341302DB2F Died Oct 1864 Buried Bassett Cemetery near Anton, Ketucky Notes - Thomas Karr Bassett served in the Confederate States Army. He was taken prisoner at the home of his parents while visiting his sick mother in Oct. 1864. He was taken to Hopkinsville and executed at the same time as Capt. James G. Brewer by order of Col. Sam Johnson, United States Army, as a reprisal for Confederate raids.
1850 Federal Census of Bracken County, Kentucky
Elijah Bassett - 36 - M
Mary O. - 32 - F
Thomas K. - 13 - M
Henry R. - 11 - M
John A. - 9 - M
Sarah J. - 7 - F
Elijah A. - 3 - M
Person ID I774 8B John Bassett of Hunterdon County, New Jersey Last Modified 31 May 2012
Father Elijah Bassett, b. Abt 1813, Bracken County, Kentucky , d. Oct 1864, Webster County, Kentucky (Age ~ 51 years) Mother Mary O'Rear Pearl, b. 29 Mar 1818, Fauquier County, Virginia , d. 19 Feb 1865, Webster County, Kentucky (Age 46 years) Married 14 Nov 1835 Clermont County, Ohio [1] Family ID F173 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary E. Colville or Clark, b. Dec 1840, Ohio , d. 2 Feb 1871, Effingham County, illlinois (Age ~ 30 years) Married Indiana Children + 1. Thomas Karr Bassett, b. 1864, Kentucky Family ID F265 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Thomas Karr Bassett served in the Confederate States Army. He was taken prisoner at the home of his parents while visiting his sick mother in Oct. 1864. He was taken to Hopkinsville and executed at the same time as Capt. James G. Brewer by order of Col. Sam Johnson, United States Army, as a reprisal for Confederate raids.
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