Isaac Newton Bassett^[1]

1844 - 1921  (76 years)

• Name	Isaac Newton Bassett
  Born	15 Jul 1844	West Point, Troup County, Georgia
  Gender	Male
  Buried	1921	DeLeon Cemetery, Comanche Co., Texas
  Died	21 Jan 1921	Comanche County, Texas
  Notes	1880 Federal Census of Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama Isaac Bassett 34 M GA GA GA Head Farmer Mary 32 F GA GA GA Wife Keeps House William L. 12 M GA GA GA Son Works on Farm Eugene C. 8 M GA GA GA Son John T. 6 M AL GA GA Son From Family papers Mary Elizabeth Jackson was 12 years old when the Civil War began. During the war, she made a beautiful coverlet which is still in the family. She picked the cotton, removed the seeds, carded the cotton, spun the thread, and move it on her loom and then added fringe. It was a work of art. Bennie, her youngest son, said, "until I was fourteen years old, I never had a thing to wear that Mother did not make for me. Part of the time she wove the cloth the clothes were made from. At fourteen I got a store bought suit with knee pants." Mollie, as she was called, married Ike Bassett in 1866, and the couple lived in Hackneyville, Tallapoosa Co., AL until 1905, when they moved to Downing, Comanche Co., TX. In her younger days, Mollie was a midwife, and "delivered babies everywhere." She'd get on her horse and ride side-saddle. She said "I never sat astraddle of a horse, but I could go to dances 10 or 15 miles away riding side-saddle." A bunch of them would get together and go to dances. (from Estten Bassett Piper) Isaac Newton Bassett was the oldest living child in his family. His mother died of typhoid fever when he was about ten years old. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in the Confederate Army, on July 3, 1861, and served in Company A, 15th Alabama Infantry. He was in many battles and was wounded several times. He was injured severely two or three days after the war was over and neither side knew it was over. The Yankees were out of ammunition and were loading the cannons with trace chains from horses harnesses because no cannon balls were available. Isaac was hit in the head with a link of the trace chain. The Yankees picked him up and took him to a hospital. He was in the hospital for about six months. All his life there was a deep indentation in his head several inches long and a half inch deep. This injury caused him to have epileptic seizures from which he suffered the rest of his life. Isaac and his wife were staunch members of the Primitive Baptist church. From Ancestry Plus Isaac Newton Bassett was the oldest living child in his family. His mother died of typhoid fever when he was about ten years old. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in the Confederate Army, on July 3, 1861, and served in Company A, 15th Alabama Infantry. He was in many battles and was wounded several times. He was injured severely two or three days after the war was over and neither side knew it was over. The Yankees were out of ammunition and were loading the cannons with trace chains from horses harnesses because no cannon balls were available. Isaac was hit in the head with a link of the trace chain. The Yankees picked him up and took him to a hospital. He was in the hospital for about six months. All his life there was a deep indentation in his head several inches long and a half inch deep. This injury caused him to have epileptic seizures from which he suffered the rest of his life. Isaac and his wife were staunch members of the Primitive Baptist church. Franklin 4 M AL GA GA Son Richard 10/12 M AL GA GA Son Rowlin 10/12 M AL GA GA Son 1910 Federal Census, Precinct 5, Comanche County, Texas (21 May 1910) Richard H. Bassett 30 M AL AL AL Head Farmer Mollie A. 24 F AL AL AL Wife Estein? 8 F AL AL AL Daughter Walter 5 M TX AL AL Son Carlton 3 M TX AL AL Son Isaac N. 66 M AL GA US Father Mary E. 46 F AL GA SC Mother Bernie 18 M AL AL AL Brother (Married 10 years, 4 children, 3 living)
  Person ID	P135	13B RIchard William Bassett of Georgia
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2012

  
  

  Father	William Parnell "Pern" Bassett,   b. 27 Jul 1822, Gwinnette County, Georgia, USA ,   d. 8 Oct 1904, Henderson, Rusk County, Texas, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Lowe,   b. 1825, Georgia, USA ,   d. 1856, Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA  (Age 31 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	16 Jul 1840	Troup County, Georgia
  Family ID	F22	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Jackson,   b. 11 Jan 1849, Heard, Georgia, USA ,   d. 26 Oct 1931, Deleon, Comanche, Texas, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Married	1867	Alabama
  Children	1. William Lee Bassett,   b. 11 Jan 1869, Georgia, Limestone, Alabama, USA ,   d. Oklahoma  [Natural]   2. Eugene C Bassett,   b. 1872, Georgia, USA ,   d. bfr 1905  (Age 33 years)  [Natural] + 3. John Thomas Bassett,   b. 15 Jul 1874, West Point, Troup Co., Georgia, USA ,   d. 1942, Long Island, N.Y.  (Age 67 years)  [Natural] + 4. James Franklin Bassett,   b. 22 Jan 1876, Alabama, USA ,   d. 15 Apr 1969, Cisco, Eastland, Texas, USA  (Age 93 years)  [Natural] + 5. Rowland J. Bassett,   b. Aug 1879, Randolph, Alabama, USA  [Natural] + 6. Richard Hudson Bassett,   b. 31 Aug 1879, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, USA ,   d. 12 Sep 1959, Comanche County, Texas  (Age 80 years)  [Natural]   7. Luther David Bassett,   b. Mar 1883, Alabama, USA ,   d. San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas  [Natural]   8. Wyett Bassett,   b. 18 Dec 1887,   d. California  [Natural]   9. Arie L Bassett,   b. Mar 1890,   d. Comanche County, Texas  [Natural] + 10. Bennie Newton Bassett,   b. 26 Oct 1891, Alexander City, Colbert, Alabama, USA ,   d. 28 Jul 1976, Eastland, Texas, USA  (Age 84 years)  [Natural]
  Family ID	F140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S-1772156360] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Trees. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=45165897&pid=135