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Isaac Newton Bassett[1]

Male 1844 - 1921  (76 years)


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  • Name Isaac Newton Bassett 
    Born 15 Jul 1844  West Point, Troup County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried 1921  DeLeon Cemetery, Comanche Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 21 Jan 1921  Comanche County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1904, Henderson, Rusk County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Mary Elizabeth Lowe,   b. 1825, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1856, Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married 16 Jul 1840  Troup County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F22  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

  • Sources 
    1. [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