Notes for Henry Richard Bassett: H.R. Bassett was a private in the 25th Alabama Infantry and was seriously wounded at the Battle of Shiloh. He appears on a muster roll of Company F, 25th Alabama which left Wesobulga (now Clay County, Al) on 30 Oct 1861 and went into camps near Auburn. They broke camp on 25 Dec 1861and Journeyed to Mobile, Al where they joined other troops and were actually organized into the 25th Alabama. According to newspaper accounts (Democratic Watchtower 23 Apr 1862) and State of Alabama pension records, H. R. Bassett was seriously wounded in the left hip on 6 apr 1862 at the Battle of Shiloh. He also appears on the Company Muster Rolls for the month of June 1862 and is listed as being on the "Surgeons Certificate of Disability" in Tupelo Ma. He applied for and received a soldiers pension from the State of Alabama fro 17 Jul 1889 until his death on 13 Nov 1901. His wife Elizabeth applied for widows pension on 7 Jun 1902.
Jeffrey Bassett who operates the Bassett website for the DNA study has found a link between several Bassetts and this Bassett. His theory is that H R Bassett is a son of Nathan Bassett.
Tim Horn 7/14/2007
More About Henry Richard Bassett: CSA Soldier: 25th Alabama Infantry.
Children of Henry Richard Bassett and Elizabeth Steadham are:
+Eliza Bassett, b. November 10, 1869, d. May 18, 1948, Clay Co, Al15.
Henry Richard Bassett (b. 1835, d. November 13, 1901)
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