Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Bassett, Dr William 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Dr. William Bassett, deceased, formerly a resident of Fulton, and one of the 
pioneer physicians of Whiteside County, was born in Hinsdale, Berkshire Co., 
Mass., Sept. 20, 1808, and was a son of Isaac and Mary (Knight) Bassett. He 
received his medical education at the Berkshire Medical Institute, of 
Pittsfield, Mass., and graduated in the class of 1834. He was married at 
Granby, Hampshire Co., Mass., April 16, 1835, to Miss Louisa A. Ayres, 
daughter of Chester and Lois (Preston) Ayres. Mrs. Bassett's people for many 
generations were natives of Massachusetts. Dr. Bassett removed to Bertrand, 
Mich., and began practice in 1836. The following year he removed to Sycamore, 
De Kalb Co., Ill., where he was in practice till 1842. He then went to Iowa, 
and from Iowa he came to Fulton in 1849. He entered upon the duties of his 
profession at this place, where he had an extensive and successful practice. 
He was afflicted with lung trouble and was often obliged to decline answering 
calls on account of failing health. He made his home at Fulton continuously 
from 1849 to the time of his death, which occurred June 23, 1867, except a few 
months at a time spent in Colorado and in Mt. Morris and Union Grove, Ill., 
for his health. Dr. and Mrs. Bassett's family consisted of two sons and a 
daughter: William E. married Geneva Estabrook and resides in Alabama; Helen S. 
is the wife of B. F. Woodward, of Denver, Col.; and Langdon, the youngest son, 
died aged four and a half years. Dr. Bassett was a Republican and one of 
Fulton's most respected citizens. As a physician he was skillful in his 
profession, especially in the diseases incident to the early settlement of 
this country. His wife, an estimable lady, survives him and continues to 
reside at Fulton. She is a respected member of the Presbyterian Church.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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