BASSETT,(Judge) Carter, Washington, D. C., then St. Martin Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ JUDGE CARTER BASSETT, ST. MARTINVILLE.--Judge Bassett was born in Washington, D. C., 1822. He is the son of Wm. H. and Eleanor (O'Neill) Bassett. Judge Bassett's father was for many years the captain of a vessel on the Atlantic. After the year 1834, he was engaged in planting. The subject's mother died in 1852 and his father in 1873. Judge Bassett is the eldest of a family of nine children. Planting has been his principal occupation in life. At the breaking out of the war he enlisted in the Confederate service, serving in the Second Louisiana Regiment. He was wounded in the battle of Malvern Hill three times within the space of as many seconds, though not seriously. He enlisted as a private, but was subsequently promoted a captain, with staff appointment. He removed to St. Martin parish in 1870; was elected justice of the peace in 1871, which office he shortly after resigned, to accept an appointment as parish surveyor. He was elected judge of St. Martin parish in 1876, and reëlected in 1878. In this capacity he served until the office was abolished by the constitution of 1879. Judge Bassett married in 1868, Miss Eugenie Richard, daughter of G. and Cora (Delahoussaye) Richard. They became the parents of seven children: Amelie, Eleanor, Coralie, Eugene, Virginia, Wm. J. and Alice. Judge Bassett has always been a conservative in politics, and takes an active part in all public affairs. He and his family are Catholics. Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 309. Edited by William Henry Perrin. Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing Company.