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Julia Maria Lee Beale Bassett Smith

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
May 1888 (aged 69–70)
Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA
Burial
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Julia Maria Lee Beale (Beal) was born about 1818 in Virginia, probably in Alexandria, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Harper) Beale. Julia resided in Baltimore, Maryland prior to moving to Texas with her parents. On Tuesday, January 8, 1839 Julia married Clement N. Bassett at Capt. Fergurson's farm in Harrisburg (later Harris) County, Texas. Clement Bassett was born about 1808 in New York, the son of Fortunatus and Sybil (Bacon) Bassett. Clement was an attorney and practiced law in Richmond, Texas. He died of cholera in 1849 in Houston.

Julia and Clement's marriage notice appeared in the "Telegraph and Texas Register" newspaper, published in Houston, Texas, Vol. 4, No. 29, Ed. 1, on Wednesday, January 16, 1839, and reads:

"MARRIED on Tuesday, 8th of January, at Capt. Fergurson's farm, Harrisburg county, by the Rev. John McCullough, [C.] N. BASSET, Esq., to Mist. JULIA MARIA LEE BEALE, late of Baltimore, Maryland."

In January 1854 Julia married her second husband Thomas Jefferson Smith in Fort Bend County, Texas. He was born in 1808 in Virginia, and died on February 16, 1890 in Fort Bend County, Texas. Julia died in May 1888 in Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas.

Children of JULIA BEALE and CLEMENT BASSETT were:

1. WINIFRED ("WINNIE") BASSETT, b. November 1839, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas; d. July 1871; m. GEORGE H. CHAMBERS, 13 July 1854, Fort Bend, Texas; b. 1833, Alabama; d. 1874, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas.

2. CLEMENT NEWTON BASSETT, JR., b. 7 January 1842, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas; d. 9 October 1914, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas; m. (1) LIDA N. MOORE, 27 October 1870, Fort Bend County, Texas; b. Abt. 1851; d. 26 October 1871, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas; m. (2) LIBBIE MITCHELL, 8 April 1885, Fort Bend County, Texas; b. February 1869, Texas; d. March 1941.

3. ROBERT BEALE BASSETT, b. November 1844, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas, d. 1858.

4. RUSSELL BASSETT, b. March 1846 (or October 30, 1846); died as a child (before 1850).

5. EDWIN BASSETT, b. May 1848, Fort Bend County, Texas; died young.

Children of JULIA BEALE and THOMAS SMITH were:

1. GEORGIA SMITH, b. Abt. 1855, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas; (twin of Virginia Smith).

2. VIRGINIA SMITH, b. Abt. 1855, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas; (twin sister of Georgia Smith).

3. NORA SMITH, b. Abt. 1857, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas.

4. LEWIS B. SMITH, b. Abt. 1859, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas.
Julia Maria Lee Beale (Beal) was born about 1818 in Virginia, probably in Alexandria, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Harper) Beale. Julia resided in Baltimore, Maryland prior to moving to Texas with her parents. On Tuesday, January 8, 1839 Julia married Clement N. Bassett at Capt. Fergurson's farm in Harrisburg (later Harris) County, Texas. Clement Bassett was born about 1808 in New York, the son of Fortunatus and Sybil (Bacon) Bassett. Clement was an attorney and practiced law in Richmond, Texas. He died of cholera in 1849 in Houston.

Julia and Clement's marriage notice appeared in the "Telegraph and Texas Register" newspaper, published in Houston, Texas, Vol. 4, No. 29, Ed. 1, on Wednesday, January 16, 1839, and reads:

"MARRIED on Tuesday, 8th of January, at Capt. Fergurson's farm, Harrisburg county, by the Rev. John McCullough, [C.] N. BASSET, Esq., to Mist. JULIA MARIA LEE BEALE, late of Baltimore, Maryland."

In January 1854 Julia married her second husband Thomas Jefferson Smith in Fort Bend County, Texas. He was born in 1808 in Virginia, and died on February 16, 1890 in Fort Bend County, Texas. Julia died in May 1888 in Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas.

Children of JULIA BEALE and CLEMENT BASSETT were:

1. WINIFRED ("WINNIE") BASSETT, b. November 1839, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas; d. July 1871; m. GEORGE H. CHAMBERS, 13 July 1854, Fort Bend, Texas; b. 1833, Alabama; d. 1874, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas.

2. CLEMENT NEWTON BASSETT, JR., b. 7 January 1842, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas; d. 9 October 1914, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas; m. (1) LIDA N. MOORE, 27 October 1870, Fort Bend County, Texas; b. Abt. 1851; d. 26 October 1871, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas; m. (2) LIBBIE MITCHELL, 8 April 1885, Fort Bend County, Texas; b. February 1869, Texas; d. March 1941.

3. ROBERT BEALE BASSETT, b. November 1844, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas, d. 1858.

4. RUSSELL BASSETT, b. March 1846 (or October 30, 1846); died as a child (before 1850).

5. EDWIN BASSETT, b. May 1848, Fort Bend County, Texas; died young.

Children of JULIA BEALE and THOMAS SMITH were:

1. GEORGIA SMITH, b. Abt. 1855, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas; (twin of Virginia Smith).

2. VIRGINIA SMITH, b. Abt. 1855, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas; (twin sister of Georgia Smith).

3. NORA SMITH, b. Abt. 1857, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas.

4. LEWIS B. SMITH, b. Abt. 1859, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas.


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