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- Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Saturday, December 19, 1885
A Fatal Burn
Thomas Jefferson Bassett, the three-year old son of Mr. George W. Bassett, residing on Bassett’s Hill, died yesterday at 12 o’clock of injuries received Thursday afternoon. At 4 o’clock on that day he was in the cooking room with his mother, and lingered about the stove some time. His mother did not know when he went out, and was only apprised of it by his screams, which came from the hallway. She hurried to him, and found him enveloped with fire. She threw her skirt of her dress around him in the hope of smothering the flame. A workman engaged on building next door ran in and threw a bucket of water on him and put out the fire. Dr. Johnson was sent for, and did all that could be done, but he injuries were fatal, and after lingering until yesterday at noon the little fellow died. His remains will be taken to Byron this morning and interred there.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1882 - 1885 (3 years)