James Monroe Basham, Jr.

1817 - 1889  (72 years)

• Name	James Monroe Basham  [1]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	12 Aug 1817	Lawrence Co, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Lawrence Co, Tennessee
  	CENSUS: 1850; TN; Lawrence Co.; District 4; Roll: M432_886; Page: 345; Image: 682 hh 783/783 16 Nov 1850 Basham, Jas. M.33 TN Farmer $340 (s/o James Monroe Basham/Arta M. Holloway) Basham, Malinda 27 TN 1823 Basham, Hiram C.10 TN Basham, Elizabeth 6 TN hh 784/784 16 Nov 1850 Holloway, Jessee 41 TN Farmer Holloway, Mary40 TN Holloway, Sarah B.20 TN Holloway, Robert17 TN Holloway, Louisa E.13 TN Holloway, Wm.12 MS Holloway, Mary A.10 AL Holloway, Sarah C. 8 MS Holloway, Miouri J. 6 MS Holloway, Margret 5 TN Holloway, Caroline 2 TN
  Census	1880	Lawrence Co, Tennessee
  	J. M. Bassham 63 S. F. Bassham 46 L. J. Bassham 27 J. R. Bassham 24 R. L. Bassham 12 F. E. Bassham 9 B. C. O. Bassham 3 W. P. Bassham 1
  Death	2 Sep 1889	Lawrence Co, Tennessee
  Burial	Mt. Zion Cem, Lawrence Co, Tennessee
  Notes	James Monroe Bassham was a merchant and a blacksmith in the Sugar Creek Community where Giles and Lawrence Counties Tennessee border. He did not participate in the Civil War, but stayed homed to blacksmith for the farmers. His business records, which were available in 1966, reflected that he was a competent bookkeeper and businessman for his day. He was a member and one of the founders of the Mt. Zion Methodist Church on Sugar Creek, having donated a portion of the land and assisted in the construction of the church building. It is said that the builders burned their names into the heavy timbers of the church steeple, and that James Monroe Bassham's is one of them. From "Ancestors" by John Clapton King of Huntsville, Alabama http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lesliesc&id=I31780 [1]
  Person ID	I58091	Roots
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	James Monroe Basham, Sr.,   b. 9 Sep 1787, Bedford Co, Virginia d. 13 Mar 1872, Lawrence Co, Tennessee (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Arta M. Holloway,   b. Abt 1787   d. Bef 1860, Lawrence Co, Tennessee (Age ~ 73 years)
  Marriage	1804	Roane Co, Tennessee
  Family ID	F19155	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	(1st wife of James Monroe) Basham
  Marriage	Abt 1834
  Children	+ 1. John M. Basham, (son of who?),   b. 22 Jan 1835, Tennessee d. 2 Nov 1902, Madison Co, Arkansas (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F19165	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Tempy Malinda Basham,   b. 1823, Lawrence Co, Tennessee d. 18 Nov 1857, Lawrence Co, Tennessee (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	12 Jan 1840	Lawrence Co, Tennessee   [1]
  	believed killed in Civil War.
  Children	1. Hiram C. Basham,   b. 23 Dec 1842, Lawrence Co, Tennessee d. Aft 1860, of, Lawrence Co, Tennessee (Age 18 years)   2. Martha Elizabeth Basham,   b. 17 Oct 1846, Lawrence Co, Tennessee d. Aft 1870 (Age 24 years)   3. Levi Johnson Basham,   b. 6 Apr 1851, Tennessee d. 18 May 1926, Lawrence Co, Tennesse (Age 75 years)   4. James Richard Basham,   b. 18 Dec 1854, Lawrence Co, Tennessee d. 5 Apr 1920, Moko, Fulton Co, Arkansas (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F19156	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2013

  
  

  Family 3	Susan Frances Legg,   b. 20 Oct 1836   d. Aft 1875 (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	1864	Lawrence Co, Tennessee
  	Name: Susan Frances Legg Spouse: James Monroe Bassham Birth: 1836 - AL Birth: 1817 - TN Marriage: 1864
  Children	1. Rufus Lycurgus Basham,   b. 1868, Lawrence Co, Tennessee d. Aft 1880, of, Lawrence Co, Tennessee (Age 13 years)   2. Aramanta Basham,   b. 1870, Lawrence Co, Tennessee d. Aft 1870, of, Lawrence Co, Tennessee (Age 1 year)   3. Felix Edward "Field" Basham,   b. 1871, Lawrence Co, Tennessee d. Aft 1880, of, Lawrence Co, Tennessee (Age 10 years)   4. Bertha Celesta O. "Bessie" Basham,   b. 1877, Lawrence Co, Tennessee d. Aft 1880, of, Lawrence Co, Tennessee (Age 4 years)   5. Warner Poindexter Basham,   b. 1879, Tennessee d. Aft 1880, of, Lawrence Co, Tennessee (Age 2 years)
  Family ID	F19158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S1116] Rootsweb Family Tree Ancestors and Friends (Leslie McConachie) .