Celia Basham
Celia was born in 1781 in
Virginia.
1 Celia's father was
William Basham and her mother was
Sarah Sally Shrewsbury. Her paternal grandparents were
William Basham and
Sarah (Agness) Angel; her maternal grandparents are
Benjamin Shrewsbury and
Nancy Richardson. She had three brothers and five sisters, named
Uriah,
Cary,
Barnett A.,
Lucy,
Nancy,
Rhoady,
Peggy and
Mary (Polly). She was the second oldest of the nine children. She had two half-brothers and a half-sister, named
Obediah,
Jonathan and
Elizabeth. She died at the age of 81 on December 28th, 1862 in
Franklin Co., Virginia.
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