General Notes

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1880 Census Hill County Texas  E D 73 Sheet 39
Info From Fred T Basham Correspondence
Cemetery Picture In Fred T Basham Correspondence
JAMES D BASHAM PASSED AWAY LAST FRIDAY
The death angel has again visited the community and taken from it a y
ou ng man, just when he was in position to live a useful and influential l
if e.  JAMES D BASHAM, son of GEORGE J BASHAM, well known in this secti
on di ed at the home of his father-in-law, R H Yarbrough, at 12:30 O'cloc
k, Frid ay morning, 21 Feb 1908.  Mr Basham had lived in Hillsboro for t
he past se veral years and the account of his life and burial, as giv
en by the Hillsb oro Mirror, is reproduced herewith:
The funeral of JAMES D BASHAM, who died at the residence of his father-
in -law, R H Yarbrough, about one and one-half miles NE of Whitney, Frid
ay t he 21st, at 12:30 O'clock AM took place on the afternoon of that d
ay at 3: 00 O'clock, the internment being in Bethelhem Cemetery near Whitn
ey.  He w as buried with the honors of the order of the Woodmen of the Wor
ld, the se rvice being conducted by the Whitney camp in the presen
ce of a large congr egation of relatives and friends.  Mr Basham was a mem
ber of the Mertens C amp of Woodmen.  He had been sick since about the fir
st of last Decembe r, being confined to his bed in Hillsboro until about f
our weeks previo us to his death, when he was taken to his father-in law
's home.
Shortly afterwards he began failing rapidly until the end came. H
is wi fe and infant son, EARL survive him.  JAMES D BASHAM was thirty o
ne yea rs of age and was a son or Mr and Mrs GEORGE J BASHAM, of whom on
ly the fa ther survives him. He was born in the county near Whitney, and p
ractical ly all of his life was spent in the county.  He was a gradua
te of the S am Houston Normal School at Huntsville, and in 1903 graduat
ed in the law d epartment of the State University.  He had previously enga
ged in teachin g, having for a time conducted the Brandon School from t
he University he t aught one term at Mertens. In 1904 he located in Hillsb
oro and engag ed in the practice of law, continuing in the practice unt
il prostrated wi th the illness which terminated his useful and promisi
ng career.
During the last year or two of his life he had been associated in the p
ra ctice with Judge R M Vaughan.  Among the many young attorneys who ha
ve bec ome connected with the Hillsboro bar there was never one who more r
eadi ly gained or steadfastly held the confidence and esteem of all who be
ca me acquainted with him than did Mr Basham, nor one whose personal con
du ct and professional record was more upright and worthy.  His life w
as o ne of perfect rectitude in every relation or transaction and as a me
mb er of the legal profession, he was never in an instance deviated fr
om t he strict code of ethics.  His record and example constitute an inher
itanc e, the value of which to his son is inestimable.