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Male John Basham Click to view John Basham in the family tree

John was born about 1838 in Franklin Co., Virginia.1   John's father was Jonathan Basham and his mother was Kittnah (Catherine) Payne.  His paternal grandparents were John, Jr. Basham and Frances (Franky) Meadors. He had four brothers and four sisters, named Joseph N. (Jesse), Jeptha, Thomas, Edward G., Mary F., Eliana, Chella and Rebecca.  He was the second oldest of the nine children. He had three half-brothers named James Samuel, William Sidney and Jonathan, Jr..  He died after 1880.1 


John's family with Mary Catherine Simmons

‌John and Mary Catherine were married in a religious ceremony on September 26th, 1863 in Franklin Co., Virginia.1   They had a son and a daughter, named William Henry and Celia E..

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