Tobias (Tobie) Basham
Tobias (Tobie) was born about 1860 in
Virginia.
1 He died after 1920.
1
General Notes
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1900 Census Franklin County Virginia; E D 37, Page 16
1910 Census Franklin County Virginia; E D 48, Family 227
1920 Census Franklin County Virginia; E D 58, Sheet 9
Tobias's father was one of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co children. I bel
ie ve that it was his oldest son. As the story goes, Tobias lived in the h
ou se with his father and mother. When his father had reached his late twe
nti es, he was pressured to leave his slave concubine and take a wif
e. He d id this and threw his Tobias and his mother out of the house. Tobi
as hat ed his father for this and took his mother's surname Basham. Inform
ation p rovided by Thomas W. Basham by e-mail
‌Tobias (Tobie) and
Martha Jane were married in a religious ceremony on October 9th, 1884 in
Franklin Co., Virginia.
1 They had five sons and five daughters, named
William Thomas,
Grover S.,
John W.,
James Elbert,
Robert G.,
Cora S.,
Fannie C.,
Okey D.,
Katie N. and
Lucy.
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