Mary E. Bassham

Mary E. was born about 1859 in Tennessee.¹   Mary E.'s father was Thomas J. Basham and his mother was Mahalia Rosena Littlejohn.  His paternal grandparents were Husband Basham and Elizabeth Unknown; his maternal grandparents are Charles Scott Littlejohn and Mary Scales Kimbrell. He had six brothers named William, Thomas J., Jr., Mahala J., James Franklin, Jasper Riley and Charles S..  He was the oldest of the seven children.  He died after 1860.¹