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Female Bertha Lee Basham Click to view Bertha Lee Basham in the family tree

Bertha Lee was born on April 11th, 1894 in Ellison Ridge, Summers Co., W Va.1   Bertha Lee's father was Robert Hugh Basham and her mother was Sarah Malinda Hatcher.  Her paternal grandparents were William Blane Basham and Juliana Lydia Lilly; her maternal grandparents were John Edmund Charles Lewis Hatcher and Eliza Lilly. She had nine brothers and five sisters, named Gracie May, Gilbert Ezra, Charles William, George Wesley (Twin), James Herford (Twin), Michael Fenton, Joseph Dale, Luther Bee, Sarah Marie, Clara Bell, Nellie Rose, Elizabeth Lillian, Ruby Pearl and Edith Garnet.  She was the second oldest of the fifteen children. She had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Roy Lesley and Ada Ethyl.  She died after 1942.1 


Bertha Lee's first family with Harry Joseph Wright

‌Bertha Lee and Harry Joseph were married in a religious ceremony about 1942.1   They had two sons and a daughter, named Living, Living and Living.


Bertha Lee's second family with Lewis F. Bell

They had five sons and five daughters, named Paul, William F., Living, Living, Living, Baby, Baby, Living, Living and Living.


Bertha Lee's third family with Bert Foster


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