Ruthford Basham 
Ruthford was born on January 28th, 1898 in Kentucky.1 Ruthford's father was Jeremiah Henderson Basham and his mother was Sarah Ellen Higgs. His paternal grandparents were Cary Jackson 'Jack' Basham and Annis Warner; his maternal grandparents were Alfred Higgs and Sarah Jane Calloway. He had ten brothers and six sisters, named Finous, Harvey, Hilous, Benjamin Harrison (Ben), Eugene C (Gene), Eulace, Edward Otis, Flora, Chester, Harold, Bertha S., Pearl, Carrie, Essie, Anna Lee and Clara Louise. He was the sixth youngest of the seventeen children. He had a half-sister named Mary Jane. He died at the age of 16 on June 13th, 1914 in Hancock Co., Kentucky.1 General Notes
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1900 Census Hancock County Ky E D 42/4
1910 Census Hancock County Ky E D 35/59/135
Info In Ila Eckstadt Files
Died From Blow To Groin From A Baseball
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1739 d.~ 1779
- b.~ 1770 in Bedford Co., Virginia d.~ 1847 in Breckenridge Co., Kentucky
- b.1792 in Bedford Co., Virginia d.27 Oct 1855 in Grayson Co., Kentucky
- b.~ 1775 d.> 1846 in Kentucky
- b.24 Apr 1822 in Breckenridge Co., Kentucky d.26 Mar 1913 in Patesville, Hancock Co., Ky
- b.1722 d.23 May 1768 in Cumberland Co., Virginia
- b.~ 1745 in Virginia d.17 Dec 1834 in Breckenridge Co., Kentucky
- b.1710 d.> 1768 in Cumberland Co, Virginia
- b.~ 1800 in Virginia d.06 Nov 1878 in Breckenridge Co., Kentucky
- b.~ 1760 in Virginia d.> 1834
- b.28 Jan 1857 in Breckenridge Co., Kentucky d.03 Dec 1942 in Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Ind
- b.06 Feb 1823 in Meade Co., Kentucky d.08 Aug 1916 in Patesville, Hancock Co., Ky
- b.28 Jan 1898 in Kentucky d.13 Jun 1914 in Hancock Co., Kentucky
- b.~ 1842 in Kentucky d.~ 1888 in Daviess Co., Kentucky
- b.18 Jun 1862 in Daviess Co., Kentucky d.05 Jan 1929 in Hancock Co., Kentucky
- b.06 May 1844 in Grainger Co., Tennessee d.27 May 1926 in Maceo, Daviess Co., Kentucky
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