General Notes

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1900 Census Crawford County Arkansas  E D 59/10/33
1910 Census Young County Texas  E D 275 Sheet 338
1920 Census Bacon County Colorado; E D 13, Sheet 1
Info From Gerald F Basham Correspondence
Viola Cathey Info  Basham Document No 32
Of all my aunts and uncles, we were most closely associated with the
se t wo over the longest time.  They seemed to be the most interest
ed in my wel l-being both physical and spiritual, of any of my relative
s.  They lived n ear us since I can remember in Texas, and came to their h
omestead joini ng ours just a few months after we moved to Baca Count
y.  I do not rememb er their first son, Willie who died in infancy. Phronz
ia, Daisy and Jam es came to the homestead with them. James was just a lit
tle fellow.  He a te dry corn and this caused his death, our first great s
orrow here.  The re were no morticians here then so neighbors took over a
nd did the necessa ry things, made the coffin and I think it was a Mrs Tho
mas who lined it wi th white material and trimmed it with artificial flowe
rs (Daisy says the f lowers were only yellow roses).
He was buried at Campo and I know we had to go there by wagon but the a
ct ual memory of this eludes me. Flossie and Lonnie Joe were born on the h
ome stead.  Flossie is about Fred's age and Lonnie Joe was about three yea
rs y ounger than Frank. In 1934 Uncle Tom gave up his homestead and mov
ed ba ck to his native state of Arkansas.  They lost Lonnie Joe in Wor
ld W ar II on D-Day.  When Eva and Leslie toured Europe they visited his g
rav e; that is they saw the white cross with his name on it. Uncle T
om di ed in 1952.  Aunt Cammie is in a Rest Home at Harrison, Arkansas.  S
he a nd Aunt Hortense are the only one of my relatives of that generati
on lef t. Written in 1972 by Lillian (Thornton) Collings Niece of Thomas J
effers on Basham Jr