Zedekiah Basham 
Zedekiah was born about 1826 in Tennessee.1 Zedekiah's father was Nathan Bassham and his mother was Cathrine Unknown. His paternal grandparents were Archibald Basham and Winna Jons. He had three brothers and three sisters, named Allan, Nathan, William D., Lucretia, Jane and Dorcas. He was the oldest of the seven children. He died in September 1862.1 General Notes
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1850 Census Pontotoc County Miss Page 73 Family 274
1856 Dec 15 - Purchased Land In Washington County Arkansas
1860 Census Cherokee Nation Okla Delaware Dist
First Marriage Alabama Records Vol 105 Page 15
1st Marriage Morgan County Alabama Book B Page 422
Family History Says He Died Picking Up Wounded Civil War Sol
email Carleen Basham Caqrnivale 2/2001 <ccarnivale@@aol.com>
Zedekiah Basham first appears in 1842 when he married Sarah Frost in Mo
rg an Co Alabama. He appears in the 1850 census in Pontotoc Co Miss wi
th wi fe Sarah and four children. The family apparently moved from Alaba
ma to M ississippi about 1847. He appears in the 1869 census in Oklaho
ma Indian T erritory with 7 children and a wife named Mary.
It is assumed that his first wife Sarah died between 1850 and 1860 a
nd Ze dekiah married this younger woman, Mary, in order to help raise t
he childr en. His occupation in both 1850 and 1860 censuses is blacksmit
h. Zedeki ah is shown to have been born in Tennessee. There are many possi
bilities f or his parents since there are several Basham families with you
ng childr en in the 1830 Tennessee census. Family history says that Zedeki
ah died wh ile treating the dead and wounded probably in the Civil War.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1722 d.23 May 1768 in Cumberland Co., Virginia
- b.~ 1746 in Virginia d.> 1830 in Probably Scioto County Ohio
- b.1705 d.~ 1768
- b.1710 d.> 1768 in Cumberland Co, Virginia
- b.1710
- b.01 Sep 1761 in Bedford Co., Virginia d.~ 1841 in Giles Co., Tennessee
- b.Bet 1720 and 1743 d.Bet 1754 and 1831
- b.~ 1797 in Virginia d.> 1850
- b.~ 1764 d.> 1840 in Giles Co., Tennessee
- b.~ 1826 in Tennessee d.Sep 1862
- b.< 1810 d.< 1850
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Zedekiah and Sarah were married in a religious ceremony on July 13th, 1842 in Morgan Co., Alabama.1 They had two sons and four daughters, named Nathan, Wesley Houston, Susan Elizabeth, Sarah Jane, Martha and Mary Louisa.
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Children
Susan Elizabeth Basham
Susan Elizabeth was born about 1844 in Alabama.1 She died in 1874 in Falls Co., Texas.1
Wesley Houston Basham
Wesley Houston was born about 1847 in Mississippi.1 He died after 1880 in Potusa, Taylor Co., Texas.1
Zedekiah and Mary were married in a religious ceremony about 1854.1 They had two sons named Mary Louisa and Eliza.
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