Ruth Amazon Bassham 
Ruth Amazon was born on September 28th, 1888 in Arkansas.1 Ruth Amazon's father was Joseph P. Basham and her mother was Mary Jane Morris. Her paternal grandparents were Jonathan Basham and Delilah Payne. She had seven brothers and five sisters, named Joseph Lawrence, Thomas Lane, James 'Alvin', Jesse Isaac, C. B., Marian Clinton, Frederick Fenton, Sarah Delilah, Nannie Bell, Mary Lou 'Visa', Martha Adela and Alice Clementine (Tiny). She was the third youngest of the thirteen children. She had five half-brothers and five half-sisters, named Henry Jonathan, William O. (Rev), James, John, Samuel, Elizabeth Ellen, Abigail Suretha, Katie, Donana A. (Donnie) and Minnie L.. She died at the age of 94 in January 1983 in Santa Ana, Orange Co., California.1 General Notes
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1900 Census Eastland County Texas E D 59 Sheet 3
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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.< 1755 in Prob Cumberland Co Virginia d.12 Jul 1826 in Franklin Co., Virginia
- b.~ 1796 in Franklin Co., Virginia d.1848 in Johnson Co., Arkansas
- b.< 1755 d.~ 1839 in Franklin Co., Virginia
- b.12 May 1827 in Tazewell Co., Virginia d.07 Mar 1908 in Comanche Co., Texas
- b.1670 in St. Mary's and Caroline Co., Maryland d.19 Apr 1748
- b.~ 1713 in St. Mary's and Caroline Co., Maryland d.05 May 1801
- b.< 1755 in Rowan Co., North Carolina d.1810
- b.~ 1802 in Franklin Co., Virginia d.~ 1857 in Johnson Co., Arkansas
- b.28 Sep 1888 in Arkansas d.Jan 1983 in Santa Ana, Orange Co., California
- b.08 Nov 1848 in Georgia d.10 Aug 1937 in Carbon, Eastland Co., Texas
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‌Ruth Amazon and David Collins were married in a religious ceremony before 1909.1 They had a son and five daughters, named David Collins, Jr., Thelma Allen, Wynette, Jolda, Maydelle and Lyda R..
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Children
David Collins, Jr. Allen
David Collins, Jr. was born about 1923 in California.1 He died about 1942 in World War II.1
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