Cause of Death:<CAUS> Flu [basham.ged] 1900 Census Johnson County Texas E D 64 Sheet 18 1910 Census Johnson County Texas E D 57 Family 168 Death Certificate In Virgil Basham File Marriage Certificate In Virgil Basham File Texas Death Certificate No 29988 Sarah Ellen (Kirkland) Basham died at her home about three miles north ea st of Grandview, Texas on October 23, 1919. She was the mother of six y ou ng children. A strain of flu had swept the country during this ti me in his tory. Sarah had nursed her own family through this sickness t he previous y ear before she became ill herself on Sunday October 19, 191 9. Her flu sick ness probably developed into pneumonia and a doctor was ca lled on Thursd ay October 23rd. It was very muddy and Dr. Calvert Croop ar rived on horseb ack about 2 PM. He recognized the seriousness of her sickn ess, gave h er a shot of some type, and then left. Sarah became gravely i ll later th at day and passed away about 5 PM on Thursday. She was buri ed by her griev ing family in the Old Grandview Cemetery on the followi ng day. Told by dau ghter Vera Nell (Basham) Shropshire to Malcolm Bash am on May 22, 1996