From: KyArchives Sent: Friday, April 6, 2018 10:27 PM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Basham.Sarah.Ellen.Higgs.1929.Breckinridge-Hancock.OBIT Sarah Ellen HIGGS BASHAM January 5, 1929 Breckinridge-Hancock County KyArchives Obituaries Breckinridge News, Cloverport, Ky., Wednesday, January 9, 1929 Page 4, DEATH NOTICE The funeral of Mrs. Jerry BASHAM was held at the home at Dukes (Hancock County), Ky at 10:00 a.m. on Monday (January 7, 1929). Mrs. BASHAM was 57 years of age, and died of influenza and pneumonia. She is the mother of 12 living children. Burial took place in Dukes Cemetery. Submitted by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com Additional Comments: Ancestry.com's databases: Kentucky, Deaths Index, 1911 -- 1964 Death Certificate #31684 Hancock County, Ky Mrs. Sarah Ellen BASHAM, female, white, married, housewife born: June 18, 1862 Daviess County, Ky died: January 5, 1929 Hancock County, Ky died at age: 67 years, 6 months, 18 days old Name of spouse: Jerry H. BASHAM Father: Alfred HIGGS born: West Virginia Mother: Sarah CALLAWAY born: Tennessee Cause of Death: Influenza and pneumonia= 10 days Dr. B. N. PARRISH, of Cloverport, Ky (Breckinridge County) Informant: Fineous BASHAM of Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County) Buried on January 7, 1929 in Hancock County, Ky. Undertaker: M. HAMMAN & Son, Cloverport, Ky Ancestry.com Find-A-Grave JOHNSON Cemetery, Hancock County, Ky (Rural Route 1, Hawesville) Both have a tombstone: BASHAM, Jeremiah Henderson "Jerry" 28 Jun 1857 -- 03 Dec 1942 Sarah Ellen HIGGS 18 June 1862 -- 05 Jan 1929 wife of Jerry Jeremiah is the son of: Cary Jackson BASHAM I found a first marriage for Jerry: Jeremiah Henderson BASHAM, male, born in Ky about 1857, age 18 married on November 10, 1874 in Breckinridge County, Ky to Lucretia E. SMILEY, female, born in Ky about 1854. Ancestry.com, Family Data Collections: Married December 6, 1877 in Daviess County, Ky Sarah Ellen HIGGS and Jeremiah Henderson BASHAM I found him in 1880 census of Daviess County, Ky., Murray Precinct #6 Page 13, Supervisor's District #1, Enumerator's District #174 Enumerated on June 11, 1880 by Allen Jackson BASHAM, Jerry H. age 23 head mrd male white farmer Ky Ky Ky Sarah E. 17 wife mrd female white keeping house Ky Ky Ky Mary J. 09 dau female white Ky Ky Ky Birtha 10 months dau female white Ky Ky Ky I believe Jerry's daughter named Mary is the daughter of his first wife, Lucretia SMILEY. 1900 Hancock County, Ky., Magisterial District #3, Patesville S.D.#2, E.D.#44, Sheet #4A, lines on page 1- 11 Enum. on 07 June 1900 by William W. DUNN, Dwelling #62, Family #62 BASHAM, Jerry H. head white m Jan 1857 age 43 Mrd 22 yrs farmer Ky Ky Ky Sarah E. wife " f Jun 1862 37 Mrd 22 yrs Ky Ky Tenn Harvey son " m Oct 1882 17 single Ky Ky Ky Hilous son " m Nov 1884 15 single school Ky Ky Ky Pearl dau " f Nov 1886 13 single school Ky Ky Ky Benjamin son " m Sep 1887 12 single school Ky Ky Ky Carrie dau " f Jan 1890 10 single school Ky Ky Ky Gene son " m Dec 1891 08 single school Ky Ky Ky Ulyss son " m Apr 1893 07 single school Ky Ky Ky Otis son " m May 1895 05 single Ky Ky Ky Ruthford son " m Jan 1898 02 single Ky Ky Ky Mother Sarah stated she had 13 children with 11 living in 1900. The boys, age 17, 15, and 12 were listed as farm laborers. Jerry and Sarah own their farm #56, free of mortgage. I found another daughter that was born after 1900: Death Certificate #03258 Vanderburgh County, Indiana A resident of 1729 Glendale Ave., Evansville, Ind. Anna L. WILSON, female, white, widowed born: June 28, 1901 Ky died: January 25, 1965 at Deaconess Hospital, Evansville, Indiana died at age 63 years, 6 months, 27 days old Father: Jerry BASHAM Mother: Sarah HIGGS Informant: William WILSON (son), of Wadesville, Indiana Cause of Death: Metastatic Carcinoma of Colon= 6 months Dr. Thomas E. Vonderhaas, Evansville, Ind. Buried on January 28, 1965 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind. Alexander West Funeral Home Chapel, Evansville, Ind. I don't know why, but I didn't check for this family in the 1910 census. There could be more children born after 1900. Peggy Russell This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/