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Margaret Basham 1798 – 1850 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1798

Birth Location: Kentucky, USA (1880 Census)

Death Date: July 1850

Death Location: Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA

Father: Obediah Basham

Mother: Celia Dowell

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Elizabeth Milam

Margaret Basham was born in 1798 in Kentucky, USA (1880 Census), the child of Obediah Basham and Celia Dowell. Margaret Basham had children including Elizabeth Milam. Margaret Basham passed away in 1850 in Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • Margaret Basham was born in 1798 in Kentucky, USA (1880 Census), the child of Obediah Basham and Celia Dowell.
  • Margaret Basham had children including Elizabeth Milam.
  • Margaret Basham passed away in 1850 in Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Obediah Basham
1760 – 1840
Birth Location: Cumberland County, Virginia, USA
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Celia Dowell
1763 – 1840
Birth Location: Bedford Country, Virginia
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Elizabeth Milam
1830 – 1870
Birth Location: Kentucky
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Margaret Basham's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Basham
1798 – 1850
Birth Place: Kentucky, USA (1880 Census)
Parents
Obediah Basham
1760 – 1840
Cumberland County, Virginia, USA
Celia Dowell
1763 – 1840
Bedford Country, Virginia
Grandparents
George Dowell
1730 – 1772
Prince William, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Dowell
1700 – 1769
Sarah
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Dowell
1683 – 1756
Sarah

Margaret Basham's Descendants

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Margaret Basham (1798 – July 1850)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Milam (11 Sept 1830 – 1870) m. Godfrey (Godfried Smith) Schmidt (8 Dec 1830 – 1860)
    1. 1. Margaret (Leuretta (Maggie)) Smith (10 Dec 1849 – 5 Dec 1925) m. John (Hudson) COWLES (25 Aug 1825 – 23 Feb 1904)
      1. 1. Hiram (Dexter) Cowles (Jul 13 1875 – 23 Jul 1973) m. Nancy (Elizabeth) Liles (8 Sept 1881 – 1 Dec 1930)
        1. 1. Lola (Estella) Cowles (5/2/1895 – 10/5/1980)
        2. 2. Ella (May) Cowles (3/10/1898 – 4/6/1920)
        3. 3. John (Hudson) Cowles (02/06/1900 – 10/23/1960)
        4. 4. Florence (Ethel) Cowles (03/09/1904 – 01/04/1979)
        5. 5. Maggie (Elizabeth) Cowles (01/19/1906 – 01/06/1913)
        6. 6. Ida (Bell Marie) Cowles (08/27/1908 – 01/24/1958)
        7. 7. Joseph (Carroll) Cowles (12/26/1910 – 02/11/1979)
        8. 8. Harry (Eddy) Cowles (01/01/1913 – 07/05/1980)
        9. 9. Verly (Edna) Cowles (06/20/1915 – 03/30/1919)
        10. 10. Effie (Louretta) Cowles (17 August 1917 – 13 May 2011) m. Lester (Ray) Stevens (07/28/1915 – 06/16/1998)
      2. 2. Bertha Cowels (Jan 1878 – )
      3. 3. Harry (E) Cowels (Feb 1881 – )
      4. 4. Lizzie Cowels (Aug 1883 – )
      5. 5. Carrie Cowels (Feb 1886 – )
    2. 2. Nancy (C) Smith (abt 1852 – ) m. S (W) Palmer (1834 – )
    3. 3. Sarah (A (Sallie)) Smith (abt 1858 – )
    4. 4. Paradine Smith (abt 1859 – )

Margaret Basham's Timeline

2 Records

1798
1798
Birth of Margaret Basham in Kentucky, USA (1880 Census)
Kentucky, USA (1880 Census)
1850
July 1850
Age 52
Death of Margaret Basham in Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA
Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1798
    Event Place: Kentucky, USA (1880 Census)

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: July 1850
    Event Place: Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA
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