John Albert Basford
1878 - 1981 (103 years)
Generation: 1
1. John Albert Basford was born on 30 Mar 1878 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 9 Apr 1981 in Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Census: 1920, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky
- Census: 1930, Pine Grove, Rowan County, Kentucky
- Census: 1940, Rowan County, Kentucky
Notes:
JOHN A. BASFORD
SALT LICK -- John A. Basford, 83, Bluestone, died at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Mary Chiles Hospital, Mt. Sterling, after a long illness. A native of Bath County, he was a member of the Christian Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Laura Willis Basford; a son, Harold Basford, Middleton, Ohio; a daughter, Mrs. Prudie Ward, Bluestone; three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Meeks, Middletown, Ohio; Mrs. Fanny Stone, Wanatak, Indiana, and Mrs. Mildred Johnson, Harvey, Illinois; a brother, Harry Basford, Harvey, Illinois; two half brothers, Otto Spence, Cedar Grove, West Virginia, and Herbert Spence, Newport; six grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Siloam Church of God by the Rev. Hershal Moore. Burial will be in the Siloam Cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons. The body was taken to the residence tonight from the Powell and Son Funeral Home.
Published in The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Kentucky) on Tuesday, April 11, 1961.
NOTE: Mr. Basford's birth record shows he was born in Rowan County, Kentucky instead of Bath County, Kentucky as his obituary suggests.
Name:
son of Henry Basford and Ellen Wills
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133735296/john-albert-basfordFamily/Spouse: Tennessee Kissick. Tennessee (daughter of Henry Kissick and Sarah Jane Pleak) was born on 19 Oct 1875 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 10 Apr 1944 in Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Harold Evins Basford was born on 4 Dec 1915 in Breathitt County, Kentucky; died on 27 Jun 1984; was buried in Woodside Cemetery, Middletown, Butler County, Ohio.