From IL Genealogy Trails:
THOMAS BASHAW - The funeral services for the late Thomas Bashaw were held last Friday afternoon in the M. E. church, the Rev. G. T. Nesmith in charge. Two beautiful hymns, "No Night There" and "It Is Well With My Soul" were sung by Mrs. Robert Colehour, accompanied at the organ by Vernon Ackerman. Casket attendants were: Elmer V. Smith, William Freeman, Ward Weidman, Glen Bickelhaupt, Harvey Downing, and Preston Downing. Those caring for the flowers were: Mrs. Charles Bickelhaupt, Mrs. Ward Weidman, and Mrs. Elmer V. Smith. Internment was made in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends attending from a distance included the following: Charles Bashaw, Clay City; Mrs. L. C. Cunningham, Birmingham, Ala.; C. P. Smith, Oelwein, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Haynes, Mason City, Iowa; Mrs. Thorkel Sondrol, Clear Lake, Iowa; Kenneth Haynes, Garner, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Haynes and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Haynes, Sabula, Iowa; and J. Sumner Maloney, Chicago.
Thomas Bashaw, son of David and Catherine Stanislaus Bashaw, was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada April 20, 1847, and was past 90 years old. He was of French descent, of a strong, vigorous race, being the last of a family of ten children. He was a resident of Preston Prairie almost seventy years.
On October 23, 1872 he was united in marriage with Flora Haynes, in the house now occupied by the Ross Cummings family. (Note: This might have been Section 14, Mt. Carroll Township.) They started housekeeping on the farm which is now the home of Loomer Downing and family. (Note: This was the northwest part of Section 15, Mt. Carroll Township.) Later they moved to the farm occupied by William Freeman, on Preston Prairie. Later Mr. Bashaw purchased the farm north of Cedar Creek bridge, on the Savanna-Mt. Carroll road, where he built a comfortable home for his family. (Note: This property was in the center of Section 10, Mt. Carroll Township.) In 1912 he sold this farm and purchased the land and built the home where he resided the rest of his life.
Of his immediate family Mr. Bashaw leaves to mourn his death his daughter, Mrs. Myrtle B. Colehour; his foster son, Charles Bashaw; and Miss Susie Yeager, who has been in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bashaw for almost seventy years; and many near relatives. Mr. Bashaw was converted when a young man, and became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, to which he remained faithful until his death.
Contributed by Alice Horner - Death Date February 4, 1936.
Brother of Robert, David Romuald, Joseph, Leonard Paul, Henry, Frank, Mary Rosalie, Eugene Silus, Adelia Lucinda, Sibil Rebecca, Lydia E, Silas Bashaw.
THOMAS BASHAW - The funeral services for the late Thomas Bashaw were held last Friday afternoon in the M. E. church, the Rev. G. T. Nesmith in charge. Two beautiful hymns, "No Night There" and "It Is Well With My Soul" were sung by Mrs. Robert Colehour, accompanied at the organ by Vernon Ackerman. Casket attendants were: Elmer V. Smith, William Freeman, Ward Weidman, Glen Bickelhaupt, Harvey Downing, and Preston Downing. Those caring for the flowers were: Mrs. Charles Bickelhaupt, Mrs. Ward Weidman, and Mrs. Elmer V. Smith. Internment was made in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends attending from a distance included the following: Charles Bashaw, Clay City; Mrs. L. C. Cunningham, Birmingham, Ala.; C. P. Smith, Oelwein, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Haynes, Mason City, Iowa; Mrs. Thorkel Sondrol, Clear Lake, Iowa; Kenneth Haynes, Garner, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Haynes and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Haynes, Sabula, Iowa; and J. Sumner Maloney, Chicago.
Thomas Bashaw, son of David and Catherine Stanislaus Bashaw, was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada April 20, 1847, and was past 90 years old. He was of French descent, of a strong, vigorous race, being the last of a family of ten children. He was a resident of Preston Prairie almost seventy years.
On October 23, 1872 he was united in marriage with Flora Haynes, in the house now occupied by the Ross Cummings family. (Note: This might have been Section 14, Mt. Carroll Township.) They started housekeeping on the farm which is now the home of Loomer Downing and family. (Note: This was the northwest part of Section 15, Mt. Carroll Township.) Later they moved to the farm occupied by William Freeman, on Preston Prairie. Later Mr. Bashaw purchased the farm north of Cedar Creek bridge, on the Savanna-Mt. Carroll road, where he built a comfortable home for his family. (Note: This property was in the center of Section 10, Mt. Carroll Township.) In 1912 he sold this farm and purchased the land and built the home where he resided the rest of his life.
Of his immediate family Mr. Bashaw leaves to mourn his death his daughter, Mrs. Myrtle B. Colehour; his foster son, Charles Bashaw; and Miss Susie Yeager, who has been in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bashaw for almost seventy years; and many near relatives. Mr. Bashaw was converted when a young man, and became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, to which he remained faithful until his death.
Contributed by Alice Horner - Death Date February 4, 1936.
Brother of Robert, David Romuald, Joseph, Leonard Paul, Henry, Frank, Mary Rosalie, Eugene Silus, Adelia Lucinda, Sibil Rebecca, Lydia E, Silas Bashaw.
From IL Genealogy Trails:
THOMAS BASHAW - The funeral services for the late Thomas Bashaw were held last Friday afternoon in the M. E. church, the Rev. G. T. Nesmith in charge. Two beautiful hymns, "No Night There" and "It Is Well With My Soul" were sung by Mrs. Robert Colehour, accompanied at the organ by Vernon Ackerman. Casket attendants were: Elmer V. Smith, William Freeman, Ward Weidman, Glen Bickelhaupt, Harvey Downing, and Preston Downing. Those caring for the flowers were: Mrs. Charles Bickelhaupt, Mrs. Ward Weidman, and Mrs. Elmer V. Smith. Internment was made in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends attending from a distance included the following: Charles Bashaw, Clay City; Mrs. L. C. Cunningham, Birmingham, Ala.; C. P. Smith, Oelwein, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Haynes, Mason City, Iowa; Mrs. Thorkel Sondrol, Clear Lake, Iowa; Kenneth Haynes, Garner, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Haynes and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Haynes, Sabula, Iowa; and J. Sumner Maloney, Chicago.
Thomas Bashaw, son of David and Catherine Stanislaus Bashaw, was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada April 20, 1847, and was past 90 years old. He was of French descent, of a strong, vigorous race, being the last of a family of ten children. He was a resident of Preston Prairie almost seventy years.
On October 23, 1872 he was united in marriage with Flora Haynes, in the house now occupied by the Ross Cummings family. (Note: This might have been Section 14, Mt. Carroll Township.) They started housekeeping on the farm which is now the home of Loomer Downing and family. (Note: This was the northwest part of Section 15, Mt. Carroll Township.) Later they moved to the farm occupied by William Freeman, on Preston Prairie. Later Mr. Bashaw purchased the farm north of Cedar Creek bridge, on the Savanna-Mt. Carroll road, where he built a comfortable home for his family. (Note: This property was in the center of Section 10, Mt. Carroll Township.) In 1912 he sold this farm and purchased the land and built the home where he resided the rest of his life.
Of his immediate family Mr. Bashaw leaves to mourn his death his daughter, Mrs. Myrtle B. Colehour; his foster son, Charles Bashaw; and Miss Susie Yeager, who has been in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bashaw for almost seventy years; and many near relatives. Mr. Bashaw was converted when a young man, and became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, to which he remained faithful until his death.
Contributed by Alice Horner - Death Date February 4, 1936.
Brother of Robert, David Romuald, Joseph, Leonard Paul, Henry, Frank, Mary Rosalie, Eugene Silus, Adelia Lucinda, Sibil Rebecca, Lydia E, Silas Bashaw.
THOMAS BASHAW - The funeral services for the late Thomas Bashaw were held last Friday afternoon in the M. E. church, the Rev. G. T. Nesmith in charge. Two beautiful hymns, "No Night There" and "It Is Well With My Soul" were sung by Mrs. Robert Colehour, accompanied at the organ by Vernon Ackerman. Casket attendants were: Elmer V. Smith, William Freeman, Ward Weidman, Glen Bickelhaupt, Harvey Downing, and Preston Downing. Those caring for the flowers were: Mrs. Charles Bickelhaupt, Mrs. Ward Weidman, and Mrs. Elmer V. Smith. Internment was made in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends attending from a distance included the following: Charles Bashaw, Clay City; Mrs. L. C. Cunningham, Birmingham, Ala.; C. P. Smith, Oelwein, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Haynes, Mason City, Iowa; Mrs. Thorkel Sondrol, Clear Lake, Iowa; Kenneth Haynes, Garner, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Haynes and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Haynes, Sabula, Iowa; and J. Sumner Maloney, Chicago.
Thomas Bashaw, son of David and Catherine Stanislaus Bashaw, was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada April 20, 1847, and was past 90 years old. He was of French descent, of a strong, vigorous race, being the last of a family of ten children. He was a resident of Preston Prairie almost seventy years.
On October 23, 1872 he was united in marriage with Flora Haynes, in the house now occupied by the Ross Cummings family. (Note: This might have been Section 14, Mt. Carroll Township.) They started housekeeping on the farm which is now the home of Loomer Downing and family. (Note: This was the northwest part of Section 15, Mt. Carroll Township.) Later they moved to the farm occupied by William Freeman, on Preston Prairie. Later Mr. Bashaw purchased the farm north of Cedar Creek bridge, on the Savanna-Mt. Carroll road, where he built a comfortable home for his family. (Note: This property was in the center of Section 10, Mt. Carroll Township.) In 1912 he sold this farm and purchased the land and built the home where he resided the rest of his life.
Of his immediate family Mr. Bashaw leaves to mourn his death his daughter, Mrs. Myrtle B. Colehour; his foster son, Charles Bashaw; and Miss Susie Yeager, who has been in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bashaw for almost seventy years; and many near relatives. Mr. Bashaw was converted when a young man, and became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, to which he remained faithful until his death.
Contributed by Alice Horner - Death Date February 4, 1936.
Brother of Robert, David Romuald, Joseph, Leonard Paul, Henry, Frank, Mary Rosalie, Eugene Silus, Adelia Lucinda, Sibil Rebecca, Lydia E, Silas Bashaw.
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