Jacob Bashore

  General Notes:

These are possible parents of Elizabeth and Sarah Bashore and are buried in Florid, Cemetery, Putnam Co., Illinois:
Jacob Basehore Died March 12, 1878 Aged 75 years Come to Rest
Catherine, wife of Jacob Basehore Died Jan. 16, 1862 Age 64 years


The 1850 Federal Census for Florid, Putnum Co., Illinois, page 339A, dated October 38, 1850 records Jacob Basehore (45 - PA) and his wife Catherine Basehore (46 - PA) with children Daniel (17 - PA), Mary Ann (13 - PA), and Jacob (8 - PA). Jacob is a Farmer.

By 1860 Catherine has died: The 1860 Federal Census for Hennepin Township, Putnum Co., Illinois, Florid P. O., page 468, dated June 13, 1860 records Jacob Bashore (55 - PA) with children Mary Ann (23 - PA) and Jacob (16 - PA). Jacob is a Stone Mason.

The website and researcher below indicate this Bashore family of Putnam Co., IL is the family of Elizabeth Bashore who married Paul Cramer
From http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PALEBANO/1999-11/0943208034
I don't know if this is your Jacob. This family came from Lebanon Co. PA
and settled in Florid, IL. Almost everyone who settled there in the early
years were from either East Hanover or Annville, PA. If you are interested
in the complete tree that I have, let me know.
Nancy Piper

The 1870 Federal Census for Hennepin Township, Putnum Co., Illinois, Hennepin P. O., page 151B, dated June 13, 1870 records Mary Henderson (33 - PA) with her son Joseph F. Henderson (2 - IL) living next door to her father, Jacob Bashore (63 - PA), and his 2nd wife, Elizabeth Bashore (45 - PA).

Jacob married Catherine. (Catherine was born circa 1804 in Pennsylvania and died circa 1855 in Florid, Putnam Co., Illinois.)

Jacob next married Elizabeth Beck. (Elizabeth Beck was born on 11 Oct 1821 in Lebanon Co., PA and died on 31 May 1909 in Florid, Putnam Co., Illinois.)