Cassandra Hardin

Brief Life History of Cassandra

When Cassandra Hardin was born on 30 November 1813, in Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States, her father, Daniel Hardin, was 49 and her mother, Alice Jolly, was 46. She married Henry Dowell Basham on 26 December 1829, in Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in District 1, Spencer, Kentucky, United States in 1860 and Union Star, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States in 1880. She died on 22 January 1894, in Kentucky, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Lodiburg, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Dowell Basham
1800–1878
Cassandra Hardin
1813–1894
Marriage: 26 December 1829
Thomas Washington Basham
1830–1854
Francis Logan Basham
1833–1858
Daniel Hardin Basham
1835–1924
James Allen Basham
1837–1922
Henry Nelson Basham
1839–1919
Obediah Peyton Basham
1841–1892
Joel Hardin Basham
1843–1846
Alice Jolly Basham
1846–1890
Celia Dowell Basham
1848–1924
Martha Ann Basham
1850–1933
Madison Basham
1852–1852
Mary Basham
1853–0001
Ellen Louisa Basham
1854–

Sources (9)

  • Cassandria Bassham in household of Henry D Bassham, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Cassandra Hardin Basham, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Cassie Hordin in entry for Dr. Henry Nelson Bosham, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"

World Events (8)

1818 · Jackson Purchase

The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Harding .

Altered form of French Hardouin .

French: from a pet form of any of several ancient Germanic personal names composed of the element hard ‘hard, strong’. This surname is rare in France.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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