This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BASHAM Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TgB.2ACE/2173 Message Board Post: I am looking for information about Alpha Minerva BASHAM. Obion County, TN Guardianship Bonds 1845-1846 states "November Term 1845-Wilfort (Wilford) FARRIS appointed guardian to Benjamin BASHAM & Alpha M. BASHAM, minor orphans & heirs of Samuel BASHAM, deceased." Alpha Minerva BASHAM is my paternal gg grandmother. She married William Joseph CARUTHERS in Obion County, TN in 1852. Shortly thereafter they migrated across the Mississippi River to Dunklin County, MO. Where can I find Samuel BASHAM? Where can I find Benjamin BASHAM? Who was the wife of Samuel BASHAM? Who was the mother of Benjamin and Alpha Minerva BASHAM? Lois Jean DeMay Barnes Brlois44@aol.com