War Veteran.

Source of burial: Tacoma Genealogical Society, Veteran Graves in Pierce County.

He was wounded at Antietam.

 

Obituary:

Mr. Bashford

At 6 o'clock last evening, F.W. Bashford died at 1530 E Street of consumption, aged 51 years. He had lived here 10 years and was formerly a member of the law firm of Danforth & Bashford. He was a member of Custer Post G.A.R.

The funeral will be held Tuesday at 10 o'clock. Mr. Bashford's widow and two sons survive him, one of the later being Herbert, the literary writer.

 

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Obituary 2:

An Ex-Mayor Buried

F.W. Bashford's Funeral Held Under Masonic Auspices

 

Yesterday afternoon there was laid to rest one of Tacoma's well-known attorneys and prominent citizens, Franklin W. Bashford. He had been a great sufferer for a number of years of a complication of diseases contracted during his long service in the great war, having been directly engaged in 36 of the hardest fought battles.

During his early residence in Tacoma, which dates from 1880, Mr. Bashford was quite prominent in numerous affairs, having been for several years Councilman from the Third ward and acting mayor during the protracted absence of ex-Mayor Jacob Mann.

Mr. Bashford was truly a self-made man, having been left with three brothers and a sister, orphans at a very tender age. Two of the brothers became lawyers, one an editor, and one, James W. Bashford, president of Wesleyan University at Delaware, O.

Mr. Bashford was a prominent member of the G.A.R. and a member of the Masonic fraternity, under whose auspices the funeral was conducted. He was a devout Christian, and in his firm, unshaken faith and peaceful resignation was very comforting to all who came in contact with him.

 

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He married Alice Beals 27 Jul 1870 in Clear Lake, Cerro Gorda, Iowa.

Alice was b. Wisconsin.

She may have died 6 Aug 1916, Tacoma.

Lived at 1534 S. E Street, Tacoma.

 

His first name is either Frank, Franklin or Francis.

He was born abt 1839-1840 in Wisconsin.

Member of the G.A.R.

He may have been a lawyer after the war and possibly an ex-mayor.

 

Children:

Herbert F. Bashford, 1872-1946, location unknown. Literary writer, wrote romantic poem "Rosaline." Married to Kinney Cole, b. abt 1872.

 

James Osgood Bashford, 1877-1949, died 3 Jul 1949, age 71, Fircrest, Pierce, Washington. Married to Lila. He was a veteran marine newsman; freelance writer and photographer. Obituary in Seattle Times 4 Jul 1949.

 

Parents:

Samuel Morris Bashford and Susannah Soperina Kirkpatrick.

 

Siblings:

Frank Bashford, b. 29 Nov 1839 Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin; died 10 Mar 1892 Tacoma.

Alice Beals, 1851-1916

Herbert Bashford, 1872-1946

James Bashford, 1877-1949.

 

Born in Grant County, Wisconsin. A resident of Clifton, Grant County, Wisconsin when he enlisted in the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry, and mustered in as a Private in Company F on 22 Apr 1861. Promoted to Corporal (date unknown). Wounded in action at Antietam, Maryland on 17 Sep 1862. Discharged for disability on 19 Jan 1863. A resident of Platteville, Grant County, Wisconsin when he enlisted in the 33rd Wisconsin as a veteran recruit, and was mustered in as 1st Sergeant of Company I. Commissioned as 1st Lieutenant of Company I on 29 Apr 1865. A member of Custer Post No. 6 of Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. Died in Tacoma, Washington.

Source: https://suvcwdb.org/index.php?r=site/showgrave&graveid=887143

 

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Many thanks to fellow findagraver for her research above.