Date Original
1897-1951
Description
This collection contains correspondence, newsclippings, poems, name cards, certificates, diplomas, yearbooks, and other materials about the families of Rees Pritchard Horrocks and Dilla Basham Horrocks.
Biographical/Historical Note
Dilla Basham was born about 1872, to James and Lemira Shelton Basham of Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas. Rees Pritchard Horrocks was born December 1, 1859. He and Dilla Basham were married on November 20, 1901. Rees was a Freemason and a Shriner. Dilla died on November 30, 1954, but it is not known when Rees died. George Leftridge Basham, a relative of Dilla's, was born to Oliver and Martha B. Patrick Basham on March 24, 1848, near Clarksville, Arkansas. He fought in the Civil War, was a lawyer, and served as the commander of Omer R. Weaver Camp, United Confederate Veterans, in 1913. He married Julia Parma Beall on October 1, 1879. They had three children; Pearl Reed and Martha Parma, who both died in childhood, and Newberry Leftridge. Judge Basham died November 19, 1914, preceded by his wife, who died on January 10, 1911.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000040
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Basham-Horrocks papers, MS.000040
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Basham-Horrocks papers, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
