Marriage date: 31 July 1856
Marriage place: Wayne Co., Iowa

Wife: Martha J. KELSO
Birthdate: 9 Oct. 1836
Birthplace: Illinois
Death date: 13 Oct. 1907
Place of death: Cheyenne Laramie Co., Wyoming
Father: William F. KELSO
Mother: Matilda NELSON

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: William T.
Sex: M
Birthdate: July 1857
Birthplace: Howard twp., Wayne Co., Iowa
Death date: 24 Aug. 1914
Place of death: Godfry Elbert Co., Colorado
Marriage date: 3 July 1878
Marriage place: Woodford Co., Illinois
Spouse's name: Ada Sachrell HILLMAN

Child No. 2: Howard
Sex: M
Birthdate: April 1861
Birthplace: Howard twp. Wayne Co., Iowa
Death date: April 1907
Place of death: Cheyenne Laramie Co., Wyoming
Marriage date: 1890
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Mary Louisa MANDA

Child No. 3: Nancy M.
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1863
Birthplace: Illinois
Death date:
Place of death:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 4: Martha Myrtle
Sex: F
Birthdate: 2 Oct. 1871
Birthplace: Washington Tazwell Co., Illinois
Death date: 10 March 1939
Place of death: Cheyenne Laramie Co., Wyoming
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Jess YODER

Child No. 5: Basil E.
Sex:
Birthdate: 1874
Birthplace: Illinois
Death date:
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Marriage date: 1903
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Grace_________

Child No. 6: Sarah Cordie
Sex: F
Birthdate: 13 March 1878
Birthplace: Washington twp., Tazwell Co., Illinois
Death date: 5 Oct. 1946
Place of death: Sewall Wayne Co., Iowa
Marriage date: 19 March 1896
Marriage place: Sewall Wayne Co., Iowa
Spouse's name: Elmer JOHNSTON
 

Documentation:
Basil and his Wife are buried in the Shriver Cemetery Jackson twp., Wayne Co., Iowa
Census 1860 Howard twp., Wayne Co., Iowa page 510
1870 Census Olio twp., Woodford Co., Illinois page 394
Census 1880 Howard twp., Wayne Co., Iowa page 14-B
State Census 1885 Howard twp., Wayne Co., Iowa page 224
Death Certificate for Basil Thomas, Wayne Co., Iowa.
Land records, Wayne Co., Iowa 1875.
Assessor's Records 1892 Wayne Co., Iowa
"Obits" from Wayne Co., Democrat or Corydon Democrat.