John Thurman Bausell (1862 - 1914)

Born 15 Feb 1862 in Browning, Linn County, Missouri, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Elizabeth (Lawrence) Colyer — married about 1885 (to 24 Dec 1887) in Sullivan County, Missouri, USA

Descendants

Died 9 May 1914 at age 52 in Polk Township, Sullivan County, Missouri, USA

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Biography

John Thurman Bausell was born on February 15, 1862 in Browning, Linn County, Missouri. He was the son of John Bausell and Nancy Fuller.

Following the death of his parents (father in 1861, mother's death after February, 1862), John Thurman Bausell lived with his sister's (Rebecca Jane "Becky" Bausell) husband's James Knox Polk Knifong sister, Missouri Ann Knifong and her husband Thomas Adams Williams.

In June, 1870, John Thurman Bausell was living with Missouri Ann Knifong & Thomas Adams Williams, who were his sister's (Rebecca Jane "Becky" Bausell) husband's James Knox Polk Knifong sister and her husband. Enumerated in the household were:

• Thomas Adams Williams (43)
• Missouri Ann Knifong (28)
• Elizabeth Williams (3)
• Mary Jane Williams (2)
• Infant Williams (3 months)
• John Thurman Bausell (9) (son of John Calvin Bausell &Nancy Susan Fuller, both deceased)

In June, 1880, John Thurman Bausell, when he was 18 years old, was working on the farm of his brother George Flem Bausell and his wife Martha Jane Knifong in Pleasant Hill Township in Sullivan County, Missouri.

John Thurman Bausell married Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" Lawrence in about 1885. There is no record of a marriage, except a mention in her obituary (see below). Their only child, John Thurman Bausell, Jr., was born on July 22, 1886 in Cora, Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan County, Missouri. In December, 1887, she married John F. Colyer. The son, John Thurman Bausell, Jr.'s death certificate lists his parents as John Thurman Bausell and Margaret Elizabeth Lawrence, as does his Social Security application.

In June, 1900, John Thurman Bausell, 38 years old, was living with his sister Mary Adaline Bausell and her husband John William Shaw in Pleasant Hill Township in Sullivan County, Missouri.

In May, 1910, John Thurman Bausell was farming on a rented farm in Polk Township in Sullivan County, Missouri. He was 48 years old.

John Thurman Bausell died on May 9, 1914 in Polk Township in Sullivan County, Missouri. He was 52 years old. The cause of death was suicide by poison - he ingested carbolic acid. He was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery in Pleasant Hill Township in Sullivan County, Missouri.

Sources

• Birth
  • Find-A-Grave Memorial # 23333223 (see link below)
  • Missouri Standard Death Certificate (see link below)
• Residence
  • 1870 United States Federal Census (Morris, Sullivan County, MO)
  • 1880 United States Federal Census (Pleasant Hill, Sullivan County, MO)
  • 1900 United States Federal Census (Pleasant Hill, Sullivan County, MO)
  • 1910 United States Federal Census (Clay, Sullivan County, MO)
• Death & Burial
  • https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1914/1914_00018306.PDF
  • https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23333223