Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Henry Co.

JOHN T. BASHAW was born in 1850 in Henry County, Ky., and is the youngest
child of J. W. and Catherine (Thomas) Bashaw.  His father was born near
Bardstown, Nelson Co., Ky., in 1806, and moved with his father, Eph.
Bashaw, to Henry County, when a boy.  J. W. Bashaw was educated at St.
Joseph's College and Transylvania University, and began the practice of law
at New Castle, and from the start took place among the best lawyers in his
section of Kentucky.  He was very popular and a speaker of rare powers.  He
held a number of county offices, and represented Henry County in the
Legislature one term, defeating Presley Pepper by a large majority.  Pepper
was at that time the wealthiest, and one of the most popular men in the
county.  John T.'s mother, Mrs. Catherine J. Bashaw, was a daughter of
Rowland Thomas, who, like the Bashaws, came from Virginia in an early day.
Rowland Thomas was the first clerk of Henry County, and held that office
continuously for thirty-five or forty years, and was succeeded by his son,
Edward P., who held the same office for forty years.  The Thomases are
nearly related to the Taylors, Pendletons and Johnstons, of Virginia. John
T. Bashaw, our history subject, was educated in the New Castle schools,
and at the age of twenty-four years began the study of law with Hon. Jacob
Yeager, at Bedford, Ky., and two years later began the practice of law at
Bedford, and, litigation being dull, he accepted a school and taught two
years in connection with a further prosecution of legal studies and
practice. In 1878 he began active practice at Bedford, and rapidly rose to
the top of his profession at that place.  He moved to New Castle in 1886,
and at the time of his removal enjoyed a practice in Trimble County second
to none.  Mr. Bashaw was county attorney of Trimble County four years, and
superintendent of county schools two years; editor of the Trimble News,
the county paper, in its palmiest days, the editorials of which attracted
favorable attention the State over.  Mr. Bashaw married Miss Mary
Callaway, of Madison, Ind., in 1878.  Her father, B. F. Callaway, is one of
the sound business men of the city of Madison, and is nearly related to
the sturdy race of Callaways in Kentucky.  Mr. Bashaw is now engaged in
the practice of his profession at New Castle, where he is regarded as one
of the best lawyers at that strong bar.  His biographer predicts for him
a distinguished future.

Bashaw Thomas Pepper Yeager Callaway Taylor Pendleton Johnston
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Bardstown-Nelson-KY Bedford-Trimble-KY Madison-Jefferson-IN VA

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