Addison - BASCOM, Elisha

Vermont Historical Magazine, No XI, October 1867, pp 101-102

Elisha BASCOM was born in 1776 in Newport [Sullivan County], New Hampshire. 
He came with his father, Elias BASCOM, to Orwell [Addison County, Vermont], 
and from thence to Shoreham [Addison County], in 1802, and settled on the 
farm now owned by his son, Ira BASCOM.* In person, Judge BASCOM was of a 
large but not corpulent frame, erect and tall. His countenance, a true index 
to his mind, wore an expression of benignity, self-possession, and sound 
judgment. These reliable qualities won him favor with his fellow citizens. 
He was representative of the town nine times; judge of the county court two 
years, and frequently administrator to the estate of the deceased.

The Judge [Elisha BASCOM] was first married to Charlotte HOWLEY, 30 December 
1802, and second, to Laura BUSH, 28 October 1806. He was a member and 
supporter of the Unitarian society. A man with limited means, still liberal, 
who was not known to have an enemy, and died in this town [Shoreham, Addison 
County, Vermont], 01 August 1850, aged seventy-four.

[* In the History of Orwell is a Dr. Ira BASCOM, born in Orwell, who 
practiced in Granville [Washington County], New York; located in Orwell in 
1819; and died in 1820. Is this Ira the same Ira BASCOM mentioned in the 
biography? Bracketed material added by submitter, who is not researching 
these surnames, to support or clarify the information given in the biography, 
and to raise questions.]

Submitted by Cathy Kubly