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J. M. Bassford

Republican

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-06-1894 Republican AD-19 0 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/123980270/joseph-mcdonald-bassford
 

Candidate Biography:

Joseph McDonald Bassford
Born: June 25, 1852 in Benicia, CA
Married: Ida C. Barker (m. 1876, d. 1906)
Children: Lillian C., Joseph E., and Burleigh B.
Died: May 28, 1910 in Vacaville, CA

 

  • Slightly Confusing: His father, who also went by "Joseph McDonald Bassford" is buried at the same cemetery, but apparently the two used neither a I, II, Sr. or Jr. suffix.
  • Died at a meeting of the Vacaville Odd Fellows.