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Coleman Basye, dealer in general merchandise, was born in Shelby County, Ky., April 4, 1845. His father, Elijah Basye, was a native of Virginia, a farmer by occupation, and his mother, whose maiden name was Susan Brown, was born in Nelson County, Ky. They were the parents of two children, Coleman being the younger. Our subject was reared on a farm, and followed this occupation, together with trading, until his removal to Newton County, Mo., in 1885, when he engaged in his present business. Although he is one of the more recent acquisitions to the business interests of the city, he has made many friends, has proven himself worthy of the confidence and respect shown him, and is doing a satisfactory business. He was married October 2, 1874, to Miss Lizzie Fields who was born in Shelby County, Ky., and they have four children: Robert, Harry, Nannie and Maxey Manning. Mr. Basye is a member of the Masonic order. He was a member of the Confederate Army at the age of seventeen, and by the compliment of Gen. Breckenridge was a member of the Guard of the Archives of the Confederacy at its fall; a member of the Orphan Brigade of Kentuckians that lost 1,800 of its men in forty-five minutes at Stone River; was in the engagements at Chicamauga, Atlanta and Jonesboro, receiving an enfilade charge, and was captured in the trenches, but exchanged on the battle-field for an equal number of the opposite side. As a successful survivor of the war, he is also a survivor of all bitter feelings engendered by its rage, and is a great respecter of those who were faithfully opposed to him. Susan Brown, was born in Nelson County, Ky. They were the parents of two children, Coleman being the younger. Our subject was reared on a farm, and followed this occupation, together with trading, until his removal to Newton County, Mo., in 1885, when he engaged in his present business. Although he is one of the more recent acquisitions to the business interests of the city, he has made many friends, has proven himself worthy of the confidence and respect shown him, and is doing a satisfactory business. He was married October 2, 1874, to Miss Lizzie Fields who was born in Shelby County, Ky., and they have four children: Robert, Harry, Nannie and Maxey Manning. Mr. Basye is a member of the Masonic order. He was a member of the Confederate Army at the age of seventeen, and by the compliment of Gen. Breckenridge was a member of the Guard of the Archives of the Confederacy at its fall; a member of the Orphan Brigade of Kentuckians that lost 1,800 of its men in forty-five minutes at Stone River; was in the engagements at Chicamauga, Atlanta and Jonesboro, receiving an enfilade charge, and was captured in the trenches, but exchanged on the battle-field for an equal number of the opposite side. As a successful survivor of the war, he is also a survivor of all bitter feelings engendered by its rage, and is a great respecter of those who were faithfully opposed to him.