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The town is named for the famous circuit riding preacher Henry Bidleman Bascom, who became a Congressional chaplain and served as president of Madison College and of Transylvania College before being ordained a Methodist bishop.
In 1837 Thomson became the Principal of the Norwalk Seminary, where his success was so great that in 1843 he was offered the Chancellorship of the University of Michigan and the Presidency of Transylvania College.