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- Daily Missoulian, Montana, Monday, January 6, 1913
Sudden Is The Call For D.C. Bass
Pioneer Of Stevensville Is Stricken Without Warning At His Home
Stevensville, Jan. 5 ? (Special) ? Dudley C. Bass, pioneer resident of the Bitter Root valley and known throughout its breadth and length, died today at his home in Stevensville as a result of a stroke of apoplexy. Mr. Bass went out of the house about 10 o?clock this morning. He was missed by members of the household but they thought nothing of his absence until he failed to return by 1 p.m. Then a search was made and his body was found lying in the yard at one side of the house, conditions pointing to his having died shortly after he left the house in the morning. The death was a great shock to this community where Mr. Bass has lived for the past 40 years. Until a few years ago, when he retired from active life and moved here to live from the famous Pine Grove ranch, he had been a very active man in business and had taken part in public affairs to a considerable extent.
Besides his wife and his son, Lee Bass, the dead man leaves a sister, Mrs. Frank C. Ives of Missoula, and a brother, William E. Bass of this place to mourn his loss. The funeral will be held Tuesday morning at 11 o?clock, services to be at the family residence. Interment will be in the Maplewood cemetery.
Montana Pioneer
Dudley C. Bass was a Montana pioneer of 1864. His father, William B. Bass, was of a family among the early settlers in New York and Vermont. Dudley Bass was born at Clarendon Springs, Vermont, August 10, 1842, and removed with his father to the west when he was 13 years of age, having spent his early life in Chicago and Jefferson City, Missouri. After attaining his majority he became interested with his brother, William E. Bass, in the hotel business, first at Sedalia and later at Clinton, Missouri. In 1864 these two crossed the plains with mule teams to Alder gulch, this state, and mined for a time before coming to the Bitter Root valley to engage in agricultural pursuits. They located a few miles fro Stevensville and for years their place, the Pine Grove ranch, was one of the best known ranches in the valley. It was sold some years ago and since that time Mr. Bass has lived a life of retirement in a beautiful home in Stevensville. The Bass brothers were among the first to attempt fruitgrowing in the Bitter Root and their orchards grew to be one of the most extensive in the valley. During his earlier residence here Mr. Bass was interested with his brother in several railroad contracts. They built 25 miles of the Northern Pacific road east of Missoula and also furnished the ties for the Bitter Root branch of the same road.
Anaconda Standard, Montana, Monday, January 6, 1913
Old Resident Of Bietter Root, D.C. Bass, Is Dead
Stevensville, Jan. 5. ? Dudley C. Bass, a pioneer of Montana, and who had resided for 40 years in the Bitter Root valley, living most of the time in Stevensville, died suddenly here today of apoplexy.
Mr. Bass, with his brother, William E. Bass, built 25 miles of the Northern Pacific east of Missoula, and later finished the ties for the Bitter Root branch of thet same road. The Pine Grove ranch, which the same to brothers developed, was one of the finest in the whole valley. Dudley Bass retir3ed from active life eight years ago. He leaves a wife, son and brother here and a sister, Mrs. F.C. ives, in Missoula. The funeral will be Tuesday morning.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1842 - 1913 (70 years)