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John Henderson Bass

Male 1865 - 1943  (78 years)

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  • Name John Henderson Bass 
    Birth 29 Nov 1865  Giles County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 18B36B51F646394F8A00AC1A6BD6116D5A16 
    Death 31 Dec 1943  Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The Pulaski Citizen, Tennessee, 5 January 1944
      John H. Bass

      Funeral services for John H. Bass, 78, who died Friday, December 31, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Abe Holley, after an extended illness, were held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Minor Hill Baptist Church. The rites were conducted by the Rev. Haynes Brinkley, pastor of the church, and Elder Harry R. Fox, minister of the Pulaski Church of Christ. Burial took place in the Minor Hill Cemetery.
      Mr. Bass, a retired farmer, had lived many years in the Minor Hill section. He was a member of the Baptist Church at Minor Hill.
      Mr. Bass is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virgie Prince Bass; four daughters, Mrs. Holley, Mrs. Matthew Williams, Huntsville, Ala., Mrs. Loyd Harwell, Cedar Grove, and Mrs. John McCree, Minor Hill; four sons, Will, James E., and Herbert Bass, all of Pulaski, and Erwin Bass, of Goodsprings; twenty-two grandchildren and two great grandchildren; two brothers, Henry Bass and Tom Ed Bass; two sisters, Mrs. Dan Harrison, Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. Will Durrett, Oklahoma.


      1880 Federal Census of 4th District, Giles County, Tennessee (June 22, 1880)
      Lucinda Bass - 60 - Female - TN-SC-SC - Head
      Harriet M. - 23 - Female - AL-TN-TN - Daughter
      Sarah A. - 21 - Female - AL-TN-TN - Daughter
      Living next door
      1880 Federal Census of 4th District, Giles County, Tennessee (June 22, 1880)
      Wm. B. Bass - 43 - Male - TN-TN-TN - Head - Farmer
      Mary E. - 45 - Female - AL-TN-AL - Wife - Keeping House
      James R. - 18 - Male - AL-TN-AL - Son - Laborer
      Almeda - 16 - Female - AL-TN-AL - Daughter
      John - 14 - Male - AL-TN-AL - Son - Laborer
      Sarah - 12 - Female - AL-TN-AL - Daughter
      Susan E. - 10 - Female - AL-TN-AL - Daughter
      W. Henry - 7 - Male - AL-TN-AL - Son
      Thomas E. - 5 - Male - AL-TN-AL - Son
    Person ID I48424  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 8 Oct 2022 

    Father William Batey Bass,   b. 16 Oct 1836, Minor Hill, Giles County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1921, Minor Hill, Giles County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Mary Elizabeth Legg,   b. Abt 1834, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1910 (Age 76 years) 
    Family ID F17263  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Virgie H. Prince,   b. Abt 1867 
    Marriage 10/12 Dec 1894 
    Children 
     1. Mary Ethel Bass,   b. 1896   d. 1968 (Age 72 years)
     2. William Henderson Bass,   b. 2 May 1899, Giles County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1987, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    +3. James E. Bass,   b. 20 May 1902, Giles County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1954, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
     4. Ruby Virginia Bass,   b. 1905   d. 1993 (Age 88 years)
     5. Maxie Elizabeth Bass,   b. 1907   d. 1994 (Age 87 years)
    +6. Ervin Franklin Bass,   b. 12 Jul 1910, Giles County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 1975 (Age 65 years)
     7. Alma Ellen Bass,   b. 1913   d. 1997 (Age 84 years)
     8. Johnny Herbert Bass,   b. 5 Feb 1917, Minor Hill, Giles County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 May 2002, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F17296  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2020