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Bennett Bass

Male 1830 - 1909  (78 years)


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  • Name Bennett Bass 
    Born 24 Dec 1830  Sampson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID C9CCC05124E24846A7C36C0BDBA2E572EFA7 
    Died 21 Jan 1909  Austin, Travis County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • THE FOLLOWING IS AN DOCUMENT WRITTEN BY PITT SIMS ORIGINATING (ASSUMED) FROM MASONIC LODGE:

      Member of Woodville Lodge A.F. & A.M. No. 62 Woodville Tyler P.T. at a meeting Sept. 1863.

      Bennett Bass and wife Melvina moved to Texas in an Ox wagon about 1852 and lived in Town Bluff on the Neches several years. Bought a farm from the Busby heirs on Thouvenin Creek 6 miles East of Woodville. Mary and Cherry were born there. Cherry died at an early age and was buried in the woods near the old Bass home. Charles Bass was born in Cuthbert, GA. Bennett Bass, Sidney and family 2 kids Jim C. Sims, Wife and one son, Ernest movd to Sipe Springs Comanchie Co about 1883 and lived there until about Dec. 1888. They moved to Tyler County and landed in old Seneca Tex. Pitt and Orvis were born in Comanchie Cou. About Jan 1, 1890 Bennet Bass and Jim C. Sims bought 177 acres of land 1 1/2 miles East of Woodville in the thicket and cleared a 40 acre farm.Lived there until 1903. Sold to A. W. Williford. Jim, Eunice, Paul, and Fred were born there. Bennett and Melvina Bass moved to Tyler County from Cuthbert Georgia as a young married couble with one son and never returned. Melvina Johnson Bass had an Aunt that moved to Texas about or at the same time they came she was Aunt Ahab Willie and Husband James Willie. They lived on the spot where the Tom C. Crews home now stands 1 1/2 miles North of Woodville on Highway 69. They lived there during the Civil War. Several families came to Texas with the Bass and Willie family. James Uriah Bass, a first cousin of Bennett Bass, was with them. J.U. Bass was a single man but married a widow with one daughter. She was Mary Ann Phillips Martin, daughter of Rev. Crawford Martin, a Baptist Minister .The daughter was Eanie Phillips and lived in this area for several years. Eanie Married Jim Bass (no relation) and raised a nice family and was last heard from about 1922 in Bosier City, LA. J.U. Bass, his wife, two sons, and a daughter are buried in Mt. Pisgah cemetary. The three children never married.


      1850 Federal Census of District #5, Randolph County, Georgia (September 27, 1850)
      Abel Bass - 56 - Male - North Carolina
      Catherine - 50 - Female - North Carolina
      Benajah - 21 - Male - Georgia
      Benet - 19 - Male - Georgia
      Sophia - 18 - Female - Georgia
      Ann - 15 - Female - Georgia
      Happy - 12 - Female - Georgia

      1860 Federal Census of Tyler County, Texas (August 3, 1860)
      B. Bass - 29 - Male - North Carolina 1000 632
      M. - 28 - Female - Georgia
      S.C. - 5 - Male - Georgia
      C.E. - 2 - Female - Georgia
      M.T. - 4/12 - Female - Texas
    Person ID I43964  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 24 Oct 2022 

    Father Abel Bass,   b. 31 Oct 1794, Sampson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1865, Randolph County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Cherry Ann Pope,   b. Abt 1797, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1855  (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Family ID F15766  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Melvina Johnson,   b. 4 Aug 1831, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1906, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Sidney Caleb Bass,   b. 14 Jan 1855, Cuthbert, Randolph County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1945, Val Verde County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     2. Cherry E. Bass,   b. Abt 1858, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1870, Woodville, Tyler County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 12 years)
    +3. Mary Texiana Bass,   b. Abt 1860, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1946, Tyler County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 86 years)
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 
    Family ID F15786  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart