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- Field Genealogy, by Frederick Clifton Pierce
Perkins Bass, b. in Williamstown, Vt., son of Joel and Catherine Wright Bass, great-grandson of Capt. Reuben and Catherine Wright Smith and a descendant of Deacon Samuel Bass, the New England immigrant. He was a graduate of Dartmouth College, and began the practive of law in Chicago; but has been a resident of Peterboro, N.H., about twenty years. He m. first, in 1856, Maria L. Patrick, of Chicago, Ill. She and their only child died in Williamstown, Vt., wither they had gone to seek health, in 1858. In 1861 he m. Clara Foster, daughter of Dr. John Foster, of Chicago, Ill. Perkins Bass, son of Joel and Catherine Burnham Bass, was born on farm in Williamstown, Vt., April 30, 1927. He graduated from Dartmouth College in in 1852, paying his expenses by teaching school. In 1854 he went to Chicago and taught in the public schools. He was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law in 1956. the same year he m. Maria L. Patrick. alge of Granby, Mass., who d. in 1858. He m. 2d, Clara Foster, of Chicago, Oct. 5, 1861. He was appointed United States district attorney for the northern district of Illinois by President Lincoln, and continued the practice of law in Chicago unti l874. He was always interested in the cause of education and served on the boards of education of the city of Chicago and the State of Illinois. Since 1882 he has made his home in Boston, and Peterboro, N.H. Children: 1. Getrude Bass, b. May 14, 1863; m. Dr. George F. Fiske, Chicago. Dr. Fiske was son of Samuel and Elizabeth Foster Fiske; was b. Jan 26, 1860, in Madison, Conn. The first three months of 1864 he passed in the camp of the Fourteenth Connecticut volunteers at Stony Mountain on the Rapidan river, near Stevnesburg, Va., with his parents. He fitted for college at the high school in Woburn, Mass., graduated from Amherst College in 1851, and from the Yale Medical School in 1883; spent three years in Germany and France studying ophthalmology and otology; was assistant surgeon to Prof. Alfred Graefe in the University at Halle, Prussia, in 1884-85. Settled in Chicago in 1886 as an eye and ear specialist. In 1891 he built a private hospital for treatment of his own patients. He visited European hosptials in 1890 and 1895. Res. 438 La Salle Avenue, Chicago, Ill. 2. John Foster Bass, b. May 8, 1866; gradute of Harvard University and Law School. John Foster gass, son of Perkins and Clara Foster Bass, b. at Chciago, May 8, 1866; fittef ro college at Phillips Exeter Academy; graduate at Harvard College in 1891, and from Harvard Law School in 1894. He was war correspondent during the Greco-Turkish war for New York and London newspapers, and it now correspondent at Manila for Harper?s Weekly and the New York Evening Post. He was wounded at one of the battles about Manila, Feb. 10, 1899. Gen Hale, in report of operation between before Manila, referred to him as the only correspondent on the firing line when our troops catured Manila. He was the first correspondent to visit Iloilo, and was wounded in attack on Caloocan. Robert Perkins Bass, son fo Perkins and Clara Foster Bass, b. at Chicago, Ill., Sept. 1, 1873; fitted for college in Boston, Mass.; graduated at Harvard College in 1896. Res. of family, Peterboro, N.H.
Walter B. Bass, a brother of the above, m. in Williamstown, Vt., Ellen Lynde, daughter of John Lynde, graddaughter of Judge Lynde, one of the first settlers there. He removed to Ottawa, Kan., where he d. in 1893. He was great-grandson of Capt Reuben and Catherine Wright Smith. Children: 1. John Bass, farmer in Ottawa, Kan. 2. William Bass, farmer in Ottawa, Kan. 3. Ella Bass; res. Ottawa.
Dr. William Bass, great-grandson of Capt. Reuben and Catherine Wright Smith, m. Lizzie Hunt, Lowell, Mass. He has been a successful practitioner of medicine and surgery from his graduating till the present time in Lowell.
Myron H. Bass, great-grandson of Capt. Reuben and Catherine Wright Smith, m. Elizabeth Kelley. he removed to Evanston, Ill, and gave his chidlen collegiate education. Children: 1. George A. Bass; res. Washington, D.C. 2. Perkins B. Bass; res. Evanston, Ill. 3. Stella Bass; res. Evanston, Ill. 4 James K. Bass; res. Evanston, Ill.
George Bass, great-grandson of Capt Reuben and Catherine Wright Smith, is a graduate of Harvard University and Law School and pursues his profession in Chicago. He m. Elizabeth Merrill, of Wisconsin.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1827 - 1899 (72 years)