Bassett Family Association Database
Sam Monroe Bass
1896 - 1971 (75 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Sam Monroe Bass was born on 24 Jan 1896 in Nacogdoches County, Texas (son of James Elijah "Linzy" Bass and Margaret Roberta Smelley); died on 10 Sep 1971 in Nacogdoches County, Texas. Family/Spouse: Bessie Pashcal. Bessie was born in 1917; died in 2002. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Pauline Bass was born on 12 Aug 1935; died on 18 Sep 2022 in Nacogdoches, Texas.
- Monroe Bass was born on 8 Nov 1939; died on 2 Mar 2021.
- Mary Bass was born on 23 Mar 1944 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; died on 9 Decd 1982 in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
- Julia Ann Bass was born in 1947; died in 2015.
2. James Elijah "Linzy" Bass was born on 11 Jan 1871 in Tyler County, Texas (son of James Gilbert Bass and Margaret Ann Butcher); died on 4 May 1929 in Nacogdoches County, Texas. James married Margaret Roberta Smelley. Margaret was born in 1874; died in 1916. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Margaret Roberta Smelley was born in 1874; died in 1916. Children:
- 1. Sam Monroe Bass was born on 24 Jan 1896 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; died on 10 Sep 1971 in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
- Albert James Bass was born on 4 Aug 1899 in Trawick, Nacogdoches County, Texas; died on 13 May 1962.
- May Bass was born in 1902; died in 1976.
- Margaret Elizabeth Bass was born in 1910; died in 1976.
Generation: 3
4. James Gilbert Bass was born on 6 May 1836 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana (son of James Franklin Bass and Emily Groves); died on 9 Mar 1911 in Cushing, Nacogdoches County, Texas. Notes:
1870 Federal Census of Tyler County, Texas (4 Sep 1870)
James Bass 33 M Louisiana Farmer
Margaret 25 F Alabama
Rolston 10 M Louisiana
Phoebe A. 9 F Louisiana
James 1 M Texas
James married Margaret Ann Butcher. Margaret was born in 1839; died in 1907. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Margaret Ann Butcher was born in 1839; died in 1907. Children:
- Rolston Edward Bass was born on 22 Jun 1858 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana; died on 2 Mar 1942 in DeRidder, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, DeRidder, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana.
- Phoebe ann Bass was born in 1861.
- James Thomas Bass was born on 28 Jun 1869 in Polk County, Texas; died on 29 Aug 1939 in Caro, Nacogdoches County, Texas.
- 2. James Elijah "Linzy" Bass was born on 11 Jan 1871 in Tyler County, Texas; died on 4 May 1929 in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
- Lula Ann Bass was born in 1874; died in 1959.
- Willis Van Bass was born on 14 Feb 1875 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; died on 11 Jan 1906 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Old North Church Cemetery, Nacogdoches County, Texas.
- Billie B. Bass was born in 1877.
- John Bass was born in 1879 in Texas; died on 4 May 1939 in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
- Jesse Bass was born on 21 Feb 1879 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; died on 13 Nov 1951 in Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas.
- David Washington Bass was born on 19 Jun 1881 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; died on 30 Apr 1919 in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
Generation: 4
8. James Franklin Bass was born on 5 Feb 1807 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana (son of John Bass and Delaney Taylor); died in 1855 in Drowned in Calcasieu River, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Notes:
1840 Federal Census of Rapides Parish, Louisiana
J.F. Bass FCP 3101-3101
3mU10,1m10-24,1m36-55,3fU10,1f10-24,1f36-55
1850 Federal Census of Rapides Parish, Louisiana (18 Oct 1850)
James Bass 43 M Louisiana Farmer
Emily 44 F Louisiana
John G. 16 M Louisiana
Jeremiah 14 M Louisiana
James J. 13 M Louisiana
Laura 6 F Louisiana
Missouri 2 F Louisiana
James married Emily Groves. Emily was born in 1806; died in 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Emily Groves was born in 1806; died in 1865. Children:
- Josiah Bass was born in Apr 1827 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died in 1875 in Cravens, Vernon Parish, Louisiana.
- Mary Ann Bass was born on 29 Feb 1828; died in 1868.
- John Jackson Bass was born in 1834; died in 1906.
- Amelia Bass was born on 5 May 1835 in Vernon Parish, Louisiana; died on 16 Aug 1909 in Vernon Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Union Grove Cemetery, Vernon Parish, Louisiana.
- 4. James Gilbert Bass was born on 6 May 1836 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana; died on 9 Mar 1911 in Cushing, Nacogdoches County, Texas.
- Jeremiah Moses Bass was born on 16 Feb 1838 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana; died on 3 Sep 1891 in Hicks, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Hicks, Vernon Parish, Louisiana.
- Laura Serena Bass was born in 1844; died in 1917.
- Missouri Bass was born in 1848; died in 1886.
- Delaney Bass was born in 1851.