Bassett Family Association Database
Susan Spencer
1831 - 1920 (~ 89 years)-
Name Susan Spencer Born Mar 1831 Boone County, Missouri 
Gender Female _UID 16B757E1974D534EAD917768D37292B53353 Died 24 Apr 1920 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California Buried Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California Notes - A Brown Family History states that Preston Bass was the father of Albert Bass and Susan Bass was Albert's mother. The plantation they lived on was the Bass Plantation (or Forest Hill Plantation) owned by Peter Bass and later by his son, Eli E. Bass. Other informaion lists Albert Bass as the father and brother of Preston Bass.
Find-A-Grave says that Susan Spencer Bass Thompson was born into slavery on the Eli Bass plantation in Boone County, Missouri. She died in an "old folks home" in Watt, California in 1920. She was married three times. First husband was Albert Bass until his death during the Civil War. They had four children. She then married Preston Bass until his death in 1895. Preston and Susan Bass raised their nephew, JB (Joseph Blackburn) Bass, as their son. Her third husband was Joseph Thompson.
1870 Federal Census of Cedar, Callawy County, Missouri (August 6, 1870)
Preston Bass - 43 - Male - Missouri - Farmer --- 250
Susan - 40 - Female - Missouri - Keeping House
Joshua Sidney - 19 - Male - Missouri - Living with Bass household
1880 Federal Census of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (June 11, 1880)
Preston Bass - Mulatto - 51 - Male - MO-TN-TN - Head - Laborer
Susan - Mulatto - 48 - Female - MO-MD-MD - Wife - Keeping House
Joseph - Mulatto - 12 - Male - MO-MO-MO - Son - At school
Person ID I2 Bass138 Preston Bass of Missouri Last Modified 4 Sep 2019
Family 1 Albert Bass, Sr., b. Abt 1823, Boone County, Missouri , d. 29 Feb 1864, Port Hudson, Louisiana (Age ~ 41 years) Children + 1. Albert Bass, Jr., b. 18 Sep 1851, Howard County, Missouri , d. 26 Jan 1903, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 51 years)2. Edward Bass, b. Abt 1855, Fayette, Howard County, Missouri , d. 26 Nov 1948, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age ~ 93 years)3. Susan Bass, b. Abt 1856, d. 1935 (Age ~ 79 years) 4. Mary Frances Bass, b. Abt 1861, d. 1909 (Age ~ 48 years) Last Modified 15 Sep 2019 Family ID F2 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Preston Bass, b. 10 Jan 1827, Missouri , d. 26 Mar 1895, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 68 years) Children 1. Joseph Bass, b. Abt 1868, Missouri Last Modified 15 Sep 2019 Family ID F1 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Joseph Thompson Last Modified 15 Sep 2019 Family ID F3 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- A Brown Family History states that Preston Bass was the father of Albert Bass and Susan Bass was Albert's mother. The plantation they lived on was the Bass Plantation (or Forest Hill Plantation) owned by Peter Bass and later by his son, Eli E. Bass. Other informaion lists Albert Bass as the father and brother of Preston Bass.