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Lamira Ann Holcomb

Female 1846 - 1901  (55 years)


Personal Information

  • Name Lamira Ann Holcomb 
    Born 3 Feb 1846  Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 28 Jun 1901  Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Custer County Republican, Broken Bow, Nebraska, Thursday, 4 July 1901
      Died

      BASS ? Saturday, June 29, 1901, Mrs. Lamira A. Bass, nee Holcomb at Grand Island, age 58 years, 4 months and 25 days.

      The deceased was born in Gibson county, Indiana, Feb. 3, 1843, near Princeton.
      She was married to Alexander Bass on the 6th of November, 1863. She moved with her husband and family to Hamilton county, Neb., in the fall of 1883, and from there to Custer county in February, 1890, and to Grand Island in 1897.
      There were born to them ten children, two of whom died when small. Eight children, her husband and aged mothers, Mrs. Vickers, and one brother, Jas. H. Holcomb, survive her.
      She made a profession of religion in 1888, and joined the Primitive Baptist church June 25, 1890.
      During her residence in this city the ceased made many admiring friends and won the esteem of all who knew her.
      Her remains were shipped here for burial Wednesday night. The funeral services were conducted in the Baptist church at 11 a.m. Wednesday, by Rev. S.W. Richards, pastor of the Baptist church. All her children but two were present at the funeral. Dr. T.W. and Gifford were unable to reach here, the former being in San Diego, Cal., while the latter was somewhere in Missouri and could not be reached by telegraph. The children present at the funeral were: Elmer, Roe, Rose, Adrian and Lillie. The funeral was largely attended by her former friends and neighbors of the Holcomb settlement.
      The Republican joins with the many friends of the family in extending sympathy to the relatives in their great bereavement.



      1850 Federal Census of Columbia Township, Gibson County, IN (19 Nov 1850)
      Daniel P. Holcomb 25 M Indiana Farmer 350
      Tabitha 22 F Indiana
      Lamira 4 F Indiana
      Joseph W. 1 M Indiana
      James McLayton 10 M Indiana
    Person ID I2  Bass45 Alexander Bass of Indiana
    Last Modified 10 Aug 2024 

    Father Daniel Holcomb 
    Mother Tabitha 
    Family ID F26  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alexander Bass,   b. 24 May 1837, Newburgh, Warrick County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Feb 1903, Anselmo, Custer County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 6 Nov 1963  Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Rodolphus B. Bass,   b. 1864,   d. 1866  (Age 2 years)
     2. Truman Wilbur Bass,   b. 1867,   d. 1939  (Age 72 years)
    +3. Charles Elmer Bass,   b. 19 Jan 1870, Warrick County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1930, Waverly, Lincoln County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     4. William Clarence Bass,   b. 1872,   d. 1873  (Age 1 years)
    +5. James Gifford Bass,   b. 26 Jul 1874, Gibson County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1934, Sanger, Fresno County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
    +6. Union Monroe Bass,   b. 8 Jul 1877, Evansville, Pike County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1924, Merna, Custer County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     7. Tabitha Rosette Bass,   b. 1880,   d. 1965  (Age 85 years)
     8. Adren C. Bass,   b. 6 Oct 1882,   d. 11 Apr 1940  (Age 57 years)
    +9. Walter Wilford Bass,   b. 8 Mar 1885, Phillips, Hamilton County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1932  (Age 47 years)
     10. Lilie Velma Bass,   b. 1887,   d. 1973  (Age 86 years)
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2022 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart