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- Brooklyn Eagle, Thursday, 23 February 1899
Chaplain Job G. Bass
He is Eight-three Years Old and Still Active in Religious Work
Chaplain Job G. Bass of the Kings County Penitentiary, whose latest portrait is here presented, is still hale and hearty, though he has passed his 83d birthday. He is daily about his work of ministering to the needy and poor, and holds two or three services each Sunday in the penitentiary and one or two in Raymond Street Jail, beside one on Tuesday evening in the latter institution.
Chaplain Bass is a native of South Carolin and is of French Huguenot and English ancestry. His youth and early manhood were spent in the South, and then he went to Canada, where he was for a number of years engaged in business, at the same time devoting his leisure hours to preaching. He came to Brooklyn in 1854 and began work as a local preacher of the Fleet Street M.E. Church. Janes Church, Nostrand Avenue Church, Embury Church, Nathan Bangs Church, now known as the New York Avenue Church, were fostered and developed by Mr. Bass. When civil war broke out he was made chaplain of the Ninetieth New York Volunteers, serving for three years. He is now chaplain of Rankin Post No. 10, G.A.R. In 1865 Chaplain Bass returned to Broo9klyn and entered the service of the City Mission and Tract Society. In 1866 he was active in the cholera epidemic and since then has been chaplain of the Kings County Penitentiary.
The Brooklyn Citizen, New York, Tuesday, 29 January 1901
BASS
BASS ? Entered in rest, on Saturday, Jan. 26, 1901, Rev. Job Gardiner Bass, in his 85th years.
Relatives, friends and members of Rankin Post No. 10. G.A.R; nineteenth Regiment Association, Crystal Wave Lodge No. 638 and Local Preachers? Association are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services to be held at Fleet Street M.W. Church, on Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 1:30 o?clock.
New York Tribune, New York, Sunday, 27 January 1901
The Rev. Job G. Bass
The Rev. Job G. Bass, the venerable chaplain of the Kings County Penitentiary, and one of the best known clergymen in Brooklyn fort years ago, died last night at his home, No. 431 Waverly-ave., Brooklyn. He had been seriously ill for two months, and operation having been performed upon him for kidney trouble. Last New Years? Day was the first time in thirty-five years that he had not taken part in the holiday exercises in the penitentiary.
Mr. Bass was born in Charleston, S.C., on February 4, 1816. Becoming an orphan at an early age, he was obliged to earn his living before his education had advanced far, but he decided to become a Methodist minister, and in 1841 was licensed to preach. In 1850 he came to Brookyln and joined the Fleet Street Methodist Church, preaching in sparsely settled portions of the city. From beginnings made by him four of the largest Methodist churches in Brooklyn have arisen, the New York Avenue, the Janes, the Nostrand Avenue and the Embury.
In 1861 he assisted in organizing the 90th New York Volunteers, and became chaplain of the regiment. He served three years under Generals Banks and Sheridan. In the field he was noted for his fearlessness in visiting yellow fever and smallpox camps. He acted as a delegate of the Christian Commission, as chaplain of the Seaman?s Society, and was chaplain at the Washington Navy Yard and at Clay Point, Va.
After the war Mr. Bass became a missionary of the Brooklyn City Mission Society. In 1866 he was informed that cholera had broken out among the convicts in the Kinds County Penitentiary he went at once, and stayed until the disease had been stamped out, since which time he had acted as chaplain of the institution, conducting two services every Sunday and ministering to the welfare of the convicts at all times. In recognition of his thirtieth year of work as chaplain, public services were held some years ago, and a large purse was present to him. Mr. Bass leaves no family, his wife having died three years ago.
Brooklyn Eagle, New York, Monday, 28 January 1901
Funeral Of The Rev. Mr. Bass
Services Will Be Held at Fleet Street Church Wednesday
The funeral services of the Rev. Job G. Bass, who died at this home, 431 Waverly avenue, on Saturday last, will be held in the Fleet Street M.E. Church, on Wednesday afternoon, at 1:30 o?clock. This is according to the wished of the deceased, who was a member of the church. The services will be conducted by the Rev. Henry C. Cronin of the Second Presbyterian Church of Jersey City, and old and close friends of Mr. Bass. Other clergyman who will take part in the services are the Rev. F.B. Stockdale, pastor of the Fleet Street Church; the Rev. Samuel W. King, pastor of the Willoughby Avenue Chapel, and the Rev. Charles W. King, secretary of the Congregational Church Extension, who will speak on the chaplain?s work in the Penitentiary and Jail. The interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Chaplain Bass was connected with the city missions for thirty-five years and was 84 years old. Mr. Bass underwent an operation some time ago and, although the operation itself was successful, he never again regained his health.
1870 Federal Census of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York (13 Jul 1870)
Job G. Bass 58 M South Carolina Clergyman 8000 2000
Ruth 56 F South Carolina Keeping House
William H. 29 M South Carolina Bookkeeper ? 1900
Job. G. Jr. 25 M South Carolina Journ. Jeweller ? 1100
Anna G. 25 F South Carolina
John E. 23 M South Carolina Clerk in Store ? 750
Ellen M. 15 F Canada West At school
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1816 - 1901 (84 years)