John Jennings Bass

1818 - 1891  (73 years)

• Name	John Jennings Bass
  Birth	28 Jan 1818	Franklin County, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  _UID	1EB728A816453646BA1B6848D518C27424DB
  Death	14 Feb 1891	Alcorn County, Mississippi
  Notes	1850 Federal Census of Division #3, Tippah County, Mississippi (September 20, 1850) Alfercy B. Bass - 49 - Male - South Carolina - Farmer 400 Charlotte - 32 - Female - North Carolina John J. - 32 - Male - North Carolina Thomas F. - 27 - Male - Tennessee Eliza J. - 24 - Female - Tennessee Letitia B. - 20 - Female - Tennessee Benjamin - 17 - Male - Tennessee William H. - 15 - Male - Tennessee Elizabeth - 12 - Female - Tennessee Maranda - 10 - Female - Tennessee Mary J. - 7 - Female - Mississippi 1860 Federal Census of Northern Division, Tippah County, Mississippi John Bass - Male - 40 - North Carolina Louisa - Female - 25 - Tennessee Saml Q. - Male - 2 - Mississippi Pitser - Male - 1 - Mississippi New Orleans Christian Advocate April 2, 1891 J.J. Bass J.J. Bass was born in North Carolina, January 28, 1818; died near Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, February 14, 1891, aged seventy-three years. His father moved with him to middle Tennessee-Franklin County; where he grew to manhood; then came to Tippah County, Mississippi, 1841. He was first married to Miss Louisa Claxton in 1842, who lived only two years and died, and then to Miss Eliza C. Mathis in 1856, which union was blessed with fourteen children ten of who are still living. Brother Bass first joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Tennessee, but after coming to this country he attached himself to the M.E. Church South, which he loved. He has two sons in the ministry - Brother W.D. Bass of Pontotoc circuit and S.Q. Bass, local preacher in Houston and Wesley. May God bless this dear companion and children who are left behind to mourn his loss, and may we all meet him at last over the river! - A.B. Dearing
  Person ID	I3	Bass4B Alfercy Bass of Tennessee & Mississippi
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Alfercy B. Bass,   b. Abt 1801, South Carolina d. Aft 1 Oct 1860, McNairy County, Tennessee (Age > 59 years)
  Mother	Charlotte Mathis,   b. Abt 1798, North Carolina d. Aft Jul 1870, Tennessee (Age > 72 years)
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Louisa Claxton,   b. Abt 1835, Tennessee
  Family ID	F9	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Eliza C. Mathis,   b. Abt 1837   d. 1917 (Age 80 years)
  Children	+ 1. Reverend Samuel Quincy Bass,   b. Aug 1857, TIppah County, Mississippi d. 16 Apr 1935, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee (Age 77 years)   2. Pitser M. Bass,   b. 13 May 1859, Mississippi d. 23 Mar 1939 (Age 79 years)   3. Reverend Wiley David Bass,   b. 14 Sep 1861   d. 24 Apr 1934 (Age 72 years) + 4. Benjamin Burl Bass,   b. 5 May 1864, Tennessee d. 13 Mar 1950, Alcorn County, Mississippi (Age 85 years) + 5. Reverend John Henry Bass,   b. 25 Apr 1868, Jackson, Hardeman County, Tennessee d. 21 Oct 1927, Mt. Pleasant, Marshall County, Mississippi (Age 59 years)   6. Anna Ida Bass,   b. 29 Dec 1869   d. 5 Nov 1928 (Age 58 years)   7. Elvira Ella Bass,   b. 29 Sep 1871, Alcorn County, Mississippi d. 22 Apr 1953, Alcorn County, Mississippi (Age 81 years) + 8. William Wyatt Bass,   b. 20 Jan 1873, Alcorn County, Mississippi d. 26 Mar 1959, Iuka, Tishomingo County, Mississippi (Age 86 years)   9. Amanda E. Bass,   b. Abt 1875   d. 1942 (Age 67 years)   10. Emma McDona Bass,   b. 26 Jul 1878   d. 15 Sep 1944 (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F8	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2020