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- 1850 Federal Census of Tate Township, Clermont County, Ohio (August 28, 1850)
Samuel Bass - 38 - Male - Massachusetts - Merchant
Mary A. - 23 - Female - Ohio
Josiah Q. - 5 - Male - Ohio
William T. - 2 - Male - Ohio
1880 Federal Census of Miami, Clermont County, Ohio (June 7, 1880)
J.Q. Bass - 34 - Male - OH-MA-OH - Head - Grocer
Sousie - 30 - Female - KY-AL-MA - Wife - Keeps House
Samuel - 7 - Male - OH-OH-KY - Son
William - 5 - Male - OH-OH-KY - Son
Henry - 3 - Male - OH-OH-KY - Son
George - 1 - Male - OH-OH-KY - Son
Columbus Dispatch
Columbus, Ohio
November 18, 1895
Josiah Q. Bass
Honorable Josiah Quincy Bass will begin his first legislative experience when he takes his seat in the coming general assembly as representative from Clermont county. Mr. Bass is a merchant in Mulberry, where he was married in 1871 to Miss S.E. Warland. He was born in Bethel, Ohio, August 27, 1845, and resided there until 1853 when he removed to Mulberry. He served four months in the army during the rebellion and had held no public office until he was elected to the legislature.
History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio: Biographical
Josiah Quincy Bass
Josiah Quincy Bass, for many years successfully engaged in the mercantile business at Mulberry, Ohio, was for thirty years the postmaster of that village. He was born near Bethel, Ohio, August 27, 1845, and was a son of Samuel and Mary Ann (Elrod) Bass.
Samuel Bass was a native of Massachusetts, his birth occurring at Quincy, in 1807. In 1832, he came to Cincinnati, where he spent a short time, then went to St. Louis, Missouri. Returning to Cincinnati he finally located in Tate Township, Clermont County, conducted a store at the village of Pinhoo, which he later sold, and in 1850 moved to Bethel. In the fall of 1853, he moved again, this time to the village of Mulberry, Miami Township, and for about one year was engaged in the mercantile business, after which he retired, residing there until his death, October 1, 1890. His ancestors were among the pioneers of America, and his mother, whose maiden was Anna Adams, was a niece of John Adams. Samuel had several brothers and sisters, but was the only one to come to Ohio. He also did some flat boating to New Orleans with merchandise.
Mary Ann Elrod was born in Tate Township, Clermont County, in 1827, and passed to her eternal reward in 1905. She was a daughter of Thomas and Cynthia (Frazee) Elrod. Her parents were pioneers of Clermont County, coming from Kentucky. She was a devoted member of the Christian church.
Josiah Quincy Bass is the eldest of three children, the others being:
Thomas, of Mulberry, a retired farmer.
Martha Ann, was born in 1855 and died in 1876.
The early education of Josiah Q. Bass was received in the schools of Tate and Miami Township, and later he became a student of the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. He also attended the Hiram College and after finishing school spent a few years on the farm.
On May 2, 1864, Mr. Bass enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Fifty-third Ohio volunteer infantry, and was mustered out September 20, 1864. He was elected to the Seventy-Second General Assembly as a Republican.
The marriage of Mr. Bass to Miss Susan Eunice Warland was celebrated in October, 1871, at Mulberry, Ohio. She was born in Indiana, but has been a resident of Clermont County since 1868, and is a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Nichols) Warland, who were from Maine and Massachusetts respectively. Mrs. Bass is a member of the National Organization of Daughters of the American Revolution.
Mr. and Mrs. Bass have four sons and one daughter:
Samuel, of Milford, Ohio, is in the foundry business, and married Edith Petzhold and are the parents of three children, Ethel, Juliet, and John Quincy. He has one son by a former union, Samuel, Jr.
William, of Burnside, Kentucky, is an attorney, and has charge of the Excelsior Mills. He married Myra Greene, a daughter of Colonel Charles L. Greene, of Milford.
Harry B., of Yukon, Oklahoma, is a merchant and married Ethel Bowlby, and they have three children, Elizabeth, Boyleston, and George William.
George Elrod, of Yukon, Oklahoma, is in business with his brother, Harry. He married Emma Sanger, and they are the parents of three children, Eunice, Ruth and Winona.
Mary Edna, at home. She received her musical education at Painesville, the Ohio Conservatory of Music.
Mr. Bass is a member of the S.R.S. West Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and Mrs. Bass is a member of the Women’s Relief Committee, of Milford, S.R.S. West Chapter, No. 161. Mr. Bass is enjoying a rest vouchsafed to him by reason of his honorable and well directed labor in former years, and his life has been one of harmony, which has won for him many warm friends.
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1845 - 1918 (72 years)