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Elijah Samuel Bass

Male 1893 - 1956  (62 years)


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  • Name Elijah Samuel Bass 
    Born 6 Nov 1893  Greene Township, Polk County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 2BF5301A10E0464F94428D9D32626613FC7A 
    Died 7 Jul 1956  Multnomah County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1940 Federal Census of Milwaukie, Clackamas County, Oregon (April 6, 1940)
      Elijah S. Bass - 46 - Male - MO-MO-MO - Head - Car Inspector Railroad
      Barbara L. - 48 - Female - ID-ID-ID - WIfe
      Richard K. - 10 - Male - OR-MO-ID - Son

      Oregonian, Portland
      Oregon
      Tuesday, July 10, 1956
      Elijah S. Bass
      Elijah S. Bass, 62, died Saturday following a fall in front of his home at 3836 Monroe Street, Milwaukie. An autopsy will be held to determine whether his death was result of a skull fracture or a heart attack.
      Mr. Bass was born in Polk, Missouri, November 6, 1893, moved with his parents to Fort Cobb, Oklahoma, in 1903, and came to Portland in 1914. He served in France during World War I, returning to Milwaukie where he has lived since that time. For the past 25 years he has been a carpenter in the Southern Pacific railroad shops. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
      Survivors include the wife, Leslie; a son, Richard; sisters, Mrs. Nancy Herrell of Seattle and Mrs. W.R. Rohrer of Milwaukie, and a brother, Andrew Bass, in Illinois.
      Funeral will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Peake Memorial Chapel in Milwaukie with vault interment in Willamette National Cemetery.
    Person ID I36774  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 22 Aug 2019 

    Father David Jackson Bass,   b. Nov 1859, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1932, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Mother Mary Ellen Mitchell,   b. 12 Mar 1864,   d. 25 Sep 1898  (Age 34 years) 
    Family ID F12898  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Leslie Barbara,   b. 16 Oct 1891, Idaho Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1982, Portland, Clackamas County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Richard K. Bass,   b. 11 Feb 1930, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 2022  (Age 92 years)
    Last Modified 23 Aug 2019 
    Family ID F13008  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart