Samuel Bass

1851 - 1878  (27 years)

• Name	Samuel Bass
  Birth	21 Jul 1851	Mitchell, Lawrence County, Indiana
  Gender	Male
  _UID	623496931586A04BBB6534FB9544DC57A061
  Death	21 Jul 1878	Round Rock, Williamson County, Texas
  Burial	Round Rock Cemetery, Round Rock, Williamson County, Texas
  Notes	Find-A-Grave Western Outlaw. Born on a farm near Mitchell, Indiana, he was orphaned before he was thirteen and spent five years at the home of an uncle. In 1870, he arrived in Denton, Texas, handled horses in the stables and became interested in horse racing. Acquiring a fleet mount, he won most of his races when he, along with Joel Collins, gathered a small herd of longhorn cattle, drove them north and sold them in Deadwood, South Dakota. There Bass and Collins tried working in freighting and without success, then recruited several hard characters to rob stagecoaches. In search of bigger loot, with a band of six, led by Collins and Bass, they rode south to Big Springs, Nebraska. On September 18, 1877 they held up an eastbound Union Pacific passenger train taking $60,000 in twenty-dollar gold pieces plus $1,300 in cash. After dividing the loot the bandits decided to split up but in a few weeks Collins and two others were killed while resisting arrest. Bass managed to make it back to Texas, where he formed a new outlaw band. In the spring of 1878, he with his brigands held up two stagecoaches and robbed four trains within twenty-five miles of Dallas. He and the bandits were the object of a chase across North Texas by posses and a special company of Texas Rangers headed by Junius Peak. Bass eluded his pursuers until his band rode in Round Rock, Texas, intending to rob a small bank. There on July 19, 1878, Bass and his men became engaged in a gun battle with Texas Rangers led by Major John B. Jones. Wounded in the gun fight, Bass was found lying helpless in a pasture north of town and died two days later on his 27th birthday. 1860 Federal Census of Marion, Lawrence County, Indiana (July 19, 1860) John Bass Sr. - 62 - Male - North Carolina - Farmer 13,000 7,000 Sarah - 58 - Female - North Carolina Isom - 19 - Male - North Carolina Maria - 13 - Female - North Carolina W. Weis - 19 - Male - North Carolina - Laborer Living nearby 1860 Federal Census of Marion, Lawrence County, Indiana (July 19, 1860) Daniel Bass - 38 - Male - North Carolina - Farmer 6,000 2,000 Eliza - 37 - Female - Indiana George - 15 - Male - Indiana Euphemia - 13 - Female - Indiana Clarissa - 11 - Female - Indiana Samuel - 9 - Male - Indiana John - 7 - Male - Indiana Mary - 5 - Female - Indiana Sarah - 3 - Female - Indiana Denton - 7/12 - Male - Indiana Living nearby 1860 Federal Census of Marion, Lawrence County, Indiana (July 19, 1860) William Bass - 34 - Male - Indiana - Farmer 2,000 Elizabeth - 30 - Female - Indiana Mary J. - 8 - Female - Indiana Julia A. - 6 - Female - Indiana Frances - 3 - Female - Indiana Augustus - 7/12 - Male - Indiana
  Person ID	I38023	1A William Bassett of Plymouth
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2019

  
  

  Father	Daniel Bass,   b. 3 May 1821, North Carolina d. 20 Feb 1864, Lawrence County, Indiana (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Jane Sheeks,   b. 17 Dec 1821, Lawrence County, Indiana d. 3 Jun 1861, Indiana (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	20 Oct 1840	Lawrence County, Indiana
  Family ID	F13437	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart