Bassett Family Association Database
Phillip M. Bass
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Name Phillip M. Bass Birth 22 Aug 1843 Missouri
Gender Male Death 9 Jun 1941 Cooper County, Missouri
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California Democrat, Missouri, 17 July 1941
Phillip Bass Dies
Confederate Veteran Was one of Last of Civil War Soldiers
Phillip Bass, one of the last surviving Civil war veterans in Central Missouri, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hosa Hampton, near Wooldridge, Wednesday night of last week at the age of 97 years, 10 months and 17 days.
Mr. Bass spent practically his entire life in the vicinities of Lupus and Wooldridge. He had lived with Mrs. Hampton the past two years.
Mr. Bass lived five years after one of his legs was amputated when he was 92 years old. His wife died 26 years ago.
He was probably the last survivor of the Civil War who lived a major portion of his life in Moniteau County. He served in the Confederate army.
Surviving besides Mrs. Hampton are a son, babe Bass of St. Louis and a daughter, Mrs. Julia McBride, of Tulsa, Okla.
Funeral services and burial took place Saturday at Copp?s Chapel.
Person ID I43 Bass8 Philemon W. Bass Last Modified 22 Feb 2024
Father Tolbert Bass, b. 1800 d. 1859 (Age 59 years) Mother Sarah Lawrence, b. 1802 d. 1844 (Age 42 years) Marriage 27 Jul 1826 Barren County, Kentucky
Family ID F7 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sarah E. Smith, b. 16 Jan 1847, Moniteau County, Missouri
d. 31 May 1915, Moniteau County, Missouri
(Age 68 years) Children + 1. Columbus Eugene Bass, b. 14 Jul 1868, Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri
d. 1 Sep 1949, St. Louis, Missouri
(Age 81 years)2. Charles R. Bass, b. 1869 d. 1869 (Age 0 years) 3. Blanch Alice Bass, b. 29 Aug 1872 d. 26 Apr 1956 (Age 83 years) 4. Julia A. Bass, b. 1876 d. 1962 (Age 86 years) Family ID F15 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Apr 2022
