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- The Republican Journal, Belfast, Maine, April 3, 1919
Death of Hon. J.P. Bass
In the death of Mr. Bass, Maine loses another of its able and brilliant editors. He has made the Commercial a strong political paper on which his own party could depend and the general public look for reliable and up-to-date news. The Commercial of March 27th says of him:
Hon. Joseph Parker Bass, a former mayor of Bangor, owner and publisher of the Commercial for 40 years, and one of the the foremost resident of Maine, died at his home on High street at 10 o?clock, Thursday morning, at the age of 83 years, six months and three days. Death came suddenly from a clot of blood going to his heart after an operation.
The operation was performed in the early morning hours by Dr. C.A. Porter of Boston. Mr. Bass had been ill for several weeks, suffering from obstruction to the circulation in his left leg.
Mr. Bass was known and respected all over the State of Maine, as a very sagacious business man, as a newspaper publisher of high ability, fearless in backing his convictions and as a public man with the best interests of his State and his community always in his thoughts.
Surviving relatives are his nephew, Albert E. Bass, two half-brothers, J. Harris and Wales T., of Randolph, Vt., two half-sisters, Mrs. M.A. Smith of Boston, Mrs. S. Augusta Capen of Randolph, Mass., and half-nephew, Harold B. Andrews of Malden, Mass., and two half-nieces, Mrs. Harriett H. Wheeler of Boston and Mrs. Nettie Tracey of Randolph, Vt.
Lumber, April 7, 1919, Obituary
Joseph P. Bass
Bangor, Me., April 2.- Joseph Parker Bass, who for the last four years was editor and publisher of the Bangor Daily and Weekly Commercial, and prior to that was in the lumber business in this city, died today at his home here. He was 84 years old. His death followed an operation performed a few hours before.
Mr. Bass was originally in the dry goods business, shifted to the lumber industry and did not enter the newspaper field until 1879. He was mayor of Bangor in 1874, and served one term in the Maine legislature.
1850 Federal Census of Randolph, Orange County, Vermont (August 28, 1850)
Samuel Bass - 45 - Male - Vermont - Farmer 3170
Abigail - 35 - Female - Vermont
Samuel III - 16 - Male - Massachusetts - Laborer
Joseph P. - 14 - Male - Vermont
James H. - 11 - Male - Vermont
Margaret A. - 7 - Female - Vermont
Sarah A. - 5 - Female - Vermont
Mary - 3 - Female - Vermont
Wales - 9/12 - Male - Vermont
Maroon A. Loomis - 15 - Female - Vermont
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Bassett Family Association Database
Abt 1835 - 1919 (~ 84 years)