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Chesly Bass

Male 1842 - 1921  (79 years)


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  • Name Chesly Bass 
    Born 11 Mar 1842  North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 6817A4EE02F1274585A216E399E90AC0DCC9 
    Died 13 Mar 1921 
    Buried William Bass Family Cemetery, Person County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Roxboro Courier, North Carolina, Wednesday, 2 July 1919
      Notice of Resale of Land

      The undersigned commissioner being therein licensed by an order of the Superior Court of Person County made in that special proceeding entitled Chesley Bass and others vs. Eferd Bass, Doctor Bass, Arthur Bass and Elsie Bass, will on Monday, July 28th at twelve o?clock M. in front of the court house door in Roxboro, N.C. sell to the highest bidder for cash the land described in the petition in said action, to wit: That certain tract of land lying and being on the Waters of Rocky Fork Creek in mt. Tirzah Township, person County and bounded as follows:
      On the north by the land of Emmitt Pucci, on the east by the lands of Chesley and Jerry Bass, on the south by the lands Herod Allen and on the west by the lands of Tom Bass. Containing forty acres more or less, known as the John Bass place.
      A ten per cent bid having been placed on a former sale bidding will begin on this land at five hundred and six dollars.
      This July 1st, 1919.
      Chesley Bass, Commissioner.
      N. Lunsford, Attorney



      1850 Federal Census of Person County, North Carolina (October 15, 1850)
      Benjamin Bass - Black - 35 - Male - North Carolina - Farmer 150
      Ancy - Black - 34 - Female - North Carolina
      Chesley - Black - 7 - Male - North Carolina
      James - Black - 5 - Male - North Carolina
      George - Black - 3 - Male - North Carolina
      Jerry W. - Black - 1 - Male - North Carolina

      1920 Federal Census of Moutn Tirzah, Person County, NC (7 Feb 1920)
      Chestley Bass B 79 M NC NC NC Head Farmer General Farm
      Abbie B 42 F NC NC NC Wife
      Martha B 17 F NC NC NC Daughter
      Ben B 15 M NC NC NC Son Laborer Home Farm
      Emma B 13 F NC NC NC Daughter
      Lizzie B 11 F NC NC NC Daughter
      Arthur B 9 M NC NC NC Son
      May T. B 7 F NC NC NC Daughter
      Jesse B 5 M NC NC NC Son
      Otha T. B 3 4/12 M NC NC NC Son
      Ethel B 1 3/12 F NC NC NC Daughter
    Person ID I51675  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2023 

    Father Benjamin Bass, Sr.,   b. Abt 1815, Granville County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1875, Person County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Mother Emma Onnie (Ancy) Day,   b. Abt 1818, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F18112  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Abbie Jones,   b. Abt 1881,   d. 1962  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Children 
     1. Lizzie Bass,   b. Abt 1899, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Martha Bass,   b. Abt 1902, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1994  (Age ~ 92 years)
     3. Bennie Bass,   b. Abt 1904, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Emma Bass,   b. Abt 1907, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Andige Bass,   b. Abt 1908, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Arthur Bass,   b. 7 May 1910,   d. 3 Nov 1986  (Age 76 years)
     7. Living
    +8. Jerry Lonza Bass,   b. 9 May 1914, Person County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 2000, Dunn, Harnett County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +9. Theotha Bass,   b. 7 Mar 1916, Person County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1878, Queens, New York City, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Ethel A. Bass,   b. Abt 1920, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1995  (Age ~ 75 years)
     11. Charlie Bass
    Last Modified 23 Nov 2020 
    Family ID F18113  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart