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- History of Boone County, Missouri
Eli Bass
The subject of this sketch was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and died in Boone County, Missouri, 1865, in the fifty-ninth year of his age. His father, Peter Bass, was a native of Mainland, but for a number of years had lived at Nashville, when he moved with his family to Boone County, Missouri, in 1819, when Eli was quite a boy. He was a man of great energy and decision of character and amassed a very large fortune and at his death left his children large patrimonies. Eli, his son, instead of spending his fortune, as most young men do, who inherit great wealth, added greatly thereto, besides rearing and educating a large family. He was in the true sense of the word a gentleman, one of extensive information and fine practical sense, possessing a magnificent physique. He was perhaps one of the largest owners of real estate in Central Missouri, living in princely style at his elegant country residence, where he dispensed hospitality in the true Southern style. He reared large herds of stock and carried on farming in a remunerative and practical manner. In 1861 he was elected to the Constitutional Convention to form a new Constitution for the State. He subscribed $3,000 to procure the location of the State University at Columbia, and was one of its first curators. His reputation for rectitude and reliability was of the highest order. He was for years a worthy and consistent member of the Baptist church. His children are among the most enterprising and intelligent citizens of Boone county, one son, J. L., representing the county in the General Assembly some years since, and no name has been held in higher esteem in Boone county, than that of Bass. Eli's elder brother, John M., was a lawyer of distinction in St. Louis, a compeer of Bates, Gamble, Geyer and Lucas, and afterwards was, for twenty-five years, president of the Union Bank of Tennessee. Eli Bass married Miss Margaret, daughter of Captain Wra. Johnson, of Boone county, who survives him. She is a noble, highly cultivated Christian lady, beloved by all who know her.
1850 Federal Census of District #8, Boone County, Missouri (12 Oct 1850)
Eli E. Bass 44 M Tennessee Farmer 80,000
Margaret M. 38 F Kentucky
Mary F. 17 F Missouri
Sarah R. 16 F Missouri
Wm. H. 14 M Missouri
John S. 12 M Missouri
Robert T. 10 M Missouri
Felix G. 6 M Missouri
Everet M. 3 M Missouri
& 2 others
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Bassett Family Association Database
1804 - 1865 (60 years)