Silas Arthur Bass

1881 - 1966  (~ 85 years)

• Name	Silas Arthur Bass
  Born	Sep 1881	North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  _UID	510BCEE01D507942BFE7E30F907729E9E3F7
  Died	26 Sep 1966	Washington, District of Columbia
  Notes	Evening Star, Washingon, D.C., Wednesday, September 28, 1966 Silas A. Bass, Ex-Machinist Silas Arthur Bass, 85, formerly a machinist with the American Tobacco Co., died Monday at Freedman?s Hospital, 4th and W Streets, N.W., of a heart attack. Born in Durham, N.C., he attended North Carolina State College. He was married in 1910 to the former Hattie Page of Durham, who died in 1949. He worked for American Tobacco until his retirement in 1945. Mr. Bass came to Washington in 1958 and moved to Baltimore, Md., last year. A member of the Hayty Baptist Church, Durham, he served from 1916 to 1966 as deacon, moderator and clerk of the North Carolina Primitive Baptist Churches. He leaves one brother, Clovis Adrian Bass of Wilmington, Del.; three daughters, Mrs. James Smith of Baltimore, Mrs. Robert H. Johnson of 5728 Luzon Ave. N.W., and Mrs. Chester Hood of 4229 Meade St. Ne., and one son, James Wesley Bass of Durham. Services and burial will be Saturday in Durham. 1900 Federal Census of Durham, Durham County, North Carolina (June 14, 1900) Clovis Bass - Black - 47 - Male - Jun 1852 - NC-NC-NC - Head - Laborer Bettie - Black - 43 - Female - May 1857 - NC-NC-NC - Wife - Strings Jacks Henrietta Norwood - Black - 23 - Female - Feb 1877 - NC-NC-NC - Daughter - Laborer Arthur Bass - Black - 18 - Male - Sep 1881 - NC-NC-NC - Son - Laborer Adrian - Black - 16 - Male - Mar 1884 - NC-NC-NC - Son - Laborer Lester - Black - 14 - Male - Mar 1886 - NC-NC-NC - Son - Laborer Artis - Black - 11 - Male - Aug 1888 - NC-NC-NC - Son Leslie - Black - 4 - Male - Jun 1896 - NC-NC-NC - Son Fay Norwood - Black - 5 - Female - Sep 1894 - NC-NC-NC - Granddaughter (Married 26 years, 10 children, 6 living) (Henrietta - Widow - 1 child, 1 living) 1910 Federal Census of Durham, Durham County, North Carolina Clovis Bass - Mulatto - 59 - Male - NC-NC-NC - Head - House Carpenter Bittie - Mulatto - 54 - Female - NC-NC-NC - Wife Henrietta - Mulatto - 32 - Female - NC-NC-NC - Stemmer Tobacco Factory Arthur - Mulatto - 28 - Male - NC-NC-NC - Son - Laborer Freight Depot Lester - Mulatto - 22 - Male - NC-NC-NC - Son - Laborer Tobacco Factory Oddis - Mulatto - 19 - Male - NC-NC-NC - Son - Boot Black Barber Shop Lurley - Mulatto - 14 - Male - NC-NC-NC - Son Durham Sun North Carolina Friday, September 30, 1966 Silas Arthur Bass Funeral services for Silas Arthur Bass of Washington, formerly of Durham, who died Monday in a Washington hospital, will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow at White Rock Baptist Church. Burial will be in Beechwood Cemetery. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Flossie Smith of Baltimore, Mrs. Johnnie Johnson and Mrs. Sara Hood, both of Washington; one son, James Wesley Bass of Durham; and two brothers, Clovis A. Bass of Wilmington, Delaware and the Reverend Frederick Odell Bass of High Point.
  Person ID	I6	Bass41 Veston Bass of North Carolina
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Clovis Bass,   b. From Jun 1852 to 1854, North Carolina
  Mother	Bettie Weaver,   b. May 1857, North Carolina
  Married	28 Jan 1874	North Carolina   [1]
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Flossie Bass   2. Johnnie Bass   3. Sarah Bass   4. James Wesley Bass
  Last Modified	8 May 2019
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] North Carolina Marriage Records.