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The History of Sauk County, Wisconsin
Town of Dellona Biographical Sketches
Stillman Bass
Stillman Bass (deceased) was born in St. Lawrence, CO., N.Y., Jan. 12, 1816; came to Sauk Co. in the fall of 1851, and was engaged in farming tillhis death, on Sec. 35; owned 100 acres in his home farm. He was married to Miss Julia Butterfield; she was born in Vermont; they had twelve children ? Chester R. (deceased), Laura J. (deceased), Luconda L. (deceased), Charles W. (deceased), Stillman O., Charles W., William A., Clarissa L., Mary F. (deceased), Melissa R., Hattie L. and Julie E. The two sons, Stillman O. and Charles W.., enslited in Co. G, 49th W.V.I., and served about eight months; they were discharged on account of disability. Stillman O. Bass was married Oct. 26, 1868, to Miss Agnes Bass; they have four children ? Marian A., Charles S., Oscar L. and Chester A. Mr. Bass owns 160 acres of land on Sec. 27.
The Baraboo News, March 15, 1906
Four Generations of The Bass Family
(Includes Picture)
The oldest one in this remarkable group of the Bass family, is Charles H. Bass who came to Sauk county in 1851. He first located near Fern Dell and afterwards resided in other parts of the state. He is 85 years old, was a soldier in the late war and is spending the winter in Milwaukee.
Charles W. Bass is at the the upper right hand corner in the picture. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stillman Bass, was born in New York in 1845, came with hes people to this county in 1851 and enlisted in the army when only nineteen. He married Miss Rose Burton in Fairfield in 1880. The family resided in the town of Dellona.
Charles S. Bass is at the upper left hand croner in the picture, was born in the town of Dellona, this county, in 1873. He married Mniss Jennie Rhinehart of Dellona, October 9, 1904. Charles Theodore Bass appeared at their home on the last day of July and he is the fourth in the family group.
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