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William Benjamin Bass

Male 1847 - 1900  (52 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Benjamin Bass was born on 2 Nov 1847 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 4 Jan 1900 in Gibson County, Tennessee; was buried in Eldad Cemetery, Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee.

    William married Jane H. Simmons on 20 Nov 1869 in Gibson County, Tennessee. Jane was born about 1846; died in 1886. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Hollis Samuel Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Sep 1870 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 11 Sep 1944 in Arkansas.
    2. 3. Thomas Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jun 1872 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 7 May 1913 in St. Louis, Missouri; was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri.
    3. 4. Bret Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Jun 1877 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 2 Oct 1952 in Humboldt, Gibson County, Tennessee; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Humboldt, Gibson County, Tennessee.
    4. 5. E. M. Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Dec 1879 in Tennessee.

    William married Margaret Ann Scruggs on 11 Mar 1886 in Gibson County, Tennessee. Margaret (daughter of Demarcus Hopwood Scruggs and Elizabeth Cary Sands) was born on 13 Sep 1854 in Tennessee; died on 21 Mar 1916 in Gibson County, Tennessee; was buried in Eldad Cemetery, Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. William Duke (Luke) Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Dec 1888 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 9 Jan 1963 in Gibson County, Tennessee; was buried in Concord Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Concord, Gibson County, Tennessee.
    2. 7. Hearn Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Oct 1890 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 24 Aug 1949 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee; was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee.
    3. 8. Matt G. Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Feb 1893 in Tennessee; died on 18 Sep 1913; was buried in Eldad Cemetery, Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Hollis Samuel Bass Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 18 Sep 1870 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 11 Sep 1944 in Arkansas.

    Hollis married Della Emmaline McGuire on 13 Dec 1899 in Arkansas. Della was born on 23 Mar 1878 in Tennessee; died on 15 Sep 1934 in Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. William Bryan Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Aug 1900 in Arkansas; died on 17 Feb 1901 in Arkansas; was buried in Macey Cemetery, Monette, Craighead County, Arkansas.
    2. 10. Bessie Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Nov 1902 in Arkansas; died on 20 Jun 1982 in Tennessee.
    3. 11. Carl Hollis Bass, Sr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Nov 1907 in Arkansas; died on 25 Feb 1978 in Arkansas; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas.

  2. 3.  Thomas Bass Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 20 Jun 1872 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 7 May 1913 in St. Louis, Missouri; was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri.

  3. 4.  Bret Bass Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 15 Jun 1877 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 2 Oct 1952 in Humboldt, Gibson County, Tennessee; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Humboldt, Gibson County, Tennessee.

    Bret married Ada B. Stokes on 1 Aug 1894 in Gibson County, Tennessee. Ada was born on 13 Jan 1877 in Tennessee; died on 8 Dec 1966 in Tennessee; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Humboldt, Gibson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Horace Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Nov 1896 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 18 Aug 1913 in Gibson County, Tennessee.
    2. 13. Joe Billy Bass, Sr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Nov 1899 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 19 Jan 1984 in Gibson County, Tennessee; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Humboldt, Gibson County, Tennessee.
    3. 14. Clyde Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Jul 1911 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 9 Jul 1988 in Memphis, Tennessee.

  4. 5.  E. M. Bass Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born in Dec 1879 in Tennessee.

  5. 6.  William Duke (Luke) Bass Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 29 Dec 1888 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 9 Jan 1963 in Gibson County, Tennessee; was buried in Concord Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Concord, Gibson County, Tennessee.

    William married Etta Young on 29 Oct 1912 in Gibson County, Tennessee. Etta was born on 31 May 1894 in Tennessee; died in May 1976 in Gibson County, Tennessee; was buried in Concord Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Concord, Gibson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Mary Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Sep 1913 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 25 May 1981 in Michigan; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Milan, Gibson County, Tennessee.
    2. 16. Dorothy Dell Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Nov 1915 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 19 Sep 1921 in Gibson County, Tennessee; was buried in Concord Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Concord, Gibson County, Tennessee.
    3. 17. Margie Elizabeth Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Nov 1918 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 30 May 1938 in Gibson County, Tennessee; was buried in Concord Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Concord, Gibson County, Tennessee.
    4. 18. Joe Tyree Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Feb 1926 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 30 Dec 1996 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Milan, Gibson County, Tennessee.

  6. 7.  Hearn Bass Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 23 Oct 1890 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 24 Aug 1949 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee; was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee.

    Hearn married Annie Isora Baugus on 15 Aug 1911 in Gibson County, Tennessee. Annie was born on 22 Jul 1891 in Tennessee; died on 11 Oct 1968 in Gibson County, Tennessee; was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. June Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Nov 1919 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 17 Feb 2012 in Tennessee; was buried in Eldad Cemetery, Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee.
    2. 20. Billie Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Aug 1924 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 26 May 1993 in Gibson County, Tennessee; was buried in Eldad Cemetery, Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee.

  7. 8.  Matt G. Bass Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 2 Feb 1893 in Tennessee; died on 18 Sep 1913; was buried in Eldad Cemetery, Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee.

    Family/Spouse: Beulah Mai Sain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Mattie Fay Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Dec 1913 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 15 Sep 1927 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 9.  William Bryan Bass Descendancy chart to this point (2.Hollis2, 1.William1) was born on 19 Aug 1900 in Arkansas; died on 17 Feb 1901 in Arkansas; was buried in Macey Cemetery, Monette, Craighead County, Arkansas.

  2. 10.  Bessie Bass Descendancy chart to this point (2.Hollis2, 1.William1) was born on 11 Nov 1902 in Arkansas; died on 20 Jun 1982 in Tennessee.

    Family/Spouse: Herbert Newberger Swearengen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 11.  Carl Hollis Bass, Sr. Descendancy chart to this point (2.Hollis2, 1.William1) was born on 28 Nov 1907 in Arkansas; died on 25 Feb 1978 in Arkansas; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas.

    Family/Spouse: Louise Askew Brigham. Louise was born in 1908; died in 1932; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Mary Louise Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Aug 1929 in Arkansas; died on 1 Oct 2016 in Texas; was buried in Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches, Jefferson County, Texas.

    Carl married Louise Taschner on 21 Apr 1934 in Arkansas. Louise was born on 23 Apr 1913; died on 6 Apr 1985; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Carl Hollis Bass, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Apr 1939 in Arkansas; died on 21 Mar 2005 in Pulaski County, Arkansas; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
    2. 24. Joseph Lawrence Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Dec 1940 in Arkansas; died on 11 Jul 1996 in Arkansas; was buried in Pine Log Cemetery, Brookland, Craighead County, Arkansas.

  4. 12.  Horace Bass Descendancy chart to this point (4.Bret2, 1.William1) was born in Nov 1896 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 18 Aug 1913 in Gibson County, Tennessee.

  5. 13.  Joe Billy Bass, Sr. Descendancy chart to this point (4.Bret2, 1.William1) was born on 25 Nov 1899 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 19 Jan 1984 in Gibson County, Tennessee; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Humboldt, Gibson County, Tennessee.

    Joe married Edith Clarence Adcock on 5 Aug 1922 in Madison County, Tennessee. Edith (daughter of Clarence Hallum Adcock and Ada Zilla (Leila) Thompson) was born on 16 Feb 1907 in Dickson, Tennessee; died on 4 Sep 2007 in Humboldt, Gibson County, Tennessee; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Humboldt, Gibson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Margaret H. Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jun 1925 in Humboldt, Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 28 Jun 2014 in Memphis, Tennessee.
    2. 26. Joe Billy Bass, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Dec 1926 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 15 Oct 2014 in Humboldt, Gibson County, Tennessee.

  6. 14.  Clyde Bass Descendancy chart to this point (4.Bret2, 1.William1) was born on 19 Jul 1911 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 9 Jul 1988 in Memphis, Tennessee.

  7. 15.  Mary Bass Descendancy chart to this point (6.William2, 1.William1) was born on 9 Sep 1913 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 25 May 1981 in Michigan; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Milan, Gibson County, Tennessee.

    Family/Spouse: Houston Belew. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 16.  Dorothy Dell Bass Descendancy chart to this point (6.William2, 1.William1) was born on 25 Nov 1915 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 19 Sep 1921 in Gibson County, Tennessee; was buried in Concord Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Concord, Gibson County, Tennessee.

  9. 17.  Margie Elizabeth Bass Descendancy chart to this point (6.William2, 1.William1) was born on 11 Nov 1918 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 30 May 1938 in Gibson County, Tennessee; was buried in Concord Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Concord, Gibson County, Tennessee.

  10. 18.  Joe Tyree Bass Descendancy chart to this point (6.William2, 1.William1) was born on 15 Feb 1926 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 30 Dec 1996 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Milan, Gibson County, Tennessee.

    Family/Spouse: Elnoria Dean. Elnoria was born on 3 Aug 1926 in Tennessee; died on 27 Dec 1995 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Milan, Gibson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 28. Ty Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Tennessee.

  11. 19.  June Bass Descendancy chart to this point (7.Hearn2, 1.William1) was born on 30 Nov 1919 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 17 Feb 2012 in Tennessee; was buried in Eldad Cemetery, Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee.

    Family/Spouse: Carl Thomas Bobbitt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  12. 20.  Billie Bass Descendancy chart to this point (7.Hearn2, 1.William1) was born on 15 Aug 1924 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 26 May 1993 in Gibson County, Tennessee; was buried in Eldad Cemetery, Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee.

    Billie married Mary Ann Hicks on 14 Mar 1952 in Gibson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 29. Katherine Bass  Descendancy chart to this point

  13. 21.  Mattie Fay Bass Descendancy chart to this point (8.Matt2, 1.William1) was born on 9 Dec 1913 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 15 Sep 1927 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 22.  Mary Louise Bass Descendancy chart to this point (11.Carl3, 2.Hollis2, 1.William1) was born on 30 Aug 1929 in Arkansas; died on 1 Oct 2016 in Texas; was buried in Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches, Jefferson County, Texas.

    Family/Spouse: William Wallace Norman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 23.  Carl Hollis Bass, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (11.Carl3, 2.Hollis2, 1.William1) was born on 20 Apr 1939 in Arkansas; died on 21 Mar 2005 in Pulaski County, Arkansas; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.

    Family/Spouse: Joanne Frances. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 30. Susan Carol Bass  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 31. Sharon Claire Bass  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 32. Stephen Carl Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Mar 1969 in Dallas County, Texas; died on 7 Aug 2021.
    4. 33. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 24.  Joseph Lawrence Bass Descendancy chart to this point (11.Carl3, 2.Hollis2, 1.William1) was born on 25 Dec 1940 in Arkansas; died on 11 Jul 1996 in Arkansas; was buried in Pine Log Cemetery, Brookland, Craighead County, Arkansas.

    Family/Spouse: Emma Lee Reed. Emma was born on 23 Apr 1942 in Illinois; died on 15 Sep 2017 in Arkansas; was buried in Pine Log Cemetery, Brookland, Craighead County, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Laura Lee Bass  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 35. Lynda Reed Bass  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 25.  Margaret H. Bass Descendancy chart to this point (13.Joe3, 4.Bret2, 1.William1) was born on 17 Jun 1925 in Humboldt, Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 28 Jun 2014 in Memphis, Tennessee.

    Family/Spouse: Charles Stewart, Jr.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 36. Edith Stewart  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 26.  Joe Billy Bass, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (13.Joe3, 4.Bret2, 1.William1) was born on 30 Dec 1926 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 15 Oct 2014 in Humboldt, Gibson County, Tennessee.

    Family/Spouse: Evelyn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 37. Joe Bret Bass  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1948; died in 1996 in Gibson County, Tennessee; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Humboldt, Gibson County, Tennessee.
    2. 38. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 39. Paul David Bass  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 40. Daniel Alan Bass  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 27.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (18.Joe3, 6.William2, 1.William1)

  7. 28.  Ty Bass Descendancy chart to this point (18.Joe3, 6.William2, 1.William1) was born in Tennessee.

  8. 29.  Katherine Bass Descendancy chart to this point (20.Billie3, 7.Hearn2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Sammons. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



 

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