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| 2. | Patrick Thomas was born Abt 1842, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 2749
- Residence: 1870, Rockville, Parke, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1880, Rockville, Parke, Indiana, USA
Notes:
THOMAS, Patrick, barber, Rockville, was born at Vincennes, Indiana October 9, 1840. He was the eldest son of John and Margaret (WHITEMAN) Thomas. His mother was born at Natchez, Mississippi. In 1840 his parents moved over into Lawrence County, IL and are still living on the same place on which they originally located. Patrick worked on his father's farm until he became of age, and then began doing for himself, following farm work two years longer. In 1864-65 he was in Chicago attending the Jones school. In December1865, he came to Rockville, looking around for a location, and the next month bought property and took up his permanent residence here. At this time there was but one colored family in the place; they soon moved away, which makes Mr. Thomas the oldest colored resident in Rockville. From the first he devoted himself closely to his business, and during the two first years was not once away from Rockville. By industry and frugality he has accumulated some property; at the same time he has found it in his power, as well as in harmony with his inclination, to dispense his means liberally in private aid and public contribution. In 1865 he heard Frederick Douglas lecture in Chicago in the interest of the Ladies' Loyal League, and having for a number of years read his paper and been in correspondence with him, he at length became deeply interested in the settlement of some of his people here, and as early as 1872 began to encourage a colony of them in NC to emigrate to Rockville. In this same year the exodus began, the first arrival numbering 49 persons and since that time there has been a steady increase of their numbers, perhaps not fewer than 200 having been added in the last 15 months. These people find a ready demand for labor, and they are proving themselves to be an honest, frugal and industrious element of the population. They are developing great interest in their education and in the extension and support of their churches. There can be no question that a bright future awaits them, if they but persevere in the methods they have adopted. To these people Mr. Thomas has been the cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night. He has engaged in the work of inviting them here and of assisting them after they came, with a truly unselfish zeal. Mr. Thomas was the founder of the African ME Church of Rockville; he organized, also, their first Sabbath school, and was for two years its superintendent. He has been equally active in promoting the interests of the colored public school. It was by his own exertions that Frederick Douglass was secured to lecture in Rockville on one occasion to raise money to extend the school from four to six months. Mr. Thomas is a Good Templar and a Mason. He has belonged to the latter order since 1861 and holds his membership in Darn's Lodge at Terre Haute. He was married May 15, 1866 to Angeline BASS daughter Nelson Bass of Vigo Co. She was born November 19, 1844. Their three living children are: Anne B., born October 18, 1868; Margaret born April 4, 1875; Earnest born May 3, 1879.
Patrick married Angeline Bass 15 May 1866, Indiana, USA. Angeline (daughter of Nelson Bass and Nancy Smith) was born 19 Nov 1846, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 1933, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA; was buried , Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 3. | Angeline Bass was born 19 Nov 1846, Vigo, Indiana, USA (daughter of Nelson Bass and Nancy Smith); died 1933, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA; was buried , Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 5833
- Residence: 1850, Honey Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Notes:
Buried:
Murdoch-Linwood Cemetery
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| 6. | Nelson Bass was born 1814, North Carolina, USA (son of Jethro Bass and Polly Mitchell); died 4 May 1877, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 6 May 1877, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 980
- Residence: 1850, Honey Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Land Transaction: 1 Jan 1865, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Purchased ?? A. from James Shepherd
Notes:
Buried:
Woodlawn Cemetery
Nelson married Nancy Smith 1832, Indiana, USA. Nancy was born Nov 1807, Sullivan, Indiana, USA; died 5 Jul 1886, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 6 Jul 1886, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 7. | Nancy Smith was born Nov 1807, Sullivan, Indiana, USA; died 5 Jul 1886, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 6 Jul 1886, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 2724
- Residence: 1860, Honey Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Notes:
Mrs.NANCY BASS was born in Sullivan county, Indiana, in November, 1807, and was married in 1832 to Nelson BASS, of Vigo county, Indiana, who was a resident of Honey Creek, and a farmer. He died May 4, 1877. He was a member of the Masonic order, and belonged to Darwin Lodge, No. 4, of Terre Haute. He was also a member of the A.M.E. church, having joined the same some time in 1829, and was a consistent christian. They had nine children, two dying in infancy, and three after attaining their growth. Two sons and two daughters are living: George Washington, Jethro, Angeline, and Caroline. Jethro lives in Sullivan county, and Angeline married a Mr. THOMAS, and is settled in Parke county, Indiana. When living in Honey Creek they were robbed of between four and five hundred dollars by four men, names unknown, who entered the house one evening about seven o�clock, and with cocked revolvers demanded their money, and as they were unarmed and helpless there was no alternative but to give up the money. They were greatly damaged by the loss of the money, as some of it belonged to other parties, and they were obliged to deprive themselves of many of the necessaries of life in order to repay it. Mrs. BASS also belonged to the ladies� court of the Masonic order, which is now dissolved. She is one of those who by their example serve to cement the community together in which they live.
HISTORY OF VIGO AND PARKE COUNTIES Together With Historic Notes on the Wabash Valley
H.W. Beckwith - 1880
Terre Haute - p. 366
Buried:
Woodlawn Cemetery
Children:
- Almira Bass was born 1833, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- George Washington Bass was born 1835, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Jethro Washington Bass was born 30 Dec 1836, Honey Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 12 Jun 1926, Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, USA; was buried , Sullivan, Indiana, USA.
- Ann Elizabeth Bass was born 1838, Honey Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- William Bass was born 1840, Indiana, USA.
- Lucy Bass was born 1843, Indiana, USA.
- Caroline "Carrie" Bass was born 17 Feb 1847, Honey Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 9 Mar 1924, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 1920, Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- 3. Angeline Bass was born 19 Nov 1846, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 1933, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA; was buried , Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA.
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| 12. |  Jethro Bass was born Apr 1787, Granville, North Carolina, USA (son of Jesse Day and Prudence Bass); died 1865, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Race: Mulatto
- Reference Number: 767
- Bondsman: 30 Oct 1828, Mercer, Kentucky, USA; Posted marriage bond for his daughter, Emeline Bass
- Residence: 1830, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1840, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1850, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 70
- Residence: 1860, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 80
Notes:
Free People of Color Register of (NC-born) Negroes & Mulattoes: Vigo County, Indiana.
by Lisa Y. Henderson
Jethro Bass registered 2 July 1853. Age 70. Mulatto. Born Granville County NC. Resided Lost Creek township.
Jethro Bass and Polly Mitchell married in Granville County NC on 3 Apr 1809. In 1830, Jethro Bass headed a household of 13 free people of color in Vigo County, Indiana. In the 1850 census of Harrison township, Vigo County, Indiana: Jathro Bass, 70, wife Polly, 60, Emily, 17, and Alfred Bass, 6.
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Lost Creek AME Church was founded in 1839 by Jethro Bass and others.
Died:
Estate Records
Jethro married Polly Mitchell 3 Apr 1809, Granville, North Carolina, USA. Polly (daughter of Thomas Mitchell and Rebecca Stewart) was born 1788, Sussex, Virginia, USA; died 1865, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 13. | Polly Mitchell was born 1788, Sussex, Virginia, USA (daughter of Thomas Mitchell and Rebecca Stewart); died 1865, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Race: Mulatto
- Reference Number: 974
- Residence: 1850, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 60
Children:
- 6. Nelson Bass was born 1814, North Carolina, USA; died 4 May 1877, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 6 May 1877, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Rebecca Bass was born 1820, North Carolina, USA; died Between 1870 and 1880, Indiana, USA.
- Michael Bass was born 10 Mar 1818, North Carolina, USA; died 15 Jan 1875, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Duphena Emily Bass was born 1834, Indiana, USA; died 1870, Coles, Illinois, USA.
- Emeline Bass was born Abt 1811, North Carolina, USA; died , Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- George Washington Bass was born Abt 1809, North Carolina, USA; died , USA.
- Eliza Bass was born Abt 1833, Indiana, USA.
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- 7. Nancy Smith was born Nov 1807, Sullivan, Indiana, USA; died 5 Jul 1886, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 6 Jul 1886, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
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