Michael Bass

Male - 1876


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Michael Bass was born , Vigo, Indiana, USA (son of Alonzo Bass); died Jul 1876, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried Jul 1876, Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 5898


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Alonzo Bass was born 1847, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA (son of Michael Bass and Catharine Foster); died Jul 1876, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Maternal DNA: U5a1b1: found in most of Europe and in Kyrgyzstan
    • Reference Number: 968

    Children:
    1. 1. Michael Bass was born , Vigo, Indiana, USA; died Jul 1876, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried Jul 1876, Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Michael Bass was born 10 Mar 1818, North Carolina, USA (son of Jethro Bass and Polly Mitchell); died 15 Jan 1875, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Mulatto
    • Reference Number: 713
    • Residence: 1850, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 36
    • Residence: 1870, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Post Office: Terre Haute; Age: 53

    Michael married Catharine Foster 28 Aug 1840, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Catharine (daughter of George Washington Foster and Mary Summers) was born Abt 1821, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Catharine Foster was born Abt 1821, Ohio, USA (daughter of George Washington Foster and Mary Summers).

    Other Events:

    • Maternal DNA: U5a1b1: found in most of Europe and in Kyrgyzstan
    • Race: Mulatto
    • Reference Number: 712
    • Residence: 1830, Hardy, Holmes, Ohio, USA
    • Residence: 1850, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 32
    • Residence: 1870, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Post Office: Terre Haute; Age: 49
    • Residence: 1880, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 59Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Self

    Children:
    1. Robert Bass was born 1843, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    2. George H. Bass was born 1844, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    3. 2. Alonzo Bass was born 1847, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died Jul 1876, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    4. Andrew Bass was born 1848, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    5. Malissa Bass was born 1850, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    6. Catherine Bass was born 12 Jan 1853, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 6 Feb 1902, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried Feb 1902, Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    7. Elizabeth Bass was born 17 Mar 1855, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 29 Jan 1929, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    8. Michael Bass was born 1860, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 15 Nov 1941, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, USA; was buried 19 Nov 1941, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jethro BassJethro 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]


  2. 9.  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:
    1. Nelson Bass was born 1814, North Carolina, USA; died 4 May 1877, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 6 May 1877, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    2. Rebecca Bass was born 1820, North Carolina, USA; died Between 1870 and 1880, Indiana, USA.
    3. 4. 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.
    4. Duphena Emily Bass was born 1834, Indiana, USA; died 1870, Coles, Illinois, USA.
    5. Emeline Bass was born Abt 1811, North Carolina, USA; died , Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    6. George Washington Bass was born Abt 1809, North Carolina, USA; died , USA.
    7. Eliza Bass was born Abt 1833, Indiana, USA.

  3. 10.  George Washington Foster was born Abt 1796, Pennsylvania, USA (son of Robert Foster and Rebecca Bremyer); died 10 Sep 1867, Morris, Grundy, Illinois, USA; was buried Sep 1867, Morris, Grundy, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Mulatto
    • Reference Number: 982
    • Residence: 1830, Hardy, Holmes, Ohio, USA
    • Residence: 1850, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 54
    • Residence: 1860, Morris, Grundy, Illinois, USA; Age: 64

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Evergreen Cemetery, Potter's Field

    George married Mary Summers. Mary was born Abt 1793, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Mary Summers was born Abt 1793, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Maternal DNA: U5a1b1: found in most of Europe and in Kyrgyzstan
    • Race: White
    • Reference Number: 981
    • Residence: 1830, Hardy, Holmes, Ohio, USA
    • Residence: 1850, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 57
    • Residence: 1860, Morris, Grundy, Illinois, USA; Age: 68

    Children:
    1. 5. Catharine Foster was born Abt 1821, Ohio, USA.
    2. Washington Foster was born Abt 1828, Ohio, USA.
    3. Mary J. Foster was born Abt 1831, Ohio, USA; died 24 Apr 1891, Morris, Grundy, Illinois, USA.
    4. Levi Foster was born Abt 1832, Ohio, USA.