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 1855 - 1905 (50 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
| 2. | Jethro Washington Bass was born 30 Dec 1836, Honey Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA (son of Nelson Bass and Nancy Smith); died 12 Jun 1926, Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, USA; was buried , Sullivan, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Race: Colored
- Reference Number: 2725
- Residence: 1850, Honey Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1880, Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, USA
Notes:
Buried:
Center Ridge Cemetery
Died:
Age: 89
Jethro married Harriet "Henrietta" Anderson. Harriet was born Oct 1830, Virginia, USA; died 19 Apr 1910, St Louis, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 3. | Harriet "Henrietta" Anderson was born Oct 1830, Virginia, USA; died 19 Apr 1910, St Louis, Missouri, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- James A. Bass was born 29 Jan 1848, St Louis, Missouri, USA; died 23 Sep 1905, St Louis, Missouri, USA.
- Jethro Bass was born 1854, Missouri, USA.
- 1. Jeffrey Bass was born 28 Feb 1855, St Louis, Missouri, USA; died 9 Oct 1905, St Louis, Missouri, USA.
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Generation: 3
| 4. | 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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| 5. | 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.
- 2. 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.
- 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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Generation: 4
| 8. |  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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| 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:
- 4. 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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Children:
- 5. 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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