Stephen Hicks Bass (1806 - 1866)

Born 29 Dec 1806 in Tennessee, USA

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Died 25 Nov 1866 at age 59 in Giles County, Tennessee

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Biography

Stephen was the son of Nathan Hale Bass and Martha Batey.

He married Almira Richardson Crook

They were the parents of:

• Elzira Lousia Bass Abernathy
• John M. Bass
• Louisa Eleanore Bass Brown
• Mary X (Ann) Bass McCanless
• Patrick Henry Bass
• Ashley B Bass
• Fredonia Bass Holt
• Narcissa Stevana Bass Marshall
• Leonidas Hiram D Bass
• William Spencer Bass
• Presley Hix Bass
• Edward Filmore Bass

Civil War Confederate General over Militia; earlier he was a Corporal in D Company, 14th Tennessee Cavalry.

Published in The Pulaski Citizen (Pulaski, Tennessee), Friday, November 30, 1866, p. 3.

“DIED—At his residence in this county, on the 26th inst., of typhoid fever, Gen. STEPHEN H. BASS, aged about 60 years.—Thus our oldest and best citizens are passing away. Gen. Bass was a good man.”

Sources

• United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYL-6MR : 19 August 2017), S H Bass, Giles, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 94, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 523; FHL microfilm 24,545.
• United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD6-1D3 : 12 April 2016), Stephen H Bass, Giles county, Giles, Tennessee, United States; citing family 976, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8T8-4W5 : 12 December 2017), Stephen H Bass, 1860.
• United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9VP-DPJ : 4 December 2014), S.H. Bass, Corporal, Company D, 14th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Neely's) (13th Regiment), Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M231 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 3; FHL microfilm 880,057.
• Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZWV-PFL : 4 December 2014), S H Bass, 1863; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Fourteenth Cavalry and 14th (Neely's) Cavalry, A-H, NARA microfilm publication M268 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 57.
• Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3WT-L7F : 13 March 2018), S H Bass in entry for Edward F Bass, 20 Feb 1916; citing certificate number 3829, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,051,580.
• Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVF-T6Q8 : 13 December 2015), Stephen Hicks Bass, 1866; Burial, Pisgah, Giles, Tennessee, United States of America, Stephen Bass Cemetery; citing record ID 10544711, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10544711/stephen-hicks-bass