Samuel Peterson Bass (abt. 1861 - 1919)

Born about Jul 1861 in Michigan, USA

Husband of Nora Finley — married 14 May 1891 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa

Husband of Lillian Chapman (Johnson) Bass — married 21 Sep 1905 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois

Died 5 Sep 1919 at about age 58 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

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Biography

Samuel was born about 1862 in Michigan.

Samuel married Nora Finley in Iowa in 1891.

Samuel was a porter. He lived in several states including Michigan, Iowa, Louisiana, and Illinois

Samuel died as a result of white gang attack in Chicago in 1919. He was buried in Lincoln Cemetery.

Race Commission report narrative
"Samuel Bass, on account of the street-car strike, was walking the five and one-half miles from his work to his home when a gang of white men knocked him down three times, and cut gashes in his nose and cheeks with their shoes. Bass hid behind freight cars till a Jewish peddler took him in his cart to State Street. A doctor was visited, but when he learned that Bass had no money, he turned him away without treatment. He was picked up by a passing patrol and taken to the hospital, where his treatment was cursory. Apparently he recovered, but in two weeks gave evidence of a hemorrhage on the brain from which he died September 5."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ https://publications.newberry.org/chicago1919/

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M87H-FS2 : 29 May 2021), Samuel Bass in entry for Fontaine Bass, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW95-M2T : 14 January 2022), Samuel P. Bass in household of Fountain Bass, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 17, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm
• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ64-MCZ : 27 September 2017), Samuel P. Bass and Nora Finley, 14 May 1891, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States; citing reference p 99, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,476,864.
• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSSG-B6N : 12 January 2022), Samuel Bass in entry for George Graves, 1900.
• "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7D4-ZLH : 10 March 2018), Samuel Peterson Bass and Lillian Chapman, 21 Sep 1905.
• 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1910; Census Place: Lyons, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_238; Page: 37A; Enumeration District: 0039; FHL microfilm: 1374251- Ancestry Record 7884 #4384797 (accessed 29 January 2022)
  Samuel P Bass (45), married, Porter, head of household in Lyons, Cook, Illinois, USA. Born in Michigan.
• 1891 Marriage: "Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1945"
  Iowa Department of Public Health; Des Moines, Iowa; Series Title: Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922; Record Type: Marriage
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8823 #4007484 (accessed 27 December 2022)
  Samuel P Bass (29) marriage to Nora Finley on 4 May 1891 in Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA.
• 1919 Death: "Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Deaths Index, 1878-1922"
  FHL Film Number: 1309225
  Ancestry Record 2552 #1331893 (accessed 27 December 2022)
  Samuel Bass death 5 Sep 1919 (age 57) in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Porter, married, bp michigan, burial: Lincoln Cemetery
• "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MW-VR9P : 8 March 2018), Samuel Bass, 05 Sep 1919; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference 28596, record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,309,225.