Richard Bass

Richard Bass

• Father: John Bass b. 24 April 1785, d. circa 1821
• Mother: Julia Ann Holleman b. circa 1790, d. between 1860 and 1870

• Richard Bass was born on 3 January 1819 in North Carolina.
• He married Mary Ann Elizabeth Powell, daughter of James Moore Powell and Nancy Jones Traylor, on 21 October 1839 in Perry County, Alabama.
• Richard Bass and Mary Ann Elizabeth Powell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Union Parish, Louisiana. Other members of the household included Julia A. Bass, James M. Bass and Ellen Bass.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
• Richard Bass and Mary Ann Elizabeth Powell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Waverly, Walker (later San Jacinto) County, Texas. Other members of the household included Julia A. Bass, James M. Bass, Nancy C. Bass, Ellizabeth Bass and Emily Winfred Traylor.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
• The following appeared on 17 March 1868 in Flake's Bulletin: Appeals from Registration Decisions. Headquarters Fifth Military District, New Orleans, La., March 13, 1868. Special Orders No. 57. [Extract.] I. The following appeals from decisions made by boards of registrars of the last revised registry in the State of Texas, having been forwarded to these headquarters, are hereby decided and announced as follows: . . . 5. J. D. Cunningham, Walker county, rejected because he was a county commissioner, an office under a general law of the State, and as such applicant would not be entitled to registry if he had afterward engaged in rebellion, etc. But in the absence of proof of the fact he would be entitled to register. The report of the board of registrars stated that "he was rejected by a former board for the reason that he was a county commissioner, and present board rejects him without examination." This decision was wrong. The applicant is entitled to registry if it is shown that he did not "afterward engage in insurrection," etc. 6. John J. Davis, Richard Bass, John Hill, Samuel L. Kelsey, Green H. Wood [sic], all of Walker county, rejected by the board. These cases are similar in principle to the case of J. D. Cunningham, above cited, and the same action will be taken therein. . . .
• Richard Bass died on 5 May 1880 at age 61 of apoplexy enroute from Old Waverly to Houston on a buying trip for his general merchandise store. Had been a resident of Walker County for seven years. The attending physician was W. P. Powell.
• He was interred at Waverly Cemetery, Waverly, Walker (later San Jacinto) County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 18 Dec 2007